The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-01-11
The Americans or Adams.


The Americans or Adams.
At meeting recently held at Natchex By the
Americans OF old Adams. the following resolu-
tious were passed;
"The American party Of the county Of Ad-
ans take the first suitable occasion, when as
sembled in the discharge of what they esteem q
public duty, Of expressing totheir political breth
rem of the State their adhereuce to the princi-
Piles for which they commended in the recent
canvass, and Of assuring them of the continued
and earnest desire they feel 30 again cooperate
in proudly raising the banner, in the coming
Presidential canvass, under which they have
/, already enlisted for the war. Therefore, be itf
RESOLVED, That we, the American party or
Adams County, in Council assembled, tendel
to our brethren of the Fourth Congrsssiona
District. in this State, our warm congratulations
and thanks, for the glorious issue of the contest
which gave the Hon. VIM. A. Lake to the Ma
donal Councils as representative of Mississp-
pi Americanism.
Rescued, That whilst congratulating our
i brethren Of the Fourth District, we cannot be
lunmindful ofthe jealous efforts made II our
Town, by the Americans, that, though defeate ed
in the Congressional struggle, still we have Just
reason to be proud ofthe large reduction of the
majority which the party opposed to US had here
tofore obtained: and also of the triumphant cleo
4 ton Of nine representatives to the State Legis-
lafure out Of twenty two, froma dstrict in which
our opponents boasted that the Americans had
but two sure counties these results obtained
too in defiance Of the arch priests of the Jack
son Convention, as they intoned the glories 81
the Administration, aided by the much-vaunted
} efforts Of the Hero Of Chapultepic.
u BE It Resolued, That insumming up the resul,
lofthe election, we find ground for self-congrat
ulatiou in the fact, that charge Of less than
eight hundred and Fifty votes would have given
: the American Party three, ont of FIVE represent
atiyes 10 Congress. It nerves our heart for fu-
ture exerfioa.and prompts US to greater activi
s., N tie belief (11l ~ 1IneWill yet come wher
: '|1.. Il the polls which we al
Eeady have 10 the hearts ola N 6e PEG
pie Of the State.
8 BE 1t ResolUed, That we here pledge to on
brethren cfthe State, our future endeavors, nov
lightened by the torch of hope in the result o
I recent elections in Maryland, New York an
! elsewhere; that these endeavors shall not fac
until the banner of Americanism floats in tri
unph over State AMI National citadel: that W
ask the cooperation Of urhrethren in the work
4 and Cor this purpose, we will meet ZEN 6y on
i delegates andrepresentatives,i the StatA Cor
vantion, to be held at Jackson, on the 18th &
January, 1916.
y Resotped, That the American party of Adam
!! county, in Council assembled, take pride in ter
]. dering to Giles M. Hllyer, their Congressioni
candidate in the Fifth District, their SINGER
: thanks for thSzeal, activity. eloquence and Iii
a nal ability with which, at the sacrifice Of tim
i and labor, he advocated those principles a
i which we believe the stability Of this Union d
ponds.
L Re,otred, That 20 our esteemed brother,
nl sephus Hewett, who. during the recent canvas
Ia occupied the editorial chair of the Match,
4 Courier, we also tender thanks for the abb
= faithful and fearless manner in which that p
y per was conducted, and our high appreciation
I'd his spirited and high-minded personal cnndue
TT in contest, almost unexampled in party bite
1 mess and rancor.
ls 1t must be gratifying to every member eff =
I'd party in this District to read the above from
d, intelligent. and patriotic meeting. We a
ht gratifed to see that Col. Hilyer and Mr.. He
h. EFT received compliments SO well deserved, a
ID we hope they viii be spared to lend efficients
a. in the Presidential contest Of 1856.
IN Two hundred delegates were appointed.
! -
neA- Know Nothingism can never becol
national With q pro-slavery platform, it ca
not exist il the North; without one, it cam
exist in the South; with neutral platform,
cannot exist anywhere. -[Cleveland Lead
But Locofocoism, with no piGsform at al, G
N. exist everywhere. A convention Of the unit
rifed get together, endorse the Virginia .
Kentucky resolutions, Of the last century, CO
IN denim the Alien and Ssdition Laws, and t
us National Bank, and -promulge it as tn
ans .platform;' and straightway the faithful sh'
IN. sail hail and work in the traces witE the utm
complacency. On just such Q platform 10
vet Van Buren,, Jeff Davis, Garrison and Atch
ing son, and all other ismites and factionists {
nde stand, without the least inconsistency
Ats Louis Intelligencer.S 49,
~ Der The National Era, the Washington
sas gan Of the Abolitionists, speaking Of Mr.. r
{ L er, the candidate of the National Americans
any Speaker, says.she was formerly in Congres
"a but eff he had any anti-slayery sentiment ab
him, we never found it out The fact Il,
y +. was, and Il man Of the right s:amp, \ !
s conservative; and it is for this reason the
,ers opposes his election.
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