The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-04-04

BALTlMOHE -.
Iron the American Organ Of March g.. /,
After the adjournment Of the Monster Ratihca-
ton Meeting at The Maryland Institute, on We'd
nesday night, the crowd proceeded to the Eutaw
House, when after repeated and long continued
calls, Major Donelson made bis appearance and
delivered impromptn the following neat speech,
which was received by the crowd with the liveli-
est satisfaction:
MAJOR DoNELsoN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Donelson, among other appropriate things
in his speech to the crowd assembled at the Eu-
taw House, said: You will find our opponents
saying many things about Wings and Democrats,
as those parties were represented by their respec
tive partisans up to the period of Mr.. Pierce's
administration. They forget that these two par
ties are long since buried, and that the people
have built up another, which they call the Ameri-
can party.
Pierce has DESTROYED Democracy. Mr.. Seward !
and the Black Republicans have destroyed the
Wing party. In helanguage of Mr. Dickinson,
of New York, Democracy under the present adj .
ministration, is white ut one end, black at the /
other, and mnlatto in the middle. That is to say,
Mr.. Pierce has entered into an alliance with ali
the isns in order to cement party tolerating
abolition. secession, and disunion, providing
strength can be thereby acquired sufficient to en-
able him and his associates to reach and bold the
public Treasury
| Cushing the opponent Of Jackson, is hrs law
counsellor; Davis, the great secessionist, his mill
tary cheftain; and Marcy, the author of the
sentiment that to the uicor belong the spoiis" the
dispenser of patronage. With such corps as
this what could Democracy become but dead
body with none of the vitality which once belong
ed it, when it held u5 Washington, a Jefferson,
a Madison, and Jackson as the type Of its prin-
ciples.
frh;s 10 roodorn nou,ooracyo roournfu1 ;lIue-
tration Of the tendency of all human contrivances
to degenerate and decay. Gentlemen, labored
long to resist the evidences of this melancholy
truth; but facts too strong to be opposed-circum-
stances too overwhelming to be doubted, had at
least their effect upon my miEd, and / turned to
the American party as the only hope of the patriot
who wanted to see the Constitution maintained
, and our sacred Union perpetuated.
r We all know that the SO called Democracy had
to be chopped into recognition of the Comprom-
Use measures of 1850 as a settlement Of the ques-
ton of slavery Isay Whipped, because that term
conveys the true sense of their position on that
great measure of tranquility to the country. FIX
). perience soon proved that it was the policy of
Mr.. Pierce to crafty the revenge Of The men who
were opposed to that measure. Instead OF taking
The steps necessary to confirm the judgement 81
people against the further agitation fsIavery
!. we find him ostracisin9 all nafiondl r1en--We
: ing the Missouri compromise, and Introducing the
!. doctrine of squatter sovereignty, which is Blu,
: another name for civil war, and the application
:, in a new form of Wilmot Provisoism to the Ter
: rtories OF the United States.
I'll Gentlemen, in opposition to all this juggling
against all this attempt to deceive the North ane
m the South we enter our protest, and we take ou
places where our forefathers stood, in favor of tn
constitutional rights of the people of the Terrific
of f1,a dtfv r. s@,ol
to its legitimate Office of guarding the equal claim
: Of all sections of the Union to protection and de
~ fence against foreign intrusion. We recogniz
no sovereignty in territory, especially none whic
- promotes civil war, and arrays one section of on
~ country against another.
~ Mr.. Donelson alluded to his course as editor {
N the Washington Union, stating that he had don
ii injustice to Mr.. Fillmore, in supposing him t
:. have been co-operator with Mr. Seward on tn
a. slavery question Time had shown that Mr.. Fill
more was in good faith devoted to the great effol
a to get rid of slavery agitation. The consequence
on is that the Seward or Black Republican party
=, the North is more opposed to Mr.. Filmoresfha
- to any other man in the Union.
- Mr.. Donelson said that he had made the amend
honorable tosMr. Fillmore as soon as he saw ths
oL he was true to the Constitution and the Union
". that he was willing to do justice to the Sout
y as well as the North-and that he was, in fac
,ss firm enough to resist the higher.aw doctrin,
brought to bear against the execution of the fug
=; tive slave law.
- Mr.. Donelson also noticed at some length Il
statements representing him as disappointed oic
seeker. He said he had never applied for
., Office for himself, and had recommended no OF
M to President Pierce afberhe had formed his Cab
M net and betrayed the Democracy to the Nullife
- and Abotionists.
reel Major Donelson's remarks were greeted wi
]. warm applause. aud he retired with deafenil
cheers. The above is an imperfect sketch of
- brief and eloquent address.