The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-12-05
mn. Although the friculs of Fillmore and

rsscrved GA votes 4 3ooOb % tie&ieuow dtk9,s
and thor aeat is nSt al cpnlqpaaion ofhfir
frhcipesbpt afriuhphp t chi a4 and lfaad
'pIdcd " ilkApc&hdsl reasitstsh 4 the slavery
dresii6lfs~ The principles Of the American party
are as true and patriotic nov ever, and their
establishment is as essential to the maintenance !,
of the Union and the preservation of American
institutions q ,tAass Psfssai mYfqt as,fhey vera
last year Or the Year before last. The result of
the recent Presidentiali election, the means by
which it was accomplish the alarming condition
ossur pubic affaT, tlegferce ya9asfs nedfs Nhe
Union dhd the FUlerat Consultation, from thief
South and from the North, and the great doubt
thateyists rs the policy " \ nay be .aaopt-
cd by the Incoming administration, whether Tor
good or for evil to the country should impress the
people with still stronger convictions llian before
of the necessity for the establishment Of the
principles advocated by the American party.
The recent tIevtnt should arouse the advocates
of American principles 70 renewed and sill great
er anl more Jealous exertrns. lfever there was
time for serious alarm for the preservation Of
/ IL Is
is in state ofdirest confusion. Disrnion has BE-
come a :opic OF daily consideration. =, Treason
stalks boldly abroad. It's fearful shadow has cast
a gloom upon the hearts of conservative men every
where. Our very ex;stencees nation hangs; sus-
pended upon the action Of the Administration,
and the whole country iswaitins with anxious in
tcrest TO know the policy which shall be adopted
by il. painfully Impressed with the consciousness
that the slightest blnnder may precpitate Us INTO
all the terrible consequences of q dissolution o
: the Union and perhaps the still mere deplorable
: horrors of a civil war.aa Ifan attempt should be
made to carry out the policy f5reshadowed in Tic
g Ostand Manifesto and the Cincinnati platform, th(
least evil that may be expected vii! he war vii!
u The condition of our public affairs at prcsen1
: demands the most earnest and s;1icns coasidera
y ton of the most conservative nen Q. the nation
" There isvery little probability that this alarming
: state Of affairs will he improved by the ailninistra
y ton of James Buchanan, and il may be rcndere'
7" infinitely worse by the reckessness Of the extrem
: lists to whom he owes his elevation to the Pres
y dency, and who will, of course exercise cons;dera
g bile influence in shaping and directing his admins
, tratiye policy. ....--
" There is no time to be lest. The exigencie
u of the monlent require the united aud active al
energetic efforts of the iriels of the Union in II
j formation Of IA strong conservative party whic
It will be able to withstand the, shock which 10
ct plainly threatens to fall upon the eouptr.
G. and to resist the reasonable designs of the MI.
oil and reckless advocates of disunion, and to say
al our institutions, our prosperity as people, an
We our itegrity nation from the perils by whic
III they are surrounded. f..t -
u The contest is but JustTbegun, and, followin
the connses Of the wissst end the best OF tie state
II" men, whose eminent ability has shed ,lorol
= light upon the path in which they trod; r.membc
ing the energetic devotion to the Union and Il
VI earnest adnonitons for its maintenance which l.
:, ennobled the greatest of our political leaders fro
-. Washington to Henry Clay; until this issue sh:
come, and when it does come, we shall be for t
- Union, and We confidently believe that there
not, among the thousands and tens of thousan
" who will not be with US heart and hand in such
struggle Whatever may have been our exertie
in the past, whatever industry and talent a
heartfelt earnestness we may have hitherto emplc
ed, we feel that the Importance ofthe approach
49,, crisis demands still greater efforts, and we "
-, strive to be equal to the occasion, and we say
-, our friends everywhere, we would admonish the
.,c most seriously and with all the powers of persia
tho sion with which we may be gifted, that there
now pressing necessity for the exercise of all th
!, energy and all their zeal. If the Union is saw
:, it must be saved by the exertions of the Aneric
- party of the country, and nothing should be
- und0ne which can promote its success and streug
en- it for the time when its sustaining conservati
~ will be sorely needed. The American organi
ton should be sedulously maintained and psrf.
A"0 ed. Its councils should remain as temples Of
uge for the true men of the nation, who will s
. become Disguised with the corruption and afirig
"9 ed at the reckless impolicy of our opponents.
% us proclaim, in the language of the gallant p
= Jones, in the midst of the battle on the deck
his battered ship, thaiwe have not begun fgl
and let us prove to the country that, through g
and evil report, in spite of temporary defeat.
80 until complete success has crowned its efforts
American party, animated by the spirit which IS
-. tanned our fathers through the long and desper
struggle of the first war Of independence will ST
->N firm and unwavering, battling ever, with st
hearts and undauntcd courage, for the mail
e in nance of the Union and our American inst
the tions y-,9 ~ Il SIT