The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-07-25
The Picree Adlnisllssrnt ton Dead.

Ihe Picrce Atlmisalstrntton Dead.
Thepassage BY both Houses d. Copgresa the !
thee Internal improvement bills by avote d two
thirds oyerthe veto Of President Pierce. isnrs ex-
tfaordinary political event in this country We
femaanber no such other case. i presents the
extfeordirary fact Of more Chan two Thirds Of the
Gougress Of the United States, deciding against
the Democratic party--the party that has assumed
everything, acquired everything, enjoyed every,
thing, and, In . werl, ruined everything. The
Senate is composed Of a majority Of Democrats,
yet twothirdsof that body fly in the face Of their
President condemn him, and drive the nails into
the coffin OF his administration His administers
. lingering ont a miserable existence. and .as
Tom Benton said, heiis only waiting for the 9Th
OF March next, to go out of Office, with the unan-
imous consent Of the people of every State In the
Union. He has broken down his party. It de.
served to be broken down. 1t IS down so low
that it will never rise again.
The passage of these bills over the Presidents
veto, knocked plank out Of the Cincinnati plat
fom. 1t breaks up all the party q calculat ions,
and drags it before country SO weak and feeble
that no earthly medicine viii ever do it any good
1t cannot resist an assault, ard it really seems
cruel in the opposition to strike it.
4
SfEEcH OF Mr.. FILLMORE on THE REPEAL OF
THE Missouri COMPROMISE. On the occasion of
Mr.. Fillmores reception at Rochester, he made
the following remarks on the repeal Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise:
"This repeal seems to have been Pandora's
box, out of which has issued all the political evils
that. now afict the country, scarcely leaving O
hope behind. and many, | perceive, are ready to
attribute all these to our Southern brethren
But ls this just? mo noD It must be borne in
mind that Mis measure originated Nth a North
ern Senator, scas sustained and sanctioned by q
Northern President. / do not recollect that ever
o petition from Southern States solicited this re-
peal; and holo could Southern members OF Con-
gress re fuse boon thus oferedby tie North to the
] South 1t could o.Ly be done By sacrificing them
selres upon The altar Of tieir country for their
eountr5s good; and this Is certainly expeetine too
much from political men IN times like these. The
blame, therefore.t appears to me, with all Inc
Difference IS chiefly chargeable to those who orig.
liginated this measure; and however we NAV de-
lplore the act ii affords no j,tf grounds for con-
frorersy ruth our Southern brethren-~ certainly
none by which they should be deprived of their
political rights"
} Hear Mr. Buchanan on the same subject:
Il Without referring to those earlier changes in
political opinion in bar of which, his friends put
, ia the pleasof Infancy, we will cite an extrac,
from Dir. Buehanan's letter, of August 2Ist 1913
addressed to T. Sanford, Esq. He says:
d "HAyiNG URGED THE ADOPTION
OF TIIE MISSOURI COMPROMISE. THY
, INFERENCE Is JRRESISTIDDI, THA1
!, ! CONGRESS, IN MY OPINION, POSSES
I ES THE POWER TO LEGISLATE upon
y THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY IN TIL
4 TERRITORIES. WHAT AN ABSURD
Try WOULD 1T THEN BE, IF. WILLS
!. ASSERTING THIS SOVEREIGN POW
!. Err IN CONGRESS, WHICH POWEl
It FROM IT'S NATURE MUST BE EXCLU
i STVE. 1 SHOULD IN THE VERY SAM
: BREATH ALSO CLAIM THIS IDENTl
~ CAL POWER FOR THE POPULATION
., OF A TERRITORY IN AN UNORGAN
% lied CAPACITY"
= Did Wmot, or Hale, or Seward, ever 60 flu
: Their on this question OF the power of ongres
. Could any man 90 further? The power he say
l. is Sovereign and ert size" That is pretty stror
le for a candidate of the Democratic party, whit
q party, it is claimed, is the only safe party for Il
i South.