The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-05-09

one n0aLxs VINO WhoWas convicted at the last term
OF che WsrSn county Circuit Court of selling liquor
tovlsves, and sentenced to long term OF impriso,
n,ent inthe penitsntary. The reason, we under
stand. assigned by our worthy Governor for this act
Of exscstivs mercy is, that Hosly was foreigner
and iSnorsnt Of Ne isse spon he satjsct Without
stopping 70 comment ON the novel and startling
doctrine utterly at variance with all legal prnci-
pes here set forththat ignorance is an excuse for
crime -or speculate upon he miscellaneous conse-
quences which would inevitably result from the
recognition of such principle, we design to call
attention 10 this endorsement By high Democratic
sutority of the truth and correctness of the posi-
sion assumed by the American party, namely. that
foreigners are too ignoant either to appreciate or
understand our laws. Our readers win remember
that during the last canvass, when this charge was
preferred by the American press, it was met by an
indignant denial on the part Of the democracy.
whose press teemed with extravagant laudation of
the virtue and intelligence Of the foreign population
and whose orators proclaimed from every stump
their superiority 10 American citizens, and affirmed
that they were virtuous by instinct, and intelligent
by infuiton that it needed no study or preparation
ON their part for them to understand our government
and institutions, and 10 acquaint themselves with
our laws: that by the potent magic OF democracy
they are instantaneously elevated from abyss of
degradation and crime into q high position in the
scale Of morality and intelligence.
The crime committed by this Hosly is, in our
opinion, the most infamous and dangerous that can
be perpetrated in q Southern community. 1t is
worse than murder for the assassins steel takes but
one life; it is worse than arson for the incendary
torch brings destruction TO but one homestead and
endangers the lives of but one family but the
scoundrel who sells liquor to negroes, not only
deprecates pecuniarily, but denoralizes the slave
thus jeopardizing the safety of the whole commu-
nifty and il this nefarious traffic is to 60 on, who
can tell how it viii be before we called on
to witness svile instruction, with all its attend
ant horrors. What will the people of Mississippi
say Of this outrageous abuse of the pardoning
poweri What viii they think of Governor of a
sovereign State thus prostituting his high Office To
pander 10 foreign influence What will they think
of that democracy which, for the sake of rioting
the spos of office, is willing TO depreciate their
property and endangr their lives 1t is useless for
the democracy 10 undertake to shift the response
bilty of this act to the individual shoulders Of
Governor McRAE. In acting thus, he but obeyed
his democratic instincts he merely tolIooed cut IL,
line Of policy prescribed JoS him by his party. HI
initiated the example set for him by the illustrou'
FRANKLIN PIERCE, who in order that he might con
solidate and strengthen the democratic party, re
warded treason by appointing abolitonists and Sc
cessionists to office. This consolidation is termed
by the democracy notionalty-the only nationality
forsooth their party can boast; nationality OBJ
tained by corruption and based upon plumber. =
1 It will be seen that these declarations endorse
| the Nebraska bill, and agree to admit Kansas with
or without slavery They are phrased in the softes
terms possible but whoever reads them carefully
will that they fully adopt everything objections
BILE in the Kansas- Nebraska bill. and condemn thu
only feature of that measure which favored free
dom-namely, the right of the free emigrant to have
voice against slavery in the territories. Such is
| the new national Know Nothing platform.
Is there any need to go further in the way of ex
posing the position Of the Know othing party or
the slavery question We have seen great ado
made over the twelfth section at Philadelphia, and
beheld it Indignantly repudiated yet only to be fol
lowed by the above substitute. What choice is her
between the twelfth section and the new creed
Does not everybody see who wishes to see that th'
one position essentially pro-slavery the other
and that the Know lettings are acting directly il
the interest Of the slaye-traders
New York Tribune.
| Such is the language of the New York Tribune
the leading organ of the Republican or Abolition
party. Yet, in the face of this and q thousand
and one other extracts of q similar character, witt
which the entire abolition press abounds. conclu
sively showing the conservatism and soundness Q
the American party on the subject of slavery, AM
the consequent implacable animosity with whic
that party is regarded by the Abolitonists, we fin
Southern Democratic papers, with mendacity an
efrontery at once shameless and ludicrous, attempt
ing to fix the charge of abolitonism on the America
party. The unanimity with which Democratic ed
tors Join in the chorus to swell the hue and cry
abolition, and the emphatic manner with whic
they swear that the American party is tncture
i with abolitonism, without bringing any proof |
substantiate the charge, reminds very forcibly
those individuals Ito be found in every community
who are in the habit Of RECALLING their friends wit
, improbable stories-the more their falsehood an
absrdity are apparent on the face of them the mo-
Justify they swear to their truth, vainly hoping
make their Oaths supply the place of proof. In pu
suing such policy, democratic editors underra
the intelligence of the Southern people. There
another reason which has greater weight with the
1.-THE editors), namely, they know the rottenness
their own party-its unsoundness upon the Shaver
questionable utilization which does really exist
tween the Democrats and Abolitonists--the unise
and identity Of their sentiments in regard to tn
great test Of modern bogus democracy the "squatt
: sovereignty" doctrine and they are consequent
It anxious to divert suspicion from themselves and
o it on the American party, and in order = do 8
initiate the example Of the thief, who. that mig