The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-07-11
AN ADVOCATE OF AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
YAZOO CITY. MISS, FRIDAY. JULY II, 1856.
James Buchanan q Frees0Iler--
His sAnti.Slavcry RecOrd--Let the
South Read 1t.

That the South has just been swindled at |
Cincinnati by the nomination of an old FEDER-
AL FREEsoLER, no longer admits of doubt.
In proofof the fact we give below extracts from
Mr.. Buchanan's record on the Slavery questions,
which should be carefully read and rayerfully
pondered by every Southern Sag -Nicht.
Here are Mr.. Buchanan's views, as expressed
in a series Of resolutions reported by him to d
public meeting held in the Court House in the
city of Lancaster on the 23rd Of November,
1917:
James Rpchanan, James Hopkins and VIM.
Jenkins, were appointed . committee on resolu-
,tions, andrepeEted the following among Others
"Resolue9, That the Representatives in Con-
gresss from this District be, and they are hereby
earnestly requested to use their utmost endeav-
ors as members of the National Legislature, to
prevent the existence of slavery in any of the
new Territories or new States which may be
created by Congress.
"Resolued, That in the opinion of this meet
ing, the members of Congress, who at that ses-
sion sustained the cause Of Justice, Humanity
and Patriotism, in opposing the Introduction of
slavery in the State then endeavored to be form
ed out of the Missouri Territory, are entitled
to the warmest thanks of every friend of hu-
manity."
Here follows an extract from speech made
by Senator Buchananin in 1874, while the Senate
was in secret session on the Texas Annexation
Bill, and which may be found in the Congress
s,onat Globe: sAs II
"In arriving at the conclusion to support this
treaty, had to encounter but one serious ohsta-
Gle, and that was the question of slavery
Whilst have ever maintained, and ever shall
maintain, in their full force and vigor, the con-
stitutional rights of the Southern States over
their slave property, / YET FEEL A STRONG
REPUGNANCE BY ANY ACT OF MINE
TO EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE
UNION OVER A NEW SLAVEHOLDING
TERRITORY. After mature reflection, how
ever, overcame these scruples, and now be-
| lieve that the acquisition Of Teras ,cW be the
means Of limiting, not enlar9ing the dominion of
slavery.
ain the Government of the world, Providence
generally produces great changes by gradual
means. There is nothing rash in the counsels
Of the hiusisi,ty. may MOI, tnrn, silU ucquisi.
ton Of Texas be the means of gradually draw
ing the slaves far to the South to climate more
congenial to their nature; and may they moi
finally pass off into Mexico, and there m,nglt
iDith etchere no prejudice EXISTS against then
color? The Mexican nation is composed of In.
dians, Spaniards and negroes, blended together
in every variety, who would receive our slaves
on terms of perfect social equality. To this
condition, they. can never be admitted in the
I United States."
The foregoing extracts need no comment LIE
Southern men read and 'inwardly digest then
for themselves. And let them not forget, too
7 that Mr.. Buchanan endorsed and approved tn,
Wilmot Proviso, and that he plants himself
along with Cass. Douglas, Pierce, and ever.
Northern Democrat on the "Squatter Sovereign
ty' of the Kansas Bill. Well may Benton tn
Freesoiler, and the whole tribe of FreesoilisI
Democracy, rally to the support Of such can
ddate; but how Southern men-how Nationa
, Union-loving men-can do so, passes our com
prehension.
"That the acquisition of Teras rould ere lon
conuert Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Nissour
and probably others of the more Northern sla,
States, into free States, entertain not doubt.
"But should Texas be annexed to the Unior
l causes will be brought into operation which mus
inevitably remove slavery from what may b
: called the farming States. From the best infol
I nation. it is no longer profitable to raise whea
d rye and corn by slave labor. Where these al
tices are the only staples Of agriculture in tn
! pointed and expressive language of Randolpl
q if the slave does not run away from his niaste
the master must run from the slave. The sla,
will naturally be removed from such countr
u where his labor isscarcely adequate to his ow
II support, to a region where he can not onl
e maintain himselflb yield large profits to h
= master-z Texas willopsn an outlet, and SLAYER
- itself may thus finally pass the Del Norte ar
oi be lost in Mexico. One thing is certain: Il
n present number of Slaves cannot be increase
% by the annexation of Texas.
:. 81 have never apprehendcd the preponderan,
Of the Slave States in the councils of the natio
Such fear has always appeared to me visionar
But those who entertain such apprehensions ne'
not be alarmed by the acquisition Of Texa
o. More than one half of its territory is wholly u
n ft for slave labor, and therefore, in the natu
ne Of things, must be free. Mr.. Clay, in his le
tier Of the nth of April last, on the subject
[r annexation, states that, according to his inft
,c- nation za*& sc sn9 Aas Nsi4&s 2
ne The Territory of Texas is susceptible Of
J. vision into FIVE States Of convenient size a
h. iorm.' S. ssf.s 80. ~ a~s sss
n "Of these two. only would be adapted
Of those peculiar institutions (slavery) to which
sc have referred; and the other three, lying mol
ad and west Of San Antonio, being only adapt
n y to farming and grazing purposes, from the !
- ture Of the soil, climate, and pEoductions, wos
;t' not admit of these institutions. In. the el
"a therefore, there would be two sla1es and Thu
Il. free States probably admitted intothe Unior
H. aAnd here, permit me tosobserVes that III,
ed ;e ,,,,. dof,rf IN tho fynntv which 0,1rhf ~