The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-10-10
A MEXICAN BANNER,
YAzOO CITY. ::: OCT. 10, 1856.
A MAN is known from the COmpa-
my He Keeps.

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The Syracuse Standard, the leading Demo-
c-atic organ in central New York, and the |
official paper, fed with government pap, has
taken down the Buchanan flag, ard run up the !
banner OF Fremont and Dayton. 1t still main
tains its loyalty to Democratic principles, and
the Democratic party. In changing its views
it makes the following announcement:
A glance at the head of this column will
serve to show that the Presidential ticket put
up by the Cincinnati Convention has been dis
placed, and the one recommended at Philadel-
phia substituted therefor. The exchange of
candidates involves no change in the political
doctrines of this paper. We surrender no
principle hitherto advocated by us, nor do we
add any thing new to our political creed.
| Mr.. Van Buren,, the arch-agitator, and prime
author of the embittered feeling that is distract
ing the country, made similar announcement
W men he abandoned tae Freesoil ranks appa-
rently, and went over to Buchanan. His de-
claration was: 81 defy any mun to point out
any inconsistency in my conduct" No one
has attempted to do SO! His quondam friends,
those who stood with him shoulder to shoulder
on the Buffalo Platform, have laid no charge or
apostasy from the faith which he has SO long
professed, and SO boldly and consistently prac-
tised. His preference for one of the two Dem-
ocratic candidates Is an individual or personal
matter, and involves no deseration Of principle;
it is an abandonment of men, not of measures.
So is it with his popinjay Of a son-that hope
, ful snob, Prince John. He will swear by oil
the saints in the calendar, that he stands now
precisely where he was when "slave-drvers ant
slave breeders" were the subjects of hs dirty
slang and stale witticisms; he would not, tricky
and mendacious as he is, acknowledge that ht
has in any wise abandoned the cause Of negro
freedom in supporting the cause of Buchanan
He is now actively employed in prosegting thu
: Republicans of Illinois, and by the example o
his own course he will endeavor to convinc
them that leaving Fremont and taking up Buch
anan is change of men, bu: not of princi
!. pies. M
We have another case in point. going to sho'
,s the facility with which Freesoil Democrats ca
change from Fremont to Buchanan. withor
u surrendering their principles, -
Is General Dix was a distinguished Democrat
Senator in ls4s, when nd did good service
: the cause as a leader of the Freesoil party.
the Senate of the United he was the leadir
advocate Of the Wilmot Proyiso. He assertt
that Congress had full constitutional power
: prohibit Slavery in the Territories, and that Il
power ought to be exercised. In this deba
L. IoIr Oh of
anti-siavery party, and pitted himself special
rs. against Mr.. Calhoun. His pre-emihent servic
in the cause of Freedom in the Territories we
- universally recognized by his party, and t
championship freely awarded to him. F
these services, added to Gen. Dx's other labt
in the same cause; to his steady and eHecti
resistance to the pro-slavery policy Of his G
league, Daniel s. Dickinson, and to the abil
: with which he vindcated the general princip
lew the Freesoii movement, he received the no
4 ination of the Freesoil party for their candid
for Governor of the State of New York in lS
The true character and position of Gen.
may be properly appreciated from the fact i
col. upon all questions relating to the subject
Slavery he was the very opposite. antipodes
Of his colleague in the Senate, Daniel s. Di
. inson, the fayorite Of the Southern Democra
"a Gen. Dix has avowed bis preference fol Blu
}. anan. He can support him without sacrifc
any Of his preconceived views; he can v
VEN Mr.. Van Bufen defantly challenge ''a1y
/. to point out any Inconsistency in his condu'
I. These are the sort of men wb7aare aockins
= the standard yf Mr.. nhaasn FULLY Rtis
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p that he is at heart be greY
and ouestion Of The. / to tk-
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