The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-12-05
trssaA OF tf9e Gsstp aaesn mnaesetn of Yatan.
Trouble nu Round.

Trouble aH Round.
I-Thpgs thrQshout Europe are b jdbtl /
3y he NewfYerk Express, aud Wig wotd y
I'D wofse ev&Hday. France-tiht lis to sty. !. !
4oEs Napoe2e-a annoyed ut thl saudacil
4lppafs" Il Tie British press--4d Edkl 4d
aves adtice Russia, that she meaks4o X pidj
bertiefUf hSv4leeein the Blac! Sea until she is
better satisfied that Russia is going to adhere in
good faith to the terms Of the Treaty Of Peace. {
This, the correspondents say, is likely TO COMPILE
cate relations" bstgecn 81. Petersburg and
Ld6aShlthy, arrive me Car perhaps over to an
alliance with Louis Napoleon. Then, again, !.
Austria viii not eydcute the Principalties--a
she promised to der-and this, in thru givcy um-
bfage 10 TrancerAnd starts OF Tie carrespond-
ents on new track discovering, just here, that
To offset the suspicious intimacy between Paris
AMIDST 1gttrsburg, John Bull, Is going to form
an alliance with Austria. whose woman whipper'
iIaynau, his London Brewers fogge4 so unmer- /.
cifuliy few years. since-a very pretty hash,
to be sure--mnde 40 better by the Neopplitan !
imsfaglio and the threatened break down in the
Turkish Cabinet. als5 ssass =
1t may be some consolation for US to. see, thus,
that, if we have our union and "lisunion, troa-
Ibles to excite and annoy 1T home-the European
Family are not a bit better off
l.a 5.aEfst --a4L-l1-- = S- - s.
what viii EEr. Buchanan Dos 4
i Mr. Buchanan having al last attained the
height of his ambition by being elected Presi-
I e T,,iN has
Enanifested To know What course of policy he
designs to pursue. VIII he act upon the prn-
ciples avoWed in his Cstendletter? If he should
! then ,he cgnptry nay prepare fora foreign war.
) The OStend doctrine Is, that Spain must .etlHr
!, sell C,lbh tS the United States, or dat EefslIall
r f6rcbly wreSt it from her. Mr.. Buchanan is
;. of an age when the fiery passions arewgeneral-
y cooled dowa--ahd it may he, that as be can
reach no higher elevation than bis present no.
: siius hewiItnot wantohly seek to efbreA;his
{ country in war. We presume that his inausu-
raj address will afford some aclas: 90 his future
! policy though that has not always been the
case-fo President Pierce pledged himself to
I maintain the settlement made by Congiess in
: 1850, and the declarations of the Wing and
Democratic conventionssain 1852, against re-
opening agitation on the subject of slavery
: and vet he assisted to revive that citation to a
d compromise. So Mr.. Buchanan may pledge
himself 10 one course Of policy, and yet pursue
another.a As he now processes to be Demo
= craft IA follower of Jefferson, will he carry out
L the principles that statesman By restraining
= the corrupt practices of Office -holders1 Will
he adopt as his rule OF practice the following
,s.i sentiments promulgated by Jeierson! afas #
= The President of the United States has seen
= with dissatisfaction, officers Of the general gov
ie eminent taking, on various occasions, active
n parts in the elections Of public tuEctuaries
10 whether Of the general or State Government
= freedom of elections being essential to the mu
;, tual Independence OF Government and of the
!" different branche. ofihe same G overnment, 81
&c vitality cherished by most OF our situtions i
I'd is deemed improper for officers depesa ing on tn
h erecutim Of the Union to attempt to control or in
.fuence the free exercise of tie e'cctive right"
Such check is much required at the presen
% time-for not only do public officers negec
IS their duties TO participate in electioneerRg dis
MS cussisns, hut they are levied upon by au,horit
= to raise moneyto be spent in carrying elections
I, This has been done more than once during tn
ne Presidential contest which has just closed--an
Us it NAV be that Mr.. Buchanan.i indebted to thi
M practice for his election. II he be an honest fol
Al. lower Of Thomas Jeferson,he will see to it dur
ing the Presidential term, that public officers a.
nc tend to the duties for which they paid nstea
Is of stumping IL through The Country for favorit
Ids candidates. A hundred thousand officers fight
mo ing for continuance Of their salaries is rathe
formidable host of political emssaries to s
:" employed in carrying an election--and the
ms should be required either to quit their places, {
nd to cease their active partisan services. O
Nv this subject we have the opinion expressed b
Mr.. Buchanan himself--and, unless he ac
=, grossly Inconsistent with the principles whc
I'LL he has protested we shah expect him to appl
to restraining hand to these whom he may al
EN- point 10 Office In speech made In Congre:
- he said: sH
= "When man is once appointed to Office a
. the selfish passions Of his nature are enlists
eir FOR the purpose Of retaining it. The offic
ed, holders are the enlisted soldiers of that Adm
can listration by which they are sustained. The
left comfortable existance often depends upon tt
~ reelection of their patron.' a~a. a
Many Of the "enlisted soldiers of the admin
N tration'' have been seen during the late conte
va perambulatlng the, States, intriguing, bribil
ct and otherwise corrupting voters. In fact. ele
ref pioneering appears to have become part
,on their regular business. Their abcence fro
official dudes is tolerated by their superors OIL
gnu they continue to receive their salaries the san
Let as IL they were employed by. Government {
aul the express purpose of regulating the election
- IF Mr. Buchanan will correct this procedure,
as to permit the people on future aoccasious
1'i vote their own sentiments instead Of COVER
God ment officers, we shall rejoicepthat he has be
and chosen President: and he will establish rep
Tho ta,ion for honesty and patriotism which will
dure to after ages Baltimore Clipper. h. n
rate1 DEuocRATc PRoscRIpTIoN.--The Hara
and town Chronicle Of the 10th inst. saws that
tout cry man on the c anal who did not vote for