Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-10-17

Senator Mason of Virginia, prominent Blu
chanan politician, wrote note to the Brooks
festival in South Carolina, endorsing Brooks as
able and justly honored," saying" know of
none whose public career hold more worthy the
full and cordial appreciation of his constituents
than his, and then properly adding, that if Ere
mont is elected, "but one course rem aims for the
South-immediate, absolute and eternal separa-
ton"
The New Orleans Bee, (Fillmore and union, y
though one of the most moderate journals of the
South, thus calls attention to the assertion of
leading democrats for northern markets that their
party is not in favor of the extension of slavery
Now, we assert that the South does de-
sire the extension of Slavery. There is not a
Southern man, even among the strongest OPP
ponents of fillbusterism-that does not desire
the annexation of Cuba as slave State and
would not.have it accepted excepted as slave
State Gov, Wiekliffe endorses Breckenridge
and that very young man soothes free soil de.
mocracy by assurances that the democratic
party Of Louisiana is prepared to sanction Mr..
Breckenridge, a2d Gov. Wickliffe, let it pro-
claim its faith. Meanwhile we invite the
Shareholders of our State, and especially the
democratic SHAREHOLDERS. to take due notice
that the democratic nominee for Vice Presi-
dent denies that he is attached to any crgani-
cation that desires the extension of slavery,
and that the executive of Louisiana fully en-
dorses the sentiment
Fremont seems to be the second choice of all
parties in the South. The Fillmore people pre-
fer him to Buchanan, and the latter's partizans
had rather him second than Mr. Fillmore
Thus the Atlanta, Ca, IntelEgencer, leading
Buchanan paper in that state, says =
g For our part we do not seruple to say it,
we would rather see Fremont traitor as he is
to the home of his birth, President of the
United States, than Mr.. Fillmore.
And the Fredericksburg Recorder, leading
Buchanan paper of Virginia, remarks
-" Were we comelled to choose between Sc
word and Fillmore for President, we would
not hesitate to prefer the former
An intelligent citizen of Mississippi, conversing
with New York gentleman, replied thus to the
question how far the threatened disunion move
ment would be carried: -
" The movement may or may not extend to
the raising of troops. If it should it will
amount to nothing. l am a Southern man,
and shall vote for Mr.. Buchanan, but l tell
you now, as Mississippian, than if Fremont
should be constitutionally elected, shall be
ready for one to shoulder musket and march
to Washington to protect him in his constitu-
tional right, if it shall become necessary, and
there are thousands of Southerners who are
ready to do the same. More than that, am
personally, and know that II ne IS IS elected, ne
will not suffer any constitutional right of the
South to be invaded
James G. Bruce of Halifax, Virginia, one of
the most highly educated and accomplished gen
tlemen, and the largest Shareholder of the state,
has openly Joined the ranks of Mr.. Botts and
says "tat it 'OouId be better that every living be-
sng IN the United States should perish from the
eG'Fh rather than that the Union and the form of
our government should be destroyed p The Rich
mond Enquirer wise Buchanan and disnnion),
says bitterly of this declaration =" We see the
object 1t is to prepare the people of the South
for abject submission, under every extremity of in
suit and aggression.