Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-10-29
BROOKS ITCHING FOR THE TREASURY.

ACT TO EFFECT THE DISSOLU-
TION OF THE AMERICAN UNION,
and l say this, that if John C. Fremont
is elected President of the United States,
our people ought to have sense enough
to know that the issue is upon them and
cannot be avoided. When that difficult
ty is upon you. and l believe you will
avoid it to the very verge of honor, and
you are compelled to meet it, take the
philosophy of Shakespeare, and, "frOm
the nettle. danger, pluck the flower,
safety Go meet it half way, and you
rob it of its terrors. And as this disso-
luton is TO come, 1 think you ought, as
sensible men, take running start and
hit the first blow. Now. fellow citizens,
l do not care what may be the effects at
the North we have good friends there.
There are good men there whom l love
and respect-men who are patriots but
L tell you they are but white spot on
the pavement of black--but an oasis in
the desert. l speak on my individual
responsibility IF FREMONT BE
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE
! UNITED STATES, 1 AN FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THEIR MAJESTY RIS-
ING ABOVE THE LAW AND LEAD
ERS, TAKING THE POWER INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS GOING BY
CONCERT OR NOT BY CONCERT,
AND LAYING THE STRONG ARM
OF SOUTHERN FPEEMEN UPON
THE TREASURY AND ARCHIEVES
OFTHE GOVERNMENT. Applause ]
speak for myself; DO NOT SAY
WHAT 1 DO NOT INTEND TO DO.
II you people of the Fourth Congression-
al district, so, 100, 500 or 900 Of you,
intimate 10 me that you want me to 60
with you. nv life, my fortune, my repu,
tation shall be at your service.
Mr.. Robert Toombs, OF Ca, made a
speech. from which we extract:
FREMONT A BASTARD, PILFERER AND PAL.
TRooN.
The Northern Democracy stood upon
constitutional rights, and Mr.. Buchanan,
their candidate, was a man in whom the
South could put trust. Mr.. Fremont was
the opposing candidate. He vas born
in shame, and his whole career had been
that of pilferer and paltroon. He (Mr.
Toombs) believed in him to this extent.
that, if elected, he would carry out the
policy of his party. That policy was
bitterly hostile to the South. If the
Georgia platform were carried out hon
estly, he Mr.. Toombs) believed it would
preserve all their rights. He would
stand there because he believed it right,
or, if it were not right, he would stand
there because he believed it to be wise.
He did moi know that any amount of eff.
fort could avert the issue between the
North ard South, but, instead of acting
on speculative idea of failure, he
would work according 10 the Constitution
as long as he was in the Union, and he
would hope on until there was hostile
Legislation, and then he would obey the
dictates of the great law Of nature, and
resort to the old arbiter of kings and men.
the arbitrament of the sword. Loud
applause
Mr.. Senator Butler also made speech,
but We can only extract one passage, in
which he refers to the consequence Of
Fremont's election.
WHO WILL TAKE OFFICE
Suppose the South acquiesced in his
election, TO whom would he give the ap-
poinlments in the South ? Who would
accept them who had any regard for
their honor ? He would either have to
send his Northern allies and committed
spies and mercenaries, or else appoint
the most corrupt, facile and deprayed
from among themselves. Sooner than
see him take the $4,000, 900 and the
sword of the Army, he Judge B. would
advise The people Of the South to rely OF
their State Governments.
THE UNITY OF TINE, PLACE AND ACTION.
Governor Adams, being loudly called
for, rose and delivered short address
He characterized Brooks assault on
Sumrer as fulfilling all the requisites of
Alistotle's unities-being appropriate
alike as to time, place and actior-snd
dealt with the leading topics adverted to
by the previous speakers in the same
general style.
We close these specimens of Buchanan
sentiment by quoting from the Charles
ton Mercury its comments upon the
Brooks festival at Ninety Six.
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION NECESSARY.
1t was one of The largest assemblages
ever gathered in South Carolina and
from all that we have heard, it was an
assemblage of Disunionists--f thinking
men, who are convinced that the preser.
walton Of this Union, without the ex-
tremest dishonor Of the South, is impos.
sible. There was but one voice in this
great assemblage-the Dissolution Of .he
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