Washington telegraph., 1856-10-29

own, to present in few extracts from
BUCHANAN papers, North and South, the
manner in which this issue is presented
to the people by the different geographic
al portions of this conglomeration of fac
tions-
The Southern wirg of the BUCHANAN
party, through its presses and public men,
speak thus.
The Charleston Mercury says:
'But upon the policy of dissolving the
Union, of separating the South from her
Northern enemies, and establishing a
Southern Confederacy, parties, presses,
politicians and people [of South Carolina
are unit. There as not a single public
man IN her limits, not one Of her present
Representatives. or Senator's IN Congress.
rho is not pledged to the tips IN .taror Of
Disunion."
Senator SLIDELL, of Louisiana, says:
at is but within the last two years that
| have permitted myself to think of the
possibility of the dissolution of the Union,
and, until the nomination of Fremont, /
have only looked at it in the distant future
Nor, at presents Itself as q question
sehich ,ce may be called upon to decide
in al ats dread reality, an q fe,c short
months"
Senator BRowN, of Mississippi, writes
home from Washington City, as fol-
lows -
Suppose We fall; what then is to be
done? Will the South submit to the rule
of a President and party who come into
power breathi ng undying hostility TO cur
progress, eur safety, and our domestic
peace, and buoyed up by the breath of a
devilish fanaticism that would tear the
Union from its moorings. and trample the
Constitution under foot? If ace are pre-
pared for this, then let as take uithont
n'urmuring that subordinate position
schich our masters assign as, and he con-
tent to io their 5iidding When are hare
once submitted to disgrace like this, there
'7iN be no ase in compIoiaiag- As 'rcil
might dte serfs Of R.sssiio complain Of the
Car
The editor of the Richmond Enquirer
w.ites thus:
..The election of Fremont aroujd BE-
certGin and iaeritabte DisuRiOR
Let the South present a compact and
undivided front. Let her show to the
barbarians tnat her sparse population OF
ters little hopes of plunder: her military
and self-reliant habits and her mountain
retreats, little hopes of victory; and her
firm union and devoted resolution, no
chances of conquest. Let her, If posi-
Jie, defach Pennsyiranio and Southern
OHIO, .Soutic1n Indiana ara Southern
Illinois from TIE North, and make TIE
highlands Jet,cecn he Ohio and tAe Lax
tie digiding Inc let the .S0..fa treat
nth Cnt:fornia, cad, If accessory, ally
herse!f' ,oith Rassia, ,ih Cuba, and Bra
I'll"
And the New Orleans Delta holds the
following language concerning the condi-
tion of affairs in Texas:
1'The first minds In Texas are BEGIN
ming to ponder the facts and contingencies
to which We have alluded. They are be-
ginning to ask: Is Union with Abolition
ism, accompanied by degradation, insult
insecurity, and disregard of constitutions
and solemn compact. preferable to indie
pendence and undisturbed sovereignty p
Let the time come, and none but practi-
cal answer III the negative NAV be be ex-
pected, however the faint hearts, who
cloak their treacherous cowardice and sell
fishness under sickly sentiment of Union,
may pule and whimper at the startling
event.
And nOw let us see wha; are the grounds
upon which the Democracy of the North
are asked to support Mr.. BUCHANAN; but
en pdssani, We would refer our readers. in
connection with the foregoing extracts, to
the remarks of Mr. PRESTON S. BRooks.
of South Carolina, to be found in another
column
Just laying our hands at random on our
pile of exchanges, We take up the New
Orleans Commercial Bulletin, and the
following paragraphs meet our eye. We
could not ask for anything more in point
than the following:
HARMONIOUS We commend the
following Democratic commentary. from
a sound Democratic source. of course. since
1T comes from a sound Demomcratic Jour-
nal, the ST. Louis Democrat, which
soundiy supports the sound Mr.. Buchanan
to the especial and delighted attention o.
all our Democratic readers:
Mr. BANKS SPEECH IN MISSOURI
The st. Louis Democrat publishes the
whole of the speech recently delivered by
Mr. Banks in Wall street, with the fol.
lowing commendatory notice:
ats tone is national, conservative and
free from all sectional views or passions
We especially commend it to the mercan-
tile portion of our citizens for the contrast
it affords to the violent disunion senti-
ments which abound in the speeches and
writings of such men as Brooks, Toombs.
Keitt, Slidell, and others, from the ex-
treme South Place the patriotic speech of
Banks against the nullification TRADE of