Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19
P. S. BROOKS ENDORSES BUCHANAN
LETTER TO TIE BUCHANAN RATIFICATION MEETING
AT CHARLESTON, S. C.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June l6, 1856.

GENTLEMEN circumstances Of a personal char
actcr, and u, or which ] have NJ control, will pre-
vent me from uniting with you i'll the ratification
meeting at Charleston.
The issue in the pending election Of n President
is the issue OF Union ur Dismiiui;iur in the strength
of the FuNiurists, who HOW prejuminHte if The
lower llunse Of Congress, becomes augmented 10y
Presidential! puwer and patronage, rs surely ns
acre is II Heaven above us, the temple of Repub-
lican Liberty. which our Revolutionary sages ere =
ted in moderation, wisdom, and honor, will crum.
hle into ruins and every fragment Vt the week
will he stained with blood. 1t can never he thai
the people of fifteen sovereign States will pnssi,el,
walk under the yoke" while weapons of dcfcns,
are to be found. and there ARE the hands Of white
men 10 use them.
regard it ~ the highest duty of every patriot
in the land to contribute his hest energies To aver
this fearful catastrophe, and an persuaded that il
can he avoided only hy the triumphant success U
the Democratic party.
Mr.. Buchanan was neither my first nor second
choice for the Presidency; but, as the represents
tive of q type VI principles. aid standing buddy
rs he does upon The Baltimore platform, upon
which Gen. Pierce WAS carried INTO pOwer-enlarg
ed, improved and strengthened aS it has been Ol
the supplemental resolutions adopted mt Cincinnati
and by which resolutions our principles, us practi
cally applied TO he Territory of Kansa', hav'
been Reimbursed by the American Democracy anC
bv their noininee-I could nos lie unraithiul TO the
man without treachery to the principles he repre-
sents.
We have reached the turning point in the ex
pertinent If the yeop.e 10 govern themselves. Our'
is Vet n youthful Repul liz, and 30 far, we hav,
made only trial trips tn test The machinery of oul
Gov srnment; hut tie perils Of the ocean Of uncer
tainty are now to lie encountered, and every MAJ
and every timber Of the Ship of State will he sub
iected t. the severest proof. Let us do our dut,
10 the Constitution and the country, in an earnes
and concerted effort with the law abiding and con
servatiye men Of every State, in driving off the pl
ratical crew of Black ltepublicAnism who hove
around us, with The em4lcms Of death at thei
head and ltlc or rHia for their motto.
The high moral duty Of iorbearance, when forti
fed ly a consciousness If having. us far as is con
~sistent with honor. avoided the necessity If COLI
sion, will steel the arm of any man with a soul il
his body to strike against every odds in ~resistanc,
Of insult or oppression. To this condition ofmind
hope to see brought every man in the South VIII,
is capable uf hearing arms. IL, with the aid q
the patriot, Democracy If the North-a Democra
cy which is hunored by having on its muster rol
TIE names Of Pierce OF New Hampshire, Dougla
of Illinois, and Tcucey If Connecticut--the issu,
of disunion may he avoided, | will praise God fo
it; but, after doing our whole duty, il the issue o
blood must come, why then we will De prepared q
meet It, and RI thank God fr that.