Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-10-22
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The DisHnfon Ball in motien!-Ten
Thousand Democrats Plotting To-
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[From the Knoxville Register
The Disunion ball in Molisns-Ten
Thousand Democrats Plotting To-
gether-Read Tennesseans, Read!
The Charleston Mercury, the leading Buchanan
paper in South Carons, has the following notice Of
the Brooks Dinner" recently given to Preston 5,
Brooks. The Columbia papers state that there
were TKE THOUSAND in attendance. We invite the
ate ntion Of every lover OF the Union to the follow
ing:
The dinner given to the Honorable Preston s.
Brooks on Friday last, to which we devote large
portion of our space is one Of the events Of the
times. 1t was one OF the largest assemblages ever
gathered in South Carolina; and from all that we
have heard, II rds an Gssenblogs Of DisuHiOEists-
of thinking men, who are convinced that the pres
ervstion of the Union, without the EXTREMIST dis
honor Of the South, is impossible. There Uds but
Voiee in this great dssem6lGge-he Dissolution
of The Union is necessary 10 SALVATION. Mr..
Brooks very right 10 admitting that the mere
circumstance of his meeting and Justly chastising
an insolent defamer OF the South not the cause
of 50 great demonstration OF popular feeling. 1t
was because the act represented bold feature in
the great sectional controversy, long standing, and
now more threatening than ever that it was made
the occasion for the expression of the conviction
aud feeling of the people of the State. 1t is from
such circumstances always that great revolutions
spring; and their force is in this; that there are
great passions, and strong CONVICTIONS, ready to
burst into activity, and requiring ouly spark to
explode the mine. We are, 10 Charleston, COM
paratively dead to a sense Of the depth, and force
of this resistess feeling in the country. We are
smothered here in the atmosphere Of trade, and OF
a thousand local interests and petty contentious;
but In the freer air of the country, they know and
see that there is great conflict raging involving
all their dearest Understanding the very
structure of society; and that the only policy COM
patible with manhood and promising success, is
boldness. In the words of Danton, "What we
need is to DAREl and again to DARE! and ever to
DARE"
Remember that this was a meeting Of the sup
porters of James BRcha,Gni ut an assem-
blage of DisuaioristS," says the Mercury. '7here
but VOicc IN this great dssenabI0ge-hs ds-
solution of the Union is necessary TO sGtrattOn!"
Hear that, ye Union men Of Tennessee! The sup
porters of james Buchanan speaking to you!
Ten thousand of them ask you to join them in their
TREASON! Are you ready to do itl Honest demo.
Gratis, are you ready for dissolution OF the Union?
You who stood beside Jackson when he crushed
out this same monster on the same soil, are you
ready join these traitors in their cry that ''Orr
only hope of salvation is the dissolution of the
UnionS" Or do you prefer to say with Old Hicks
ory "OUR FEDERAL UEIoN-IT MUST BE Pre-
sKBvED?"
You havesbut few days, in which to determine.
Reflect wise men, we beseech you, before cast
ing your votes for The candidate of the DisHniOraissI
Be not lured by the song Of democracy, but look
out for yourselves, upon the political battlefield,
and see who are striking for the Union! and who
against IA Think think Pausel before taking the
decisive step. The UNION is at stake!-S trke ye,
for it, or against it?