Washington telegraph., 1856-10-29
Preston Brooks of South Carolina, fer
Buchanan and Disunion.
The Trail ofthe Serpent is over them ALI

The Trail ofthe Serpent is over them Ali.
On the Sd inst, the people of Abbeville
District, S. c., gave Hon. Preston Brooks
(the immortal gutta-percha caner) grand
barbecue at Ninety-six, at which several
thousand persons were present We make
two short extracts from Mr. Brook sspeech
on the occasion, as reported to the Charles
ton Courier, to show that the whole object
OF the man and his party is dissolution of
the Union, and he and they therefore go
for Buchanan
He said emphatically:
1.-The Constitution of the United States
should oe torn to fragments, aud a South
crn Constitution formed in which every
State should be slave State. TCheers.
The Only hope of the South is in herself
Let us cut the bands which hold the two
sections together, and take our position rs
4 iull-grown nation among the family {,
nations Applause- | have bee dis
unionist from the time | could -. k Ii
is due to my friends to say that | think
that the separate action of one State VIII
Eelard rather than advance our great hope.
Let them ali g together"
That vii do even for General Quat:lc-
bum himself Bat here Is an extract that
should be read and pondered by every 10
Yer of the Union, as disclosing the tr;se
ojject of the leaders OF the Southern De-
nvcracy, Notwithstanding their false and
craven cry OF Union. Union. when in
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only little less than they love the spoil,
i have told you We should dissolve the
Union 1t must be done. The dead car
cass must be cut from the living body;
they caauut exist together. Some of our
Southern friends will not come up to the
mark until the pending Presidential elec-
tlon Is decided; Buchanan must be elected
or defeated before they will consent to act
| tell you do not believe in any party
which does not believe in slavery TIE
Democratic party ore on oar sjde ia this
contest, thcscf0re 1 shall go far buchanan,
and shall do So honestly and perhaps zeal
ously. But am by no means sure of his
election act in this on the same prin-
ciple that a good hearted physician gives
medicine while his patient is dying |
shall continue to use the Buchanan pill. II
they cure, well enough; if not, it cannot
be helped They do no harm, and it is
our only chance Laughter | am obi
ged to 90 for Buchanan, for the only choice
is between him and Fillmore, and Fremont.
Mr.. Fillmore as a gentleman, end made a
good President, and perhaps, if he is cleo
ted. may deceive his own party and be bet
ter than We expect. BIT IRE don't 'cant
to Mro,e JGek, Ike tide # disuaion. 1t is
true, Mr. Fillmore is Know-Nothing
| do not care much for that. If a man is
true to the South, / viii trust him, be he
Know-Nothing or not
We have not time or space to comment
On these extracts They really need no
comment. Mr. Brooks tells US that the
Constitution of the United States should
be torn to fragments That he has been
Disunionist since he could think. That
the Democratic party are on his and South
Carolina S side IN the present contest, and
that therefore he goes for Buchanan
And that, although Mr. Fillmore made a
good President. he cannot 90 for him be-
cause he and South Carolina ''don't want
to roll back the tide of Disunion
Great Heavens, Can the South-can
the Union men of the South-hear these
things openly proclaimed by a renowned
spokesman of the Democratic party, and
then 90 to the polls and helpto roll on the
tide of Disunion by voting for James Buch-
anan t-
1t is proper to state that Senator But
Ter, Gov Adams, of s. c., and Senator
Toombs, of Ga,-all Buchanan men
were present at the Brooks Barbecue, ap-
proving and applaudiug every thing he
said Eagle 6 Enquirer