Southern shield., 1856-10-25
PRESTON S. BROOKS, OF g. a., FOR BUCHANAN &1 DXSUNKONs
The Trail of the Serpent ia Over
 Them All.

On the Sd inst, the people of Ab- betille District, s. C., gave Preston Brooks (the immortal gutta- percha caner) grand barbecue at Ninety Six, at which several thousand per sons were present. We make two short extcts from Mir. Brook speech on the occasion, as reportedin the Charles ton Courier, to show that the whole object of the man and his party is a dissolution on the Union, and he and they therefore go for Buchanan.
 He said emphatically:
 "THe Consultation Qf Me United States sh0uId be torn tO .T0gments, and Southern 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 as 8 full grown nation among the family of nations. Applause. I have been disunionist from the time ] could think, It is due to my friends to say that 1 think that the separate action of one State will retard rather than advance our great hope. Let them all go together"
 That will do even for General Quat- tlebum himself. But here is an ex- tract that should be read and ponder ed by every lover of the Union, as dis closing the true object of the leaders of the Southern Democracy, notwith- standing their false and craven cry of "Union Union '' when in their heart of hearts they hate the Union only a little less than they love the spells:
 e'I have told you we should dissolve the Union. It must be done. The dead carcass must be cut from the liv- ing body; they cannot exist together. Some of our Southern friends will not come up to the mark until the pend- ing Presidential election is decidcd; Buchanan must be elected or defeated before they will consent to act. IteIl you I do not believe in any party which does not believe in slavery. THe Dana0cratic porty are on our side in hla contest, HerJore I-shaH go for Buchanan, and shall do so hon. estly and perhaps zealously. But I am by no means sure of his election. l act in this on the same principle that a good hearted physician gives mcdi- cine while his patient is dying. shall continue to use Buchanan pills. If they cure, well enough; not, it cannot be helped. They can do no harm, and it is our only chance. Laughter. 1 am obliged to go for Buchanan, for the only choice is between him, Fill more and Fremont. DIr. Fillmore ls c gentlemon, and made q good President, and perhaps, if he is elcc- ted, may deceive his own party and be better than we expect. But tce d0n't 0unt to Mr010 bach the Hde Qf dis- union. It is true, Mr. Fillmore is a Know-Nothing. 1 do not care much for that. If a man is true to the South, l will trust him, be he Know Nothing or not"
 We have not time or space to com ment on these extracts. They really need no comment. Mr. Brooks tells us that the "Constiution of the Uni ted States should be torn to frag- ments H' That he has been Disun- ionist since he could think. That the Democratic party are on his and South Caroina's side in the present contest, and that therefore he goes for Buch- anan. And that, although MT. Fill more made I good President, he can not go for him because 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-hcar these things openly proclaimed by a renowned spokesman of the Demo- cratic party, and then go to the polls and help to roll on the tide of Disun- ion by voting for James Buchanan IT. Foo &. EDo