The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02
MR. BROOKS AND THE DEMOCRACY.


The Hon. Preston 8. Brooks, Of South
Carolina, the gentleman who walked into the
Senate Chamber one pleasant evening dur.
ing the last session Of Congress, thrsshed
MI. Sumner, Of Massachusetts, and woke up
next morning and found himself In posses.
sion Of larger amount Of fame than yam.
kes Sullivan achieved by all his prize fights,
made speech in the House Of Representa-.
tives few days ago, a copy Of which Is be-
fore us. In that speech he says he has al.
ways hnd doubts Of the faithfuluess and sin.
certify Of the Northern Democracy in their
pledges to NE Souih-that he has trusted
them often aud still has doubts. That 10 the
Legitimate Inference of portion Of his re-.
marks. II 10 quite clever, II not actually con.
descending, In Mr.. Brooks 10 make such an
exposition Of his doubts and hopes, even al
this late day, but It would have been still
more SO, II he had veniured little farther
and told his constituents that the Northern
Democracy had always proved trencl,erous
TO Southern interests. from the beginning Of
the reign Of Martin Van Buren,, down---that
they had never acted with the South but to
ultimately deceive il, as will turn out in the
end in regard to the Kansas Nebraska BILL
We have only room for one extract from the
speech Of Mr.. Brooks, to which we invite at.
tention, as he il one Of the leaders Of the
Southern Democracy: (, ~
"Mr. Speaker, enough has TRANSFERRED to
show that my approximations were not alto.
gether without foundation. The assertion
has here frequently been made and uncontra.
dicted, that at many of the Democratic meet.
ings in the North, the people were rallied un.
der banners upon which was inscribed "Bu.
chnnan, Breckenridge, and free Kansas"
Have not large plucnrds been hero exhibited
liu Washington with these words in the
largrs. letters upon them, aud the word free
in italics! We are told By our Democratic
friends on the floor, that nothing more was
meant than that the people Of Kansas should
be free to decide upon the subjc ct of slavery
for themselves. What was meant is not the
question. How were the words understood
ty the misses? What was their effect upon
the voters! That is the question: and IL the
Presidential rlcciiOn was carried upon false
prr'encrs, ~hh cause of triumph have wet"
Precisely, Master Brooks. "What cause
o: triumph have wc!' None in the world.
Kansas will come in NJ n Free State under
the operation Of the Squatter Sovereignty
feature, and the South will again be cheated.
But will il open her eyes! Never bit. Mr..
Brooke and his colaborers in tho Democratic
party South will rail, aud perhaps swear us
terribly ms Uncle Tuby's army did in Elan.
ders, hut when the time for another Presi-
dental election approaches and n Northern
man is nominated, they will shut their eyes,
open their mouths md gulp hs,, though lie
should smell as strong Of wool as Bill Sew.
ard himself, all the time docs.ing "those
Northern Democrats ars glorious fellows
first rate National Southern Rights men,
they'll stand by US to the Inst" But when
the battle IL over and the victory won, and
Democracy up North feels easy and COM
fortable in contemplating the rich visions of
sPoils, these same colaborcrs aud coworksrs
OF Northern Democracy through the canvass,
will hie awny to Washington and bounce up
on the floor Of the House, Just ns Mr..
Brooks has done, and say, "Look out, boys;
there's something wroug-I always had
doubts Of those Northern Den,oc rats-,be
South is in danger of being honsyruyled
again--kcep good ward and watch-sharp's
the world" Very well, Mr.. Brooks-pass
along-the farce will he played out after
awhile. Oh, kecn:ryed sentnels on the tall
ramparis Of Southern Rights, what most
notable asses you do sometimes make of
yourselves!
But we thank Mr.. Brooks, for having pro-
we'd TO his countrymen of the South, the
truth of what was charged in the last can.
vass, by the press and speakers of the Amer.
lean party South and was denounced Ms a
Know Nothing lie by the other sids--that
the rallying cry Of Northern Democracy was:
Buchanan, Breckenridge, and Free Kansas"