The Arkansas banner., 1845-02-05
SPEECH OF MIR. YANCFy op :,

SPEECH OF MIR. YANcEY or t7
 We give a large portion of our sn,,.a the speech of MT. Yancey of Alabama :, as question, It has been pronounced @ x. judges, both in and out of Congres, ta
 speech of the session. It is the speech Vi, to the duel between Yancey and oIinsn,' be read with interest by all.
 DEBATE ON THE TEXAS olIpS7,a
 In Ae House of Represent1afsjls,.s' 1sl
 Tuesday Janaar
 The House. being in connirl,s ,, Whole on the state of the Union. s1d \ under consideration the joint res9bia' br ported by the Committee on Fores" !, for the annexation of Texas to t6s ia States.
 Mir YANCEY commenced bv er,
 his regret that between the grpst N parties which devided our peobIe. a.5 :. must ever exist under free and pom,] vernment, animosities had been so In gendered, and prejudices become 0i i1 seated, that what might otherwise h,, ved a blessing to the Government bv ing to guard and preserve its puriy, N fact proved its bane. Instead of eaiu| measures according to their bearings the best interests of the country st there were but too many who judgeddI simply according to tbeir probable eisl the party to which each belonged spirit, he lamented to see, had crep ntl Hall, and he could not but give exprea| his deep and unfeigneGregret thatlhg ! man from Ohio over the way, (blf. M distinguished as he was in the posea1 such keen and searching intellect, enF5 l cd by so brilliant a wit, and graced 5y accomplishment which could give lusl 5 public station, should have lent 6nsl lower the character of an American I1 sentative, which he was so well quailiiI adorn. The consequence of the pqri of the spirit to which he had alludel that we were fast becoming, ii we hl already become, nation of parial was under the influence of conyictai these that he had fejoieed al lhe As now, al length, great question hadE ted itselI, d question of such momeatoa nitude, and of such pnre and noble aa lions, as were calculated to elevate ihe to warm every patriot heart, and toe heath it's unparalleled impoftancealld9 temptible machinations of parlizans-i capable of knowing, of feeling, and aPF ting nothing but the mere bubbles were ever found to float ln the wake q Such a question was this Of the anna of I exas; a question so purely Aaa and addressing itself so directly to lh. ests of the entire Republic, that al
 feuds shrunk at its approach. Like iii tetious star which led the sheperds d the birthplace of the Saviour 0fhe | this question was now culminatns 0T4 Republic, calling on all who loaei
 country to lay aside their wranga:| arise and abet cause whose Spa| whose tendencies were "peace on elt good will to men.n Mr. ' tbanke. that there were still among us men \ hearts leaped and Auttered al the EaFE] a banner on which their countryshoAa1 inscribed, and who, like the aaeea
 when their sacred trumpet sounded o1 Iarose, and forgetting all party ds9I and party interests, girded iAemala| their countrv's cause. Not so the 2 from North Carolina. With hn H1 mentous associations of this queiaa| bearing on the interests of our entlfese on its commercial, agricultural, an Ill'' turing prosperity its effects, for Vea9 woe, on the present and on the iuluIe-' which were now agitating patriot nea. on two continents, had not in them s3 worth or dignity to draw his mlnd ,a m question whether certain Caplal0 ', Y was or was not welcomed at the fies' 's mansion; whether he did not dine Tla tinguished politician ill N, !, anu ". '. the sailors of the ship Moth CarOllnr 2 in the city of New Y ork and not n 7 2 lyn. Such were the gentleman's Vln question which was agltatng pls Union, and which, more than any " which had been started among us l0'' century, was calculated to stflng uls '.. " and agilale the bosom of every h0's'S \
 We were all, said Mir. T., III 'ls z estimating the character ot a Pels's .. <, we had never seen, by reading M nn r, tons and by heagpg from o'nels s.,a1, X, said and did. MrS., on sueh g,osss .s formed an estimate of this geIlllssp' x he must confess that for hmsell' F f,,| much surprised at ihe dimenslel' 7. 7 < \ and qualities of heart which ne \ \. a] the gentleman to possess. II ,. \ N the Union which Mr. ! had us
 represent, that Representative
 where viewed as the betrayer ol as He was looked on by every oa'
 eade, reereant to the principles @ aa'
 terest of that portion oi the eili.s @
 this estimate of him belorehana' z. himself was asfonisfeti when iila'
 eoi up 10 tannl his brothers ei lis
 eanse lheir strenuous efforts alla E
 coaiiaae,l exef,ioas had not heell geut tue repeal of that F'iie 'a -. ', ai which prohibited the Presei'ia's,e.5s s.s s.I liaa aeilglans. Tke motives sa.s
 baeesI ls ,aeif conduct on iaas ' such as could have been leaae s Asatl ot hlm . l.o. after bella'sias h.a trusted am anu going assa .s E \. of thr enemy. tnfufd at,s llagiss ..s Ii ilsaf enemy in he iaee al llts ssz <. 5. Ha Y. knew slsal such had aesa E 4