Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-16
Han sS.n L. Ynncer IN Now York.

nloudcd. lie discussed the question Of slave
~. and defended the rights of the South. lie
also answered some questions with regard to
The following extracts will show
the tenor and spirit OF his speech:
Seward had said that the time must come
when there would not be q foot of slave terri
tory on the American continent. The District
of Columbia was 4 small mite of the continent,
and would no doubt be covered with the first
breath. Already in some of the States citizens
had been imprisoned merely for being loyal to
our common Constitution. Applause
When all the Offices Of the Government were
in the hands Of men sylnpathizing with the
principles Of Lincoln and Seward, the emissa-
ries Of the AbolitioRists would be found every
where through the South with strychnIa to put
in their wells, rs they were now found IN Tex
as. Laughter and misses, and applause long
continued, with cries Of ''Put him out! There
were various modes of expressing ideas, Mr.
Yancey said; men Of reason had their way, adj
ders theirs, and geese theirs. Laughter,
Kisses and applause. In Texas, it was
proven beyond all doubt, that men calling
themselves Reverend had been arrested with
strychnia upon their persons, and arms had
been found stored away. How came they
there? They were there for the purpose
of carrying on the "irreprcssih'e conflict" The
emissaries of the .AbolitioniSls there crawled
about at midnight, with their incendlary torch
es, poison and indictments to inslrrectlon.-
Those things were there. and they were traced
10 the Abolitionists. Now, ii the Black Re
publicans were in power, would not the insti.
tuition be in danger of being blown up at any
time by some insignificant bring-capable orllt-
tie good, but able to do a great deal Of mischief:
With the cmissarics Of the North among them,
with the Offices Of the Government in the hands
of their enemies, their property would be dctc-
rioratcd; there would hc general dcsolation, and
the North would share i'll the universal ruin.-
If this general dcsolation came on the South,
then what should the South do: Some thought
the South should submit. lie didn't. APP
plauSe.
Mr.. Yanccy concluded his speech with an.
swering some questions which had been put TO
him, as follows:
lie had been asked TO answer several qucs-
tons, and he thought he might rs well do it at
this time. The first was, whether he would
consider the election Of Lincoln sufficient cause
for the secession Of the South; and the second,
whether he, in case Lincoln was elected, and
the South attempted to secede, would support
the Government in suppreSsing the attempt,
and aid to maintain the integrity Of the Union
The first question was q mere speculation,
and a political speculation at that. He was
now engaged in cndeavoring TO avert the very
thing here spoken of-the awful catastrophe of
the election of Lincoln. lie was showing his
allegiance TO the Constitution by abandoning
his own private business, and going toall parts
of the country to endeavor 10 prevent that
election, and if others would labor as faithful
" as he had for this end, Lincoln would never
be President. Applause. What was pro-
pounded in the question was u matter to come
after the decision Of the ballot box. Cries Of
"Qucstion!"i Don't be impatient, gentlemen,
and above all keep your tempers. This is not
the time to fight now, certain. Laughter. -
1t was the time to vote. Another interruption
and cries Of Put him out You're impa-
tient, my friends, said Mr.. Yancey. #, gentle
men, he continued, were 50 anxious 10 know
his opinions, they should abide by them when
he gave them. Applause.
This question WAS a mere speculation. 1t was
asking whether something would occur if an
other should happen. He hoped it never would
happen. lie was no candidate for the PreSi,
dency, and his views had nothing to do with
the contest. In the first place, there was no
such thing rs the South seeding. There was
such a thing as 4 State seeding. He could see
how the State could Seccdc, and he had no an
Swrr to give with regard to the seeding of the
South. He was q States Rights man. The
Constitution told them that all the rights not
delegated to the General Government were re.
served to the States. He believed in the
right of secession. The original compact
was made between the States willingly assent.
ing To it, and either, by her OWN will, might
withdraw. But this was mere speculation, pre-.
dicated upon II contingency. Alabama had
passed 4 law requiring its Government TO con.
slider this question if 4 Black Republican was
elected. His State in that event was TO decide
this question, not he. II she went out of the
Union he went with her. Applause If she
remained in, he'd remain in. I"Good."l 1t was
a grave matter, and he hoped that some man
opposed to the irrcpressiblc conflict would be
elected President. But when the time came
to decide it he would consult with the mcn in
Alabama and act with them, and they Of New
York had nothing to DO with il. In this prcsi-
Dental question, on the contrary, he had some.
thing in common with them. For him here TO
commit himself on this question, with the fu.
ture undevclopcd, merely to CRAFTY some po-
litical antagonist, would be the widest folly
The answer to the question he would give to
his State when she asked it. "Thrce cheers
for the answer" were proposed and given.
TO the second question he replied that he
would aid in maintaining the integrity of the
Union with his LIES blood. lie was laboring
now for il. But if it WINS meant to ask whether
he would aid in the preservation Of an Admin.
~istration that was trampling Oh the rights OF
the South, he replied that he would aid any
State in resisting it with his blood. Revolution
was justifiahle before the last expiring throcS
of oppressed nationaliticS. Poor Italy was
now trying to raise up her poor bruised body,
and struggling for the right Of revolution
Our fathers had made ours 4 form of Govern.
mcnt depending on the wills Of the States, and
whenever the compact was broken, what power
was there higher than the States? The Con-
S",itution itself reserved certain rights to the
States, and the one right that rose above all was,
that when the Government was oppressive they
should have the right to form new Governments.
Governments should not be changed lightly
but when their whole property was swept
awav, when their social system was oycrtErown,
the people would not wait till the last act oil
oppression was performed. They would seize
the first moment to assert their rights, and it
would be the duty of the State Governments
to intcrposc for their protection and when
that was done, if Lincoln undertook to cocrce
4 sovereign State, he (Nr. iancey) flew to the
standard Of that State. Applause.
Suppose Georgia left the Union. She did
not injurc the North by doing so. Ant sup.
pose the United States Army and Navy were
sent against her and she were comprehensive,
then was Georgia? Was she Il free and equal
atate with i standing army within her borders
tokeep her, aronqnercd province, in the Union?
What, in that case. was the Union? \ mill
tary drSpotiSm. The moment that Congress
passed Il law that provided for the marching OF
an army to coerce 4 sovereign State into sub.
mission, it ~inauguratcd n military government,
with Il standing army, and the taxes for its
.,,nort and the evils attendant But this was