The North-Carolinian., 1860-06-09
From Nonty ,naery (4lo.) Cor.ttaeration. 23dinst.
THE LNAI Err OF THE DISUNION PARTY.

IN our lMsu;, on yesterday, III was shown, we think
very clearly, hat III 1ancey, at the time Of his
.itng tn IS lughter letter, not only disoryan
but aDo contem plated revOlutionisng the South
by cutinSas nder the cords that bind together tho
States of this Confedency
To the 1T inment of this end, his record pr owes
that he han 4 working laborously. faithfully and
emerge ically; and he has only been prevented from
making tfsilsue of dsunion before the people, by
words of yar ing from those who reputed to
exercise u1ors discretion. During the very excited
political cent st that existed, last summer, in
Congress ins district. between the Democratic and
Oppost II ps,ties, Mr.. j. ID. Meadows, very in
huentia man residing in the county OF Taffapoosa,
being desfou q ascertaining the correct condition
of the pofe affairs Of the country wrote letter
this M letter : IL "~ with th' sss, ysTy 1ons
episte, from 'hich make the following ~
In is50,i advocated disunon three grounds,
viz: That II the month of Augusta of that year.
the Federi G,vrrnrncnt had admitted California as
State foene under the ees"il process of squatter
sovereigntE lad dismembere4 the sAehoding
State OF Texas and annexed part of its soil to the
ternali ,vetr de !oetween~the States and re Dis
trict If Copn ,ia, and had thus in effect destroyed
the C"nstitati ,nal compact of the Union
''Ihe S0otl, however, voted down the State
Rights ban1 with which I acted and, since have
no. again pfu4 'sed -or advocated such n-asure.
Upon tiat question bide by time and shall
he ready with the readest believing the same
time that S cicnt causes exist for resort to that
expeadiency now, if it were expedient."
So it will b. observed that Mr. Yancey, by his
admi>5i has advocated disuni N three
grounds, aud iavng been defeated in every instance
Quietly assent. l. thou gh still ndul ,ing the hope that
another time rould come. DO not infer this
from his etps- ssions in the letter to Mr.. Meadows,
Il bide ml ne p What other construction can
be placed upeI it
When anDt1,r opportunity present itself for dis
solving the Urion will he then advocate it !?
So the repde' of Che dsunion party writes in june
1859, that upa,l the question of disuniOn he bdes
his time, I'd ready with the readiest. believing
at the samatiric. that sufficient causes exist for u
resort to TINT emedy now, were it exp"dient.
Now we asll our readers if we have erred in plac-
ing Mr. Ytnoey oonspcuously in the disunion
camp? Hdpsst political record sire gthens every
argun ent that has been m :de against him hs a dis
unionist. Thoroughly pravcs hlm to be an ultra
man. entertai ng opi;ons that hostile to the
best nteresns # the section in which he lives
THE HAIr- Hanged H1GuwAYMAS.-One would
naturally slD, )se that man who had suffered all
the ! O rors OF hanging Just short of actual DEATH
would neve er + SIX the gallows again but such, In
one case at lea was not the result housebreak-
named snitl was hanged at Tybnrn Dec: 24th,
1905 and Whe he had hung nearly fifteen minutes,
the people shos ted . repreve! lie was cut GOWN,
bed and here overed.
When ashedwhat his feelings had been he replied
IN substancs q lat ..when he turned off, he for
some time sra; sensible of very great pain,
stoned by the weight of his body, and felt his spir
its in strnnfe conmotion violently pressing up
wards; that H. wing forced their way to his head he
as it were saw great blaze or glarlng light, which
seemed to 90 o,t of the eyes with a fash and then
he lost all Sens. Of pain that after he cut down
and BEGAN t. e>me to himself the blood and spirits
forcing thersf YES into their former channels put
him. by a s&rt Of prickng shooting, to such in
tolerable ola that he could have wished those
hanoad whobai cut him down" Ever afterwards
be vent nv ~ name of I" Half-hanged Smith -
Tb;s fellow - n returned to his fern evil habits,
and was ao n tried at the Old Bailey for house
breaking. 6Sk he jury brought in special verdict,
laavno the to the decision Of the twelve Judges
xrho decide6n favor Of the prisoner Even this
sacond rul escape did not deter him from re-
um;no his - practices and the third time he was
to have heeI Brought to trial. but the prosecutor
died before +. day appointed, and thus he once
more got free Nothing is known of his subsequent
history 81.