The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hon. w. L. YanCcy.

Hon. w. l.. YnnCcy.
This distinguished gentleman arrived in our
own Yesterday afternoon, and was escorted to
he Mansion House hy a large and Fespecta'ie
committee of reception appointed by Injecting
,f the citizens.
In the evening, according to previ"is an
Mr. Yancey delivered an address
IN the Court House before n densely crowded
,n,ience, among which We noticed brilliant
OF the fair sex.
On his entrance into the Court House, lie was
erected with thunders Of arpla'srs; oil the
s,lsidirg of which he was formally introduced
to the Audience l,y Mnj. S. A. T"wnes.
lie then commenced his address l,v alludlng
in = br!rf ard happy manner to his first arrival
in (irccnvillr, twenty-six years ago. whittier he
lind ,on,c for Ike rrrI osc OF enterl7g upon the
study Of law. i;
lie alluded % the positiol of parties with
reference to the recent C"nvcliti"l's. ana COM
South Carolina upon the m"dera,ion
and f,rl,.ar.n:e o'.hc leaders. The olp',sit
had hoped tlla, South Carolina would have been
Lot.hcadcd and rampant, 50 that they might
have held out the plea that the Southern
,lov, inert WIS all llrstcr: bit she acted co"ly
and wisely, aud they were defeated in thcll
expectations. ~,
Mr. Yancev demonstrated the fact that tho
Union had .Lccomc almost entirely sectional
In the h Ills Of Congress, tile Nor:h OCCUPIED
one side of.the House. while the South accnp,l
ell tie other; the Northern Christian worship
ut one altar, and the Southern Christian Il
another; assembled ina national convention
even. the same difference of position exists
There was Int one tic left which had beer
sundcred- that was tie commercial tie; bu
this even was swapping strand by strand.
lie denouced! the doctrine OF Squaste
Sovereignty, aid showed it to he 10 mere-ab
s,rac,:on. II was throwing an enormous pow
er into the hands OF the abolition party tina
party possessing at least two thirds pore atlit.
than tile South to favor csnlgra' N T. IN
wliTc tnc i: -; liz :.fHcialcncy,
slavery should he tolerated there ur not. The
enIigrlnt from the Northern States had moth
ing To ,rammrl him il lie wished to settle in
the misunderstanding up a spade ard IN axe
he could march off without = moments pre-
paratur. Tie Southern rmigrant had Il local
liabitaton, and matters pcrtaili g to it had to
he attended to before he could leave it he had
II slave or two, perhaps, and thus trammeled it
he desired to rmigratc TO the new territory.
Bmt even il It were NJ abstraction, there WAS .
principle involved ii il, atl principles sho.!I
ever be defended.
lie then attacked the position Of Mr.. Doug
las in asserting that the doctrine Of squattcr
WAS upheld hv he Cincinnati plat
Enrn. Ly the kamsI.a Nebraska act, !and hy
kindred eHsures aqnirsrcd i'll hy the South,
and prov, Il roncluSivclr that Mr. douglas pns.
ion was IN untcuahc olir, AMI could not bc
sustained.
He endorsed h arlilv the nomination Of
and Lane, and Ir a series of
ngcal conclusions. borne out by facts and
igrrrs, painted the prospects Of their election
IN lr.llian, rolors. If they wer" elected the
Cnion might be preserved; otherwise, there
Vas hnt li,ll. hope.
The so t. In rcv,'r acted rs the aEgrrs$or.
/ he idea cf r"rgrrss", nj Intervention WIS
merely Tor the sake h protection. She did not
wish To lcgislate slavery into any o. the terri
nrirs of the Union; she desired that her rights
in the territories should lot he impaired. The
i:.tl had arqucsrrd in compromise upon c"nl-
promise for the sake of peace III the Unlon
bn, what had she gained by thrse compromise
E:mplati ally. s,hirg. And the North had
ie..thrr lost tor sacrificed anything 10y them.
We rgrr, our inability to report theallress
more fully and regret much more thu; We can
ut rive it to nur readers rs il WAS delivered.
Neither can We pretend that the above report
lnrs al ,,hing like Justice to the speaker. 1t
sas one Of tie strongest and ahlrst rtf"r.s We
.vrr heard, and at every int rval that occurred
oulnls "t apIla'rscs hurst forth from the death
ik" stlncss tha, had previously prevailed the
II iieare.
Mr.. Yancry remains with IFS bat ono day.
lie is low the guest of E. /. J"i;es. We
rlst that hr may find o.ca>ion to visit Green-
lille more frequently hereafter than hr has
hitherto done. aud that WE NAV b.. permitted
70 listen to his MASTERY " efforts III
lrirnrc of Constitutional Democracy.
Return OF MR. YAScEr.-0ur distinguish
ii frlow-riizrr, Hon. W. y. iancry, rctUrn-
ii to his home in this city on Sunday night
ast in the b ST of health AMI finest of spirit.
/, is, perhaps, suprrarnns for lis t" add that,
lnrirr his ascn,r, he has ella 'tr'iia'l thousands
" his clastcnr'l and impressive el"qnrnr", and
,e nm". if possible. more than ever distinguish
ii for his nsrIti>h devotion to those gr'a. CO;
:'tu!in,al principles Of equality which from
he basis of n1r Government. He has fully
sustained his well carmel reputation as the
Ajax of Southern Rights Democracy. Full rt
genius and pa,r;otisln. he has rrrcivcd the well
nrr;tr,l p,audits of the true Democracy where.
.vpr lie has addressed them. Long nIar he
i've to lead the vanguard of Southern flights.
" miy,mrry .idre'tSe.'
UonsrpLE.-A man with m umbrella in his
,and called ut Srliator Summers lodgings, Il
.w days since, and inquired if Mr. Sumner
was ir. Senator Wileor was Immediately sent
or, who. upnn reaching the spot, at once rs.
sed the man stan'lin. in the entry what he
wamcd of Mr.. Sumner. The man replied he
had y little hill against him for tapping II pair
nf boots. Wilson examined the Till. said it
was correct, and Simmer Inil il, whereupoa
the worthy co',hlcr spread his umbrella and
.t. burlington soon arrived, bui found 10
hlool upon the tloo".
P.S.- .-Annlher man called the next day !
Bu. M danger is apprclcndel. l'uriusamc
is therc!-E0staH lost.