The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-25
VIM. Lowndes Yancey.
BIOGRAPHY.

on the 10th day Of August, 1914, and is
consequently now in his 45th year. He
was born at the home of Col. Bird, his
grandfather His parents resided at the
time in Abbeville, sc. His father, Benz.
c. Yancey, was a. lawyer of the first order
of talents and the highest integrity, rank
ing justly as compeer of the late John
c.. Calhoun, whose friend and supporter
he was in the memorable and decisive
conflicts which linked his name honorable
with the war of 1872. The elder Mr..
Yancey died in the year 1917, leaving but
two children, the subject Of this sketch
and BIC. Yancey, United States Minister
to- the Argentine Confederation, South
America.
VIM. u. Yancey received his earlier ed
ucation while between eight and nineteen
years Of age, in New York and New Eng
land-which, perhaps impaired to his
manners an apparent rcseloe, and stamp
ed him a pu,9ta,a in. his morals, without a
taint of superstition or phariseeism. He
issan earnest Christian, aspiring after un-
ostentatious spiritual graces, and SO walk
ing with little Of profession as an exem-
plary and devolit member of the Presby-
terian Church.
While yet a child, his mothera woman
- ~ ~ ~, 70 Iantc
tireless energy, and indomitable will
would assign him particular position on
the floor, and while she employed herself
with her knitting, require him to. dcclaim
sthc grand oldshymn of Stennett. beginn-
ing:
On Jortlans stormy banks stand 4
Whether the world is~morc greatly in
debted to thematernal pride and prophet
ic pains-tazing which prompted and gave
color and informing power to these early
exercises, than to the emore elaborate train
ing of DR.. Griffin, the President of VIII
liams Collcge.a finished rhetorician, to
whose care he was subsequently commit
fed, for the grace, strength, and splcndor
ofsMr Yancey's mighty appeals to his
countrymenof the South, (which for search
ing power, senatorial dignity, and infpe-
rial grandeur of genius are not surpassed
in the annals of eloquepce, ancient or
modern, neither he nor the world will
ever know.
BE read law in the Office Of Nathan
sayrc, Esq, in Sparta, Ca, and.completed
his studies in Greenville, S. c., under the
direction Of b b Perry,Esq.
Having attained his majority, he mar
ried Sarah Caroline Earle. an estimable
!. and accomplished lady, who is the third.
dgaghter: Of Geo. " .lSaEle. ESQ, ofGrecn-
vile. s. c.
In 1887, he fcmoycd to Cahaba, Ala,
and until 1910, divided his time between
~the cares of a small planting interest and
the editorial conduct of the Cahaba Demo
{ crat::
In 1910, he removed to Wetumpka, and.
in conjunction with his brother, the. Hon.
BIC. Yancey, lie purchased and edited
( the Argus.
in that year he took an active part, in
the great Presidential campaign; and it
isdonbtful whether he has ever since sur
passed the.powerfu popular speeches he
then made ins debate with some of the
ablest men who ever graced the platform
in the State. During the late Southern
sComme ereial Convention, one of its mem
bcrs expressed to Johnson ]. Hooper,
Esq, well known as q brilliant author,
and who was neithera political orperson-
al friend Of MEI Yancey. his surprise at
tho reach, depth, and power of one of Mr..
Yaneey's reieindcrssin that body-saying
that he had come to the convention to
ahear him, but that the half had not been.
told him. MrHoepe reply was that
80 the effort had never been equalled, un-
less, indeed, by Mr.. Yancey himself, in
1870" In 184l, Mr.. Yancey was elected
to represent the county OF Coosa in the
Legislature. He declined a reelection,
and in 1913, nc was elected to the Senate
of the State.
In 1914, the Hon. Dixon III. Lewis was
transferred from the House Of Represen-
tatives in Congress to ascat in the senate;.
and Mr. ancey was unanimously nonlir-.
! ated by the Democratic District Conyen-
ton to fill his scat, and was reelected
without opposition in 1915.
In Congress he made his debit on the