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

fire, and then an honorable adjustment.
It-was known to the late Judge Huger,
then q senator from South Carolina.
whom Mr. Yancey consulted as a friend,
that he did not attempt the life of Mr.
Clingman-hc threw away his fire. lie
was not at that time member of the
Christian Church.
During his brief Congressional career;
he also made able ard elaborate speeches.
on the Oregon notice question, and upon
the internal improvement issue.
His speech upon, the Oregon question
was listened to with profound attention
by the mcmbers-a large majority Of
whom differed with the speaker Mr..
Yancey opposedthe notice to Great Britain
as a war measure. The press everywhere
received it with delight, it being delivered
some time before Mr.. Calhoun took
ground in the Senate upon the same
side.
One of the Baltimore correspondents
thus described the scene: "When it was
announced that he had the floor, crowds:
of fashionable men and women focked to
hear him. During the time he was speak
ING there was breathless silence. The
enthusiastic admiration of all who heard.
him amounts almost to alteration"
The correspondent Of the New York
EHerald commented thusupon the position
of the speaker and Of the power of Mr..
Us effort:
g 1t is:gratifying to see fearless spirit
I of patriotism in a single man, in the midst
sofa strong and almost universal opposing
current, tending, like the. stream of Nj
agara, to the abyss of war. 1t is particu
larly gratifying when such an.individual,
assuming such stand in such q crisis, is
a young man, ardent as u southern sun
can make him, full Of patriotism, jealous.
of his personal and his country's honor
jealous to the caviling upon of the ninth
part of a hair upon that honor's inva-
sion. OF cncroachment-comi out, bold
as mountain stream, in contest with the
clamor of war.
"Such was the man-such was his posi-
ton, and such the current against which
he put forth his strong arm to-day"
The Ga=ette (Ala.-) in reviewing the
speech, declared that Mr. Yancey oc-
cupied at this time, higher stand in pub
lie estimation. than any man Of his age;
and is destined to WELD an influence com
mensurate with that Of the mlghtiest
spirits of the age
InsAugust, 1856, Mr. Yancey resigned
his seat in Congrcss-too poor to keep it
or continue in politics. The claims Of an
increasing family were heavy upon. him,
and he retired from a position of power
and public admiration such as no man in
the State GaaIa| boast at that tine-a Io-
sition won by his couragc-his sterling
virtnes-his reliability--his devotion to
principle-his laborious and selfsacrifcing
zeal for the truth, and his matchless elo-
quence.
He removed to the city of Montgonlc-
ry, where he now resides, and formed a
law partnership with Col John A. Ell
more and has, since that time, laborious-
ly prosecuted his profession. !.
AS a lawyer he takes ank among the
first in that State
Mr. Yancey's party awarded to him the
firstsplacc in their ranks. Twice nomin-
ated for Congress, twice he felt it to be
his duty to decline-though once he was
nominated unanimously in convention, af-
ter his letter was read absolutely declining
the protfered position. His duty to his
family, in the opinion, required the devo-
tion of his time to his profession.
In 1918, Mr.. Yaneey was member of
the National Democratic Convention
which, nominated General Cass for the
Presidency, though he opposed his nom
.ination, and afterward refused to support
him.
He ncvcrat any time united with the
opposition to the Democracy, though
sometimes compelled by his sense Of duty
and consistency as !. Southern Rights man
to withhold his active support of the men
and measures of the Democratic party.
Indeed, Mr.. Yancey is, in no sense, anere
party man. lie scars into a higher atnlos-
phere of patriotism and personal inde-
pendence, and hence has been the mark
for much unjust and illiberal criticism by