Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-10-02
NO. XII.
PEDIGREE OF VIM. T., YANCEy.

FEDlGkEE OF VIM. l.. YANCEY
Those fond OF Biographical sketches, saws the
"Rnorcillo Whig," will read the following in
reference to this man-Yancey, with ereat
deal of interest. It's from an Aza6amo Demo
cratic paper, that never eeantenanced Bell or
Whggery, and now opposes both. He was one
of the nulli6ers of South Carolina in 1892. who
the editor and publisher of as dirty, and as vile
Disunion sheet as circulated in the South
He was in Jail in South Carolina for the mur-
der of an uncle. Hewas at Washington fight
| ing duel with Clingman. He was again in
Alabama organizing Southern League" and
writing his slaughter Letter. He was last. in
order, in Knoxville, representing Tennessee be
mocracy on the stump. He is nice disciple to
lecture honest men, upon their duties to God and
thier country! ~ a rsvs.
| From the Selma (Aza.) Ssnt;nez.1
Bill Yancey-Who is Hea
As this individual has become notorious in
consequence of his bold efforts to DESTROY the
National Democratic party, and to ''preoipitate
the Cotton States into Revolution" under the
guise and cloak of Democracy, it has been sug-
gested to be proper and right his antecedents
should be referred to occasionally. The precise
latitude in which this individual first saw the
light of day, has not been fully settled-he claims
that credit belongs to South Carolina, but others
say it is due to little town in Western New
York, called Funga or Fungas, we don't recol-
lect which. But that is immaterial His first
political efforts were made at Greenville, South
Carolina, in favor OF notification and in rebel
lion to the patriot Jackson, in which efforts to .
arouse rebellion he most successfully failed
His first appearance in Alabama, was in Ca
haba in 1887, where he attempted to disorgan-
ize and break up an anti-State Bank Democratic
county meeting, at which time a difficulty oc-
CURED between him and our worthy and excel
lent friend, Col. G.. W. Gayle-Gayle being op.
posed to the rotten State Bank system, and
Yancey espousing the cause, and subsequently
got rather deep into the State Banks, as is shown
by the report to the Legislature.
Yancey next took charge of the Southern
Democrat at Cahaba and prostituted that paper
to the cause of the State Banking system.-
Finding be was playing a losing game, both in
popularity and money, he left Cahaba, went to
Wetumpka, bought some three or four newspa.
pers in that City, and merged them all into a
paper called the Wetumpka Argus. law suits fol-
lowed the purchase of one or two of the offices,
and Yancey came out of the little end of the
horn, by the law suits going against him. A.
bout this time, his brother, b. @. Yancey, came
10 Wetumpka, from South Carolina or Georgia,
took charge of the Argus, and Bill went to
Greenvile, South Carolina, and in few days
after his arrival there became involved in per-
sonal difficulty which resulted in the death of
DR.. Earle, an uncle by marriage. Yancey was
tried, found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced
to two years Imprisonment, and fine of fifteen
thousand dollars. After lying in Jail some three
|or four months, his sentence was commuted to
the payment of the fine.
The next thing we heard of Yancey was his
admission to practice law at Kingston, Autauga
county, Alabama, soon afterwards he became a
candidate for the State Senate, in Autauga and
Coosa counties, in opposition to Judge W. W.
Morris, the regularly nominated Democratic
candidate Yancey taking up the White basis
buna6ug-and finally defeated Judge Morris, tho
Democratic candidate. He served two sessions
in the Senate. The next movement he made
was to smuggle into the District Convention at
Centrevile, a lot of bogus delegates from Coosa
and Autanga counties. to secure his nomination
for Congress over Col. George W. Gayle, who
was the favorite among the Democracy Of the
District for Congress. Yancey secured the ad.
mission of his bogus delegates into the Conven-
ton, and he was nominated for Congress, and
the Democrats, rather than raise disturbance,
and for the sake of their party, permitted the
election of Yancey. On his appearance in Con-
gress. the first thing was to challenge Mr.. Cling
man, from North Carolina, for duel. They
met, discharged one shot, Yancey shooting be-
fore the word, his ball going into the ground
about % feet in front of his antagonist-the diff
Guilty was made up. Yancey returned and rode
rough shod over everything in the district, aud
was again elected to Congress-. He voted for
the WilmOt Proviso in the Oregon Territorial
Bill, and resigned his scat in Congress. Col.
Cottrell, of Lowndes, was nominated by the
Democracy. Sam. Beeman, half brother of
Yancey's, Wing then but now Black Repub-
lican in Minnesota, also became candidate
Yancey took the field for Beeman the Whig, in
opposition to the Democratic nominee, and by
his mischievous interference, came within about
80 votes of electlng Beernan, the Wing candi-
date. We next hear of Yancey boiling from the
Baltimore Convention of 1848, and during the
campaign did all he could against the election
of General Cass, the Democratic nominee. He
then became quiet until 1862, when we find him
giving aid aud comfort to the disunion ticket of
Troup and Quitman, and against the National
Democratic nominees-Plerce and King. He
found himself belonging to a handful of Disu;
nionists and secessiOnists, though he had laborsd
hard in his State Convention at Montgomery in
1861 to disorganizs the Democracy of Alabama
and commit the party to secession.
We next hear of him in the State Convention
of 1856, insisting upon the adoption of resolu-
tions demanding Congressional non-intervention
by the Cincinnati Convention, and if not granted
by that convention for the AlaDan8 OelegdtlOn
to withdraw. He was appointed delegate and
an elector for the State-went to Cincinnati,
and he found non Intervention was the doctrine
of the party at Cincinnati, and thus he was pre-
vented from carrying out his favorite mode of
withdrawing, and he really did support Mr..
Buchanan, the first Democrat he voted for, for
about twelve years. But being disappointed in
securing an appointment from Mr.. Buchanan, in
less than Is months after the election, We find
him prowling about in Lowndes, Macon and
Montgomery counties, forming what he termed
Southern Leagues, with the motto-"A South
ern Republic is our only safety" inscribed 2pon
their banner.
THE STOMACH AND THE MIND.-Much of our
own conduct depends, no doubt, upon the char
acter of the food we eat Perhaps, indeed, the
nature of our meals governs the nature of our
impulses more than we are inclined to admit,
because none of US relish we'll the abandonment
Of our idea Of free agency. Bonaparte used to
attribute the loss of one of his battles to poor
dinner, which at the time disturbed his diges-
tion. How many of our misjudgments-ho
many OF our deliberate errors-how many of our
unkindnesses, our cruelties our acts of thought
lessness and recklessness, may be actually owing
to cause of the same characters Weeat some-
thing that deranges the condition of the system.
Through the stomachic nerve that arrangement
Immediately affects the brain. Moroseness sue
ceeds amiability, and under its influence we do
that which would shock our sensibility at any