Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-10-18
HON. VIM. l. YANCEY IN NEW YORK

liON w W. l. fANCEl IN NE" YORK
I The Hon. VIM. l.. Yancey, of Alabama, ad
, dressed a large meeting Of the Breckenridge
, Democracy, in the Cooper Institute, New York
on the 10Th inst.-lEe was occasionally inter
: ruptcl by Kisses. but on the whole was well
received, and at times was strongly applauded
He discussed the question of slavery, and defend
ed the rights Of the South He also answered
some questions with regard to secession The
following extracts will show tie tenor aid spirit
of his speech:
!, Seward had said that the time must come
when there would not be foot of slave terrific
ry on the American continent. The District OF
Columbia was a small mite of the continent, and
would no doubt be covered with the first breath.
Already in some of the States citizens had been
imprisoned merely for being loyal to our COM
mon Constitution. Applause.
When all the Offices of the Government were
in the hands of men sympathizing with the prn-
ciples of Lincoln and Seward the emssaries of
the Abolitionists would be found everywhere
through the South With strychnia to put in their
wells as they were now found in Texas
Laughter and Kisses, and applause long contin-
ued, with cries of ''Put him QUIT There were
various modes of expressing ideas, Mr.. Yancey
said men of reason had their way, adders theirs
and geese theirs. Laughter Kisses and ap-
plause.] In Texas it was proven beyond all
doubt men calling themselves Reverend had been
arrested with strychnia upon their persons, and
arms had been found stored away. How came
they there? They were there for the purpose
of carrying on the ''irrepressible conflict" The
about at midnight, with their incendiary torches,
poison, and indictments to Instruction. Those
things were there, and they were traced to the
Abolitionists. Now, if the Black Republicans
were in power, would not the institution be in
danger of being blown up at any time by SEINE
Insignificant being-capable of little good, but
able to do a great deal of mischief? With the
emssaries of the North among them, with the
offices Of the Government In the hands oil. their
enemies their property would be deteriorated !;
there would be general desolation, and the North
would share in the universal ruin. If this gen.
eral desolation came on the South, then what
should the South do? Some t.rnorsn the South
should submit. He di.n't. Applause
Mr.. Yancey concladcd his speech with an
swering some questions which had been put to
him as follows:
ae had been asked to answer several ques-
tons, and he thought he might as well do it at
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slider the election of Lincoln sufficient cause for
the secession of the South and the second,
whether he, in case Lincoln was elected, and
the South attempted to secede, would support
the government in suppressing the attempt, and
aid TO maintain the integrity of the Union ? The
first question was a mere speculation, and po-
| litical speculation at that He was now engaged
in endeavoring to avert the very thing here spo-
ken of-the catastrophe Of the election of Lin
coin. He was showing his allegiance to the
Constitution by abandoning his own private brl-
siness, and going to all parts of the country to
endeavor to prevent that election, and if others
would labor as faithfully as he had for this end
Lincoln would never be President. Applause.
What was propounded in the question was
matter to come after the decision of the ballot
box Cries of ''Qnestion !"7 Don't be impa-
tient gentlemen, and above all keep your tenn
pers This is not the time to fight now certain
Laughter 1t was the time to vote. Anoth-
er interruption and cries Of ''put him out p'7
You're inpatient my friends, said Mr.. Yancey
| If, gentlemen, he continued. were So anSiaps to
know his opinions, they should abide by them
when lie gave them. Applause.
| The question was mere speculation. 1t was
asking whether something would occur if anoth-
er should happen. He hoped it never would
happen. He was no candidate for the Presiden-
cy, and his views had nothing to do with the
contest In the first place, there was no such
thing as the South seeding. There was such a
thing as a State seeding He could see how
the State could secele, and he had no answer to
give with regard to the seeding of the South.
He was States Rights man. The Constitution
told them that all the rights not delegated to the
| General Government were reserved to the States.
He believed in the right of secession. The ORR
ginal compact was made between the States
willingly asserting to it, and either, by her own
WILL might withdraw. But this was mere specu-
ation, predicated upon contingency. Alabama
consider this question if Black Republican was
elected. His State in that event was to decide
this question, not he, If she went outaof the
Union he went with her. [Applause. If she
remained in, he'd remain in.> Good" 1t Was
"a grave NATTER and he hoped that some man
opposed to the irrepressible conflict would be
elected Presdent.-But when the time came to
decide it he would consult with the men in Ala
bama and act with them, and they Of New York
had nothing to do with it. In this Presidential
question, on the contrary, he had something in
common with them. For him here to commit
himself on this question, with the future unde-
veloped, merely to crafty some political antago-
mist would be the widest folly. The answer to
the question he would give to his State when
she asked it. [''Three cheers for the answer"
were proposed and given.
TO the second question he replied that be
would aid in maintaining the integrity Of the
Union with his life's blood. He was laboring
now for it. But if it was meant to ask whether
he would aid in the preservation of an Admin
istration that was tramplins on the rights Of the
South, he replied that he would aid any State
in resisting it with his blood. Revolution was
justifable before the last expiring throes of ep-
pressed nationalties. Poor Italy was now try
ing to raise up her poor bruised body and strug-
Cling for the right Of revolution. Our fathers
had made ours form Of Government depend
ing on the wills of the States, and whenever the
compact was broken, what power was there
higher than the States? The Constitution itself
reserved certain rights to the States; and the
one right that rose above all was, that when the
Government was oppressive they should have
the rights to form new Governments. Govern
ments should not be changed lightly but when