Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-02
The Disunion PIOt-Jusftce 10 ston'
W m. l.. Nancey.

cation from a friend Of Mr.. fANcEY:
MONTGOMERY, ALA, July 26. 1860,
EprToRs PATRIOT You published in yonr
,,onar n few DAYS since. long and ingenious
srticIe to show that those who nominated
and are now supporting. Mr.. Breckinr dge
and Cen. Lane for the Presidfn and Vice
Presidency, are secretly working Tor disc
linton of the Union and the establishment OF
q Southern Confederacy.
In the article you inserted what you term
ed the Constitution OF the League OF which
Mr.. Yancey was the author E''oW Tue 'i9-
thor of the Constitution which you copy. lie
il a Distinguished lawyer of this city, who,
whom he wrote and published it. occupied Il
hioh ir1iciaI position. He now refuses TO
snnnort either of the tickets presented to the
neonIe- and i entirely Withdrawn from poll
ties Mr.. Yancey never had anything to 90
with it.
The Constitution of the League OF which
Mr.. Yancpy was the author, Is emsOdied IN
the enclosed letter. which was written to
prove the faI~ity of the charge OF dlsnnIou.
so far as Mr. Yancey Is concerned, and IN my
opinion is a triumphant REPUTATION.
Believing. a. do, that you have done SIR
Yaucey Injustice uninteniiOnally, aud that
yo;i are willing TO fight this canvass upon the
principles which it involves, l respectfully
ask the publication of Mr.. Yancey.s l.ttrr III
your columns. JCoIiOL-
In compliance with the request of jus
tice," we publish. to-day, so much OF Dir.
YANCEY's letter in reply to the Address OF
Messrs. CARROLL and WATTEEsoN as refers 20
the charge of his connection with a scheme to
break up the Union, which we had also made.
To publjsh the entire letter would devclve
on us the necessity of publishing the Ad-
dress of Messrs. CARROLL and WATTERsON in
.siusticen to them, which would be too great
a trespass on our space at this time. Imme-
diateiy on the publication of Mr.. 1AscEY's
letter here, we noticed it editorially and gave
him the benefit Of his denial. Justice Is
perfectly correct in suppOsing that we would
not do Mr.. YANCEY Intentional injustice, and
that ''we are willing to fight this canvass up
on the principles which it involves
The complaint of Justice is that, in our
exposure of the intrigue to dissolve the Union
and revolutionize the government, We '.in-
serted what you [wel termed the Constitution
of the League of which Mr.. YANcEY was the
author.'' In this he is mistaken. We did
not charge that Mr.. YANCET was the author
of that Constitution. We had no authority
to do so. That was the Constitution of the
League" which was formed al Bethel Church
on the 10th of July, 1883, and we so stated
il 10 be. It followed closely upon the heels
of the letter to SLAUGHTER We stated that
Mr.. YAxCEY was present at Bethel Church
that day, and made speech, the burden oil
which, we presumed, was the alleged wrongs
and expressions of the South. That League"
was then organized after Mr.. YANCEY deliv-
cred his speech. Neither Mr.. YASCET nor
his friend Justice will deny either Of these
facts The only reasonable inference is. that
Mr.. YANCET was fully cognizant of the or
ganization of the Bethel Church League ;
that he knew the cont,nt of that ConSiitu-
ton, aud gave il his sanction. Mr.. YANCEY
does not deny that such WAS the fact. II
matters Tot who the penman was, who
put down the words in wTiting-Mr- Yam
cEY cannot escape responsibility by denying
that he was not the author of it. 1t is a mere
bubble and evasion, therefore, to set up that
plea and vauntiEgly parade the constitution
of the Montgomery League, of which jus
tice" informs us he was the author The
meshes in this ingenious and elaborate net
work of intrigue appear to have been differ
entity constructed for different localities.
The Bethel Church League was constructed to
meet the views of that locality. The one at
Montgomery was designed TO entrap those
not then prepared to 90 quite so far Then
there was the preamble and resolutions and
constitution OF the Great Southern Party. .
which we also published, on the 18Th of July.
which was designed to catch wherever there
was disuuion game. There was nothing in
either 10 prevent the members of the other.
from cooperating to accomplish the ultimate
design. They were different parts of gen
eral system or plan through which the Unior
was to be overthrow, and Southern Con
federacy established. This conclusion is ire
sistible from the facts and circumstance
which We have heretofore detailed at length
and which stand before the country uuques
toned.
Considered as defence against the charg
of disunion feelings and sentiments, DIR. yam
cEY's reply to Messrs- CARROLL and WATTEE
sos is wholly insufficient and unsatisfactory
He contends that the avowed object of th
Mont somery League "was not to br, SIX u
the Union. bat to use all proper means t
main ain our rights within the Union"
his speech, advocating the League, be said