Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1860-11-23

MISC ELL N y /.
Mr.. Yancey and Parson Brownlow on the
Stump

Brownlow's paper, ofthe 22d Sept. has
an editorial report of the reception of
Mr.. Yancey, and the meeting attend
ant, both of which took place on the
Tuesday previous. From this report
the following passages are taken:
"Hon. VIM. i. Yancey arrived at
our depot, on Tuesday morning, hav-
ing with him his family, among whom
is II son grown. lie was met with two
carriages and music wagon, and cs-
cortcd to the Lamar House, by very
small crowd, thrcc-fourths of whom
were Bell and Everett men, attracted
by the fame of the distinguished visit
or. lie quietly entered the hotel, and
nothing was said, pro or con, the i'll
tense Southern Democracy feeling that
they had made failure! But, at the
hour of twelve, the crowd repaired to a
lot in the northwestern portion of the
city, where stand was erected under
very large oak tree, intending the
shade of the one tree to accommodate
the audience, as it did for the most
part. There was about three or four
hundred persons on the ground, ma
iority of whom were Bell men. MIR.
| Yanccv was introduced to the audience
by John II. Crozicr, the same man
who had four weeks previously rcpudi-
atcd Yanccy ut Louisville, in BlOunt
County, and stated to the audience,
that Yanccy was an extreme man, and
the Democracy of Tennessee were not
to be held responsible for his ultra
opinions. Mr.. Yanccy spoke three
hours and a half, and except the time
he occupied in making war upon Bell,
he was for the most part engaged in
defense of himself, and his own politi-
cal record, against what he was pleased
to style the slandcrs and talschoods of
the Bell and Douglas press and orators.
lie is fluent speaker, with good
voice, an excess of vanity, and IL large
sprinkle of the demagoguc. lie makes
an ingenious speech, intcrspcrscd with
a good degree of rccklcssncss, but by
no means meets the expectations of
strangers. We will not attempt re-
port of the speech, but we will give
some of the points he made, and these
we promise to state accurately. He
stated that white women at the North
stand over the wash-tub, and cook
that white men black boots and drive
carriages, and perform all other mcnial
services; while at the South, where we
were more elevated, we make negroes
perform these degrading duties This
was Il most unfortunate hit for this lat
itudc. 1t mi ght do in South Alabama,
or the wealthy portions of the Cotton
States. But every tenth man he was
speaking to did not own negro !;
while the wives and daughters of nine
tenths of all who heard him, wash,
cook, and milk cows, without ever s,ls-
pccting that they were performing me-
nial services Even our cntcrprising
townsmcn, Lackey and Hanks, who
drove their carriages out to the depot,
and again to the speaking, never sup
posed they were less elevated than
those who were riding in their carriages.
And verify, if this aristocratic South
ern party desire no votes from that
class who black their own boots, and
drive their own carriages and wagons,
their share in East Tennessee will be
small. No wonder that Gov. johnson
said Yanccy was bad egg, and de-
clincd associating with him in public
debate. He next pitched into Douglas,
and stated that to find him you must
penetrate the bowels of whisky bar
rel. Douglas even had the impudcncc
to como to the South to make speech
cs. Nay, he dared enter where angels
fear to tread, and had t;,lsitied the re-
cords of the country. AS Mr.. Yanccy
was about to conclude, and it was ap-
parent to all present that he would not
define his position as it regarded the
possible election of Lincoln, as Doug
las had nobly done at Richmond and
Norfolk, former State Senator of
Knox, practising physician, our Dis
trict Elcctor, and the writer sent up
to the stand by Mr.. Manley, the fol-
lowing note:
Mr.. YANcEY-If Lincoln should be
elected, would you consider THAT Il
sufficient cause for rdissolving the Union,
or would you be for resisting his inau-
guration! Respectfully,
w. &. BRowNLow, WM. RODGERS,
S. X. RoDGERs, .. p. TEMPLE,
j. NJ. FLEMING.
"This note was handed to John IL.
Crozicr, and DR.. Ramsey, the Trustee
Of the celebrated Bank of East Tenncs-
see, who Indignantly refused to hand
it to Yancey, and returned it to Man
ley, whereupon the latter, in front of
IL -, .%n,,I ,,worn,,l.l A.