Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22

. fpedhoIi no - smOOJn hnu moving,
and may be appropriately termed eloquent
although his style psrtook so much ofspread-
eagle popularity that it clearly would have
betrayed his Southern origin had il not
otherwise been known. In one thing we
were disappointed; we expected to hear his
p%ersOnal narrative, and such other particular
circumstance as would convey an idea of
the actual condition of things in the Confed-
crate States; but these were barely referred
to, and the remainder Of the speech was de-
voted in discussing the influence of slavery
upon society in general.
He commenced by saying that the cause
of his expulsion was his efforts to INDUS into
the people-the non slaveholders in partic-
ular-the doctrines Of Patrick Henry. This
latter class constitute by far the greater
part of the inhabitants of the Southern
States; yet they are practically deprived of
all political privileges. The South, as un-
deistood now, is Yanceyism and Yanceyites;
but the true South means the non. slavehold-
eIs, the descendants of those who fought for
liberty in the Revolution, and net of those
who, according to a remark of Gen. Marion,
betrayed their country to save their houses
and their slaves.
No one outside of the South can form any
conception of the nature of the bondage in.
which the poor white men in that section
are kept. The ignorance of that class ex-
ceeds all description, and is too great to be
credited in the Northern States. If they
were intelligent, they would cast off the
yoke imposed upon them; but their ignor-
snce will only make them the more danger
Gus, If they ever attempt TO take the power
into their W hands. y-
The shareholders of the South have inoor-
porated the aristocratic and tory element
into their society, and they now tyrannize
over the masses with unrelentIng hand.
They are devoted to King Cotton, and are
willing to lay down the lives of the nom
Shareholders in its protection; but they are
cautious enough to remain at a sufficient dis
lance to incur no personal risks-their lives
are too precious for thstl The poor mus do
the fighting, and the rich enjoy the spoils.
The present condition of things reminds
one of the Reign of Terror in France; the Wig
lance Committees are the real Jacobin Clubs,
defying law, justice and humanity. Liberty
Of speech and the press to them simply
means the liberty of eulogizing King Cotton.
He said it had often been asked why those
who felt and knew the evils of slavery were
so often apostates. Let a citizen of this
place experience the iron despotism of a
Southern Vigilance Committee, and he will
not wonder why there are so many apos-
tates.
8 The revolution in the Cotton States was
effected by keeping the people in ignorance.
Did they really know the true state of the
case they would act in a different manner.
Among the poor there were neither schools,
books Dor newspapers.
He spoke Of Yancey IS the great leading
spirit of Secession, and gave a history of that
individual, charging him with having been
convicted of the crime of manslaugbter in
South Carolina, for which he was imprisoned
but received a pardon from the Governor.
He afterward went to Alabama, and has
since remained there. This same great
leader in the revolution had, here in Cincin-
natl, made a eloquent appeal in behalf of
the weak against the strong; but he had re-
turned to his home only to assist the latter
in expressing the former.
Mr.. Yancey had on several occasions taken
an oath to support the Constitution of the
United States and the Constitution of Ala
bama yethe had violated both, The former
declared the Union perpetual, and he had
done his best to destroy it; the latter con-
tanned a bill of rights, guaranteeing freedom
of speech, the press, of conscience, and a trial
by jury, yet he had ~disregarded it. 1t was
for pointing out this fact that he (the speaker)
had been exiled.
At his speech in the Opera-house, Mr..
Yancey had asked when the South had
violated the freedom of speech; he could re-
fer him, from his own personal experience, to
at least three occasions. He had been
choked down in the Democratic State Con.
v~ention, to which he was a delegate, for de-
claring that the course pursued would lead to
civil war he had, at another time, been
hooted down, while attempting to make a
statement in his own defense; and, lastly,
he was compelled to endure thirty-seven
lashes, at his home, in Lowndes County, and
exile. He referred, in q humorous manner,
to the fact that he had been forced to fire a
dozen shots with a revolver at Mr.. Lincoln's
efiey, saying that he had no convictions oil
conscience, as he knew he was not injuring
any one. His treatment, and the course
pursued by the disunionists, illustrated the
fact most clearly, that a written constitution
may say one thing, and a mob may do an
other; that the former was no protection
against the latter. Viewing the condition
of things, he was compelled to exclaim
"Liberty, how many crimes are committed
in thy name ~
The wealthy knew the power of the non
shareholders, and feared III he had been told
by the Committee who passed the sentence
of Punishment upon him that he was like
spark of FIRE amid a magazine of powder
his reply was that they should keep les
powder about them.
He then went into statistics to show how
weak, comparatively, were the Shareholder
in the South, and how strong.the non-slsVe
holders, taking the eensus Of 1850 for {
basis.
He predicted that the Southern Confed
eracy would be made into a monarchy, an(
asked if the North would permit that
they had protested to be adherents of tn,
Monroe doctrine, that no monarchies should
be established in America; and he asked i
they intended TO adhere to or abandon it.
His speech was much more decidedly anti
slavery than was expected, but the surpris'
was highly agreeable to the audience.
WRITIEG WITHOUT A MAsTRR.-Those VIII
are deficient in the art of writing SHOULD