Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-10-31
The gntlana gerald.
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 81.
w. L. YANCEY.

eminent, Is alive and kicking; at least he
was neither dead nor slumbering on the 9TH
INST On that day, not yet having succeeded
in establishing direct diplomatic relations with
Her Majesty's Governmet, the Hon. Mr..
Yancey, seated himself somewhere, perhaps
xpon stool at the Pewter Mug" over a
bottle of champagne, and melted little quasi
diplomatic note to the editor of the London
Times, in which be meekly and gently Guides
Dir. w. S. Forster, M. p" for falsely i'm
puting to him, the aforesaid virtuous Yancey,
very naughty act. Mr.. Forster in lecture
On - The Civil War in America" stated that
Mr. Yancey was a member Of a somewhat
recent Southern Convention in Alabama
Yancey assents to that. Mr.. Forster further
stated that in a speech made in that Conven-
hon, MIR. Yancey asked as the great griev-
anee Of the South, what became of our
equality with the North, when the law was
passed that said, you of the South shall not
import negroes from Africa, though you OF
the north may import jackasses from Malta.
Yaneey does not deny that he made Use of
that elegant language. But when Mr..
Forster says the speech of Yancey from which
the above sentence is taken was made upon
his motion for the revival of the African
Slave trade" Mr.. Yancey declares that the
M. 2" labors under a grave misapprehen-
sion, and does HIM great injustice. Yancey
informs the British public that he made no
motion" to revive the African Slave trade.
He - merely" introduced resolution"
declaring the federal laws Furnishing the
trade as piracy, to be unconstitutional
Thus Mr., Yancey, in the glow of intellect,
made abnormaIly keen by frequent and po-
tent vlnous indications, makes a capital
point on an English NJ. p, and shows to the
Abohtionists OF Great Britain that he never
was friend TO the African Slave trade 1t
Is, indeed, a nice distinction which he draws,
but he succeeds, nevertheless, in making 1t
perceptible. He divides a hair 'twixt
north and northwest side" with the greatest
case He made no notion for the revival OF
the African Slave trade therein Mr. Foster
Nj p does him great wrong. He merely"
made a speech in favor OF it He made no
q motion " for its re,'irai; he " merely IN
PRODUCED resolution that the federal laws
declaring it piracy, are unconstitutional and
ought to be repealed! Quoth 1ancey,
didn't 90 for the privilege of stealing negroes
from Africa | " merely insisted that there
should be no laws TO rrohtbit my doing 50, II
wish to- Isn't it plain to the comprehen-
sion OF John Bull that it is one thing to favor
the renewal of negro stealing, and quite an
other thing to insist that it is eminently lawful
and proper and ought not to be prohibited ?
But Yancey having succeeded so admlra-
bl, in making this triumphant vIndlcauon of
his claims to the sympathy OF English Abol-
itionists, proceeds still further in the unfold
mo Of his logical adeptness and skill MY
resolution" he saws, was based upon the
view hat the Federal Congress has no right
to regulate slavery II. ang ray, and can only
ieqislQle tn protect IT," This affords to the
E,.};l, a,ra ,.loa,, view If the relations
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which the "ereFa' "o'',' ''''''", '''','7 "
slavery. They Sc trem tins Iucd tNPia'a-
t;on Of MIR. Yancey. that IN the first place
ul...,.,.,.r 80 40 with
congress mas no'"''2 " ''a.'' '
slavery, IN 0"p "oy and that III the seco"p
Mace. it is the duty Of Congress to take care
.I-.n. ..u,,,,.I :, tb.. ,,rotsction of
o. IT, anu '" '''''" ..
law. They discover that rn1er cur C0''S''-
.n,;on in the =. view OF Mr. Yancey, Con-
.l:l;, .l,... Slow. trade. for the.
reason that the I on7'''o'lon co"'e'' ''o p'"'