The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-15
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SUNDAY ocToBER IS. 1855.
The Late VIM. L. Yancey.

~ 'iie h'i-.ela o. ne New York News
friend has cut from a papsr and sent r,s
re following LIBEL upon he late MN. n
i,sueey, as vel IS upon myself Il seens
ms precious morsel was furnished bv ne
5 nlon oineIy correspondents Of the Chicago
republican, and is as follows;
Some ten years ago there came an al
one-armed, sickly-lookinF mar III tbis -; -,
who followed the avocation Of ne55l;55
kniTes and scissors thrcagh the city. III =
S4ld thar he offered to sell a knife TO the
y y 1qn, y IA. = fancey, once upon time. and
she NOD "m- l. 1ancey struck him In the
see lor having the presumption to sneak 10
hln' To-day this man-Wreford nv name
ms the largest dry goods and fancy store
~ ~ montgomery, and the eldest son of the
non: VIM. J.. Yancey is behind the counter
dealing out tape, etc. Quite change
nee read tins I could not help ex-
elaiin5,ing with SIR Jack, "Lord, how shis
serid . given % lying ri Cas- = = ',,,--i-
DE thar our brethren 81 the North sv-sliov-
seen stun as thisl Ii so, nov that thew
nave me power our cause will be a pitiabie
Sne' Inc correspondent represents Colonel
iaheey as striking poor, old. sicklv. one
AIMED man in the face for having the nre-
sumption 70 speak to him. OF course. nona
9ut the yenest monster in human sbana
could have done this. suppose 4 an me
!, "reiord' alluded to, as have .svery
large dry goods and fancy store in Mont.
goinery' employing number Of clerks.
among whom Is enc Of the younger sons Of
Soionei 1aneey, and have been so unfor-
tuhate IS 70 lose an arm hence I have
deemed it proper 10 correct This misarsbls
coward. have never agreed with Colonel
aneey IN politics, and hence am prepsre5
70 DO HIM simple justice and you will allow
me 70 say, that So far from his ever
oHerlng me any indignity, his uniform
courtesy and Rentlemanly bearing insuired
me with the belief that ne was a find-
hearted, social, genial, but dignihed gentle
one Of the very last men in
the state who would cypress the helpless or
or oner lndignity 70 ne poor. He was A |
Onrisuaa gentleman; and if this cores
Pondent OF the Republican had taken the /
pains ne might have found out a truth more /
interesting to his l-iq6t n,is,aeE realers in re-
gard to Colonel Yancy than the slanderous
nietion which be sent 70 his paper, II il /
mat a short time before his death he was
heard TO say that he forgave all his enemies,
ano earnestly 70 pray Almighty God for |
give those WHO misrepresented his motives i
and ialsiiied his acts. Ifthis eorrespondsnt Il
pc possessed Of one attribute of true man
mood, and had acquired q knOwledee of i
TINS TACT, the pen would have fallen from
ms HtL seieaa grasp before writing this libel /
upon the dead for the purpose Of fnisguiding
and intlaming the Northern mind.
AS for my humble self, let me say that it
IS not true that I came to Montgomery some
ten years ago. On the contrary, 1 was then
residing IN the State Of New York. engaged
IN the pursuits OF agriculture, owning sew
eral hundred acres of land. As Cor NV he
ing old and siekly looking, can only saw I
am man in the prime Of life, and (God he
pralsedl was neversick in my life. and am
willing TO meet the editorial CORPS Of The
Chicago Republican, with all their cor
az the next Worlds Pair. and
challenge the Judgment Of all the world and
the "rest OF mankind. D" whether / am not bv
far better looking man than either 81
9 EN-, even making no allowance for the
loss Of an arm. As to the insnuation that |
was once poor peddler Of knives and scis-
3ors, Gao only say have never seen the
lay since l was engaged in business that
could not have bought the Chicago Repub-
I!can, with all its correspondents thrown in,
xix times over.
Truly yours, s. p. WRFFORD
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 4, 1865.