The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-05-08

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ffoi.a word In reply be caught, my ny,
hand, and darted out ofthe room.
Itwasin, sne.ofstl,ese moods, whilst
travelling North, he icommenced "a
cohversa,ion In the railroad cars
with baHolitiohist, who gave
some Of his assertions aboht slave.
ry the lie. Therenpon Yead ION
caught him by the nap of the neck
anil pommellei him handsomely.
Before the cars stopped, be was
writing an acco.. ur of sl,is feat to
the Charleston Gouraers The cleo.
ton atstbat tine'was going on, in
Charleston, and Y eadonheaaed the
ticket. This delighted him very
much. Col. Seymour was tile last
member elected on the ticket. lie
and Yeadon roomed together in Co
slumbia, and in. cuttipg their wit at
each other, Y eard9n nsedr to call
him his tail. Nothing delighted
Yeadon more than a pun. / once
eaid to him he 1as "my mentor" {"
He was pleased with the expires.
sion, and afterwards Introduced
m Q, to Mrs. LeConte as h 8
s. telemacbrs." Thereupon , Mrs.
LeConte said your . tall A Amicus." !"
This pun was treasured up by him,
and repeated often in my presence.
WHILST a member of the Legisla.
ture, he kept house OF G ortwo ses.
sions, and every day had party
of friends to dine with him. On
one OCCASION, after the. cloth was
removed, and the wines were in
tree circulation, Mr. Yeadon
struck the table witlrOthe handle
ofhis knife to call the att ention of
his guests, and said that he had a
curious document to read them
which was written by his friend
Perry, te'. or twelve years previ.
ousiy. My curiosity was soine
what excited to know what it was.
He then prefaced by saying, that a
client OF his was once in Greenville
and employed ME to transact some
law business there. Tile clients
wife having died before the bust
ness was perfected, he had to EN-.
ploy him to do the business over
again, for which lie charged him
one hundred and fifty dollars
The client complained of his
Charge, and exhibited a receipt OF
mine tor precisely the same ser.
vices. After receiving his fee oi
one hundred and fifty dollars, he
begged his client f5salhe receipt ]
had given him for the same ser.
wees. MyDreceipt stalled minute
IT, my charge, Which amounted to
Ten dollars, all told .,,,9 % .I, w. a.o,s
/ was once dining with, Mr.;
Yeadvn at Mr.. Poinsett's, when
4eadoni with great feeling remark
ed that his greatest modification
in life, was that his political prin
ciples and Judgment as 10 the true
interests vi South Carolina, had all
ways thrown him in opposition te
what seemed the public sentilueuy
of the State. He loved his State
as much as any, of her suns, and
would sacrifice bimself tor her az
quickly as any one. " And y ct, all
Ills lite, lie had been tainted as q
4 sort Of traitor to the land of hi.
birth, when he knew alrd felt tia
| his love FOR South Carolina, haG
alone urged him to pursue the pol
icy he did. in 1S5O,a and 1851 Tile
| political excitement in South, Car
lima in favor OF secession aud dis
union became SD viulent andsoyer
whelming, that every newspapei
in the State yielded to the popnIal
storm and the Charleston Oot1rie,
amongst them. / was GREATLY
ctiagrined aud mortified when
saw this, and wrote ms friend
Yeadon in reference to the tun
! bling and fall OF the. Courier. il
distressed him beyond measure
Ihe proprietors iofsthe Charleston
Courier determined ito, direct aits
future course and save its patron
age. Mr.. Yeadon Was not respon
sible tor its ,summerset. This
,muzzling the press and siiencins
all oppositionto tae revolutionary
movement of the State by a sys
TEN OF terrorism, determined a tew
gentlemen IN sGresnviIle to start q
Union paper and bid defiance te
the storm,sssIn a few, months ,i
was manifest that thousands of ths
best and most intelligent menir
the Stater sympathised pwith the
movement in, Grsepville, and a
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