The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-11-06

Of appointing Mr.. Young, and hesitated some
time between him and Mr.. Desaussure. 81 ~
In 1881 or '32, Mr.. Young was elected to
represent Laurens District in the Free Trade
Convention which assembled in Philadelphia,
and which was composed Of tho most promi.
inent and distinguished men in the Southern
States. He was. again appointed to attend
the Nashville Convention, which met and pro-
| tested against the wrongs and injuries inHict.
ed on the Southern States by the Federal Gov.
ernnient. He was onco or twice elected by
the Legislature one of the Electors of ,Presi.
dent and Vice. President of the United States.
! For many years he was n member OF the Board
Of Trustees of the South Carolina College, aud
finally ndeclncd recollection He was then
appointed one of the visitors of the military
schools in South Carolina, aud several times
attended the meeting of the Board in Charles.
ton and Columbia. When Judge Earle was
elected to the Bench, Mr.. Young became a
candidate for the Office of Solicitor, and was
beaten by Judge Whitner. He would have
made most admirable prosecuting officer :;
and j have heard him say that it was the on
ly office he ever really desired to fill.
In carly life, Mr.. Young's habits wero not
| temperate, and the first time ever saw him,
his great obesity showed it too plainly. But
| he soon married, and reformed his habits en-,
tirely. never knew moro temperate man
in all things than Mr.. Young, during our inti-
macy for so many years. He took a glass of
brandy occasionally, but never became even
excited by spirits as long as know him. 1
remember meeting him in Columbia one fall,
and he looked emaciuted. asked him to takc
drink with mo, and he replied that he had
not tasted drop Of spirits :or several months.
L then said to him that was the cause of his
cmacation, that spirits were the milk of oil
age, md advised him to take; a drink every
day at dinner" The next time met him, he
told mo that he had followed my advice, and
he looked infinitely better. -.r
Mr.. Young married his cousin, a sister of
Gen. Young, of Charlotte, N. c., ard had but
one child, daughter, who married the Hon.
w. ID. Simpson, n gallant Colonel of the Cons
fedcrate army, and a member of the Confeder-
ate Congress-, who was elected a member Of
the United States Congress, in 1868, by IA ma
jority of three or four thousand votes, over A.
S. Wallace, but was not allowed to take his
seat. In my recent canvass for Congress, I
made an appointment to speak at Laurcns
Court House, where saw Col Simpson, and
cnquired if Mr.. Young would be present at
our meeting. He told me that he was n not able
to attend. 1 then said that must see him
before left the village. He replied that he
would go with me that evening, tut doubted
whether Mr.. Young would remember me His
mind, he said, was very nuch shattered, and
his memory gone! 1 was sadly impressed
with this information, for Mr.. Young could
not then have been moro than seventy eight
or nine years old! Lord Ly nhurst made one
OF his greatest speeches in the House Of Lords
when he was nincty-two years old. He spoke
two hours without note or memoranda and
referred to facts and dates as If he had been
in the prime of his life Lord Broughdna
commenced writing his autobiography when
he was ninety years old. But there is a great
difference in the decay of intellect in different
men.
Col. Simpson and myself r"do up in my car.
rago to sec Mr.. Young, after had addressed
garden, looking well and seemingly in good
health. But l discovered that his mind was
very much enfccbled. Io recognized me.
however, and seemed glad that we had met
once moro in this life. My interview with
him was necessarily hrief, and my feelings
and reflections afterwards were very sad.
haze said Mr.. Young was n great favor
;t., Ill Al
ly so with all the lawyers and judges When
Judge Richardson was threatened with i'm.
peachment by the House of Representatives,
no selected Mr.. Yourg us one of his counsel
to defend him before the Legislature. This
was distinguished honor, when the Judge
had the whole Bar Of the State to select from.
1t was equally compliment to his learning
and ability as n lawyer.
The jurcs had equal confidence in his in
tegrity and sincerity, learning, ability and
honor, and no lawyer at the Bar was more
successful in his cases before jury. His
statements were always regarded as truthful
and they knew that there was no purpose on
his part to deceive or misiead them. He was,
too, most liberal practitioner towards his
| opponents at the Bar. He never resorted to
trick or stratagem in his practice, or availed
himself Of any technical advantage which did
not meet the justice Of the case. No one ever
had less Of the pettitoger or dcmagogue
in bis nature. He was wholly pnselfsh and
without particle Of vanity. His only pride
and ambition was to discharge every duty of
life as man, lawyer and statesman, consci.
entiously and to the best Of his ability. In
his manners he was simple, unpretonding and
unaffected. He did nothing for vain glory
In his nature he was kind and affec ction ate.-
Such Is the portraiture my heart draws Of an
old friend, who has passed off the stage of life,
and now quietly waits to be gathered to his
| fathers. .".' OF
[Contiaued merit ,oeek.
A young lady up town New York; re-