The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

Hon. George c. Vest. ''ex-senator of
 wo Republics"
 Err: Your prospects have come to Rural end, a fact which you in becom-
 dignity confess. Looking no longer the rewards of active contests for ce nor to those sweets of conscience sich attend the faithful in the tortuous Etunes of public service. you have pe- IIne q. volunteer with robust memory and Hdy pen to tell of the momentous cri- in public affairs into which you en- Eed. in the bloom and hey-day of your e with a spirit of abounding love and For.
 .bpon sober thought you will not deny to say that for some recent interest work of your pen, you were so un- Hky as to choose an inauspicious repos- fry. Newspapers have attained to hign |oortance as vehicles of Southern his ky. The Confederate Veterans organi- &ion. to membership in which you have ! honored, but unused right; the Daugh- Es of the Confederacyj its strong right I n if not its true head, ;the Sons of Vet ns. each association in turn IS dll- Knt collector of archives which may safely preserved only in the files or Brent newspapers. Hence 1t would Inn unfortunate that you pass by such EImplars of the available press as The B Bhrpord CvaO Times-News, The larIeston (So. Cal News and Courier. .se Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, to, sh unon the sceptical columns of The Philadelphia Saturday, Evening Post,
 at vou may spread abroad as a legacy n nosterity, what you know of your &aorous associates, once engaged in a .snmon enterprise to set up worthy sIsI government over the Confederate Ites that the new born Republic Uni live in the majesty of its normal kIwess and the beauty of its native Hue forever.
 Nh Alabamian, I am gratified that you .nte even while. in an humble capacity. #Inust invite you, as I read, to a more
 did review of certain facts, which it sihappens that Alabamians are specially zInd to bring out from darkness into n 0Iorious light of truth. do Aot, <h wo,,Id not, charge that you now re-
 It vourseIf of your colleagues sitting he oId State House in long beleaguer- N 3pichmond: nor do or would l, al- Ela that your present words are proof E the conveniently converted spirit of proselyte; nor yet. that there is an
 unkennel-led 7fox in the premises, .tarhed of 41is tail so long uncleansed by Y dews upon the brush.
 llni exact transcript of certain of your Ids stands thus:
 lEn the Senate of the Confederate States IA Hill, of Georgia, was the acknowl- ed champion of President Jefferson His and his administration. The task
 assumed was not light one. AL skIeh the announcement made by Ben iYa "a #tal Congress that they must hang .Iether or hang separately" was pecu- *flv applicable to the Southern lead many of them opposed MT. Davis Iiing the entire war. Toombs, of Geor- sk Yancey, of Alabama, and Wigfall 'kTexas, were especially bitter in their
 unciation-an three being men of re- zrkable ability and great influence. William l.. Yancey was beyond doubt
 most brilliant orator in either the fthern or Southern States. He was .t to England at the beginning of the U by President Davis with the hope zt his eloquence might advance the ESse of the Confederacy in that country,
 he returned after some months ab- ce disappointed and without having *{cted anything for the Confederacy.
 l found that cotton was not king and &h the nobility and members of the } kish parliament who controlled pub sentiment were opposed to the Con- erate States on account of slavery, S that Queen Victoria was friendly to
 United States in the pending con
 There is little doubt that MT. Yancey
 sected to be offered a place in the
 sinet of President Davis. and was
 ftIfied by finding that his position was
 so distinguished as when delivering
 wonderful orations before the war 4ame fiagrant-the military being con
 fred after the war began the most
 ortant branch of the public service. some reason, better known to Mir. skcey than any one else. he became the 2Aterate enemy of President Davis and # violent in his denunciation of the Inner in which the war was conducted
 tthe Confederate side.
 was not a member of the Confed- AEe Senate when the unfortunate per- z8al encounter between Senators Hill F Yancey occurred. but have heard s sn witnesses and from Senator Hill self what I have no doubt is a cor
 version of the affair. Senator Yam
 had delivered a violent speech, charg- Davis and his advisers with incom-
 sncy, and when Senator Hlll replied
 defense of the administratoD and