The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-28

arkation between the powers delegated to the Federal Government and the powers reserved to the States is plain. Ana he held to the principles of Mir. Jefferson who deprecated the usurpa- lion of the powers retained by the states. tnterpolations into the compact and direct infractions of it. At the time of the Declaration of Independ- ence. slavery existed in all the colonies. For economic reasons 1t had disappear ed at the North. The Abolitionists made attacks upon property Tn slaves and Yancey had a remedy Tor tneir hostility.
 The first. time the position of the states-R Rights party was formally set forth was in 1S4S, at Montgomery Yancey. leader of the Southern Rights Party went to the convention With his resolutions. So great was his power that the Convention adopted them without changing a word. There was a resolution relating to the protection of nronerty in slaves and allowing the new territory which was the common possession of all to be open to any citizens for settlement. That was ms famous Alabama Platform, the primer pies of which he never surrendered all though opposed by many able men TOT years.
 The bitter discussions about slavery were renewed Wntn 1dlihpihi1 oo ~N mitted into the Union. By this time the spirit of secession was growing in the South. Yancey had said some years previous with great earnestness, that it was his belief that the North would not give the South Justice ana that it was time ito set our house Tn order" He declared that the only ls- sue before the people was secession and that his rinciples were founded upon tnt ultimately prevail.
 After the decision of the Supreme Court in the celebrated Dred Scot case and the action of northern Abolition ists in repudiating the action of Con- gress, Yancey devoted his energies to the fulfilling of what he said in his letter to Slaughter, "to fire the South ern heart, instruct the Southern mind give courage to one another, and, at the proper moment, by concerted action precipitate the Cotton States Into Revo- lution" So the great Yancey began ito cast a spell upon political gather ings and play upon the emotions as the harper plays upon the harp.
 In 1860, Yancey was the author of the resolution that the Alabama delegation to the National Convention should withdraw if it's demands were not needed, and also of the resolution that the Governor should call a meeting If a Black Republican should be elected.
 Yancey was chosen to present the Southern claims at the National Demo- cratic Convention at Charleston, April 1860. He was in his native State surrounded by a throng who sympa- thized with his past history and his present labors." The Convention was to do whatever, in it's opinion, the rights, interests and honor of Alabama might require. Yancey addressed the Convention and spoke for his resolu- tions. Tt was the moment of his life and Alabama was playing a part in history, 1t played not before nor after. The Southern demands were lost by few votes. The vast multitude which had been so enthusiastic, became silent The silence was broken by the an nouncement of MT. Leroy Pope Walker | that the Alabama delegation would withdraw from the Convention. The | delegates from other Southern States | followed in rapid succession. The two | divisions of the Democratic party ad | journed to Baltimore. where each made | nominations; Breckenridge and Lan' | being the choice of the bolters.
 Yancey then began d tour in the in | terest of MT. Breckinridge. Wherever | he went crowds flocked to hear the SC cession agitator of national fame. A Memphis, the feeling against him wa! FO SIrOnR, that duFASCO mn hO l to speak. But fearless as he was, h. proceeded to address the disturbing | audience oblivious of their interrupt | ions We are told: Soon his musica voice and graceful gestures attracted | the multitude and in fifteen minutes l the concourse was silent and breath | less following his rapid flights of dec | lamation and irresistible rush Of argu | ment"
 l He spoke to vast audiences in Nev York where he proclaimed his doctrine | of secession. Said he: There is m such thing IS the South seeding" "Th integrity of the Union, shall struggl for with my life blood If required. But If the integrity of the Union means tn preservation of an administration tha | shall trample on any portion of tn | rights of the South. will aid my Stat in resisting 1t to blood" From Ney | York, he went to Boston. The recep | tion given him was at first hostile but by his perseverance and his geniu: he soon had the excited crowd unde the spell of his wonderful eloquenc' we will never withdraw from tn IJnion," he said, "as long as the Con stitution exists in its integrity" '
 will tell you what the South must dt If you deny her equality, if you sa she shall not have the rights in tn Union which your fathers declared sh should have" ''The descendants of tn men who fought the battles of Eutav Kings Mountain, and Yorktown, an
 helped to fight your battles here, ca
 take care of themselves, if you won
 take care of them"
 The election of 1860 placed the coun try in the hands of a Black Republi can and Yancey, anxious to take ad vantage of the aroused indignation c the people, published a stirring articl in the paper of Montgomery. It said
 "Organize! We can now force a peace
 able secession. The time may com
 when you can gain your freedom onl ! as the colonies gained it when the separated; only as our forefather
 gained when they fought the battle c disunion, through toll and bloodshed. On November 8, mass meeting wa
 held at which Yancey declared. "th
 election of Abraham Lincoln to the of flee of President of the United States
 taken in connection with his politics
 utterances, and the views and acts c
 his party in Congress and in the sev eral Northern States.-is an overt ac
 against the Constitution, against tn Union, and as such, should be deeme
 sufficient cause for a withdrawal c
 the State of Alabama, and a resumptio
 of all the powers she had granted t
 the Union, by separate State secession
 I have reason to believe that the actio | of any state will be peaceable--will nc
 be resisted under the present conditio | of Federal affairs. If resisted, blood
 shed will appeal to blood throbbin
 bosoms, and our brethren from ever
 State will flock to defend the soil of
 State which may be threatened by mer
 cenary bayonets."
 According to the resolution passe
 by the General Assembly. the Governo