The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-17
The Civilian Leaders Of the Confederacy
BY John Goode Of Virginia.
e,mc Member 81 the Confederate Congress- Of the Virginia
Secession Conventions Of the Congress Of the United states ana
President thc Virginia Constitutional Convention OF l9osz

tinction of being selected by lib assos
cjates to reply to a speech OF deneral
Clngnan, Of North Carolina, In oppo-
sition to the annexation OF Texas. Hls
speech made 81 great impression upon
all who heard 1t, and was characterized
by the iiercest invective. ClinEiian was
so exasperatcd that he demanded an
explanation OF certain personal hllu-
sions, and when lie answered, Mr..
Clingnnn asked for such satisfaction
as Is usual among gentlemen. With
this demand Mr.. Yancey could not re-
fuse to comply, but the meeting was
n bloodless one. Perhaps 1t may be
interesting to know the views of Mr..
Yancey on the subject, now that the
practice Of duclling has fallen so COM
pletely into 'innocuous dasuetude."
in letter to the Alabama Baptist,
a religious paper which severely CRIT
cised his course, Mr.. iancey wrote.
'.The laws of my own state and the
solemn obligation due to the. young
wife. the mother OF my children. to
whom you SO feelngly and chastcly
aliude, were all considered. but all
Welded. as they have ever done from
the earliest times to the present, to
those laws which public opinion has
framed and which no one, however ex-
alted his station, violates with irptln-
ity. Alexander Hamilton offered no
better defence when he fought his
duel with Aaron Burr, no admitted
that he should not have fought; that
his family and his country had claims
upon him which he had no right to
ignore. but placed his defence upon
tho ground that such wasSspubltc sem
timent that he could not without dis
grace decline TO meet his antagonist.
An Ovation in Ohio.
In an address to the people OF Gin
cinatti he said:
"My countrymen, yoh cannot carry
on the policy of the Black Republican
party, you cannot carry 1t ont and ex-
lpect the South to remain submissive1y
bowling down to your supremacy. we arc
| for the Union. What Union? For tue
Union. Gentlemen. contained between
these two lids (holdinE up the Con-
stitution) Can you obtain anything
| by destroying. even If you are able.
My section would save you from tine
memory of great wrong that wouio
haunt you through enternity. But &c
mot this wrong, my friends III tne
North. say it before you in no spirit
of scrvile submission to your }poWei
or of servile acknowledgment of thai
fear of It as much as 1 respect II, bn'
do not wreathe yonr arms around the
pillars of our liberty and like blint
Samson pull down that great temple
on your heads as we'll as ours."
] After making his speech in Ohio NJ
had a triumphal march on his Journey
TO Ills home. The time had come wher
the people without questioning follow
i ed wherever he led. When the Erea
convention met at Charleston, which
hesulted in the disruption of the Dem
ocratic Party and the dissolution o
the Union. Mr.. Yancey was the acknowl
, edged leader of the states Right
lparty. The debate that occurred be
i tween himself and Mr.. Pugh, OF ohit
: was always remembered by those VII
e .eard it. Mr.. Yancey himself upon tn
: Fundamental truth that the territorie
/ belong in common to all the people
q all of the States, that they have bee
: acquired by the common blood and tn
Q common treasure and that theypeopl
Q OF the South have as much right t
c go to them with their slave propert
e as the Connecticut man with his wood
= en- untmegs. -.