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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
William L. Yancey in history. [from the Richmond, Va., Times, October 31, 1899.] The memorable debate on the slave trade at Montgomery, Alabama. [Reference may be made to Vol. XXI., pp. 151-9, for a graphic sketch of the eventful career of Hon. William Lowndes Yancey, by Hon. Anthony W. Dillard. It is evident that it was not the intention of Dr. McGuire to misrepresent Mr. Yancey.—Editor.] Editor of the Times. Sir,—You have incalculably increased the obligations of the country to your custom of printing fragmentary examples of Southern history in the publication of Dr. Hunter McGuire's report, in your issue of Sunday, October 15th, instant. The vast and wonderfully rich field of historical incident connected with the Southern movement in the decade next before the erection of the Confederacy is sufficiently explained in the activity at that time of the remarkable men who came forward in large numbers to discuss public questions. In evidence of this phenomenon, stan
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The monument to Mosby's men. (search)
ecutioners, these martyrs did not imitate the despairing cry of the gladiator in the arena—Caesar, morituri salutamus—Caesar, we who are about to die, salute thee—but, with heroic confidence, foretold that they would have an avenger. The prophecy was fulfilled. Those who committed the great crime have not escaped the Nemesis, who adjusts the unbalanced scale of human wrongs. Called the Furies from the abyss, And round Orestes bade them howl and hiss. Jno. S. Mosby. San Francisco, October 31, 1899. Major Richards Cites authorities for his conclusions. Richmond, Va., December 3, 1899. Editor of The Times. Sir,—In my address at the unveiling of the monument erected at Front Royal to the memory of Mosby's men who were executed after they surrendered, I stated two conclusions drawn from the official records of the war which seem to have attracted particular attention and elicited some discussion. The interest thus evidenced encourages me to give the facts supporting t