William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 - July 27, 1863) was an American leader of the Southern secession movement as a journalist, politician, orator, and diplomat. Part of the group characterized as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was seen by many as one of the most effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery. Throughout the critical 1850s Yancey, sometimes referred to as the "Orator of Secession", … Wikipedia
Lowndes Yancey, of Alabama, on the annexation of Texas to the United States, delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 7, 1845. texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-2415
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