Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-04-10
AM Infannns sentiment.

Horace Maynard OF tennessee, an In
tense Union man recently made a speech
in Philadelphia before Republican au-
dienee, in which he descended to the low
est depth Of iRfamy,-lOWer even than An
dy Johnson for the latter was willing to
lead an abolition horde against the South
but Maynard, as ifdesirous Of sinking be-
meath the level Of baseness itself aud emu
lOus Of the filth that reeks amid the hauuts
Of pollution, gees still farther Than john
SOM and in his devotion to the Union, adj
dressed an audianee, which had il been
composed Of In, With the ordinary in
sliners of humanity, ought To have thrust
the monster from the stand and invested
him with enough tar and feathers, forever
to conceal his human shape, lnfamy
could descend to nothing lower, lie said
in the course of his remarks;
We quote from the report Of his publish
ell speeeh'
Genllemen; God grant may never live
To see the day when | shall be compelled
Ia say that am Wanderer on the earth
without a country that can call my own
may | never see the day when my country
.hall Lose her place aud her name among
the nations OF the earth, There is no benz
eft | would not fnrego no evil would
not undergo rather WOULD I SEE MY
WIFE DlSiIuNORED BEFORE MY EYES,
AND MY LITTLE CHILDREN TORN
FROM nMBTO LIMB, HAVE MY OWN
WORTHLESS LIFE ANONYMOUSLY Ia
MEN, MY POOR NAME Hl.OrrED For
EVER FROM THE MEMORY OF MAN,
FROM THE ROOK OF HEAVEN s ETER-
NAL REMEMBRANCE,
Can any eausc be sustained by such I'M
holy appeals and such blasPhemous sen
,iments? Better that hfIy unions should
perish than that domestic Happiness and
the vlrtuous Preside be polluted Shame on
such a man,
The Avalanche says in reply:
Johnson, to save the corrupted Union,
wonld lead an Abolition soldicry against
IN, South. MAYNARD offers the proslilu-
ton of hi, own wife, the destruction Of his
children. his own life, a future sanctity for
his own soul in hell, all for the Union
Tennessee wives, mothers, sisters! are you
willing to lend your symPaIhics To cause
which boasls as t. leader man who prom
| ises so base sacrifice ofevcrythinG that Ia
dear to you, to promote its triumph
The Black Republicans not only fail to
he ostonishcd at any evidences of our per-
,onnl degradation, but actually require
new and multiplied proofs of inlnmy MS the
price Of protection; Maynard affords them,
In the middle ages, when the fcudal lords
Of Europe Wed with each other in tramnling
the commons and crushing human rights
under foot, il was the established dogma
that power was sacred and that nll its de-
mands should be received MS the voice OF
God himself Out of this grew the most
revolving practices, which, from being long
submitted to, assumed all the force Of di-
vine law. One of these customs was that
Of the concession Of the first fruits Of mar
riaye: that is to say, the commoncr after
the ceremony of wcdlock was solcmnizcd,
yielded his young bride, during the first
night, to the bcs,inl lusts of the noble!
The Honorable ~ Horace Maynard, of
East Tennessee, resurrccts and improves
upon that ancient infamy. The European
scrf was compelled to submit to the dis
honor. The East Tennessee Congressman,
without force and without demand. i"".-;;
the nyrmidons Of ..oolitionism to detilc
mis- marriage bed and dishonor the wife of
bis bosom! lie also prOffcrs them the
lives of his children, his own worthless
life, and the damnaton of his own soul
things not to be much complained of, As
for the children, life inherited from such n
sire can scarcely be desirable. AS to the
life of Maynard himself not even the as
sassin's would stain itself with such blood ;
the hangmanHs his only fit contcssor. AS
for his soul, it is too mean to be damned.
But the strength of language fails prop
erly to characterize such audacity. We
commend it to the Union men of Tcnncs-
sec, and to their wives, daughters and
sisters.