Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-15
The Senatorial Question.


East Tennessee will present Horace Maynard as her choice
for United States senator'-hRorrWe Wig.
Why will II. Maynard be presented by East Ten
nessee as candidate for this position of honor and
| trust, in preference to Hon. n. g. Taylor? Has not
n. g. Taylor equal, or even more claims on East
Tennessee? Has he not the legislative ability
Has he not exhibited equal proofs of his loyalty?
Has he not suffered equally in losses? Has he not
with his irresistible appeals and his almost mimi
table speeches relieved the Sulerngs of East Ten
nessee more than any other man Has this tried
and true East Tennessccan been pecuniarily reward
ed by the Government Why not present him rs
the choice Of East Tennessee We are persuaded
from his former legislative acts that he would be
likely TO serve the interests Of East Tennessee in
National Legislature equal to any man, Not that
| we think Hon. ii. VI. is not able TO fill the impor-
tant position, or unworthy the confidence Of the peo
pie No, quite the contrary We think Mr.. NJ. an
able orator and statesman and a loyal East Tcnnes
seean. But has he not held Office Of honor. trust
oV'teS dufins .ifc rebellion while n g. TAYLOR has
been driven from his home, and dare not return TO
that once beautiful home now laid waste by the en-
envy.
Finally, in view of the maxim rs laid down by
the Great Law Gver of the universe, Honor TO
whom honor is due and custom to whom custom
Is due, we would most respectfully recommend TO
the favorable consideration Of the Legislature of
Tennessee the relative claims of Hon. n G. TAYLOR
to the Senatorshp of the United States
Respectfully, Avcr.
RENARks'-We will not attempt an answer in de-.
tail OF all theinterrogatoriesp pronounced by Acrs
We will state few factS, and leave the reader to ar
range them answer. to all the question. as<od -
But even these facts shall be prefacod with an en-
doEement Of the cleyerness and talent, of Colonel
Taylor, and with the avowal of our personal friend.
ship for him
First of all, our friendly correspondent gives Col
Taylors abors in behalf of the destitute of Eo.t
Tennessee so much prominence that we feel a,,urod
he is not posted, or he would do honor to whom
honor is due, and thus regard the maxim as laid
down by the Great Law Giyer of the Universe -
We have been, from the beginning, member of the
Executive Committee Of the East Tennessee Relief
Association, and claim to know something of is
affairs, Col Taylor in his reports to our Commit |
tee divides the honor and credit of raising the funds
sent on here for the relief of our destitute with Ed
ward Everett and Col Jesse Peyton, and to the for
mer now in his grave, are we indebted for the most
of all that was raised and two-thrds of all that has
been raised was raised in Boston under the eve and
by the personal efforts of Mr. Everett.
Col. Taylor has done good service in thi, cause
and the people Of East Tennessee thank him kindly.
But the Relief Association paid him well for what
he done. They gave him salary which paid him
c'erea dollars per day. the year round beside paying
all his expenses, and in view of the fact that he did
not put in half of his time, he received TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS PER DAY, and expenses for
all the time he served the Association. Indeed. he
the receipt of MORE THAN TEN
DOLLARS for the year from our
Committee, and from private contributions. We
name these facts to show that while COL TAYLOR has
done us good service, he has been ,csH yqa So we'll
paid that he ha been able to purchase comfortable
farm in New Jersey, and settle his family on if
Our correspondent is mistaken as TO Mr.. MAYNARD
having held an office of honor trust and profit nm.
Ter the United States Government during the robo1
ion. He was member Of Congress the two fir,
years of the rebellion, at salary of 81 900 per year
md was duly and constitutionsly elected by the
Union men Of the Knoxville District Durin, HI. /
lbsence, the rebels sold out bis property. worth
even to ten thousand dollars, coniscating a part
md taking the rest for a trDing debt They then !
most uncercmoniously packed up hi. wife and chill d
lren and sent them after him. 8
But our correspondent cnquircs Ha, not n. G.
Taylor equal, or even more claims on East Tennos.
ee? We should say not, by upward, of a good {
cal and SO conscious is Col Taylor of that fact e
hat he will not be candidate for the Senate.
We have now before Us the Knoxville R,gister of v
february lth, 1862, in which Col Taylor appears b
yer his proper signature in an article Of more than
iree columns, Of small type declaring for the f
outh, and admitting that when Tennessee voted b
ersef ont Of the Union she carried him on, with f
or. He call upon the Union men Of East Ten :.
essce to unite, and stand by the South Nay. he ~,
por.s, himself, two speeches he had made to the al
me effect in Newport and Elizabethton in which IN
reports himself as having said that he hal n, .,
WPathy NTH Lincoln or his GorerHnent n
Now the truth is tha, If elected Senator he could he