Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1870-10-23
THE CONGRESSIONAL Il IS, { CANAssEs. s"
Mr.. n.yn.ra DemoI1.he. his competitor.

to hear the discussion between Hon. Horace
Maynard and Col. BLIZZARD candidates for'Con-
gress. The discussion was openedb Col BLIZZARD
who was introduced by Mr.. Maynard He said
he was the candidate of the Democratic party
Parties had Changed since before the war, when
we had q Dahoerotic party and Wing party.
| The Wing party now has no existence The
Republican party as great National party has
| had control Of affairs for the last ten years he
was not here to discuss such questionas had been
submittedto the srbitrament of the swored. He
4 would speak of the policy of the Republican
party on the question of Reconstruction The
question had been decided by the highest
| tribunal known to man, that a State cannot Sc
cede from the Union. He then reviewed the
| course of the Republican party on the question
| of Reconstruction. After abiding to impeach-
ment, he came to the reconstruction of Tennes
| see by self-constituted convention. His COM
petitor had said that the present State govern
ment had never been regarded by Congress
This question disposed of he1eok up the fnan-
| cial question: and enlightened his audience on
| the subject of 20 bonds, speaking in no COM
plimentary terms of the bond-holder Congress
had passed a law seven years after the bonds
| were issued, saying they must be paid in gold
Ho read from other acts of Congress TO show that
| the Republican party was in favor Of the bond
| holder as against the taxpayer. He quoted from
Gov. Martin, Senator Sherman, Gen Butler,
who as a statesman and lawyer, stands at
the head ofthe House of Representatives, to show
that the bonds wereto be paid in greenbacks
He then did up the banking system, for which
| he said the Republican party is responsible, and
| it was great swindle upon the country, and
species of class-legislation. He said there was
| nothing exempt from taxation except the bonds.
Men would not invest money in industrial
pursuits, because bonds were a better invest
| ment, consequently money was scarce The
| tariff he said was fair means of raising revenue
if properly levied, but the present tariff was OPP
pressive. He was in favor of tariff dd oalorena
equally levied, so as to not prove oppressive on
| any class. He said the railroad system was one
Of the greatest powers in the country, and spoke
ofthe Republican party as fayoring the great
monopoly by subsidies Of bonds and public land
| the interest on the bonds being paid by digging
the money out Of the soil by the leading popula-
| ton. Tennessee had been...overloaded in this,
This country is now oppressed worse than at any
| time since the days of her origin. The Repub-
| lcan party had paid to Massachusetts $678, 900,
| while Tennessee claimants have been neglected.
| The Internal Revenue system was then reviewed
by the speaker, and its faults pointed out, in the
same way as has been done by every Demo-
cratic crossroads politician for years past, the
| burden of which was wlisk Y, whisky whisky.
FREE WHISKY.
The great danger now lies in the policy of con-
centrated government, disregarding the rights
of the States He appealed to the people to
require their public servants to conform to the
| Constitution. He appealed to colored men,
| informing them that he was on the record in
favor of their enfranchisement beyond:the power
of any future legislature He took his seat, not
| having been once applauded.
MP. MAYNARD's SPEECH.
| Mr.. Maynard then took the stand, being
greeted with applause, the audience having ev-
| identity become wearied with the speech of his
competitor. He was gratifed TO meet with so
many of his fellow-men with whom he had
been associated for generation past. His COM
pctitor had said nothing against him personally,
but the head and front of his offending was that
he WAS a Republican and not a Democrat. His
competitor was right when he said there were
but two parties. Some time ago there was an
other party called the Conservative party,
which was only bridge over which Union
men might pass al the eleventh hour into the
Rebellion. He asked his colored friends if
Col. B. was not the first democratic speech
they had ever heard without hearing of the
big buck niger. The Democrats had met
here some time ago to nominate man to beat
Maynard. He repeated the amusing process of
Informing the candidate, which he spoke of
at Kingston, III which Gen. Vaughn, Col.
Byrd and Dave Nelson each took part, but it
would mt hit any one but his friend Col. Byrd.
The arms of the Court were too long for Col.
Jno Williams, for according to Col. John
Baxter some of them had very long arms-to
get things-fne blooded lambs, sewing machines
sc. His competitor was in favor Of letting by
cones be bygones, but the first thing he took up
was reconstruction and impeachment both of
which had been settled The principal part of
his speech had been on dead issues. On the
question of reconstruction he had recently been
aided by a recent decision Of the Supreme
Court of our State which is composed
principally of original rebels From what we
could gather, they had recognized the South
| GIL SOHI0OtldCy, NAlCn WI dpOut tAC hiSC Ci4S
it had been recognized by anything claiming
responsibility. After alluding to this subject in
few well timed remarks, he turned his atten-
ton to the bond question, and ably defended
the policy of the Republican party on this sub
ect, successfully refutiug the sophistries of his
competitor. The bonds were used for patriotic
purposes, and had been largely purchased by
!. men of small means. The laws of Congress
= had only declared that the bonds were to he
:, paid according to the original intent and mean
!, ing of the government that issued them. He
was for national banks, and while his competi-
tor was for wiping them out, he failed to say
what he would put in their place. He called
upon him to say what kind of a currency We
should have. He took up the tariff question
u and showed the correctness of his position. He
g cited the village of lockwood, the Knoxville
# Iron Works, &c, to show how protective