The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-09-01
He Tells the People to be
VigiIant
Or the Kulx1ux Will Garry
Even This

Congressional District!
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Reported specially for the STAR and ENTER
PRIsE.l
KINGSTON, Tenn, Aug. 90, 1870.
.Msssrs. Editors:-Y yesterday was cell
ebrated by a very few persons listening to
a two and half hours speech by Mr..
Maynard. He began by saying, "My fell
low-citizens of the county of ROane I"
Having said this, he bowed his neck, shook
his hair behind his ears, and pointed his
long finger at an old countryman who was
leaning against the railing of the Bar in
front of the Judges Bench on which he
stood, and added, 81 suppose should
have said, my fellow-citizens of the coun-
ties of Roane and Loudon, for see many
here who we're form erly of ROane but are
now of Loudon." This attracted but lit
tie attention. There were but two or
three moved by this pathetic appeal, and
they we're all candidates for Chairman of
the County Court of the new county.
The next step towards the climax of his
argument was announced thus: "Old
Roane is the mother of counties and has
nice little flock of children" At this, the
aspiring gentlemen from the new county
waived their hats and sat down. GAS your
representative, have been requested to
make speech" said the orator. A gen.
eral Autter here ensued. Quiet being re-
stored, little man with kind of sque-
bald head,S misty mustache, and high
ly ornamented nose, resembling half col
ored meerschaum pipe, with remarkably
small eyes, presenting the appearance of
an attempt to play "hide and whOop,"
seated himself with pencil and paper in
hand, and commenced reporting the great
mans speech. At this juncture Mr. May
nald paused in his discourse, threw his
head back little, then bent forward in
about the shape assumed by mischiev-
Gus gander, when in the act of being chok-
ed to death by an attempt to swallow an
over-bite of stolen bran, and uttered in a
melancholy tone, "The Congress to which
l belong only continues until the 4th Of
March, 1871"
A heavy sigh escaped from two or three
big fat men, who sat in front of the Judg
es' Bench on which the speaker stood
They looked at each other and then look
ed at Maynard. He looked at them anG
then looked at the floor near their feet
In letting their eyes fall just as he raised
his, they thus met and centered into each
other, when general staring and gazing
took place, such as the world never saw
The fat men raised half way up out Of
their seats. Maynard Pgain stopped o
moment and then proceeded: "You all
know how bills become laws. Never since
I have been in public life have l seen ev-
erything so peaceful and quiet in politics
as now" Here he shook his head again
and made an unsuccessful effort to destroy
the magnetic force of the fat mems eyes
as he was being gradually drawn towards
them, and they towards him. Rallying as
it were all his strength, and making an
other heroic effort to extricate himself
and the fat men from the predicament il
which common sympathy had forced
them, his head bounded back against the
Court House wall with jar, while the
necks Of the fat men were we'll nigh brok
en- by being bent backwards over the toy
of the Jury Box in which they were seat
ed. Recovering from the sudden stur
thus received, he wiped the perspiratior
from his face, the fat men sat erect one,
more, and he continued, "Henry Clay
once said, 'Let us have peace and it made
the sentiment immortal" Hcsitating fol
an instant, as though he labored with {
great thought for utterance, he said, "And
General Grant adopted this motto and W.
had 'peace'p Looking down at an old
like man, whose face was muffied in cot
ton handkerchief, he added in low ant
solemn voice, "The time was when revolv
ers we're carried around the country; the
war came on and blood and carnage fol-
lowed, but General Grant spoke to the dis
turbed elements and peace was restored
! As he concluded this sentence Parson Ire.
dell drew from his pocket large yellow
cotton handkerchief, and proceeded te
"wipe his weeping eyes," saying at the
same time, "Ain't Grant bully fellowl'
Now, there was silence, not for the space
of half hour, as we are told was the case
in Heaven, but for a little bit, when the
speaker suddenly called attention toa"the
condition of affairs in our own State" He
said, "We had law which prescibed the
qualifications of voters. The Registers
were removed, blank certificates we're is.
sued, and the law rendered nullity. BY
this means the State Government was rev.
olutionized, and another and different gov.
ernment established than the one recog.
nized by Congress. And you will note
the fact that Congress has never vet recor.