The New York herald., 1872-09-25

country would have visited heavy punish
Rsns % fas G LIE rsas the
OF habeas corpus, and Grants proclamation warn
ing evil doers. When he received Information
at its head, that the civil law is dead letter in
certain districts, then he only suspends the writ Of
@ss Ts s a %
Compared Grants sayings and Sreeeys Cree s1 Writings
dorsement Of Grant during the war, alludedto the
charges aga against Grant, their littieness. &C. He
fss ns to se 5 ss shore as S
pointed relatives 70 onics: He A0'ss ssid tse a
were relatives Of the Judges. He asserted that
Greeley would not be elected. He had been per-
sss be
safe and unwise to elect him.. And now, added
Maynard, we see Johnson and Cheatham asking
Rium OF the republican party-its acts, moderation,
general honesty, &c. Now came poor
CHEATHAM's TURN TO REPLY
In rebuttal, and, although no processes to ne no
speaker, he did well. Cheatham said he knew
Johnson had held ofice for the last seventeen
tions. In reference to Governor Harris he would
mind Andrew Johnson that the school fund which he
aS 70 to s
Mr. Greeley, he would take him as he stands to-
day and would DO all in his power to have him
give and forget. know 1t may be mighty hard,
but can do II. 1t is easy to write and to talk,
ing which the General resumed his seat and Mr..
Johnson came forward to make his rebutting re-
sponse to Mr.. Maynard:
He said In reference to what his competitor
stated about the hard things Mr.. Greeley wrote
under impeachment General % Grant, "'w with h his his
sword dangling by his side, exerted all his In
nuence 20 urge forward and accomplish the object
In Nv ttnr Nov
ever hear him mention amnestys Neveri Mr.. Mr..
Grant; but while the one was always truthful and
sincere, the other was convicted OF the vilest false
20 him. anG It. ID Se
props nom under hlm'1 Encouraged by these
demonstrations Andy continued Maynard has
been coming up to his idea. Now, what has May
o mis- so%ns where u % E
my colored friends" he exclaimed, turning
round n's to the battalion Of grinninS darkes
the record against giving you the right to vOte but
he tells you to wait for an "enthanasia," term Of
you might suppose meant forty acres Of land and q
mule. The meaning OF the word is this, my coored
iriends-an easy death, That's what he wanted to
pause and cries Of "skiver him, Andy.") Andy's
time was drawing near close just then, so he had
perorate little which he did with feeling and in
good taste. not neglecting, hot as the debate mad
been, to pay compliment to the ability Of Mr..
Maynard. Now 1t was Maynard's turn, and the
wind-up Of the discussion.
MAYNARD IN CONCLUSION.
1t was halfpast four O'Clock, and the audience
had listened with marvellous patience for five
mortal hours without having had mOrsel to eat.
Maynard was exceedingly courteous and soft
soaped Johnson with whitewash brush. He paid
him occasional compliments, sandwiched between
many sharp raps. Johnson smiled oil along and
was In the best apparent humOr. Maynard said
that Johnson had talked much OF the perils Of his
impeachment, about Charles the First losing his
head, and intimating the possibility OF he
tJohnsonl losing his This was clap-trap. All
he could lose would be his office, and to
suffer the disqualification OF ever holding another
Charles Sumner had abused President Grant be-
cause Grant refused to let him run the govern
ment. johnson was doing the same, and history
might be apt to say the motive was personal feel
Ing He should be sorry for his friend that future
generations should think anything so base swayed
the mind OF one Of the iustrious occupants
OF the Presidential chair. And thus Maynard
went on. Andy was getting impatient. The
train was coming to bear HIM away to
Jonesbor0, where he speaks tomorrow. SO, putting
on his hat, and giving Maynard a nudge the, Mar
ragansett Indian brought his remarks to an abrupt
close. The large assemblage then broke up the
great majority cheering for Cheatham, with here
and there shout for Maynard and for Johnson
The band played its old tune-the "Red, White and
Blue"-and everybody went away happy II Is q
good joke to mention that this meeting was held
In West Virginia, while the candidates are all work
ING the vote of Tennessee.