The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-25

Hon. HORACE MAYNARD, Radical
candidate for Congress for the State
at Large, will speak in this town to-
day. We learn that he has made q
fine impression upon his Democratic
listeners at the points at which he |
has spoken during the present can
vass. He is the ablest Radical in
the State, and seeks to persuade by
ingenious sophistry, rather than to
convict by bold reasoning. His APP
parent conservatism and simulated
kindness are but the adroit politi-
clans tactics, @ disa,m the preju-
dice our people have against him for
his heartIess persecution OF them by
tyrannical laws. HORACE MAYNARD
is not and never has been, friend
of the people of Tennessee. He has
not sentiment in his heart in COM
mon with our people. Born and
reared in Massachusetts,, of witch
buI ming and South-hating Puritans,
his whole career as a Representative
in Congress from Tennessee has been
devoted to legislating against our
material, political and social inter-
ests, and 10 behalf of New England
monopolies. He will doubtless tell
the young men of Maury County
as he has done elsewhere-that
they ought to belong to his party,
because it is progressive, and tends
10 make the nation prosperous and
great; that it builds railroads, and
scbool-houses. If he does say so,
| don't believe him. His party is per-
fectly willing to build railroads and
school houses, when they can make
you pay for them, and while bank
rupting your State by saddling an
immense debt upon it, feather their
own nests out Of thu stealings.
Within the past seven years this
same Radical party has placed a debt
of one hundred and sky millions of
dollars upon The impoverished
Southern States. That is an eternal
monument of Radical progress! Yes,
it is progressive party, when it can
make the South pay for its progress.
1t is party which has no respect for
minorities, and believes in Its own
divine right TO govern. There is no
more of The spirit OF republicauism
in the Radical party, than there is in
the government of Russia Oh Prussia !;
its cold breath is certain death to all
democl ATTIC institutions. Before the
war, Mr.. MAYNARD claimed 10 be a
strong pro-slavery man, and was
elected 10 Congress upon this plat
form. Soon after the war, he told
the negroes in one of his speeches
that he had always been an abolition
list in his secret bea,i, and acknowl-
edged ,uat he had lived and acted a
lie for yea. S, in order to secure Office.
Can you trust such man now?
Nay verify once hypocrite always
a hypocriie. In another speech. he
said he believed The negro race in
| Ame.ica would gradually decline
ana die away, ike the Inciaas, be-
cacse they were too degraded in ma
ture 10 as.imiIate the civilization of
the whites; and consequently he
wished them an easy and painless
death. And yet he will endeavor
10 impress the negroes to-day with
the belief that he is ,Leic friend, He
wrote a communication in a paper,
years ago, over the signaiure of va
dok JONES'" in which he call. I'd The
people ''the common herd" and said
they were no more entitled to vote
than so many cattle. How can hon
est laboriug Radicals and negroes
vote for a man who has such con-
temptible opinion of them? He is
| cold, bloodless creature, whose sna-
ky nature has neither sympathy nor
pity for human suffering; but we
trust Democrats will 60 out and
hear him. Let your political faith
be founded on intellectual convic.
ton. and not alone on prejudice /;
and don't fear the ablest Radical in
| the land.