Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-12
HON. HORACE MAYNARD.
A WELCOME HOME By HIS FRIENDS
He Makes "a Great speech.

Democratic legislature, his friends thought 1t
proper occasion to show him that their conh
dence in him was greater than ever.
HIS SPEECH.
After several short and stirring airs from
the Mechanics Silver Cornet Band, loud calls
were made for " Maynard" He appeared and
! spoke substantially as follows:
| FELLOW CoUNTRYMEN 1t is a qualification
! TO meet so many of you tonight. For many
wears we have sustained the relation of citizens
and public servant. | am conscious that this
relation is soon to end. When | left last
fall for Congress, our Representative in the
Legislature informed me that it was the inten-
ton to legislate me out of Congress. But had
made up my mind before that this relation
should end l served you fellow-citizenS lon
ger than | expected. ] have served you III
Congress longer than any Tennesseean before
me served any constituency. There Is con-
sciousness, however, that l retire not because
have been rOtcd out by the people. | have been
LeqisLatcd out by men who had no sympathy
for me- "A voice. That's what the matter). 1t
is a notorious fact that they dared not trust
me before you, my constituency whom l have
so long served. They were not willing to put
me before East Tennesseeans whom have rep
resented for half life time / am grateful for
the honor they have conferred upon me by
their course.
They have divided my old district and at
tached half of it to Il guerrilla section. But L
have no complaints. They owed me nothing.
They were my enemies and they knew | was
not politically their friend. | denounced their
cause from one end of the State to the other. |
am not the representative of their wishes and
thev do well to choose some one else. | do not
complain for myself but for East Tennessee,
that is practically rendered as vOicelesS by this
policy as though kept from the ballot box.
Mr. Maynard then reviewed the period of his
public life and glanced at the various prin-
ciples that had triumphed during that period.
He referred to the old discussions on the Cur
rencv Protection to Home Industry, Internal
improvements, Homestead Bill, Sale of Public
Lands, &c.
When look back over this period said the
speaker, years blosdy and unfortunate though
they be, yet when we look at the country to-day
and compare it with 1857, | thank God and
take courage.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
This is the year when we elect a President
Already the public mind is agitated and the in
terest increases. We already have two candi-
dates in the field Some weeks ago Labor Re-
formers nominated Judge Davis and George
PprlD4r. Events rush so fast we almost forget
it. Last week RefoTmers met at Cincinnati.
Reform is good thing. Hence we look to the
standard with reform blazoned on it. These gen.
temen assem- ed ana nave maze nomination.
They have nominated Horace Greeley, editor
of the Tribune, whom we used to hear Of ten
years ago associated with anything but good
repute
There will be other candidates Two Con-
ventions are yet to meet to make nominations.
The Philadelphia Convention will meet on the
9TH of June to record a nomination already
made by the people They are not to fnd
but to nominate one already known
and hOnOred.
Then the Baltimore convention will meet in
July. 1t will make nominations. There will
be one motto on all their diversified banners. |
Anybody to beat Grant" 1t will be Grant
against the field. But he has this advantage
His administration of four years will be the
standard by which to judge him.
When you judge an Administration you
Judge it by general result. | appeal to my
to look at the nation as they find it, |
Look at our people. Look at our homes; our
clothes; cur food; our general prosperity; our |
credit and our honor abroad, and when was the |
American flag so universally y'respected? Look |
at immigration, and when was the tide so strong as
now? They come here because we are prosper
ing and our countyry is safe. This shows that |
the world, as disinterested Judge, thinks our
condition promising and good. This is a signi- |
fcant and fair test of our prosperity.
FRANCE AND AMERICA COMPARED.
We have had bitter war; and though there |
has been local disturbances and outragcs of a |
gross character by firm administration of the |
law, we have general peace. Compare Amer- |
ca with France, that has just passed through, |
first q foreign war and then a civil war-the |
Commune? What is Franco doing2 Com
munsts are tried and shot by the score. They
are convicted and sent to exile by the ship loads
How does this compare with what we have seen
in America as to those who have raised their
hands against the Government? Has prison.
er been shot or property confscated in Amer
lea?
| ask those who find fault with the Govern
ment 10 think of this before they murmur or
accuse it of prescription or bitterness.
Gen. Grant has more than once recommended |
general amnesty. The House passed two am
ncsty bills Mr. Maynard then explained how
and Amnesty men, defeated General Amnesty
IN IN the Senate by voting against Summers Civil
Rights bill.
A COMPARISON.
y word as to Gen. Grant. He has reduced |
internal taxation $500, 100000 Although this |
Las been done, he has reduced the debt $685. |
100000. At this rate there are those now with |
IN sound OF my voice who will see IL aYtin- |
gulshed. He has made greenbacks worth about |
30 cents on the dollar as compared with cold |
when 1t was not over 20 when he came into |
power. Our expenses are now greater than bo1 |
fore the war. But [ have made a comnarison |
between our expenses now and in 1859. That
wear the expenses we're S6S, 900, 600 or take ont
pensions S650OO000. Now taking out expen- |
ditures caused by the war, for which Grant is |
not responsible, and our expenses now, making |
an allowance of 10 per cent. between green |
backs and gold, are less than in 1859.
But they say men steal under Grant. Yes |
and men always did steal. The Command |
ments forbid stealing, SO / suppose there was
st ealing before they were thundered from ST.
mai.
There are men in the Republican party who
are bad, but this party has done what mas not
been done heretofore it has hunted out its |
thieves and punished them.
Mr.. Maynard then took up the subject Of civil
service reform, and showed how Gen. Grant
had disregarded party ties in his appointments
He cited Chas Francis Adams, Caleb Cushing
and Hon. YIN. Evarts, all able men, connected
with the Geneva Arbitration, who were not
supporters of his administration. He referred
to his cabinet made up Ct business men and |
not professional politicians.
NEW CONVERTS.
Tie Nashville Convention met a few days |
ago and endorsed Cincinnati and Greeley.
He then read the Cincinnati platform. He