The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-22
PORTER AND MAYNARD
Our Noble Champion lse-Ad-
ministers a CaStigation to
the Willy Half-Breed
An enthusiastic AassembIaga
of Giles Countians.

oa.-in Io arSest semblage upon the &C.
casIon Of public speaking in sn,,a,S,I
years occurred in Pulaski iasr T,1Is,i.,, a
q. Whlch time Porter and Mavrard -,
oLieu 70 appear. Tie speaking oc,.,,r-
ou d! the north end Of the court boIIse
1aiiIolhette Hall not being large enoUerb
" ConCaln the vast crowd. Movnari
IN ieI llS discussion, and for one hour
~" - "a a nan an laDored 10 cast reproach IN
,tId - oLa1e democratic Administration
aiiu 70 set up favorable comparison of
t.e brOwnlow despOtism. His effort 10
Ille credit Of his willy genius be it said
was aDle, when we consider what a Ioad
Was compelled to carry growing ont
VI ms own record and the corrunfiOns
tiauuS anu misrules of his party he was
DouiIu 10 champion, excuse and e0rDlain
ne Is man OF strength in debate and
mas grown hoary in its manifold subter-
iuges, and If he had had no one To FOL
10" MN and clear away the drift from
o,le areas he was striving to bury from
gaze, MS story would have borne the
sehOlance OF truth and his party one of
sSSGSinInS progress and reform. Butsuch
Ihlngs were not allowed to be and exist
Judge Porter followed him, and Dro-
ceeded at once to show what manner ~
man TINS was that came with such eclaf
anu Llade sueh hercuelan effort to Drove
ms cain 70 the confidence and suDDort
OF the people. To say that Judge Por-
Ter ventilated his record would but iliv
express the suning he gave it. He took
up the simple thread OF his life and read
IN detail, ever and anon stepping
around on the other side of the picture
TO clinch nail driven in n Mace i'm
portant to be held, and when he had
IoIu the simple story, there Law ont
stretched before the audience the carcass
OF character, sundered and riven NV
the llghtning Of truth and drenched and
urOoPlng under the shower of eloquence
mat Tell from the lips of the gallant
IorteF' Judge Porter does not mince
words, but when he catches his adver-
sary IN falsehoOd he makes. no bones
IN saying so, and when he finds him
party TO fraud he searches not his yo-
caDulary to find a softer expression. He
accuses MN directly of both, and so
guilty Is his victim that he covers and
succumos like lamb led to the slaugh-
ter In his rejoindeT, Mr.. Maynard at
tempted TO smOOthe over the corruptions
made IN his record, but he is so com
pletely covered and beaten back bv his
able opponent that hiss spirits have left
ana ne cannot really do himself Justice,
Mr.. Maynard's powers have been great
~ oYerrated in comparison with Judge
Porter's, and he doubtless fell into this
error himself, but he has found himself
sadly mistaken. Judge Porter handles
him without gloves, and does it ably, ell
oquently and well. He does not find IL
necessary to answer all of his opponents
absurd charges. Indeed, he was begged
by some Of his audience on Tuesday to
spare his crestfallen adversary. His eff
tort ELECTED round after round of ap-
plause, while that of Mr.. Maynard only
called forth few sickly 9rins from his
cOlored compeers. Truly, Judge Porter
is bearing our banner aloft, and when
the ides OF Noyem her come and the
freemen speak our friends north and
south will be iOyfully surprised at the
mighty majority rolled up for the party
OF honesty and progress as against that
of fraud, theft, pOllutiOn and knaYerY.