Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-18
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Mr. Maynard tells you he is a candidate
for Governor, but, fellow-citizens, will you
note the fact, while il is fresh in your
minds, that he has not indicated any line
OF policy to be pursued by him? He sim
ply wastes his energies in talking upon
questions which were fully discussed and
settled four years ago. The administration
Of John G. Brown is question upon which
the Democratic party has not been COM
mitted.
Thertruth is, Mr.. Maynard is not a cam
didate for Governor OF Tennessee. he Is
a candidate for msrtyrdOm; and ] tell you
l am going 10 give him martyrdo m.
! (LaugIlter.) Mr.. Freeman, who was de-
feated for this office by a majority Of $4,000
two years ago, went TO Washington after
the election was over, called at the execu-
tive mansion, stripped himself, and said,
ssSee my scars; see what a martyr / have
been. | have come for my reward
| llanghter) - and don't you know that the
! President rewarded him with the position
Of eOnSulShip to the ancient city Of Prague,
| in the ancient kingdom of Bohemia. He
tells me that he went there and stayed ten
days. He found men who talked about
the things of past ages-men who came
from the cdtaconbS; men who wore long
hair and had unearthly complications. He
came home quietly. The place is still
open, and / have already nominated Mr..
Maynard for this place, because he looks
I like one of them, If he looks like anybody.
| (Laughter.)
Mr.. Maynard las represented us in the
National Congress, and his record shows
that his action has been in the interes: Of
rings. He has always voted in their inter
est and in the interest Of mOnopolies
TIE TAIIFF QUESTION, T1NGs, ETC
Gentlemen, Won know that dollar will
buy twice as much salt in Canada, twice as
much in Great Britain, twice as much in
Spain, as in this country. Why? Because
the duty levied upon this article by Mr..
Maynard's vote, amounts 10 prohibition.
| Three hundred bushels of wheat in Liver
pool will buy 100 pounds Of blankets,
| while at New York it will buy but 800
pounds, because by the action Of Mr.. May
nard and his party, a duty has been imposed
upon this article amounting 10 prohibition.
| 4 while ago. the wheels Of legislation were
almost blocked, because many good men
believed that the national banks had more
representatives on the floor of Congress
than the people themselves, but when it
was proposed to find out who it was that
represented these banks, Mr.. Maynard
voted "nO." Then don't you remember
this District Of Columbia ring, how it rob
bed the people Of their substance, and inn
posed taxes, which, in many instances,
| amounted to more than the value Of the
property itself. These people came up and
demanded an investigation, but Maynard
voted 'no." He didn't want his friends in
veStigated.
arraign Mr.. Maynard for these
things, and arraign him for voting in the
interest Of a constituency, foreign to the
citizens Of Tennessee. Then l arraign
him for voting to put a punishment upon
men who, through ignorance, violated the
| law in relation to manufacturing whisky,
and then for the tobacco and cotton tax.
Why is it that the products of your soil
should be taxed any more than the prOduc-
| tiOns of the farmer of Pennsylvania? Then
arraign him for having violated his duty
to your people with regard to the cotton
tax illegally put upon you in 1866. While
these matters are being discussed, as be-
| tween Mr.. Maynard and /, you must look
to his record in Congress and see whether
he has been true TO his obligations before
YOU clOthe him with new authority.
Then l arraign him further, in that he
stood in his place in Congress, after
Gen. Grant had favored general amnesty,
and even after Ben Butler had consented TO
| it, and opposed any concessions until al
most everybody had been amnestied. Then
he comes up with a bill to relieve Mr..
Davis; and for this be claims great credit.
| Laughter
TIE FUNDING AND ASSESSMENT BILLS.
He says there was funding bill passed,
~ II ,,Ff fnu rin n
say. "Come up openly, and don't stab an
honest man by inuendO. Come up and
show where there las been anything
wrong, and 1 tell you the Democratic party
will punish the perpetrators"
Don't YOU remember that Mr.. Richard
son. when he was discovered in those San
born matters, was compelled TO resign, and
was afterwards appointed by President
Grant to the important place just made va
cant by the death of that distinguished
TenneSseeau, Judge Milligan? Mr.. May
nard wanted that place himself, but didn't
get it.
But this funding bill was not party
measure. 1t was voted for by your Repub-
lican jones, who is candidate for re-elec-
ton. 1t was supported by Mr.. Freeman
on the huStingS, and he also came
here and helped 10 lobby it through. If
half the Republicans who supported the
bill had voted against il, it would have
failed of its passage.
So of the assessment bill. IL was sup
ported by Republicans and Democrats
alike. The friends Of this idea Of funding
/ in Tennessee were Republicans. In lS66,
and in 1e6S, the Republicans were in
power, and they funded the State debt. The
difference between the Republican bill aud
ours was this: theirs compounded the in
| terest and added il to the principal, while
ours merely added the interest due. But
there is one feature of this bill which Mr..
MAYNARD objects tot is the feature that
uucovers property that has hitherto been
| hidden. Men are now compelled TO show
their bonds and other property, which, here
/ tofOre, the assessor never saw, and that
makes Mr.. MAYNARD and his kind squirm.
| This is the bill which provides that every
species of property must bear its share OF
| the burdens of the government.
THE PENITENTIARY LEASE.
Nv competitor has had considerable
10 say about the penitentiary, but this Is a
| Question which was discussed all over the
! State two wears ago. When Gov. Brown
was upon the stump at that time, his cOm-
petiior assailed him upon that point. But
| his action in this matter was sustained by
the votes Of the people of Tennessee L
tell YOU this: that institution had never
been self-sustaining until it was leased 10y
OConnor & LOOney. During the four
wears it was under Republican administra-
ton, it cost nearly 100000.
TIE COMPREHENSIVE.
Speaking of the COmptrollership, he says
some man received great many thousand
dollars for Withdrawing from the race. L
don't know how tina. is; but it has nothing
to do with my candidacy. But say that
the next Legislature will investigate
the matter, and, if there has been any
wrong done, the perpetrators will be pun
ished.
ssOUTRAGES-"
NV competitor talks about the outrage
business. The Democratic party has no
sympathy with tie perpetrators OF these
outrages. Their authors have been arrest
ed and indicted by Democratic courts, and
they will be brought TO trial.
But there was another "blOOdy month
of August" Does my competitor remem'
Der almost one hundred instances Ofmurdel
almost within sight Of his own town
Does he remember poor Baker, who was
not even charged with any crime, but wa:
taken from the Jail and hung by the nees
until he was dead? This was done with
in sigbt If Mr. Maynarll's own door. But