Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-23
tMAYNARD1
Refs COmPIementedw With n Serenaae,
and Responds I'm n Brief Speech
The Crowd DisPerse With Three
Cheers for Porter

eight p. NJ, train last night for Knoxville,
was complimented with serenade about
an hour before his departure, the music be-
ing furnished by Gibson's Rock City Band.
which took up position in the rotunda Of
the Maxwell House.
After couple of airs had been played,
Mr.. Maynard appeared ON the balcony, and
was introduced to the crowd which had as
sembled, by Judge McClain, who said:
Gentlemen, l have the homer Of intro
dueiDg TO you the Hon. Horace Maynard.
Mr. Maynard then spoke as follows:
Friends and fellOw-citizens of Nashville,
| thank you for this complimentary ex-
pression of your kindness. We are not
strangers. We have known each other a
long time, both in public and private rela-
tions. For more than half a life time have
l been connected with the public affairs of
the country, generally as your representa-
tive in the councils Of the nation. | can
only say that my aim and constant effort
have been, during all that time, to pursue
a course and advocate a policy which
seemed to me best calculated TO enhance
the honor aud material interests Of our
grand State.
will not speculate upon what might
bGlAAr VI 4AAA-A4- AA1L AlhG n-Eils
counsels more generally prevailed; had my
predictions, in so many instances, not
proven like those Of Cassandra-cOndemned
by Heaven, as it is tabled, to draw predic-
tiOns of truth, but to be constantly disbe-
lieved by her cOuntrynen.
The material interests of our State lie
at the base Of public peace and happiness.
No people can be happy who are not pros
perOus. Men who 90 hungry TO bed and
rise the next morning but half rested, and
not knowing where the needs Of the day
will come from, are never happy-they are
never cOntenteds Life never sheds for them
the beams from the golden 9gis, therefore
a wise policy and sound craftsmanship
look TO those things which will improve the
condition of all our people; that shall see
they are better clothed, better bedded, better
housed, and that they may live in the sweet
hope and expectation Of raising their chill
dren to a condition higher than their own.
But ! shall not dwell upon these topics.
II is not my purpose 20 detain you here to-
night. My views upon the lnOmentOus
questions affecting our OuigrOWth and ma
teTial upbuilding are, l presume, pretty
well known. was educated in that grand
old school that numbered among its teach
ers so many of the eminent inteLects of
our State, and have endeayOred, as best
may, hUnbly to follow those teachings,
and have endeavored, as opportunity Of
fered, to impress them upOn my country
men, on the subjects Of finance, the cur
rency, revenue, Of manufactures, Of mining
of all the great industries that 90 to
make i people prosperous and happy.
You, my political friends and associates,
in highest token and appreciation Of my
public labOrs, have honOred me by select
ing me rs your candidate for the highest
Office in the gift of the people OF the State.
| can ask nothing more q; your hands. 1t
is the "Well done, good and faithful SER
want" from those to whom l would nat
uTally, and Of course, look for encourage
ment and APPRECIATION. The canvass,
which terminates on the Sd Of November
next, is about to open. | hope / shall
have the opportunity Of seeing you and
many thousands more of our, fellOw-citi-
zens, aud addressing you at length upon
topics legitimate and proper TO enter into
the discussion Of the canvass.
The times demand from the people OF
| our State grave and serious deliberations.
| 1t is no time now fer undue excitement, eS-
preSsiOns Of passion or hate, or untalarce
| thought. We need the wiseSt and best ma
tured judgment 10 guide US. We need to
come together and reason together, and
then act deliberately upon the result Of oui
reasoning. IL shall BE- my effort, so far as
! in Inc lies, to appeal to the reason OF my
| fellow-cilizens Of Tennessee. l have nc
| epithets TO indulge i'm. have 10 crimina-
! tions or recTimiEatious 10 engage in. The
! times are too seriOus-the matter is too
| grave and important. The day for small
politics in Tennessee is past. was sorry
TO see by a report in one Of our %
pers Of the city, that the
| Chief Magistrate Of our State, whose retiT-
| Ing footsteps we are seeking TO follow, at 4
| speech made yesterday in the town of Pu-
laski, Giles county, expressed, no, the opin
| ion, but stated as a fact. that the two hun
| dred gentlemen composing the convention
| by which was nominated all deserved L
be in the penitentiaTy, and that he, the con
stitutional dispenser Of pardonS, would no
pardon them out. daughter, and cries o.
'.Civil Rights.')
| have no comments to make-nO re
marks to make-UpOn the justice, the taste
or the propriety Of this remark, which
| should have been very slow Of believing
to have been made had l not seen it in &
friendly print. a voice-'.EIow about
| Civil RiChts?")
In regard to the platform adopted by the
| Republican party, ! see gentlemen yeIy
! much exercised. If YOU will examine tht
platform of the Republican party-if you
| will read it as it stands, an expression Of
| true. honest sentiment, as it is, you viii
| find here a full answer to your inquiries
-. then the time comes, if need be, i
may be further and more fnlly discussed
as the exigeucies may require.
Gentlemen. we have grave questions
not OF theory, not OF prejudice, mol
Of passion, but questions that re
late to the fundamental interests
| and well-being Of our State to be cOnsid
cred and to be decided. Then open the
ballot-box, set it out IN the eyes Of all the
people of the State, and, in the language
| of President Grant, "See that every man
entitled TO vote, is permitted to vote, ant
vote his real and true sentiments, Just once
! and no more and with the result of thai
vote, l pledge YOU, as one Of the candidates
before the people-as one of the citizen:
| of the State, TO be satisfied and
contented. Neither you nor /, nor ans
| of us ought 90 be satisfied, o.
! contented with anything short Of that, be
| cause, my countrymen, when It comes Il
! pass that the ballot box Is not permitted to
express the sentiment Of the people Of the
| country-to express public OpiEiOn-th'
ballot being regulated by law, then there ];
an end of popular, representative govern
ment. The forms of man finger, like th'
ktuunk of an old, wOnn-eaten tree tina
Islands, and still stands year after year, be
cause no storm cOmeS--becIuSe no blow
bassails il, but when the untOWard blow
does fall, or when it is struck by an un
kcommon blast, it falls, "and great is th'
kflll thereof"
2 Gentlemen. it is not my purpose 10 max
| n speech. and | shall make none. l eoul'
do no less than express my thanks for tht
compliment which my friends have ten
dered me on this occasion. At the prOpe
time. in the course of the appointment
which | see are made throughout you
state. will endeavOr, as best | may, L
present nv views On the various impOFtan
questions to be presented TO the people o
the State.
thank YOU again for this kind expires
| sion of your sentiments toward me. Goo'
a. the close Of Mr.. Maynard's remarks
nloud and persistent calls were made for eN
iPrpsjdent johnson. That gentleman &C
icupied a retired position on the gallery dun
lIinG lie speech Of Mr.. Maynard, but at 1t
Icl0se he escaped to his room and failed q