Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-07
GUBERNAT0RlAL CANVASS
Maynard's Jonesboro' Speech,
Verbatim Report of the Opening
Speech of the Canvass.
Terrible Arraignment OF Browns
Administration,
The PenItcNtiary LeRse-Sale of Rail.
rOadS-HObbs-TAxes Etc Etc.

rOadS-UObbs-TaXe Etc Etc.
We are enabled to present to-day
full, verbatim report Of the great open
ing speech of Hon. Horace Maynard at
Jonesboro,' on the 29th of September.
1t is so i'm portant for reference in the
Stat canvass. that we present 1t in
full, although reported at the time
quite deliberately
FELLOW CITIZENS OF WAsHINGToN
COUNTY: lam before you for the hrst time
in nv life as candidate for State office
in Tennessee Ny public life hitherto, so
far as it has depended upon the people, has
been connected with the general Govern
ment. In that connection, nave had oc.
casion to discuss, very largely, national
affairs. 1t will be my purpose today to
invite your attention to the affairs OF our
own State
In the outset | will concede an advant,
ape-a decided advantage to my dlstin~
guished competitor. Well, it's always the
case in contest, even between the lowest
classes of animals, that each side has his
own hackers, and each one will shout for
his champion; but, as | say, my competi-
tor has a decided advantage, for he has
among his hackers Gov. John G. Brown,
who announced to the people of the state
that the "peerless Porter" is going TO ride
triumphantly through the State. l have
no Governor of the Commonwealth to go
before me and Sound my praises. Laughs
teri
NV distinguished competitor has referred
tothe platform of his party, he has consid-
cred my record in some of its aspects, he
has dwelt upon Federal politics, affairs in
South Carolina and Louisiana, and II the
question Of who should be Governor OF
Tennessee depended unon either OF these
things. | certainly would not fail to furnish
him an answer to his satisactioni but IN
examining his platform, he somehow failed
TO reach the only portion that relates to
Tennessee and her affairs. Ifyou vii ex-
anime his speech, you will see that large
portion of it-beginning with protection
to honest labor" the " burdens OF the GOV
eminent to be borne by the whole proper
ty OF the country opposition to mon3p>
olies," etc say the greater portion OF ms
speech is composed of platitudes, which
NAV mean ANYTHING. or nothing just as one
may choose. (Laughterl. Then followed
another point-that portion on Federal pol
itics about which the Governor of Iennes-
see can have nothing in the world to do,
another on tho national currency and ans
other was the Civil Rights Bill. But the
only plank in his platform, which had any
relation to Tennessee politics he did not re-
fer to because his time expired before he
reached it, but l will read it for him:
Resolved That his Excellency, John 9.
Brown having IdlLnlully Ch'Ilcu 'ut t"o
principles clea ~ set forth in the platforms
upon which he was twice nominated IL en-
titled to the gratitude of the people for the
ab @ and efficient manner in which he has
executed the high and delicate trust com
mitted to his keeping as Governor OF Ten
nessee.'
NV competitor is nominated and put
upon platform, and the glove is thrown
down in the shape of an endcrsemento the
administration of the present Governor,
John G. Brown That is taken UP Mt the
Convention Mt Chattanooga and the issue
is made. ! shall invite my competitor &c
look into that record and see whether the
people when they come to vote snail say Il
is right or it is not.
Somthinr has been said about the admin.
istrauon of the United States the usua
Democratic filings have been made. vii
not inquire what party it was that over
turned the Government in our Own state
and left us without Governor, wlthou
courts, without judge, without single
officer in the State left us in state of an
archy. You know the men--you know tht
party that is responsible for this state o
things in Tennessee. After the war wa
over, after peace was declared under tn
lead of that gentleman, lpolnthg 10 eN
President iunuson) who had been entrust
ed by the Government of the United state
with that high duty, everybody was invited
~ v
establish the Government. The invitation
was sent out wide and far; if they did no
come it Wa, their own fault-it was worse
il was ue,lec, amounting almost to Criml
nality. Those who did come elected
Governor elected Legislature, opened
the courts, administered Justice 6et%%eel
man and man, and the affairs OF the Stat
Government went on.
Very suon there was n great hue and cry
We were told that we were very oppressive
we were tol1 that we were burienlng tn
people with taxes. You remember the hu
and cry. We'll, so il went on from 1850
1869, and then by the Stokes and Sente
controversy they had Legislature elected
two-thirds Of which, Mt least, was Demo
cra.ic--my competitors party associate
and friends. They took hold Of the Gov
eminent on the lst of October, 1869, an
they have had it now FIVE whole years da
after Tomorrow. | propose to see wha
they have been doing in that time
STATE PRINTING.
One of the complaints made against tn
Republican administration of state affair
was in the matter Of Public Printing. Ihei
papers were furious and the Republicans
viIlAiuous outrage were rung from one en-
the State to the other. Geo. e. GrlshaT
had been elected Public Printer
moor fellow he went his way and WI
stricken down like martyr at the bed sid
of the sick and DYING He came in but th
Democrats said 1t won't do, this man is
miserable Radidical, Federal soldier,
contemplate character and they swel
him aside. They said we are going
have hon sly, we are going to have thlna
right Sothey went TO work and electe
- whom do you think, Public Printer
Jones, Purvis Il Co." They mightas we
have said Shocks, Thompson %, as I.
as the people were concerned. Whom Oh