The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-05-06
OUR KNOXVILLE LETTER.
non. HORACE MAYNARD AND TIE. Y


|, coLoRED coNvENTIo1S AND THEIH
DEMANDS = SENATOR BRowNLoW
AND THE SNAKE HE HAS WARMED
TO LIFR-THE DUTY WE OWE To
PosTERITY AND WHEN TO DISCHARGE
! IT.
KNOXVILLE, TENN, May 1, 1874.
DEAR GAZETTE The Hon. Hor.
: ace Maynard is spoken of for the
Judgeship, made vacant by the
death Of Judge Milligan.
You and l have known Mr.. MAY.
nard for many years; have differed
with him at times, and we have seen
in him from time to time, much to
admire, and occasionally something
to censure. But all the while he has
been an honest man. Not many
who have been in public life. and es-
pecially in Congress for the last
twelve years can show as pure a
personal record as Mr.. Maynard.
There is no stain upon his garments.
no money in his pockets, the price
of honor and integrity. He has, in
this respect. gone through the fire
unsinged. and is well entitled to the
prefix of Honorable! Besides all
this, he is an able and a learned
gentleman. His law knowledge is
ample for the bench and his general
education and reading of the most
ample supply. He is therefore fit
man for that high position, and
General Grant will reflect credit on
his administration by appointing
him Judge of the Court of Claims.
Mike French, a son of old Jacob
French-you know the Trenches,
and the Rules and the Johnsons,
south Of the river. amongst the best
of families of the county-has in his
possession a round, solid, heavy
something resembling a stone of
variegated cOlors. He found it
long time since, imbedded in a rough
crust, which being broken off, devel-
oped the round substance which is
exciting curiosity and no little specu-
latiOn. 1t has been submitted to
the mineral and fossil savans, who.
after careful examination, are divid-
ed as to its class. quality and value.
1t has the appearances of the dia-
mond, and many of its qualities
great hardness, elasticity, and the
rough charcoal surface. 1t cuts glass
as only diamond will, and nothing
has been found hereabouts that will
cut it, or make any impression on
it's hard exterior. Some knowing
ones think it a genuine diamond.
If so, it is big fortune to Mike
French. May it be so, is the wish
of his friends.
The colored folks convention at
Nashville, ''went for the Republi-
can party generally. and for Senator
Brownlow in particular. This is a |
family fight, and you may not take
sides as a prudent journalist. but |
let us manage the war. The spirit |
of the speeches, made by the Lowrys
and the Yardleys, demand the atten.
ton not only of the Republicans,
and the Brownlows, but of all the
good people Of the State and of the
whole country They no longer ask,
they demand the legal enforcement
of their right to social equality with
all the white men and women and !
children Of the land. They demand
their right to sit in the same pews
at the church with white women and
on the same benches at all
other public places; at the dining
table at hotels and boarding houses,
and with the white children at the
and with white mems wives
and daughters in their own private
dwellings and social gatherings.
just think of this right ~ of the
colored man in tits practical bearings,
and actual operation, if authorized
and enforced by State legislation, or
by an act Of Congress
Senator Brownlow is soundly
abused for not favoring the degrad-
ing revolution in society. Think OF
7 ardley, and the colored 'gemmen'
generally, strutting the streets, or in
,he carriage, and in the churches
md parlors with our wives and
ovely daughters. swelling, sweating
md sinking. This is the right they
ire demanding. and Radicals-not
2epublicans-are sustaining them
n their demand. Senator Brown
sw is not without blame. When
lie reads these speeches, he will re- :
member that H1sop prefgured his Q
Unhappy condition, in his fable OF q
he man, who, in mistaken kindness
7armed into life tho frozen snake 4
hat in return, dealt poison and
cath to the family OF his benefac- n
or.
To what destiny are we drifting?
hall Radicalism level and destroy i
he barriers and lines of demarcation
D well defined. and so firmly estab-
shed by nature? Shall we yield to Of
nch demands, and legislate our 81 81
elves backwards a thousand wears? m
ct us pause and examine our stand
oint, and take our reconing before
e take SO grave a step. 1t will be
20 late when we are engulphed in d
ocial ruin, and anarchy. Let us
eet this calamity at the Threshold,
nd wisely prevent its consumma-
on.
Let us be up and doing, for the IS
lSlAy 10 AN0lys NISudnCs dCGtNe. IN
we meanly neglect our duty. we m M
i'll behold, and at no distant day, Of
e downfall Of q government whose pr
andeur was the glory and pride tel
our fathers and is the last hope Gr
the true patriot and lover of ln'
'erty. If we neglect or fail to
strain these baneful pretensions
: will merit and receive the fear
| anathemas of our children and
posterity generally, and. amidst !.
e ruins of the temple of liberty, a