Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17
MR.. MAYNARD

LEBANON, October IA According to
appointment, Messrs. Porter and Maynard,
candidates Tor governor, 10 day addressed the
people Of Wilson county, al Masonic hall,
MR.. MAYNARD
] opened the debate at half past twelve O'Clock.
by reading the Democratic platform upon
which he said his com mpetitor WAS the candi-
date, and an Endorsement OF which was neces-
STATED by vote for Porter. tie asserted that
the only points in the platform, outside OF
plattudes, wele rspudlation and the indorse-
ment of John G. Brown. He devoted consid-
erable time 20 Browns record, which. be as
serted, had been indOrsed by the convention
tLAt nominated Porter, and for which, in con-
sequence, Porter him sell must be respousi BILE.
he attempted a dramatic point by unfolding
and ninging to the breeze q copy Of the tax
schedule, Issued under the last assessment
law, which he called democratic love-Ietter
70 the people OF Tennessee" and which had
been inflicted upon the State by the Brown
administration. Mr.. Maynard then took up
the State debt, which, according 10 mis- version
OF the matter, had increased enormously after
DEMOCRATIC administration took charge OF the
affairs OF the State. The debt, he said, had
grown over five million dollars IN little over
three years, and the State had nothing TO
show for It.. Much of his speech was devoted
to the public printing and penitentiary
'frauds," and the eomptrolersnip scandal"
but as this was only repetition Of what has
been reported heretofore, II Il not necessary 70
occupy space with it. The outrage business
and the ~bloOdy month of August" came ia
for large share OF attention, in the usual
a
mlnlstration is responsible for the whole OF it.
A fair specimen OF Nj. Maynard's logic was
substantially this; "Horaee Greeley was one
OF the fathers OF civil nights; the Tennessee
Democracy indorsed and supported Greeley;
Porter is the candidate of the same DemOcra-
cy which indorsed Greeley-erOO, Porter Is as
Objectionable on that score as l am" He was
very careful to explain the position OF the
Republican platform on the civil rights
question, and equally careful 10 dodge any
reference 70 his position as an individual.
Mr.. Maynard closed his speech by she
usual attack on Porter's record in the legisla-
ture and The constitutional convention. He
seemed to be under a cloud during his entire
speech, and did not by any means equal the
expectations which had been formed OF him
by those who knew him only by his reputa-
tiOn as a debater. The only symptom OF ap-
plause came from an old negro In the audi |
ence, whom an allusion to equal ghts for
All moved to feeble "hooray,' accompanied
by the frantic swing of a battered straw hat. |
he was probably thinking OF ''de pervissions, !
JUDGE PORTER.
commenced his speech by happy allusion |
10 the by-gone time when he walked the |
Ieets OF Lebanon, a student of law, under /
the tutelage OF two of ber most distinguished |
citizens, now departed; and expressed the |
hope that the few here who remembered him |
thought Of him kindly, and that all OF mis- 1
present hearers should remain his friends |
when he had gone from their midst Refer Il
ring to the penitentiary lease, Judge Porter |
gave brief history II that affair, showing |
the manner In which the lease was effected, /
ana ended by saying: when my competitor
states that the psDitentiary lease was effected |
In secret, he states that which he knows to be /
untrue" Upon the subject of the funding l
dill, which my competitor denounces 80
fercely, have only 20 say that his owB party 4
is the spon-cr to that concern. a Radical |
legislature, foisted upon the people by Federal /
BAY opets, originated the measure. and that
party IS responsible for its introduction. |
am not the electOr Of Governor Brown. He /
is able and willing 20 take care Of himself
and do not intend 10 allow Nr. Maynard to
divert my attention from the live Issues of
this canvass by consuming time in irrelevant
matters My competitor arraigns Governor
Brown. | arraign him; and propose 10 sho "
to you that, from the time he first to his
seat in congre TO this good hour, he has
never, by vote or act, shown that he was in
sy Sympathy with the people Of Tennessee, or
had their interests at heart. The speaker 1
then went on to ventilate MaynRrds IS con- |
gres sioual record in the ractest sIyle, eiicitng
frequent applause from the audience.
] Judge Porter drew a graphic picture of the
condition of affairs in Louisiana, and IS. |
serted that, as Nr. Maynard had aided in
that state of things there, he
would be fully capable, were he governor Of
this state, OF attempting similar feat In
Tennessee. He then went on to re lew his
opponents civil rights record, proving con-
clusivelv the truth OF his assertion that Mr.
Maynard had always, from his entry into
public lite, been disciple and advocate Of
social equality. he then portrayed the fatal
effect upon the material. educational, and 9th.
or Interests OF the country, should the iniqui-
tOus civil rights bill become a law, and clos d
By affirming tnat all who voted for Maynard,
or the Republican ticket, voted for that "sum
D Yillainles."
Our candidate is thoroughly ''on his feet, ;" |
and has delighted his friends and astonished
bis enemies. Set old Wilson down, now as in
The State convention, "solid for Porter