Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-26
A SLY FOX.
Horace Maynard an Advocate of Mix
ed schools, as shown by His Vote
for Enforcing that "Sum of Villain
tes'' Upon Tennessee.
Press and Herald.

for Enforcing that ''Sum Of Villain.
tes'' Upon Tennessee.
Press and Herald.
Well does Horace Maynard deserve the
name of "the willy NarIagansett,n though
his last effort to deceive was merely self
deception, of the same kind which the
ostrich practices when that animal hides
its head in the sand and thinks that be-
cause it cannot see its puTsuers that its
pursuers cannot see it. Maynard
voted on every occasion to take up
the Civil Rights bill, and had the
necessary twO-thirds vote to take up
the bill at any time obtained, the measure
could then have been passed by a majority
vote. On Saturday Hight, the 2eth inst,
when a vote was taken to suspend the rules
and pass the Civil Rights bill, he was
found among the .nOt voting" list, together
with Num-, Republican, Of West Tennes-
see.
MAYNARD need nOt hope TO escape popu-
lar condemnation by "dOdsing" the test
yOte OH the Civil Rights bill. His record
on that question, fortunately, is too clear
and explicit, showing him to be an ardent
advocate Of the Civil Rights bill, mixed
schools. especially.
On Iut CLl VI 1Cl-- q Ul2A
known as the Common School BILL pro-
yiding for National School Fund, passed
the House Of Representatives. The bill
provided that "the net proceeds of the pub
lie lands be forever conSecrated and set apart
for the education of the people," and the
Commissioners of Education were TO ap-
portion the money to the several States and
Territories, upon the basis OfpOpulatiOn be-
tween the ages of four and twenty-fOur
years, and according to the ratio Of litter
acy for the subsequent ten years.
On the 9th of February, 1872, the day
before the passage of the bill-Mr. Here
fond, of West Virginia, moved TO amend as
follows:
"Provided, That no moneys belonging to
any State or Territory, under this act, shall
be withheld from any State or Territory,
for the reason that the ldlcS thereof pro-
ride for separate schools for ,cbite children,
or refuse TO organize a system Of mired
schools"
Which was agreed to; yeas lis, nays 81.
Horace hdgRdrd UOted NAY, All the
other Tennessee members, including Rode
rick Butler, voted YEA. (See McPherson's
Handbook, page 123-Edition for 1S72.)
Here Il en- was the mixed school abOmi-
nation openly and avowedly endorsed and
voted for by Maynard. Well knowing the
sentiments Of the people Of Tennessee
well knowing that Tennessee already had
a system of separate schOols-well knowing
that the State would ''refuse to provide a
system of mixed schools" Horace Maynard
deliberately, and in opposition to all his
colleagues, had the hardihOod to undertake
TO deprive the children Of Tennessee of
their portion of the educational fund that
was being set apart for their perpetual use
and enjoyment,
Horace Maynard is too we'll known to be
a smixeI school" advocate, TO hope to Jle-
ceive the people Of this district, or of Ten
neSsee, by ''dOdging' the vote on the Civil
Rights bill because campaign is just OPEN
ing. There is not a sane man in Tennes-
see who is not assured that Horace May
nard, if elected to the next Congress, will
certainly work for and vote for that '.sum
of villianies and guintessence of abOmina-
tions," the Civil Rights bill.