Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-04

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zee University, now University of Tennes-8
see, as tutor, and afterwards became Pro-
lessor of Mathematics. He served theM
six years, and there are many IA
men of more or less prominence all over
the country who still remember him as one s.
of the ablest men who have ever engaged
in the honorable profession of teaching.
After his connection with the University IS
ceased, he entered actively into the practlce&
zginning, taking rank in remarkably shorty
time with the ablest members of what was
then one of the ablest bars in the State Oh B
bin the country. At the outset he was poor
I It was then the custom of lawyers to prac Z
: tice in several counties, and they rode from
one town to another on horseback. He wasSS
mot able to own horse, but went on foo
Ito the courts, until, through the kindness
of a friend, he was supplied with one. His !,
associates, and the country generally, were
not slow in finding out that his
#was no ordinary mind, and that
Ehe was master of the profession he had5
9chosen. His bearing towards his brothers
$ lawyers was digni6ed and some who knew
FShim only in the court room were led to iookss
upon him as somewhat formal and cold, but
those who came into closer contact with him
either in his office, at his own fire.
(lside, or on the long rides on horseback
5from one court to another, remember him
as genial interesting, charming compan
ion. Few men have the art of making
themselves 80 agreeable, SO attractive in the
private and social circle as had MIR. May
nard, and his brother lawyers, especially the
Colder ones, will bear testimony to sthe truth
Sof what we have said.
r. He combined in q remarkable degree
<sll the qualities necessary to consti
tute a successful lawyer. He was 8 man
of splendid literary attainments, one of the
(inest scholars in his State. He was stu
Sdent all his life. He not only studied ant
mastered the fundamental principles of thu
Elaw, but he also studied and thoroughly pre-
&pared his cases, He was never idle, ana
his close confinement in the discharge O
Is whatever duty he undertook to perform
Es,may have given rise at one time to the opin
Ion that he WAS Indifferent to the pleasure
T. of social life. But this was far from true
# LIN all our life we have never known one VIII
u the amenities, and gentle civilities which 6
= so far to make life pleasant. In additio
:, Ito his studious habits and his r
markable capacity for grasping the princip
: #of law applicable to, and the facts involve
IS jim cases in which he was engaged, he w
$; IS a powerful advocate. He had full cor
mand of the language, his words were VIZ
&chosen, his thoughts expressed we
clothed with beauty and uttered with Wig
Railways impressive. His voice was music'
his eloquence charming and often thrillIn
BIT is no wonder that he appeared on o
side or the other of almost all importa
: cases, and that the ablest of his brotf
lawyers felt that he was a foeman wort
IN of their steel
I'd His power public speaker, togetl
to- with all his other accomplishments, so
i. Epointed him out as political les
Ter. He WAS Wing in poht
49, and the Wings of this country were
es slow in calling upon him to champion th
n s cause His first appearance in active pol
DC 3cal life was in 1852, when he was selec
II 10y the party in this Congressional district
serve on the electoral ticket. Gen. Sc
q was the Wing nominee for the Presiden
~ with Mr.. Graham, of North Carolina,
Twice President. The convention WI
~ Eselected MIR. Maynard was held at Clint
sif we mistake not 1t was the custom I
. Eas it still is, for the electors on oppo
tickets 10 canvass their districts and
.zs joint discussions Mr.. Maynard canva:
eD swith the late Judge Lyon, and
swas during that canvass that
20, @writer first saw and heard him. I
.be Mwere both men of ability and the discuss
NV IS were exceedingly interesting. Wher
ross Mr.. Maynard spoke, he was received
,.n, 1.-THE greatest enthusiasm, and the fact
hin @rennesse was one of the four States to
otEaher electoral vote for Gen. Scott was Ia
tho S3iy due to his active and vigorous cam
Gas Scott carried the State by less than
on, xthousand majority
IN, rs In 1853, he was the Wing nominee
0 be congress III 'his sre'sioii"i .A'''io.'
, ;,Aopponent was the late William nj. Chu
haEwell, who was the Dem 1cratic candi
MIR Maynard made most brilliant Cal
ar. 81 on the stump, but was defeated. Hisspee
more aaro s'in ieine ni''iou ~ ''Ao o-'oA
middle- aged men of this and surroun
taco counties, and we frequently hear
nres- e mentioned, even yet, by grey-haired
With Wings, and glow of satisfaction ami
opics tnelf commentaries Whenever tn'' epe
went them.
beer- 81 He resumed the practice of his profe
ON to5 and continued to prosecute it success
&until three years later, when his party
rues HcalIed for his services, and he was plac'
scon1 the fillmore and Donelson ticket for
en;no State at-large. He canvassed the State
and Hon. VIM. a. Polk. They addressed
d the audiences wherever tpey
but Two antagonists more uhnA
wash their manner perhaps never
Mr. upon a forum. Mr.. Maynard
,lock. dignifed in his bearing, rarely indulgi
}. and pleasantly, but talked directly to the r
e felt of his auditors. MIR. Folk was
, get #humorist, possessing vast fund of
lis re dote, upon which he drew literally
and3 great amusement of his friends aud TO
after5 The following year, 1857, MIR. Ma
II WAS nominated for Congress, and e
last land took his seat US a member of the I
sum fifth Congress He was reelected az
aeieh- Ix1859, and again in 1861. AT this tin
sician, war of the rebellion had just comm
for. eand he had arrayed himself on the S