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


WAS very large gathering of all classes of
citizens of Knoxville and Knox county in
the Criminal Court room, at the court house.
The Criminal Court was in session, presided
over by Hon. M. L. Hall, but on motion of
Attorney General D. d. Anderson, the
court adjourned.
The meeting was called to order by Judge
George Andrews, and on motion of Maj. A.
S. Prosser, Rev. DIR. Thos. w. Hulnes was
called to the chair.
DR. Humes, on taking the chair, addressed
the assemblage in the following remarks:
During the early hours of yesterday
morning there passed through the town,
from lip to lip, an electric shock, conveying
the sad words: Horace Maynard is dead
And now we are here assembled to express
our grief over this affiiction, in humble sub
mission to the will of God, to testify our
respect for his name and memory, our
honor of his character and life, and manifest
our friendly sympathy with his bereaved
wife and children.
Mr.. Maynard was one of the compare
lively few men in states and nations who
in their day made a shining mark that
grows brighter with the lapse of time.
They are often not fully esteemed according
to their worth by their contemporaries.
The strife of parties, the collision of inter-
ests, the struggles of ordinary life, becloud
mems vision of each other. Death disperses
the clouds He was an example in import
ant respects to public men of the time.
While achieving reputation, he was active
in building up his character. He sought
to excel in his undertakings, but he main
tanned at all times a sturdy devotion to
principle, and while filling important and
various public stations, he endeavored in
them all to honor God. At Washington, in
the midst of adverse influences, he kept
himself pure from, not only official corrupt
ion, but the suspicion of it. He co-operated
with others in Congress in behalf of temper
ance, and was found in his place, not only
in the church, but in the Christian prayer
meeting. No man would have ventured to
offer him bribe, or to try to drag his
reason in the dust Of debasing indulgence.
He upheld the flag and honor of his country
with firm and clean hand.
He was an example also to the young
men of the land. He began his ma
ture life IN narrow circumstances.
His first work was in the humble capacity
of a teacher of boys, and for years he toiled
In it with little remuneration. Through his
brief professorship in college, through his
novitiate as law student, through his SER
vice at the bar he passed on to Congress,
to foreign mission, and a cabinet Office,
with earnest, unfaltering trust and endeav-
or, until his name and worth were heard of
not only throughout the nation but by dis
tant peoples. True he has departed COM
paratively poor man, but his name will go
| down in history as that of man who was
an honor to his adopted State, as he was
honored by its people-a man who
''From his cradle was scholar,
And ripe and good one;
| Exceeding wise, well-spoken and pursuad-
ing"
who bravely did good work for the people
and the nation in his day, and departing,
''has left foot prints behind him" from which
young men may learn how rich and great
are the opportunities in this favored coun-
try for their mental and moral development,
for their upward and onward progress in
things pure and just and true and com :
mendable, and in the confidence and honor
able appointments which the men in power
and the people have to bestow.
On motion of T. III. Head, W. A. Gal
braith was chosen secretary of the meeting.
On motion of VIM. Rule, the following
we're appointed committee on resolutions:
VIM. Rule, Judge George Andrews, Judge
L. G. Houk, Judge o. P Temple, Rev. G.
B. Sparrow.
While the committee was out
HON. DAVID RICHARDS
rose to bear testimony to the purity OF
character and greatness of the distinguished
dead. He wished that he was able to ex-
press himself in English satisfactorily. The
speaker was proud of Horace Maynar;
before he (Richards) came to Tennessee,
but more so when he made his acquaint
ance and found IN him such a noble Chris
tan gentleman. He can say, in the languag.
of the Bible, GA great man has faller
among u.s." Few men come up to the stan
dard of Mr.. Maynard. A man may be great
wealthy and influential, but it is an objec
to be good as well. He admires the char
acter of Mr. Maynard as a good and grea
man and good citizen. All have the salts
faction of knowing that he was genuin,
Christian. The speaker little thought Sun
day night, at the Welsh church, where Mr.
Maynard delivered an address, that it woult
be the last time he would see him. He hop
ed that the address of the. chairman of th,
J meeting, and the excellent advice therein
would be adopted and followed by all, an,
that we shall follow in the footsteps of tn,
honored dead, and do as he did, SO far as w
can.
VIM. Rule, chairman of the committee OIL
resolutions read the following
RESOLUTIONS:
Horace Maynard, whose memory we woul.
honor to-day, was born at Westborough, il
the State of Massachusetts, on the 3Oth da,
| of August, 1914. Nearly forty-four year
ago, after he had graduated at Amherst Col
lege, while yet in the vigor of youth, b,
, came to Knoxville, and has been ever sine
thoroughly identified with all the materia
interests of this community Now, that hi
character and fame are passing into history
, it is fitting that we, his neighbors an,
friends, should bear testimony to the purit
and integrity of his public and private life
which, combined with his well rounde.
manhood, his ability and rare attainments
have made him figure SO conspicuou
among his countrymen. In whatever ave
cation or profession he has engaged, indus
|
nent traits, and, whether as teacher, lawye
or statesmen, he has conscientiously en-
4 deavored to discharge his duties thoroughly
4 fully and accurately. His commanding pres
ence, his graceful bearing upon the forum
the charm of his gestures, the polish of hi
rhetoric, the abundance of bis learning
and the impressiveness of his ors
. tory, are things that viii neve
3 be forgotten by his contemporaries. hi
! private life was marked by liberal hosp
: tality, strong and warm friendships, and
gentle tenderness for those who loved an
p trusted him. He goes to his grave bearin
as little animosity and resentment as wer
: ever cherished by any man, SO much Q
whose life was spent in scenes of publ
t conflict. We honor his memory as hus
band, father and neighbor, as aripe schola,