Mr. Maynard spoke but a few minutes and made a reference to
a prophecy made by him in the dark days when he and Johnson worked together at
Washington for the redemption of the State.
He said that once he attempted to cheer the Governor in an hour of
despondency, by promising to be with him in
the spring at Nashville – to walk with him to the capitol – to sit by his side,
and listen to him tell the people of Tennessee there assembled, that right and
justice should be maintained and traitors punished. – He said he had sat
there – had listened to that speech, and had applauded it as a well considered
effort. The promise had been kept, the
prophecy fulfilled, and he, (Mr. Maynard) returned to duties at Washington,
from which had had been called away. – {Nashville Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 3
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