The Portland daily press., 1865-10-09

class ensT ,dis1g made 3 a pIs sSssss
20 the people Of Quincy, Florida, in which he
sIAa mt forth certain ideas not wholly IN harmony
with t1e orsacllIar utterances of Messrs. Perry,
-is AKA sbs,4ev and others Noperson occupying the
same official position, has yet uttered words so
r,l6a ra,leie with wisdom and sound common
q sense andTit may be set down as matter for
sincere graduation that one, at least among
the diloyal state organizations ofthe South is
to TO form itself anew under the auspices and
direction Of man able to appreciate in some
sg aa4 degree the real difficulties dangers and wants
of those states and wise enough to urge upon
li them policy in accord with the enignteneu
sentiment Of the world. .e4
..tC Previous to the war Gov Marvin was judge
of the ITnitad States District Court In Florida
Mk}s stetad that he never yielded to the seces
sion tide AZ all but Withdrew from public af
fairs when be was no longer able to oppose
G< 5gss barrier 10 the madness Be tat as it may, 1t
4 plain that he is at present one of the yisest
and mostclearheaded men The South can boast.
tii In the speech before Us he makes the follow
ingeminenty practical statement Of the
.te suits or SECESSION ~ @+~
aAfter much discussion by the best and
soundest thinkers in the nation, the question
has been settled with much unanimity that
The secession OF State Is impossbly. A
i rebellion cannot bea success unless It amounts
- IL eSu1t The S very so 1 sn5as ssi Thn
the American Repppic seorns to receive the
time Il s5sw sd thai Fio1da has never ceased
70 be a State in the Union; but she has been
State in rebellion, and by her acts, has ues-
troyed her State Government and particularly
the institution Of slavery, which was nursed
in its bosom and defended By IL. She is now
held by martial law in state Of tutelage, with
g sSs !si's aSssss new
fs. I'm discussi the business of reconstruction
Coy, Marvin is equally clear and direct, The
81 new constitution which Florida is TO frame
must be, he saida'free constitution. Slavery
is not merely dead, it is sthrice dead and
a9Tplucked up by the roots. ANY attempt on
the part Of the convention to revive and REIN
state it would be labor and time spent in vain.
sA.A The future constitution of Florida must guar
anty freedom alike to ALT must not be
&c hss ba ,6Iack Ghiteo but t5eeD How unlike are
these noble and statesmanlike words to the
tsdvg pitifu drigelngiof Gov. Perry about this be-
AZ ales ing "a white mans government" The whin=
ing utterances Of the same Governor Perry in
- view of the fact that slavery, the Cherished
Institution Of South Carolina" ispassed away,
oo45sllo may also find asuggesye contrast in the fol-
lowing:r ~ 9I9G
"I am free to confess that, in view of the dis
.e.sH opanized state of society," it is WELL in my
- judgment, that slavery has passed away forev-
Surprising the Institution, remained. and
y2 aaEs ssfR assssfay Ss fs1s
Of ireemen, and sUhO haze exhibited mGny
a battlefield, and In the storm;ng of batteries
steadihess and courage equal to that of the
ste sctite man, were turned loose among US, how
long would that institution last or whose life or
g ssapsss Il ans Is 1 s
Of blood Thank God, the thing is out Of the
way, and safe! The future of Florida,
in this respect is that of every other State in
the Onion, except Kentucky and Delaware,
and shortly these states must be free. as cit
Szens, before the lao, The freedmen must be IN
0Urespects equals"
aseo In the matter Of negro suffrage the Governor
does not undertake to pronounce He does
not advocate it, but neither does he oppose it,
~ contenting himself with the remark that it is
~% political rather than natural right and
may be withheld granted as sound policy
ne2 s may dictate. But ON the question Of admit
TESTS ting the testimony of colored persons in the
courts he is perfectly explicit. he says: 4
sThe law, inthfs respect, must know no
distinction of color am aware that this is a
80 T0 hard doctrine tomany, but t is not never
was, such to me. Some think the negro constatu-
tonally liar-that fasehood is marrow in
4o8c1NOy8 that is not true, in whole Or in part,
and, the statement is SANDER upon both
God and man An experience Of thirty gears
99oOD In the South has satisfied that the sLGUe has
offer told the truth, aUhile the master has led
For some gears occupied the bench, diadmaay
a5e the Instances In aChch haze knoaon gull
M tn parties to go snsachipped of Justice because
cotored people could not come into the court
and testify. slss5
ts~,ss The admission of such witnesses would
have given the State Prison or the gallows
its due, and relieved society of bad and dan
. rNFg gerous characters. have much feeling up
~ on this subject, Because the impressive and
painful lessons of years crowd in upon my
memory. You know that the mental classes
- - of all nations are permitted to appear in
court and testify, and that in some instances
lords and mobiles have been sent TO the gal
u lows on the evidence of house servants. Our
oOrnH Nam iof foYor wro4.@ rra1sA nIk
tlfy as they. You keep the negro out Of court
'as sasA and aOhat chance has he for jDsices Just
M re- Of ds o Sha coh ws
"a . vii regard the Constitution you may frame as
republican IN form or calculated to secure the
ends OF justice to all citizens unless the negro
~ = s IS permitted to come into court as a Witness
may be mistaken, but should that acrong be
8I ;: s s: s; Fl. s:s:';: s:
no other course left us but to make clean
breast of this whole business do full Justice to
the negro, though he is of an inferior race and
.0o AarsnoEe the whole subject growing out Of his
slavery, emancipation, and status from the
theatre of politics. ~@ ~
SOS ~ ssaF In yet another respect is the course Of
Suage Marvin in striking contrast with that
sd OF his fellow "Provisionals" He declines to
sssteg sven the senseless and groundless cry about
ne ois1sEness and vindictive spirit of the
gsssssa lossn ne ooes not even say a word about
iana'ieisln he told his hearers that he had
s lYea az tne North the last two years, and he
y. , - could assure them that while no ,nhnd tBel
ing prevailed, there was yet everywhere a
stern determination that slavery. in ali its
forms and phases, shall be buried SO eternalv
IBz 81 deep that it shall never know any resurrec
s.'sA ton. Il r f,sas 4s145
~ r1T r He closed his address with the following
~ ~ reference to the resources of the North, and
g n to the power of the restored Union st,
"Ther wealth and resources have aston
IS ished the nations of the earth well as
ourselves, and let me say to you, that the
~ N North is firmly fixed in its position that
us the conflict of the last four years. calling to