The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-11-01
Gov Marvin to the Colored People of Florida

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At Marianna Florida, on the 18th ut, Gov. Marvin
addressed large crowd of colored people of IL place
and vicinity He told them that they had nothing to DO
with the war that they had fought no batles nA the
Blood of no man their hands, that 1t had been
white mans war; that it had unintentionaly resulted
in the abolition Of slavery, and that nobody but GOD
was to be thanked for it.
Governor Marvin then said:
you ask the question: whether the white man ol
the north or the white man OF the south Is yo2i
will answer you by saying that hope ana LeaeF1
both of them are; but if it to question OF ser
tanty as to which of the two is your 5etter ti1eud
shall answer plainly and tell you, the white man ol ING
south wassboEn at the north, raised and educated
there but have spent the last thirty years q ny a
in the south and consider myself capable q JnegnA
between the two people, particularly IN reference t
Yourselves | know the northern man, or yankee Oh
you call him. from the crown of his head to t soie e
his foot, and tell you to-day as your TREND mat hs
southern white man, with whom you We're raz>ea al9
who is acquainted with your habits and custom Is S
best friend You have *.
Now, after you shall have found your freedom sua
driven by stern necessity do something for aurA
the question is, what is the best tor you to de- A Ha-
vice IS to remain the plantations where you aa 4tt
accustomed 10 work, with your former oWhel .las
will make contract with you Make the peS- @-AEs['
YOU can with them, and show to them that y9d are
ing to work better, now that you are comp
your work. than you ever have doneb etore he iti-A
full be truthful be honest be interested IN ne 2Lslt5
of the plantation that the mules are W. sL lls'
the hogs get good attention, and that the Rl ~ ses
ed to you be not neglected.
you must conduct yourselves accordingly. -aN Yoa1
old master, master, and your old mistress, 1a5
1t is right you should tits proper, it is pes. 21
do not mean by calling them So that you ae.2h5 "
them but that YOU wish to be respectful and pot am
to give no cause for oense but rather des - Ps'
don't say that You mast ca them masterp At7&4E
but l say il is civil and polite to do 1t, pnc go" nus
therefore, do its have known many whit serFaNs
and there thousands IN the north where WAS 7f-
and it so in England, too. who call those geo -Ro3
them master and mistress 1t Is term OF 'so- "'-
Difference and they call them thus because ti 'a So
There they, as / said before are white SCI at1s
they till the land feed the stock and DO otne "E -
is done here, aud they respected, and = y- st'-
find employment, as you may DO II yo" W. -o11"s'
yourselves properly.
the white people, that you their equal; because you
are not You will have to do great many thags yo@
cannot do before you begin to be great as Aci toA
will have to be able to write book, build ra cas-
steam engine a steamboat aud thousanes 1s glge-
things you know nothing Of. They are ii' ~a-"a III
yol and is foolish for you to think they are no Sa
rior to vou and will be; but they VIII Gelg ea
rise if ySa try raise yourselves, and YOU mus L|
and make astfriends of them and not by btA Fe@fF
towards them, make them hate you.
The president will not give you foot o. And nor
mule, hog, nor cow not even kniie aat T.. : 90
spoon "a voice ''Dari old man, hear DAT? att Jl"
ercrl dat chicken wont hatch no hownl He has EYrH
you your freedom aud that is everything he iale97 -.
give YOU and that is enough, and some OF yoa |4 @'
derstand me when l tell you why. Before che var.
each of you worth In dollars and CEN l2 Your
owners, eight hundred or thousand, OF ff'e5N u u
dred doIars-Worth more than nifty acres NI e'att}
acres Of land and mule thrown in. Well tae Presl-
dent has in giving you yQar freedom, taken So @ay
dollars and cents from your old masters aud he hnks.
as do they have lost enough, aud you by have aod
enough given to you If he were to give ~ moro
] prove a curse to you.
The governor concluded as follows:
! belieye have covered the whole ground and eah
all that is nesssary. IT, however have lei anTtHrg
out let me know what il is: Come uP' l@4 LaSg t
right to ask, 50 speak cut! (Here few uaimnof1-1s
questions were asked which were satsti eto4F oa-
swered) Now, before conclude, wish to asA [a9,
are YOU satisfied? Are you? OYe are, by all " tt
YOU promise me to do the best you can, be E.adg PIP
posed to ALL to be good men and women We ElLa(
/ God help YOU do ii! .5