New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-11
TIE SOUTHERN STATES.
FLORIDA.
TIE RECONSTRUCTION CONVENTION CARRIED.
20 q Our Special Correspondent

TIE RECONSTRUCTION CONVENTION CARRIED
P.On Our Special Correspondent
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. s, 1867.
II is more than n fortnight since the election
held IN pursuance OF Cen Pope order to determine
o question Of q Convention, and tho complete returns
ara NOT vet received Four counties in the remote sec
lions Of the State, and insignificant in population, arc yet
~ lac heard FROM Their vote cannot materially affect mo
rsplt "A now known and have waited for them merely
70 make MY statement Of tine popular vote on the ques
,ip ~ Congressional reconstruction perfect rs posi-
be A Convention has been chosen by very small ma
iority Compared with the registration, tho Nolo poucu
- but few hundred more than Onchalf. Compared win
the number Of whites registered, am Informed Wtn
some degree Of reliability, that tho vote OF the whites IS
t more than one to fifteen less than 500 out OF nearly
% oo These figures which have reason to bcievc arc
not far from correct, are an emphatic mulcauoH
NJ the unanimitY with which the whites az q
I'D rrfsrd To sanction tho policy Of Congress ana ny
tr ucglertipg 10 vote at all attempted To defeat COR
vrhtou. This purpose was boldly dNOWcu NJ lho
i ,a a, unanimously vindicatcd by the result u
@ % seen bat the colored vote brought out at this ecc-
was about IS per cent OF the total number OF cOOlcu @
- strI' for by deducting 500 whites Whu Npiedl
,,"F, remains it, 3l3 coOred votes against about l6V
registered IL is impossible 10 tell tue precise hEItS VI
i'm This state owing to the Incomplete re-,
turns of thr 1--WE days additional registration AUTHORIZE
p2 ,' ,O " ,rrrrt Nor Il il 10 be supposed that
Cr Pope viii wait for the exact computation OF lle it
joiity OF this election as necessary 10 cur w
,onuon II lie does 80 we shal DC ~ S tl are some
counties M the interior OF TINS aDOlghl otlV NheiV
civilization has never yet carried telegraph 'n NV
and where the scream OF u steam Whlslo W"uu DC ~
much of scare To the remote srltcS ms uo Yen Nl ,
panther 10 the shOpkccles In BIondwY; Coinnur
cation 4, limited lihOrlOus, ana daloIy h't CUM
monty requires from 40 days to bring the cast coast
aud the west together.
OF the delegates 10 the Convention, there elected 49,
of whom p are reported 81 Ice whites, ana IS coofcd
Three Conservative are elected, and ~ OF - hI.a
the remainder, nominated ana CHOSEN Oh INC itPh
moan u,kst which means Radical Republican,, toned
d0wn by me Northern elections. | am inclined 10 DthcNy
that tbs stands In respect Ia classification ~
Of the cOOred delegates know personally anu WHO
drnt lent in mental culture aud p OF thcm loIhict 9iNtH
they are HS "a whole, a better body ot men, WIN moro
native intelligence, sound sense, ANA hohtst lNlsh'lI
than one commonly meets with even ~ MlssAt stl-
iury Lo are Supposed to be- all That can BE- desired
tji me whites elected TO tho Convention there are
I'm very frg who have ever had any legislative
experience. COL I. ". osborn iIt7lu'Ht ol me Ju1
Lrp hl,n Convention, IS elected FROM Leon county. on
IL iekrt with five cOiOred men. Coz. Oabuih was 'h'I
siali uicrr with Con. Howard 90 the virginia cHp"lSl
ANA s l. pIaccin law ut Tallahassee, dud Us Register
m Bankruptcy for Florida 1hc Hon. Daniel keiHtI' %
cc,,cd FROM Gaitdcn County. Hclaids was once u
s,tr I.itor IN Illinois, and Direct Tax Cpuimssi1
Witt c. tiase's fileud l.. -. sickucy &c tcruadina
Liberty billings, who has become rather ObhoAl"eN
prominent ito EcbsD in REORGANIZATION, because hh "i
dent hse Iohican b, elected rom Nassau county ahi
y. e. bennett from buyI County, thc inter- Od,Hcf "l
the trccdmen's Bank ~ Jdch-9uNilc' j. H. nn's 'l
Marion, ia. COuUNcr ~ Columbia, George walker pI
S,.tt Ln,n. Capt EpmDICur Of Madison, ", j.
Putuiau of Jack son, and J.. j. Ware Oh Myhio',
AN strong and earnestly loyal mon, Hud oi
(J d. B Hort thc Superintendent OF Registration, Wis
d,fa,d in Jacksonville district, an event deeply 10 hC
rejected by the Republican pdiy, bat when was CAUSED
b, tDe ,tIu-tiul piJudcca OF lhr httl"'N "k"h' "'
NOR SHAREHOLDERS. Col art 100 former years WHs jealous
Ming opposed secession, remained lc-ulult UNION ui'
throughout case Rebellion. WIS sent ioihr 10y fHii'ur
VA" votr ios u o sun,gr. ANA early organized tho Ic
pabIcan party iu THIS STATE.