New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-12
TIE F10EYDA CONVENTION
LETTER FROM soLoY ROBINSON
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Feb 5. is's.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Feb. 5, lscs
closed my last letter on Sunday, and expected
II 10 remain tho last LEFT Tallahassee Monday but
have siuco heard much among the people, that
think ought 70 add few words. The train from thefo
Is slow one stopping long at every station and over
night at Lake City. At each place the first inquiry Wasi
"What from the ConyeuiiOnp Here the anxiety Is
most intense. Carefully noting remarks, enables NE 10
classify all the inquicrs and mark their sympathies
Gud outside, wen rs IN the Convection, too many men
who claim to be Republicans, with whom The fear , OF
IccrO supremacy" Appeals 10 be the leading iea Inv
translation of that fashionable phrase is simply the;
III like tile plan Of allowing negroes 10 vote, SO I9nE ~
our party Conservative can control them; but dont
believe In allowing any negro always spoken g0trWiln
bitter emphasis upon the Hofd to hold Office nor Syg
any OF the social positions which are awarded 10 WIZ
folks. Fuc j. don't Ike nisseIs nohow' don't ""n'
any of them IN the car with me-" . an
drunk they could not at up without ica hn
ing. And 1 noticed at tho stations men ,roN VINO 90
Gibbs Saunders aud Pierce, that should he wink
70 down lew enough to associate win sueh pTe o1
mouthed IN sympathy with the "Conseryatyes' IN l+e
Co3yenlion AND win d 9als 'a S %cT BIZ
ngs, and every id Niger ~ ne state ,hcso
extreme sentiments OF tie Rebels II IS cil ar -,
blind man to when election comes, when tGt o.
And that r. the stake for which the present. t,'J Is
now being played NJ Tallahassee. 10 IL because curry
discovered tho object OF this e game, that have tred
TO post the readers Of TUE TRIBUNE not to lako any
stock IN such gambling concern because II ~. No.
it's disgrace 10 humanity, Christianity. civilization,
merely to foIst men into power, who have no sympathy
for thi' poor dowprodAep PEOPLE now strussnE Tor
and from which they have means TO depart, nor m
c,nation to 20. unless driven cut by dcnag0gnrs VINO
pa iicht 70 Iy considcfion Ia Toconsrrction ex
ccpi the right to vote as they may DO directed Dy caucus
Mat 10 lie The result Of tIs fcramlo for Office time
al IL
any paliy who Is blind enough to suppose 1t can Work
Directly Ia opposition To 1000 coored voters. with only
reconsiIuclng Florida. or II 1t does succeed tempo
rary n Il may by packed caucus, called uuder Con-
scryetyc auspices for Feb H. ii viii most surely fan IN
Mark who arc tho successful ones OF that nomi-
mating caucus, and sec II they are the leading
agtaors Of the Constitutional Conleuiion. TO which
may be added the names Of Hart, Hamilton,
Conan;, Reid Gleason. Cheney, 81 ia oDine genus u
Conservatism succeeds, u wont heed apIuhct TO ~
You that The co!ored patty Of Florida pa. ~ Fua
sold To Andrew Johnson ~ though II bad al been p1.t
upon the sayeauclion block apd D4 on ny dhat noss
excellent Moses" The ony CIhCniiy IN t.e way %
cOnsuiumatiug the sale viii be ho delivery % the prop
SnInds to hnnt M a. fGsiiiyes" iron sach policy.
wish could give you better nows about the condition
earnestly turned. hoping TO see good Cons,llltIl@n
formed adopted, ana good State officers elected under H.
80 as 10 get good, stable government, that would De III
vng 10 those who wish 10 come here gLd develop tho
riches OF the vast nica' nov lying IN one
to improve tho state. aud. While advancing
their own Interest, would advance lhat OF s the heikn
ton, ana IL a stable republican government San b9
secured, they Will come and thcy are lot sFsid OF
EQUALITY her io Y9S MIST E' n66 Y0 .ap2sm Se
by the meis force Of majority. Without 'leh IL
crease OF people wealth. aud Improvement, Florida
cannot exist state, cause Tho Rebellion has reduced
the White population and almost ennl the value
Of property The present population of the State and
present condition OF property j. apssHIey nahs % Dear
u The State debt is not largo enough to be
any dcfrment, being only tTiie over $780,
600 There il a debt. however, Of over t?,eo:
coo and interest, borrowed, wasted and rerudiaied
bound 10 paw Whenever IL ects honor and wealth onongh
20 do nithout oppiesang The people who ad no mana
With no money present Or prospective. ~ the treasury.
toIsy the expenses q this Convention, Il Ia positive
weeks, Ibeu TIE pcT diem vim 10 hxed 10y the ncnhes
e t Nh d' ,ha eA ps y Sss and .n sS
S sg TG MRc G % sSS%s S Sc profit hT
ere Randall Yet Iris scrip vii be fccciyi
within ten years viii be cheap at So ue's this Cons
tUtiOna Convention proves itaef curse Instead VI y
blessing the s ,rsS ra,1asea onff 10 81 sret Sqs
OF the cold there last week freezing all the mudpaddes
bear "a team oxpressed my fears that the orange trees
would be seriously injured. IL r. now with great
pleasure that able TO tell that the cold here was
far less than there aud only few tender twgs ~
the orange killed. Peas. which in blossom and
pod were checked but not much injured. Tomatoes In
bloom, and young fruit were destroyed ~ some ex-
posed situations. Ia others, not Injured. Tepder
plants were generally checked In their growth, but do
freeze at Tallahassee s the cold was felt here by per
sons living here years uorc than they had ever fe
before nnd coming suddenly after such warm days rs
We had the week previous the cold was ns severely f.l
the mercury at or below zero Fortunately the cold Is Of
short Duration This week the atmosphere is so mild that
siy The oldest inhabtantp believes the severity OF
Winter oyera severity that hsn not checked the
htpa i,EeI cd IL a yer