The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-28

appointed by the County Commits.
siOners. / was assured by several gen
tlemen who came from remote parts
Florida that in their District they were
obliged to travel fOrty-five miles tC
vote, and that it took them three days
to go and deposit their votes"
1t was to perpetuate that kind al
Government that Zach Chandler tele-
graphed to Stearns on the Sth of No
vember, "F'lorida must be MADE Re-
publican. Troops and money will be
furnished" And they were furnished
aud 10y that means Radicalism hopes
to continue in power. AS to the effect
of such Government on the indus.
trial and material interests of the State,
Mr.. Saltonstall says:
"The distress and poverty of the
white race in Florida exceeds belief /
have heard of carpet-bag Government
and have read of it. but never until GO
ing to Florida did 1 conceive the length
and breadth of the infamy of suchGov-
ernment. No words can describe the
depression, the poverty, the suffering
| OF our own race i'm Florida. The ne
groes themselves, as a consequence, are
poor The stock has about disappear
ed from the farms. There are no oxen,
no cows, nor sheep, nor horses. nor
swine To be seen in II greater portion of
the agricultural districts of Florida.
What mules there are are poor, miser-
able skeletons. The fences are destroy
ed; the buildings are tumbling to pieces
and going to decay the beautiful resi-
dences in and about the cities are di-
lapidated and uninhabitated i'm many
instances. In LeonCounty, the conn
ty of Tallahassee, where the last CEN
stIS hut one recorded IS 900 swine. the
last census gives but 800, and from
the appearances of those in the street
and about the residences they are not
fat enough to fry themselves. And all
this in country that is so rich that it
only needs to be scratched with hoe
to make ii produce such crops as we
have never dreamed of in Massachu-
setts. 1t is enough tn make the heart
sick to drive through the country" a.
He closes his statement by contrast
ing Georgia, a State relieved of the
rule of carpet-bag adventures and me-
gro ruifians, with Florida still under
the control of the l1luntlering adven-
turers, who are sustained by Grants
bayOnets:i
"The difference OF condition between
the people i'll Florida and Georgia ia
most remarkable. In Georgia, where
the people have their own Govern
memf, I am Informed that the negroes,
since the State got rid of carpet-bagisin
have laid up from, five to six million
dollars. | remember, when going
through GeOrgia, was delighted to
see the condition of things there. The
people looked happy, the negroes sang
cheerfully as they We're going along
and cracking their jokes, and every
thing indicated prosperity and thrift.
In Florida every man looked as if he
had just attended the funeral of all he
had loved and every thing that was
dear to him." o.iVh1
In the face of these facts the Radi-
Gals will insist that the carpet-baggers
and scoundrels who have brought about
the poverty and distress that exist
among both races in Florida should be
continued in power, and they will in
sist that in Georgia, where the negroes
have laid up from five to six millions
of dollars since they got rid of carpet
bagisn, the Democrats carry the state
by intimidation and fraud and cannot
be safely entrusted with power.