The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-14

A trio OF Democratic nIggerD came TO
town Tuesday morning, and atier. shaking their
thirst at one Of the fountains Of Democratic
union and brotherly love, proceeded to enjoy
their freedom on the street il quite bolsteFOus
manner-calling Ia the services OF a policeman,
who took them In tow and pranced them Of to
the may0r's once, where lis honor peFsuasively
besonght the two eldest to contribute - each.
and the youngest 81, 10 The city treasury. Amer
"anteing up" they Wended their way home
ward sadder but wiser alen.-- fatTsos, 6ept lila
1t is very straSge, that as soon as
colored man has the independence to-
leave the Republican party he becomes
according to the RssvSos "nigger."
They cry ont against ostracism and per-
secution for opinions sake, when it bears
upon Republicans; but persecution Of
Democratic niggers y is the correct
thing, and should be encouraged. Nearly
every issue of the Patriot, the leading
paper of the party Of great moral ideas "
in Florida, has some dirty fling at Dem
oCratiC DiggerA" Their poor dupes have
not been slow to catch the idea and the
arrest of the three Democratic nigges "
alluded to above by the very intelligent
police of Tallahassee is but the outcome
Of its teachings. The history of the
above case briefly summed up is as fol-
lows: Two sons of Republican colored
gentleman u riding their fathers mule on
certain day through the woods, beat the
animal in q shocking manner coming
home they told their father that one of
the sons of their neighbor, 3 Demo
cratic Niger" had overtaken them in the
woods, and had beat their mule. Our
Republican friend HE'D to town, made afii-
davit, and had the Niger" arrested.
Accompanied by his father and two
brothers he appeared on the day fixed for
trial, and proved by two white men, own
ers of q saw mill, that he was working
at their mill, many miles distant, and in
another county on the day Of the outrage.
Clearly the mule story was failure, but
the Democratic niger must not be
allowed to escape so easily, 80 they were
logged into q fight with the Republican
colored gentleman, his son, and some
good Republican assistants. the Demo
cratic niggers" were promptly arrested
by q policeman near by, "whO did not
see any fighting, bat was told to arrest
them," and put in jail. The Republican
cOlored gentlemen were not arrested, but
were permitted to go home unmolested,
and hardly doubt exists in the mind Of
any cognizant of the facts that if these
Democratic niggers" could have been
kept in jail that night, they would have
returned, when they did get out, to find
their home pile Of smoking ruins.
Is it not about time for the R6triOt to
push aside its fimsy veil Of hypocrisy
and admit that in no country is there q
more systematic and persistent scheme of
political bulldOzing, and persecution for
opinions sake, than is now carried on in
Leon county against those colorcd men
who have in the past and now declare
themselves In favor Of Democratic supFem-
acy; all Of which Il the result Of the
teachings of this representative organ,
owned and controlled by the Representa-
tive candidate Of those who would mig
geriEe Florida"