The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-02

The meetings at Centreville, Miccosukie
and Tuscawilla, on Thursday and Friday,
were quite as successful and well attended
as those held previously, and in some re-
spects more satisfactory. AS the end of
the campaign approaches men seem to
become more and more earnest and de-
termined, and the colored people devel
oped fearlessness of bulldozing and
disregard for the half a generation of
training and drilling they have received
from their masters, the Radical carpet
baggers, and began to turn out in large
crowds to listen to the Democratic speech
es The magic of the name of Bloxham
attracted them, and they came to the
meetings, not always quite fearlessly,
but with determined purpose, and in a
spirit of independence of the party lash
which has been SO long held over them
which astonished many. At Miccosukie
some two hundred and fifty colored voters
assembled at some distance from the
place where Bloxha am was to speak, and
it was soon whispered about that they
had come to break up the meeting, but
this was found to be mistake. They
had come to hear BIo1hGna! and notwith-
standing the efforts of their leaders, some
of whom marked out dead-line +" across
the road and declared they should not
cross it to go into the neighborhood of
the speaking, they made rush and Joined
the crowd of Democrats who surrounded
the stand and who welcomed them heart
lily and made them feel at home, and they
listened attentively and respectfully TO
all the speeches.
At the Natural Bridge on Saturday
the weeks work ended. A large company
went from Tallahassee headed by Snider's
Band and found portions of the people
of three counties assembled on that his
toric spot. Judge Gwynn was the first
speaker, and was in the midst of one of
his most impassioned efforts, when the
carriage containing Governor Bloxham
and Attorney-General Raney arrived
Eloquent as the Judge is known to be,
and interested as were his hearers, the
whole crowd made . break for the road,
surrounded the Governor and nearly
worked his right arm loose from its socket
shaking his hand. He was conducted at
once to the stand, and delivered one of
the best speeches (according to the state
ments of those who have heard him
often) he has made during the campaign.
He was followed by Attorney General
Raney who was called for by the crowd,
and at the conclusion of Mr.. Raney's ad-
dress, dinner was announced, and the
crowd repaired to the tables in another
part of the grove and partook Of the
splendid barbecue which had been pre-
pared under the personal supervision of |
MIR. j. ]. Chaires and others There was
an abundance for all, white and colored,
and everybody enjoyed it. The distance
to be travelled by many present In order |
to reach their homes, was so great that
soon after the feast was over considera-
bic portion of the crowd dispersed, the
Tallahassee delegation, headed by Sni-
der's Band, which had frequently de-
lighted the crowd during the day with
choice selections of music, took up its
line of march and soon the remainder Of
the company began to prepare for their
departure. The cavalcade reached the
city soon after dark. The road between
Bel Air and Tallahassee was filed with
colored people going home from the Re
publican meeting held here that day, and
~ every group was passed they we're
greeted With cheers for Bloxhsm. E,s1N
s.sp-tkirds Of the responses from them,
very much TO our SURPRISE were Iststy
chssxA FOR Bionhans, the balance respond.
ing family with " HuErah for Conover n
Verify there h .. change in the situation.
Even within % short . time a. three
wseks ago such thing - Colored man
IN colOred crowd ona public road bur.
EAhipe for BIexham would nes have been
thought poasibls. TIE diviaibn Of the
Dolored vote has begun ID earnest and
he tine II = hand when eyers seolDred
voter viii rjolce without iaaF ia bull.
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