The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-22

tnls nour devote our time 10 the cAnNass and IL
shall be scork, ssork, eork, by all Of Us, 10 the
closing of the polls on the I'd Of November
TwIcs a WEEK
N 7. Journal Of Commercial
Pretended Dangers 0f D Change.
Senator Blaine and other Espabliean
orztors have muoh to say abousthe g dan
gefs Of = change" at the present time.
But would not these dangers alFsys exist,
in their imaginations Wien would
they Be willing to be put ont Of Office
w ould it be in ten, twenty FOR thirty
years Would they ever admit that the
necessity had arisen for charge of adj
ministration which would take all the
places, power and patronage from them
selves and give those good things TO their
political opponents We think not
Reasons why such change should not be
made would never fail Senator Blaine
and his friends. If the country is pros
porous, times good and everybody max
ing money, they say that snch happy
condition of affairs can only be continued
under . Republican President. IF the
crops should fail, the banks burst and
the country be swept by any eonsidera-
BILE commercial and financial disaster,
they woald still say that there nnst be no
change of administration They would
then insist that they were more indis-
pensable to the country as ofice-holders
than ever-claiming monopoly of the
administrative experience and wisdom
equal to such an exigsscy. nas, whether
the times are good or bad, srTameuts for
their retention in ONCE will never be
wanting IN the mouths of the iofkce-hold-
era For similar selfish reasons these
men protest against admitting the South
to her share in the general government.
There seems, however, to be no fear on
that head if the persons admitted win
but favor the Republican party. Not
only the rebel brigadiers, BIN even the
major-generals who fought on th.t side,
are safe men to trust in ofiee at home
and to be sent to represent The country
on foreign missions, if they will only ad-
here to the right political organization.
IF Mosby and Longstreet vote the Repub-
lican ticket they are welcomed and en-
braced but their comrades On that side
who vote with the Democrats ara men
whose very alliances u dangerous 10 every
material INTEREST," The psrsJ which has
dispensed the enormously valuable pat
ronage of this gosernmsat for tweE:y
yszrs wants 60 hold ON to il forever. The
change feared by the Blainel and CoDk-
hngs and the rest, is one undoubtedly
full Of detriment 70 themselves. BY it
they would lose . large measure of the
power and prestige they now enjoy. No
wonder they fght hard asaisss : change
90 franght with serious coniequences to
their fortunes. But that which is per
scnally injurious TO them and their fol-
lowers may be beneficial 70 the country
ct large If majority Of the Amssicxn
people, needles Of the inser4sssa cries of
al the Federal offce-holders. decide to
make change, we imagine they viii be
capable also, through Pfetident and q
Congress Of their choice, tosdrect pol
icy which shah cauae no fair+ninded, non
partisan man 20 regret that The long de
laYed changs came u l.sf. To fhink
othsrwisa would Be to impsach the re-
publican syatem Of gosefiDment We
have nndiminished faith I'M il. and viii
trust the people to make changes for the
beasss iBstsaa of ths woEsstas ske years
roll on.