The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-13

render its power 10 the majority OF The voters OF
the country. Knowisg thai ahsy wsze dsteased
IN 1870 BY more than Qaazeer ct million votes
end that thar have done nothing slscc 10 regain
tke nvor 81 he people. Tho parry which then
deosa the pSpalar will aud placed . man in The
Presidential chair BY extraconsiitusionai meth
o<ss b already plotting new schemes for suovert'
ing the electoral voice Of the country IN 1851
A holder tone is assumed. a strong man 70
demanded, and threats 90 the rounds Of the press
which are clear enough to disclose the real por-
poses of the desperate men who controI the
machine politics Of the Republican party. They
say that there b but one man In the country
strong enough 70 be their leader and hx upon the
ex President, who hes already filled the chair as
long as Washington filled it. during whose adj
ministra.ion the State government OF Louisiana
was overthrown, Its Legislature dispersed at the
point Of the bayonet, and the electoral vote
of TWO States alsified under the protection Of the
army. But whether the Republican party goes
before the country under leader who has already
exceeded the just restraints Of our constitutional
government while in the Presidential chair, or
under one who Is ready to follow in his footsteps
and quote his acts as accepted presidents, the
plan of establishing what is termed strong
government in case Of success is manifest to the
attentive student of current history.
No matter what this change may be demon
strated, it is based upon subyersion Of the popu
lar will in 1875 il is 10 be completed by renewal
of the same methods which then bore fruit, and
il the popular voice is not raised in unmisiakable
tones, we shall soon witness the downfall Of those
cherished institutions which were established by
our fathers, under which the country has pros
pered and flourished.
Fellow citizens, contemplate seriously the dan
gers that threaten u.s. Our little State was strong
a recent struggle, and our efforts may yet be
needed to maintain the Constitution Then let
personal prejudices be laid aside, let selfish pur-
poses he forgotten, and let us all enter upon the
campaign sustained by lofty patriotism and
with resolute hearts strive for the success Of our
party, believing that under its guidance our free
institutions will be preserved and the rights of all
will be best protected.
AND we earnestly solicit the CO operation Of
all good citizens in The great work Of preserving
the institutions 81 our fathers and in perpetual
ing Stale government that will protect the lives
and property of our people. Particularly do we
urge those who have come among us from other
States, who have made their homes with us, who
have invested their property here, to unite with
the Conservative element of the State Tor The
accomplishment of the purposes set forth in our
call and this address, thereby protecting our
young and growing commonwealth from the rule
OF ignorant masses. dominated by the same white
leaders who have held the rcins of their party
since the war to the exclusion of all whose meth
DDS looked 10 the recognition of better and more
intelligent elements and to remember also that the
success of these leaders in the coming contest
would be heralded among the ignorant masses
in adjacent States as Radical victory in Florida,
and prove the inevitable precursor of wave of
ignorance and fanaticism that would swamp the
prosperity of the State
S. PAsCo Chairman.
j Fl. PAINE, Secretary.