The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-05-04

- : = ssen = - -. = - -
- - n hesicsa - - = = fsus
- nuvexn - - - clDeuf.
1 n - - - - -
~. azne sI11asau11vs - nRu1nesn R.snci-
- w. vssws 60 kso1A enGuSA = enhEsce
ID De Na1lonfs s.sEismy, NUsA - sss1A
But o. R.aSs<, Etoa vhicA tAese - clippsd,
fum some eame, onih 70 pshaiaA ths nose =
sesuGang part az DE rgso1stiD@ - tAey Es1d ~
de time a adopsion, end uhicA came IN ssoesy
= snrt a tzll 70 he ones given above, and
which had nos bsen : tailsd On u he time they
were resered TO he csmaitiee. which probably
accounts COX TIE delaying Il their Adoption urged
By Conovex whea tAey were fut read The
pars reesred 70 red 70 Tie eGect dat SsnAasr
Couovex b. endued . candidate 5or Governor,
and that delegates be instructed 10 Do al In iheir
power TO secure for him The Donination At the
State CouveEficn; md hat he oisins 81 Hoa'
John WaIlAcs were Fsnessisad. and Il was Aepad
thai be would be nominated for CongreA Per
hans this distinetioa, MT in favor Of Wallace.
explains Why thsy were not published.
John Wallaces-I woa'e spot him If be Il"
came from several paris Of the house. and gen
exal eonfnsioa reigned once more
There were many objections 10 Settle In fAc4.
he did moi seem very savoy m0sa In The
mouths Of those in the convention- Hs sword
happened 70 be On de udder sds jurin' e. de war"
"Aint you gwiDe to be white men once in 20
Life ?" shouted the chairman in The thickest Of the
confusion stop yo' neise an let the man 90
on speakkn'T
During luI, Stewart again ascended the stand
and resumed, while q number were impolite
enough TO withdraw frem the hall, no doubt for
the purpose Of getting sip" Of twisted exec
tioueezing lightning. Mr.. Stewart, (who ID also
Minister Of the Gospel) went on 70 say that
both the State and District conventions would be
composed mostly Of and controlled By colored
delegates, but that, in csnvention, they were 10
know no color, but eDdeayor to hnd out the best
man to nominate and nominate him, white or
black. lHe viii find himself sadly mistaken in
one thing-thai of his people controlling the Re
publican convention For, while they will rs
be says. represent the majority. selfinterested,
smooth spoken, soft-soaping. scheming white
politicians in the Republican party, with plausi-
bic tongues and sugar-coated words, win, as has
ever been the case, control their votes and ma
nipulate them cunningiy TO the Advancement Of
their own interests.1 he said that, while en-
dorsing Wallace and Conover here. il, when it
comes to choosing candidates, We think that We
can't win with them, or that We can win easier
with others, We must let them slide" He said
Republicans must be and are united-must carry
the State or DIE must have their rights in the
State House If il did cast q little blsoa-they
would be honored for sacrificing their lives in the
cause There must be no more selling Of votes
for little whiskey, q little meat new pair of
Shoes new coat, &c.-such had been but it must
be no more There were men who had boasted
that they could control the black vote with .
few gallons Of whiskey! A voice in the crowd
asked, Did Conover say 50 :" and was answered
from all over the house by cries OF ''yes 50
"yes r'-"yes, he did!-he's the very man 81
Now, Mr. Stewart evidently was not fishing for
this kind Of Q nibble, and was placed by ii in
rather comical position. He dismissed it, how
ever, by saying. with gesture Of some annoy
ance and impotence, I've got nothing to do
with that-Tm talking about Demscrats now"
Thus, with him, It seems to be the party, and
not the ac4, that Is damning He continued his
remarks by saying that they had enough of
Democratic rule and intended TO fight for every
step Of ground-didn't propose to be scared out
of anything. His people must Quit the cornfeld,
the cotion6eld. the store and every other place
and come to the polls for victory or death He
said what the determination Of the colored race
could do was proven at the polls At the last cleo
ton when the white man would slip in through
the throng of Negroes drop his little ticket in the
~, Thsa feat hai IL
Illustrated Ia Sol Smith Russell. His speech,
On the whole, was Of the regular spread eagle
fourth-of-July sort, emphasized by a profusion
Of the most energetic gestures In sentiment it
was rather inclined to be infammaiory, and not
altogether to counsel good order and q law
abiding course at least, it would not be calcu
lated to make such an impression on the ignorant,
to when it was principally addressed.
When he had finished, Ed Pearce IA colored
minister) occupied the stand for q few minutes
He couldn't congratulate them on peace, quiet
and good order in the Convention. but could on
their being able TO arrive at q conclusion. Ev-
cry preparation and precaution must be made 70
meet the common foe-Democracy! He would
not occupy the stand long" merely got up to
express his disapprobaiion Of the course Of those
In bis own party who had gone back on him in
his little aspirations who had proved false and
treacherous TO him-but he would not 60 back
on the party for that-with them all the same
be they false, treacherous or what they may =
Would endorse no one for candidate, except that
"noble chieftaiu and hero for whom be had
already hoisteA his colors-General Grant" III
seems that he wanted to be delegate TO one Of
the Conventions right bad. and was very much
disgruniled because he was not made one and
the blame seemed to be placed At Conevers door,
who was on all the committees and joint chair
man, and furthermore Is delegate. with his
fright bowers" TO both Conventions. At any
rate, he manipulated things cunningly, had
everything TO suit himself and captured the Con-
vention and the entire delegation
At the conclusion Of Pierce's remarks, the hall
was turned into pandemonium again Every
body and George Dorsey were up speaking or
trying to speak. George and . few more Of his
stripe were powerfully rampant The gavel
ratified like loose plank in an empty runaway
wagon-the chairman's countenance grew as
open IS an aligator's smile, in his desperate ef-
forts to secure attention. 1t wasfutile. A score
Of irepressible spirits were on the hoor-jower
ing and uproar ruled the h0ur, amid q fine -four
ish Of dsts. As Last resort an only escape, an
adjournment, sine die, was moved; bat whether
1t was absolutely carried or not, viii hardly ever
be known. At any rate, the crowd dispersed,
vranv If them AsooafiuAaA IN ~ AZ