The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-21

State RapMbtioaA party y1a oy indictsd eosPst
6aggsrs-Justios dgsated- 7acaniesisis dsris,
he State prison or turpeatine gang ef ftAar svn-
The polcano burst out scitk fire and lepa. aand
from under" Led" in LITTLE yfnaneiaI dii1B
eaiy-To qaash IL By tschnicaities, rsH saos his'
HIS associations ssikh ds~epsta5ls men tie osast
He Is not morally guity-Rsad the F7eri5n
Union Of Saturday September 1StA, for iaterssf
ing matter not touched upon for scdnt Of paes-
"71e pot 5oils" rhos ateard The truth n,ssi
be tod
JACKSONVILLE, September 16 1880.
The meeting held in the Democratic club room
on Thursday night last was the largest and most
enthusiastic ever held in this city. For two
reasons, this immense hall was crowded to its
utmost capacity, many could not even find stand
ing room. First, we knew that Mr. Abrams
would reply to the speech made by Mr.. Bishee
and second there was rumor out that our gifled
and beloved candidate for Governor. Mr.. Blox-
ham, would honor US by his presence on the arri-
val of the P. NJ train. We were sadly dsap-
pointed in the latter by an accident on the rail-
road. Some so ladies and ct least 800 men were
in the hall and had the hall been larger 300 more
would have been present who could not even
find standing room. Mr.. ST. Clair Abrams was
the orator of the evening and he won for himself
a most enviable reputation, for both oratory and
the mastery manner in which he handled Bisbee
and his Saturday night speech His speech was
one would like every voter in our State to
hear. He controverted all Bisbee had charged
most effectually, and then he (Abrams) charged
right and left into the Republican ranks, and
such scathing it has not been my pleasure to
listen to in many day. 1t would have done
your heart good TO have been present and listened
to the eloquence OF Abrams while castigaiing
Bisbee, who has not feeling in common with
any living soul other than Horaiio Bisbee, Jr
The old adage that people who live in glass
houses should never cast stones applied most
admirably in this case. for in his Saturday night
speech he spoke very glibly of indicted criminals
-unwhipped and untried criminals, calling them
by name as among the leaders of the Democratic
party, now before the people for positions of
honor. To this part of Bisbee's speech Mr.
Abrams paid special attention, and had the doc
uments TO show that one Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
now on the stump in his own behalf asking the
suffrages of the Second Congressional District in
this State, had been indicted for perjury by .
grand jury OF his countrymen in the courts of
Duval county and which indictment was duly
signed and filed December Is, 1871, by Charles
L. Mather, then clerk of said county. How can
MIR. Bisbee put on that hypOcritical countenance
and stand up before the people of this county
with the assurance of a saint and accuse honest
and reputable men of crimes, when he himself
stands on the records as an indicted perjurer and
found so after thorough investigation Of the
facts by grand jury of his peers? He who
spoke so sneeringly and with all the bitterness
and venom that in looks, tone and language he
could command. of that honest, upright, whole
souled, liberal, high-toned gentleman, Mr.. Finley
and others, whose very presence would purify
the atmosphere that Bisbee would taint; he, .
man not only tainted, but who stinks of corrup
ton through all Of his polticallife, and to crown
all, stands on the record of the county as
person, who only escaped conviction on
mere technicalities, and had he received his just
deserts no doubt would have grsced the inside of q
State prison; he, with that sneering curl Of his
nose speak of Mr. Finley as the "goody goody,"
while he was only permitted to disgrace the
forum he then occupied by technicalities- -quib-
bles of the law-a nothing, by the action of q
partisan judge, who by his decision saved him q
trial and beyond question a conviction Tor Q
willful and corrupt perjury as found against him
by the grand inquest.
Now, what are the records, for want all my
readers to have full knowledge of the facts in
this case. 1 don't propose to hide away anything
from the public eye. He threw down the
gauntlet" and it was taken up. His public acts
and character are in the hands of the voters Of
the Second Congressional District by which they
can judge OF his fitness to occupy a seat and rep
resent the people of this district in the Halls Of
Congress.
Now, what says the Records Estate Of
Florida VS.. Horatio Bisbee, Jr, Duval county,
to-wit William Sedgwick, Plaintiff, Derritt c
Dawkins, Fannie Dawkins, wife of D. C. Daw-
kins, Defendants" The bill brought in BY the
Grand Jury charges" falsely, knowingly, viii
ALPHABETICALLY and corruptly did commit willfnl
and corrupt perjury as follows on the said 18th
day of June, 1870, before one Francis Knapp,
Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court Of Duval, took
his corporal oath upon the Holy Gospel of God.
Signed William r. Ammo, Acting State Attorney,
Fourth judicial District" and the True Bill
is endorsed Miles Price, foreman, and filed De
cember 18th, 1871. Signed Chas. L. Mather,
Clerk, by F. B. Knapp. Deputy. Witnesses
Derritt C. Dawkins, VIM. Ledwith and Francis
B. Knight"
Above you have q condensed form of the in
dictment as it came from the Grand jury. but
before the indictment could be brought before
court for trial " notice TO quash was given
and the matter was brought before judge; and
1 desire to call my readers special attention to
the nine points made to quash, and see if they
can find among them single one that touches
in the remotest manner, anything which dis-
proves the guilt of Horatio Bisbee, Jr. an no
lawyer, and, like my readers, only claim com
mon sense in matters Of this kind, and, Ike them,
have always supposed our laws were founded on
justice. That guilty man should be puniaAsd
for crime against our laws-that such was the
intention Of our laws--to purify society--tc pro-
tect persons In their property. and know my
intelligent readers, win agree with me in this
view that law and justice should be coupled and
walk hand in hand in the suppression Of crime
and in the conviction of felons, but We will zee
by reading the nine points made before the judge
this s not the case in our opinion, In the eyes Fl
partisan judge. The gallows can be robbed ot
its own, the State prison Of its dues. and cfimi-
mails can be let loose society 10 practice thejr
crimes with impunity But to the nine points
made before the judge: