The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-29

What has become Of the Governors Guards
scheme for establishing q permanent armory,
and, in connectisn Herewith, public library
and reading roomf Has the project vanished
into thin air as 20 many Tallahassee projects and
projected enterprises have previously dOnes Has
it gone to meet the = Leon County Industrial
and Immigration Association" and the italia
hassee Board Of Trade and the" Lake jackson
Association" all Of which, in The classic Ian
guAge Of one of the incorpcrators Of the first
named insttuti ion, died borninf' Is il
settled thing that Tallahassee 10 not equal to
the accomplishment Of % simple task Is to or
CANINE and successfully maintain 30 useful, agree
able and honorable an institution as Q public
library and reading room? Is is to be generally
conceded that the young men Of Tallahassee, on
whom rests the responsibility of the failure or
success Of such : movement. are so tar inferior
in capacity and energy to their neighbors of
Thomasville and Monticello who enjoy the sat
isfactiou of having successfully established sim
liar institutions in their respective towns, that
they are incapable of making the effort neces-
sary 10 the achievement Of like success Will
somebody who knows how it is please rise and
explain;
Seriously, We ought to be heartily ashamed of
ourselves, to let these little suburban towns go
beyond Us in this way We ought to be able
and willing, and determined to show them that
there is q spirit OF enterprise among us, and that
thejibes and jeers about our being asleep" and
the sly references to rip Van Winkle," &C.
shall no longer apply 10 US. We have heard it
remarked that all that Tallahassee wanted to
enable it to prosper was a few irst-cass funerals
meaning that there were too many old fogies
and that when they were gone the young ones
would show the world how TO live 1t was q
harsh, ugly thing to say, yet there have been
places, within our knowledge, to which it right
fully applied. Do not let us permit such things
TO be said of Tallahassee, whether they are true
or false, Let us avoid even the appearance of
evil" and let US see how vigorously We can
traverse all the wicked aspersions now so rife
upon our enterprise, and virility, and business
capacity and sagacity If such things could be
truly said of Tallahassee it wsuid be no excuse
for the young men refusing or neglectng an OPP
portunity to build up the place and benefit the
people by the establishment of public library
Such an opportunity is now at hand. We have
recently been assured by Judge D. S. Walker,
Sr., that he would freely donate one of the
finest building lots in the city, on the most public
street, for the purpose of public library and
reading room, provided a suitable building be
erected for such purpose between now and the
end Of the year.
Let the Governors Guards and their legion of
friends pounce down on this quarry like an
eagle on a dove, and take steps at once to put up.
a building, capable Of subsequent enlargement,
for an armory on the ground floor with single
story above for a library.
Call a meeting, Captain Moseey, and let the
Guards take hold of the matter at once