The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-25
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ice and hon0rs ns oveFm6ch when it withhOlds
he ARe q email shott frops ealah arms, and
sS.' es 'ssS s q &c., Dyke rs: c P e. O1 =.
i0svsns,eial evidently west into the enemy's
camp, fog Il has walked them I'D all along the
iihe Ard now gentlemen don't waste your
6Aot hD sl1ooAisg Aks position We never occupied
Wenever 10 any form insinuated that Mr., Ny
NAL presented TO him By 4r. Disst0n, n gold
watch and chain" So far a. Mr.. DisstOn Is con-
cerned we assumed that he did earn II and give
full value received sfbr Il But ne did say then,
and We emphasize It now, that gin giving 10 q
man In ofBcial position with access to and con-
troll Of public papers Is obnoxious and subject to
the severest censure and suspicion. Now fire
your small shot and your grim baiteries" at
gin giving. Neither Mr.. Myers nor his character
for honesty or any thing else is al issue. We
are neither his accuser or defender. PsnsGooI0
Commercial frt i- ffat vs. wa.
IL the Commercial had confined its pro-
test to simple "gift giving" or "gift
taking" what it might have said would
probably have excited no notice; but it
did more. In the particular instance of
" gift giving" criticised it insinuated that
the recipient was no better than he should
be. It's language was Rnmistakable and
is not 10 be obscured by regeneration.
1t said: i .,F 5lt 1r
"Straws show the direction of the wind
Myers is an employee OF the State or one Of her
official representatives, and could not Adce fairly
earned this testssosial esoept ky such use Of has
Official position as tcOuh not hGCe been possible had
he been IN a private position"
Now, the "heavy writer" of the Com
n'ercial may be as has been said jack
leg lawyer" who fancies himself able,
like others Of the same stripe, to creep
through very small hole unnoticed, yet
jury of twelve men, with the original
language and the denial before them,
would be more than apt to find him guilty,
70 all intents and purposes, of the sum
and substance Of the very words the Union
puts in bis mouth. The "insinuation I"
he protests was never" madeis the verv
gist of what was said and is the most
conspicuous part Of it. The author Of it
only commenced to crawfish when Mr..
Trimmer brought him to book And
not only were there insinuations -
against the integrity Of the subordinate,
bat the whole article reeked with inuen.
dos against the Stste authorities. The
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rendered and which in fact was suggested
by an outsider after the work was done,
is made the occasion for guerilla war
upon others-not by open attack, but by
covert, asssssin-like approach. Read:
Gold watches and chains, fne mansions and
expensive trfnouts are being thrown around a
little too freely. A conductor on q railway, who
spends 5000 with q 81 800 salary is sure of a
discharge, although no POPULATION can be legally
brought home and eatablished. Go . little
cidedly prosperous, and entirely too popular
with railroad magnates. money kings, land grab
hers and speculaiofaf ~ ..p-...t
What does this mean if not that " our
State Officials are prospecting, not alone
ont of their salaries, but by favors from
railroad magnates., money kings, land
3 grabbers and speculators," who are
throwing around "gold watches and
chains fine mansions and expensive turn
outs 4, little too freely 2" Does the au-
thor Of the scapdslous insinustion implied
herein, know anything affecting the ipteg-
rity Of the State officials or is he merely
drawing upon fruitful imagination, sup
posing that, the public will accept Islander
Gus hints for pregnant factsf a.i,,J