The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-04-03
tSsafs,oa-s Progress March "a
Nh;4Il Florida be Divided late tive
i. States.


u: States.
rae advocacy at this time oh a division al the
Stsfys mag be considered premainre-slighily in
astyhBce Ut iime-bat stranger events have hap
persd, aud the child of TO-DAY may witness It's
Saisummasios before attaining his majority
u Emit events point unmisakably 10 the fact,
isfsN South Florida has no rights which the
EseTheru part of the Stale is bound 10 respect
WThaye been despoiied of our lands TO satisfy
Iee, snsaisate thirst OF the greedy cormorants of
tie nor bern and middle portions OF the
StfFe, and if we would saye the remnan, Of our
iesaHage from the hands of the despoiler. we
sAsSsld be up aud doing " lille the day LASTS The
tte.s and policy Of the two sections 10 NOT bar
rags ize. snd division OF the State on or about
fssS 2Sih parallel OF latitude is certain 10 &C.
c1S sooDsT or later, as the sun rises aud sets
TRfS line commencing al Crystal river on the
6'1S, ans. terminating at New Smyrna on the At
k3, nc coast, would give the Southern, or Sunland
SlAse, the counties OF fernando Sumter Orange
Marlborough. Polk, Brevard, Mana,ee, Monroe
a:sd, Dade, whose climate, soil and productions
alesseBtirely different from the other and more
ess1hern counties The new State-Sunland-
stp.;ld embrace tive degrees of latitude three 81
AFfssiuds and % $50 square miles, an ARA cs.n-
s:SMably larger than the combined States nj
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire
sa,s Rhoiie Island
1--WE pray the Progress to make some
slight change in its boundaries for the
: rev State" A line from Crystal
.si3er" across to New Smyrna would
lei~e slice of fernando and Orange in
th4 old State, besides cutting Volusia in
il sin. This would be bad and might de-
feat the whole project. Aud then We beg
0ffr esteemed contemporary to place it's ar
lsgi.nent for the new State on more
tes.able ground than a want of respec, =
.tos: the rights" Of South Florida By
= Che Northern part Of the State for in
What, Vie beg you, has this lack of & re-
.sEsct been shown: Is it in the matter
ut the act TOR the relief of the bonded
eateInte., Why, nearly one-thrd Of the
tia&d So aside for such - relief only
af4ont ~, 900 acres in all-is west OF the
: S'i:swanaee river and in Middle Florida,
: %ile IN fernando, Hillsborough, Mana
!. tee, Polk, Brevard. Dade and Monroe
esaunties, only 1860 acres all told, are to
bA found. And not an acre of these few
Thousands is TO be dug up bodily and re-
'.Esoved. 1t is all to remain where nature
placed it, subject to entry and sale on the
same terms and at the same prices as be-
fare the relief act was passed SO that
-. don't see wherein this matter is legiti-
n'ate ground for complaint to the extent
s'. least Of justifving desire for disrupt
ing the State. On the other hand, has
there been want of respect by
; orthern Florida to the " rights" of the
s4uth in the matter of grants for rail-
roads :: Do facts show it: We say
nothing of the Disston sale which has
advertised Florida as she was never ad,
fertisod before, or the Okeechobee drain
Age project, which, if successful, will
E,ake South Florida the grandest sugar
producing section in the United States
eot ask the Progress simply to look at
The map and the statutes and point out.
It it can, failure to be liberal to South
FLORIDA in the matter of land donations
in aid of railroad facilities. If we are
got mistaken something over eight million
acres have been given to corporations all
pointiAg to South Florida Three or
Jour have Tampa as an objective point on
Che Calf, two of which are backed with
grants of seven million acres. In fact.
I'VE de- not deem the statement wild when
st is said that no plausible railroad scheme
For the development of South Florida has
Hailed to receive due consideration from
the rest of the State and we feel quite
Ssure that the assertion will not be denied
iwhen it is insisted that the people Of
East and Northern Florida take the
;sgreatest interest in the growth of that
section and most heartily rejoice in its
progress il population and wealth.