The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-13

EAOEu00 EOhAeAVws
In our issue of Saturday last we re-
printed al article from the Gainesville
Bee under the above head. Want of time
has prevented us from expressing .
thought or two inspired by reading 1t
until now.
The spirit of sectional strife which 1t
rcvives is to be regretted, there should
be no section in Florida so far as political
principles are concerned. Democracy, II
anything, is principle Of government 1--WE
speak of it in it's party relations) and not
mere section, neighborhood and family
accommodation, the whole State OF Flor
ida in all her interests, in every locality,
in every man, woman and child, white or
black, is at stake, and if true patriotism
prevails, mere niggardism of seltishness
will stink away into perpetual oblivion.
The sole question in regard to our next
Gubernatorial race should be who is the
best, pnrest, most available man and the
strongest man in THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
IN FLORIDA, no matter whence he came.
The fling at the present administration in
the article referred to does seem to us AZ
unprovoked and uncaled for, and Origi-
mates in spirit which should not find a
place in the struggle coming upon us for
continuance of good government, and
that the present administration 1--WE speak
of it as a party administrator and not
as pe2pnal, has been grand success,
demonstrates itself, and needs no lauda-
ton from us, if from the records and facts
it can be shown that taxation has not been
reduced, that the spirit of enterprise
has not pervaded the entire State, that
both public and private improvements
have not wonderfully increased, that the
people are not universally excepting al
ways the disappointed Office seeker) hap
ply and prosperous, and that all the chill
dren are not provided with opportunities
of education, let the Gainesville Bee and
other journals who seem TO have such
stores Of fault laid up against it, show
them up, but not in innuendO, and az
soon as these faults are already estab
lished, we too will join the denunciations.
We for one do not believe that Gov
| ernor Bloxham seeks denomination or
reelection; much less do we believe he
has ever used single power or privilege
| with which he has been invested to that
end; but on the contrary, has had all eye
single to the glorious onward march of
our beautiful State, and the establishment
| of the fact that the Democratic party, AS
organized in Florida, gives us the people,
regardless Of all circumstances, the pur
est, the best, the most successful govern
ment, and that his chief ambition now is
| to hand Florida over at the close of his
term with her bright escutcheon unspot-
ted, her horizon unclouded. to a pure
! Democratic successor.
That this may be done let all sectional
jealousy, all personal ends and ambitions
be cternally buried as things only fitted
to be perpetually held in the dark en-
brace of the gloomy grave and with
Florida glorious under Democratic gov
eminent, and bedraggled and bcmeaned
under Radical negro domination, let our
war cry enter the coming conflict, and
success will attend us, and our progress
grow greater, our rich and poor grow
richer still and peace and prosperity pre-