The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-01-09

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trsmmeled b. IT. requixeanAneA
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Florida = what Fcseina Lents - eleg antly terms
~ bastard ami. for al the tofmulAs q Pre-
vio1s instrunents wers uttsriy dhrsgarded IN
calling II Into exhtance
II s unfortunate that my former letter was
not published In your paper. II Il naa Doen
would stop here, but am miareprcaeneed u sev,
eral respects by Festina Lente. He says tnat
admit 81 that the abort cut movement y OUTSIDE
Of all law or semblsnce Of law" On tho con-
trary. claimed that il was according 70 law
and precedent; that the weight Of legal author
ity was Il Its favor. He says that suggeat that
representation shall not be based on population,
and uses quotation marks 90 II copying my Ian
guage, bat used no such Language and did not
even discuss the question, unless the suggestion
of the number of delegates Is such discussion,
and of course it is not BE goes on to say that
totally ignore population and county organiza-
ton, and propose to throw counties into hotch
potch." whatever that may be, but there Is
nothing in my letters 70 justify these criticismA
A free translation of the nom de plume Of Fes-
tina Lente Is, b in great hurry but do es'y tse
and this Is the spirit Of those who fall down and
worship the golden image of tho Constitution OF
1858. This correspondent thinks 1" il Ii high
tlm6 tnat tue DcmOCr8uC party "a Tue Ooutny
and of Florida In particular, should be educated
up to the point OF respecting Constitutional re-
quirementa" Who Is this that thinks he can
educate the Democratic party on this subject?
We have been charged with extreme views upon
Constitutional obligations and have always OBJ
served them most faithfully, but we do not recog-
nize the power Of any set OF men to bind the
people by unreasonable and dilatory enactments.
Your correspondents should learn that there is
q vast difference between conservatism and old
fogyism. 1t used to be predicted that if the Con-
sentative Democracy came into power here cap
ital would be withdrawn, immigration would
cease, and the progress of the State be retarded.
IF. L" sings in the same doleful strain now but
his fears are as groundless as were those OF the
croakers and Jeremiahs of 1876. New settlers
will not be kept out of our State because the De-
mocracy of Florida is liberal and progressive rs
well as conservative, because we have sagacity
enough to find out that organic law is defect
i've, extravagant, anti-Republican and i'll suited
to the growing prosperity of our State, and en-
terprise enough to change it without needless
delay.
Let US reduce our expenses, lower our taxes,
give neighborhoods the right to pass local option
laws protect our families after their head is re-
moved by q reasonable homestead law, guard our
municipal corporations against extravaganza and
ruin, improve our school system and amend our
organic law by other wholesome changes, and no
intelligent citizen will be kept away because
our people reached these reforms by direct &C.
ton instead of through circumlocution Office
g. PAsCO