The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-06-24
From the Jackso aville orida Henh.I II %;
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| From the Jackso ave orida Herald. =" ~:
Country a,ene.srat's Rejoiader %
n eview.'' 4.
It was not my d. sire or intention 10 IA ail
uespass upon your rauable space, but .. ~
vew" has so distor ed, ignored and misrea re
9. nted what l wrote and what l meabt, III
sich glaring injustice not only to "cou1 sy
+ emocrat," but TO Mr.. PascO, and ihcide1a 3iy
L, Governors 3loxha n and Drew, and Ged IA
Ferry, that | am forced to crave yout To- ,uD
gence. t
The animus and Intention Of my analyst b
tie Gubernattrial c. ntest was in the spsi 1t
what you so imirabty expressed in your ~.
t,rial comment, tkat "the exigencies of 2si'
present State campaign rise so lar above FT
sppear to make mere personal struggles RIG Rss.
Ious" And have Taught but pity for the va
so small, and patriot Sun so contracted rs nd V
lie able to fully appr ciate such noble, true asF'
timely sentim ens. l-j. +
Try Democrat" VIII ch he never enlertaine lip
| hought, much less expressed He said u As
| ,aid that neither BlOxham, Drew nor 9rfy
can possibly oe cleo ted" With all due d les-
| snce, said nothing Of the kind, but die sPsy
| that "a ren )minst On OF Governor Bl0al ME&
Under the altered CO editions, might pOssikl i&
| suit in defeat" and hat the same doubt alt mai
certainty applied equally to Governor Drew i ke
for General Perry, for whom l enterafr Ihf
| highest regard, anC towards whom, as al 0td
comrade, feel drawn as with " hooks Of . ct[ :
but formulated the objections had tm and
again heard express ed against his nOminaii,n-
"Country Demot rat" in common with q hers,
exercises the same privilege OF first chOic !, but
in the article he rev iewed he labored to g W a
fair true anC honor able analysis Of the Gut srba
torial contest, with brief record Of Tho four
gentlemen most &c lerally urged for the no nina
ton. Ii wa, my i sire, as far as in me is, 70
reflect public sent nent as it had come to le.I
charged not ning gainst any one; | only itated
such facts aid allie cations as had, as it we e. Pc
come public proper ~. Review himself refers
to the "old and sci ish charges" then why hodE
he hold me respon 'ible for them! AS indtr
stand politics, ps rty must base its hope II sue
members must be of their own making. If thu
record thu3 made is approved by the eOple,
their appro patton is generally accorded; disap
proved, then il m lst be put down TO Il mis-
fortune of the In lividual and not permi ted ,.
work to the injr ry and prejudice of the party.
Herein comes the question OF availaoility wh'c
is 80 plain, so 81 npe, 80 practical and gefl-
eraly observed Il at it would be folly tor me TO
enlarge upon its wisdom
To the charge that Country Den ocrat
" has more intere Il in the success oil his avOrl e
than in the succe ~ of the Democratic pa ;ty ard
the prevail ence oil its principles" have but o
saw that if the matter were of suffic ent iTl-
portance to Justify the trouble, wsuld ask 10
clearer virdicait or rcfutaion OF so un ust and
uncenerolls ch,rge than TO refer the 81 bjcct 10
any one OF all of the gentlemen whose 'ames !
used in &C injection with the GubernatO ial ccnt
test, and if it will be of any satisfaction . *
view" you are hereby authorized to i've b m
my name for Il at purpose. He will th IN leara
that whilst &c ountry Democrat" hiss never
been an office holder, that within hi: spherei
and as ia as his humble ability enabled him, h9
has alwa5s riser to the fell measure OF all that
patriotism dem lndcd or duty require Re.
view" fl st deI les, then admits that lere lra
discordant ellen ents i'll the party, and as tfey
are mucl more real than "imaginary in fs cts
SO plain that nc who runs may rea IL will
leave I.eview in the "farcical posit IN" ltv
which he attempted TO force me;
In con,parin, the records of Perry a ID Pa cog
| endea yored o follow the history OF the wo
men, giving no lor where honor was dr e, but did
not do as "R eview" dd-consider only the
military career of the two men, both o which is
honorable and patriotic beyond disr lte; then
utterly ignore The long years OF polite ser Tce
of PascC on thl Executive Committee his valu.i
able aid during the electoral count, al d his &C.;
tive work an( assistance in every campaign;
since tn. war That General Perry di not axe |!
a more active lar, in politics during re ;on~s
struction period is a matter OF regret with his
warmesl frient s, and the writer but )iced tis
sentime 1t in h analysis OF the situate n.
Should the Convention, in its wisdt m, dtsig !;
nate General Perry as the standard bearer Of
the party, no one will work or vote m ire cheer
fully fo. so livalrous leader than Country
Democrat"
At the imm nent risk of incurring The ir my
and aroasm oil Review" will answ .r his as
sertons in the order in which he max es tn IN:
l. "Review claims that the Gaint sville re- I
solution Stripe the Executive of all atronige.
W. ninto h nuii Not:
officers in Ian and immigration Del artmtnt,
clerks ard othe attaches. He appOint the Su- ,
preme and Giro lit Judges, State Solicit )rs, spe-
cial attorneys a I'd timber agents, harl or mas
tiers, piet comr ,issoners, timber inspet tors and
justices Of the peace; not to mention cores of
county officers, where the resolution" 1oes OF
prevail tendr this information for is bele-
fiji, and ask r. view" if he has hear of 40
soreness growini out of the aforesaid pat ronage?
re assert, with emphasis that discon ent and
disaffection does exist amongst that la ge ard
deserving class O poor settlers, squat .rs,"
he prefers to call them, who feel whethe justly
or not, that they have been wronged ~ the
Dissten sale. TIC appreciate their grievsi ce enc
must be familiar With the usages and un vritte,
law which prevail in regard to the earl occu
patton of public lands in all our newly settled
States and Terri ories The settler geI eralil
claims the homest ,ad OF 100 acres. The isst,r
reservation only iives him forty acres, nd BY
their rule, st most eighty acres when the II ira-
provements are sh ,wn by affidavit to GOV, tVo
forties HISS Review" never heard of th uu-
popularity Of SOM Of the Disston agents who
have had these vel ed questions to settle
The Democratic party cannot afford 10
back on the early ettlers the pioneers o this
country. They ar, the men who have tlaZed
the way through Tie wilderness, and made pos
sible the splendid future, the dawn OF whi ch 10
now upon III. The descendant OF pioneers and
to certain extent pioneer myself, sT npa-
thize with these m IN in their grievances and
would relieve them as far as in our power
That Pasco and Perry, without a recon- on
the LEGAL Option q lestion, would be stro lger
and command mo e harmonious support han
another candidate " ho had antagonized e her
party to the issue, is 50 self-evdsnt that l will
not stop to argue it.
The deduction which Review" seeks 10
make to the detrimelt of Mr.. Pasco, that the
Logical infereI ce is u at he, Pasco, would be the
rum mill canG idate," 10 too far fetched, too uu-
fair, unjust and until TO require serious fu-
tation. Mr.. Pasco is in no sense Q fanatic, ,ut
he is . temperate Il use the word in its est
sense) man in all thin gs His friends, neighb ,rs
old comrades, and brt thers of the Masonic nd
Odd Fellew fr..ternitis will resent with inc H.
nation any such cha ge-by inference, logi 81
conclusion, or otherwise.
"Revew" a,ks: II we have so far lost sic BIT
of the great principles Of the party that pc ty
clanishness should so far supersede these hi ,h
things al TO lead to de eat and then asserts th 1t
those who have showr the more antagonism 10
Governor Bloxl,am an 4 his administration, bo n
press and individuals, re friends of Pasco.
Well, l should say ut but as long as hums n
nature remains the 81 ne we will have person Il
preferences, and within the pale of the party L
Ia l,Ot considered tr0as( n 10 exercise them RI