The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-12-09


We have no disposition TO handy
words with the Jacksonville Herald 70
engage in a Windmill contess with one
who is emiuently master Of sphithes aud
. writer of adjectives-who Substitutes
rhetoric for logic, weli turned periods for
argument, and mere assertions for facts;
who prefers the illusions Of fancy to the
suggestions of hard sense, and seeks to
overwhelm an adversary with Hood OF
words, words, words, even - the Dutch
let 10 the water on invaded Holland.
But whatever our inclina ton may be we
are left without choice, inasmuch as II II
due to others that we should make reply,
even if Indifferent for our own account.
Lritated by its own error, angered by
having placed itself in bad position, our
unamiable contemporary not only turns
loose upon us a number of offensive adlec-
tives. but in the venom of its spleen in
wolves with US two Governors of Florida,
for it charges that the FLoRrDIAN was
the "organ of both Governor Blox-
hams and Governor Perry's ad-
ministrations. We confess to some
compassionate hesitancy in making this
point, but our contemporary must be
severely punished for its injustice by this
inquiry, to-wit that if the alleged or
ganic relation of the FLoRIDIAN to Gov
ernor Perry is a reproach to both, why
was it not also to Governor Bloxham and
the "organ ?H. Blu. he can't see it in
that way with his little eye, for he dis
likes Governor Perry and likes Governor
Bloxham We like them both, and the
enemies of Governor Bloxham can bear
witness that the fear of being called or
gan," STOOL" etc., did not deter the
FLoRIDIAN from facing, and refuting, all
their unjust attacks upon bis able and
honest administration. We have less to
do in defence of the able and honest ad-
ministration of Governor Perry, for it is
less attacked than was the administration
of Gov. Bloxham. But in either case we
had and have only to do what any fair
man and journalist would know to be his
duty when he knew the facts-refute
falsehood and vindicate the right. If our
opportunities of obtaining information oil
public affairs better equipped US for meet
ing the enemies of an administration
than many others of its friends who
would willingly have done so it was our
good fortune, msaugre the penalty of be
ing tainted with "organ!" by the dis.
comftted malcontents We are not sur
prised that the Herald should use this
same old term of reproach of former
malcontents-yet we may remark that We
ought to be surprised that it should use
others, for we don't deserve them, anc
the good people know it.
But however lightly we may treat thu
attacks of the Herald upon the FLoRID
IAN, we cannot 80 refer to its assaults
upon Governor Perry, for we know tina
it is running itself, sacrificing all claim
r to the respect and confidence of the dem
ocratic people, by the persistent Unjust
ice of its course towards the honoret
head of their democratic government
: That disappointed aspirations should en-
! gender The blind and spiteful littleness o
such revenge is ample proof that an ap
pointment which would have prevented
it would have been misplaced, and thu
administration have suffered more from
official ASSOCIATION than from editoria
enmity.