The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-10-30
We Want Them! We Mus,
Them

iooNi"S io' q" W iiiahlhg the Tallah..
see Country their future home-proyid.,
that Leon county goes Democratic ;
not, then they will seek homes elsevb..s
Citizens ofLeon: We know these o.
tlemen, we know some of their plans :,
if they settle among US they will inv.
considerable capital and make MANY :
provements, which will put into crenl.
ton money that will benefit everv ~.
among us. 1t remains with us wbo,h.
they come or not. If we, each and N
do our duty at the polls next Tuesa,,
we will certainly elect the entire Dem.
cratic ticket and thus ensure continp.,..
of the pres ent good government. Tho.
gentlemen are no, biased partisans. Ths.
do not hinge their coming upon Deus
cratic success for the mere purpose n
stimulating us to greater work for III,
end. They are intelligent, thinking gen
tlemen, and they know that it Womb +
never do for them to invest capital in Ou
Leon II her finances were to be ruled b,
the same, or an even more corrupt. set n
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that crushed. on
pressed and robbed us during the stypia
days of reconstruction. They see that
during the past eleven years of homes
Democratic government Old Leon ha
prospered, grown and fourished, and It'll
under such an honest administration d
affairs as this that they wa
to invest their money. Upon ON
success in the contest next Tuesday d.
ponds their coming If victorious The,
will come and abide with us and helm n
make our success more successful Mev
are men of means, men of brain, and men
of energy. Just such new citizens az
Old Leon needs-anl we must hare them
Our Democratic County Committee
our candidates-our Democratic citizens
our intelligent sscolored men, have all |
done good and effective work in the cam.
paign, and, were the election held TO-DAY,
our entire county ticket would be elected
by handsome majority. But, like war
politics nee1 careful, close and watchfu |
attention. One false move--one littk /
error-aven so late as the very day |
election. may mean the defeat of the oar.
ty making such error. Our opponents
are full of errors, and we have benefited
thereby. In these latter days Of the
campaign every Democrat must be eau
tious and watchful-watch every porthOs
watch every road-watch every narrow
pathway watch your enemies and watch
yourselves. Make no errors and take al
vantage of every false step Of your en-
en-. 70 matte: how grea: the oids,s
battle IS never decided until the fight
over. Many handful of brave, true
men have whipped an army. We have
the vantage ground now Hold it, and +
stand firm; make every move tell, and,
when the votes are counted, our
enemy will be awe-stricken to see how
small their force really was. We want to
see Old Leon mum ered among the no.
blest and best-all of US do--and We
must place her there We want those
gentlemen-and others-for others would
surely follow them-to make their homes
among US. We want them to he lip build
up and develope our grand county
There is only one way to bring tbs
about. Every man of us must do our
best. We must all remain at the polls,
convert doubtful voters to our side, see
that every colored man who wishes to cast
a Democratic ballot is protected in that
right, and stand bravely and unmoved
our posts through the entire day. Even
if the foodgates of heaven should
open and the rain come down ID
torrents, every Democrat should poll DID
vote, though he has to swim all the We!
from home to get there Make up your
minds to work thus next Tuesday. Cons
rain or shine, come golden sun or dsma
storm, be therein all your strength
and Old Leon will smile as she never
smiled before, and all who seek cur Dor
ders for profitable inve stment will hn0
what they sex.