The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-05-14

The South, and make fair Florida rival oil
Cuba, the gem Of the Antilles" Your lands
are peculiarly adapted TO tobacco yet there is q
vast area in this Slate where fine tobacco can
be successfully grown, and the time Is not far
distant when they will be utilized and tobacco
factories erected all over this area, and the
| golden shekels will drop into our pockets from
this new source OF profit. Blessed. indeed, is
Florida With lovely women (and where lovely
women are, there are gallant men) with an un-
with soil capable of producing everything
known to tropical and semitropical countries, l
congratulate you, my fellow citizens, upon the
| prospect before you.
"As a member of the Legisl ature it may not be
improper for me to say that | think that body
ls intent on business, and having the inter
! est of the whole State at heart is inspired with
determination to foster every industry of the
State, intending to do injury to none.
Il was glad TO hear your distinguished Con-
gressman express such an attachment for the first
| district considering the attachment of the dis
trict for him, this is but natural. | will whisper
in your ears that you could not have more
worthy representative.
You are happy in having at the helm of the
State Governor Fleming, man OF impartial
judgment, cool deiiberation and answering in
tegrity. The interests of Florida are safe ia his
hands.
Lest weary you will close by thanking
you tor your generous hospitality, and wishing
you God speed in all your efforts to make of
this beautiful State of ours a commonwealth
grand, prosperous and influential"
Mr.. Balzell introduced Hon. J. L. Gaskins
the Speaker Of the House of Representatives
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: One hundred
years and four days ago, the first President of
the United States was inaugurated. Well do
we remember with what difficulties the Govern
ment had 10 contend with, because many
1ou n a N n m ntrflO Har
a Republic, but justice prevailed and We have
handed down to Us one OF the grandest Govern
ments the world has ever beheld one that
secures to every man those absolute rights
which secured 10 him by the immutabIe
laws of nature. 1t is Government whose OBJ
ject is to give the greatest possible good to the
greatest number without injury 10 any. 1t is a
Government IN which each member of ssciety
is a complete living organism in itself 1t may
be accepted as an automatic truth that we can
not enjoy or retain the inestmabe boon this
Government gives US, unless we thOrOu yhly
understand the native principles and limitations
on which it resls and while you may have
possibly doubted whether we were in keeping
with the fundamental principles of a Republic
like ours, when We vote TO disfranchise the
people OF some Of our municipalities the right 10
elect their officers. BIT you need not fear. We
have solved the negro problem, which has so
menacd our financial and social Interests for the
last twenty years, the end ustlfes The means
1t may appear little inconsistent, but it is go
provided in the constitution.
This Country " i'll bloom a. he rose rs soon
as The status at The negro in society IS fixed. |
think The time is fast approaching when the
negro will b. Placed where he belongs As the
presiding officer ot the House of Representa-
lives, iec at home in Q lincv, wnich | believe
was named for John Q lincy A ams. You
have been asleep tor 'naly yetrs, but not of
the Rip Van Winklc kind.
A lIai.
shaking The hands o: oar comrades, our faces
turned Southward at AppOmattOx and our tear
stained cheek turned for a last long look at the
spot in the red hills OF Virginia, where our
fathers, brothers and friends lay, who had sacr
ficel all for what they believed to be right, and
returned home to find our families devastated
by death, with neither money nor credit and
heavily burdened with debt. 1t is great source
f qualification that our State is coming out.
To know that our Florida is beng developed
with the many resources so abundant about u.s.
wish that every citizen of Florida could see
the splendid fields of tobacco | have seen to
day, which but little over one year ago, was
a wilderness. Your splendid drive for miles in
these magnificent fields haye afforded me great
pleasure, and know will remunerate you with
an abundant crop. 1 return my sincere thanks
to all, and especially to Mr. Cory, the general
manager, when speaking of titles, if Mr.. Duval
will do my county the great honor 10 show
you our strawberry fields, would not stop at
Capt. Cot or General, but call him President
Capt Allison said he arose to say that he was u
citizen of Qlincy, that he knew Of the great
benefit that had accrued to his 'unsy, thai the
inspiration, vim and get up Was given TO it by
the gentl"lAtn who sal at the heat Of the table,
a noble man in any conntry, and if praise shall
be given to the man who Can make two bla"s
of grass grow where one had then we all will
do honor to the gentleman who has made this,
my native county, by his great iorethought In
hrin thpst. 4lthv men Ollr midst bloom
and Il 'urish like the green bay tree, Col. II. r.
Duval
Mr. Duvnl arose nnd said: Ladies' anil gem
tlsnsn: sincerely beg that may he k.own
only in my true light. | am An humble man
who was born IN the South, aud | am Southern
man like yourselves. My great desire is that my
8 uih shall grow in all the industries, in all The
arts and all sciences that any other 'un try
can bprsl | an very largely interested
here with my money, but moi dollar
have | in one acre OF these splendid
fields you have all seen to-day. l have brought
my money here. n Southern man, and inves ed
it with nv friends, who love the South and who
want particularly Florida to grow in wealth aud
population, Anl become great and magnificent
State. knew from going over my road that
tobacco had been success fully and proitaby
grown in Gads,len county before the war, and
knowing what tobacco was from my home in
Virginia and Maryland, | had some OF the best
writer's to compile and issued pamphlet on
tobacco and had hundreds printed and dis.
tributed, aud now, gentlemen, any OF you can
get them at Jacksonville if they have not all
been given away l also had tobacco seed dis
tribucd to ali who would apply for il, of the
very b ST. This wide advertising caught the
eyes of gentlemen who were Interested in tobacco
.,