The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-06
there to ''stand sponsor" whenever
Blaine calls for one.

shrewdness, and courage enough to
meet and beat down his impudence. /
need not mention his name. You will
find 1t out very soon after the session
begins.
THE COMING ATTACK ON THE ADMIN1s-
TRATIoF.
This protest Of Chamberlain, revised
by Blaine, will be the key note Of an at
tack on the Administration In the next
Congress. Blaine believes that the
Democrats in both branches will stand
together. His theory is that as soon as
Hayes lets Louisiana and South Caro-
lima out from under the heel OF the In
fantry and rescues them from beneath
party In Congress will coolly stand aside
and let Blaine loose upon him. More
over Blaine knows that the papers are
already drawn for O. quo a0aTr1r,to pro-
ceeding to test Mr.. Hayes title to the
Presidency, and that the said papers
are now In the hands of Dick Merrick.
Putting these things together Blaine's
programme Is nothing less that to deg-
troy Hayes as Ben Butler wrecked An
drew Johnson, and then build out Of
the ruins party which will nominate
him (Blaine) for the Presidency In $780,
I say nominate" adyisedly; for that
ID Glls 1lC tohlth ohlld uD u pal Ly
that would elect him IL he had the ruins
OF the universe to furnish material
Now let us see what will become Of this
programme of Blaine.
THE PURPOSE OF TqE COMMISSION.
The Commission Is on its way to New
Orleans. As intimated above, 1t goes
there to organize what Mr.. Hayes will
recognize as illegal Legislature, :"
xuh; in, f,rr ia o,rnnnon6 fn 6nnIara
Nichols Governor, and d..
You see that long blank means good
deal. I couldn't explain to. you the
meaning of that long blank in twenty
pages Of foolscap, IL were to go into
detail. But / can explain it in bulk
without exceeding ten words, to wit:
TO SECURE TWO HAYES SENATORS
If they can." Mark you, I don't say
"Republican Senators. Mr.. Hayes
and his ambassadorial party Of
five do not care whether those SEN
ators are Republicans Democrats,
Old Line Wings, Last Ditchers, Con-
servatives, Confederates, Unionists,
Creoles, Anglo. Saxons, or Octoroon5-
so only they are reliable Hayes men.
And from what I saw OF the factious-
ness of Louisiana politicians here in
Washington during the first three weeks
of Hayes Administration, L incline to
the belief that the Commission will find
plenty of the sort Of material it needs
to operate with. But II Nichols will
initiate the firmness Of Hampton, and il
he can silence all the sly intriguers who
will haunt the rooms OF the Commits
sion, prepared to sell out everybody else
to secure advantageous terms for them
selves,
LOUISIANA CAN FORCE HER OWN TERMS
practically as South Carolina has
forced hers. Then she can send q
couple OF Senators here who will come
like men, representing a free and SOW
ereign State. But il the sly intriguers
are allowed to get in their work, the two
Senators from the Pelican State will
come here in all the majesty Of small
dogs with brass collars around their
necks-to be sent home again perhaps
with tin kettles tied to their tails. You
can depend on one thing: Hayes will
will yield every time he is brought face
to face with man like Hampton, who,
knowing that he can't better his hand,
stands 1t pat and bets his pile. Our
friends in Louisiana should take the
hint. That Commission will ring in a
cold deck on them il they don't watch
the deal. and then bluff them out Of
the game il they do not stand their
hands. Let the war cry be Nichols
or nothing-and Nichols first! Ii any,
body says Senatorship shoot him on the
spot.
DEBATE WITH CHAMBERLAIN.
The other evening when Hampton
arrived called at his rooms at Willard 8
and found there Hampton, Gordon and
M. G. Butler in consultation. Now that
nj ofo Sc. aef L,t
been done can't be undone, violate no
confidence in stating cursorily what
transpired.
I said to Gen. Hampton, "It has been
telegraphed from here to some Of the
Radical organs that you are to hold a
joint discussion with Chamberlain"
"What are we to discuss?" inquired
Hampton.
"The title to the Governorship of
South Carolina, I suppose.
(Which is beyond discussion-at east
in that form,,' said Hampton, t,'!ling
the thread OF my sentence. ct re-
sion, and in this case can assure you
that one of the parties will not agree to
the arrangement"
Then Butler said that there was one
insuperable difficulty in the way of
compromise.
I asked what it was.
compromise" said Butler, implies
reciprocity. Reciprocity means that
both sides have something to Offer in
return for something that is asked. In
this case one side would have to do all
the asking and the other all the Offer
ing Chamberlain has nothing to offer.
We, therefore, have nothing to ask of
him. We have to ask only that the
troops be withdrawn, but Cham berlain
has nothing to do with that. Our deal
ings are wholly with the Administra-
tion."
"But," said I, Suppose the Admins
tration makes conditions about grant
ing your request and makes Chamber
lain the beneficiary Of its conditions ?"
Then I learned that the people of