The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-23
A CHEAT PUBLiU DUTY.

Editor DeH,oerat=@A decision In favor
Of Hayes by The Joint Commission III
Washington being feregene eonelu.
sion, Ii ID to- our State government alone
That we must now look for any alleyiaa
tion Of our sorrows hnd sufferings. The
peculiar and unprecedented eireum-
stances under which Hayes will assume
| his honors. Ii honers they be. render II
not at oil unlikely that he will consider
The wishes OF the people Of Louisiana
u respect to bis recognition OF the State
| Executive.
He cannot afford TO repsat the blum
| ders " his predecessor In the appliea=
tion Of the reconstruction laws, and still
less can he carry the load Of disreputa4
BILE carpet baggsrs that now afflct the
| South.
Laboring under the imputation of
being particeps .erimtats In the prssi-
Dental fraud. with only d small party
| majority In the Senate aud with mn ops
position majority III the lower House.
President Hayes as n matter Of neaesa
Eity must adopt policy OF paeifcation.
| If possible.
That this policy will be vigorously
and bitterly opposed by Morton. Blaine
and other extremists OF the Radical
party. there Id no question, It In for liz
TO assist the President In resisting this
pressure. It ID for us to furnish the itls.
| titioatioh for his rupture with these
| pefhieious advisers and enable him. by
the recognition OF Nichols, to pacify
Louisiana. How, then, ID this to be
accomplished
II II be made manifest that Packard
10 utterly without the support of the
people, and relies alone upon the Fsda-
ral government for official existence; II
Ii be made manifest that Nichols has
the confidence. sympathy and support
OF Ail good Iousianinnss then can
President Hayes, without danger to
himself. by an act Of simple Justice, re-
pair in great MEASURE the many wrongs
Inflicted upon lis by the party to which
he belongs.
made manifest. That Ii Is general and
sincere must be made apparent. Acts,
not professions, must be the proofs.
While 1t is the paramount duty OF
each citizen In his individual capacity
to accord an active, energetic and sub
stantial support to the Nichols goy-
ernment. still more important is IL that
our city government, representing, al IL
does, the great commercial heart and
centre OF our State. should by every
means ut Its command conduce to that
end.
Having recognized the Nichols gov
ernment by resolution, let all its official
acts be strictly In accordance with thHt
manly declaration. Ignoring complete
ly the pretensions of Packard, let 1t ac-
knowledge In all their force and appli-
cation the rights and claims Of the
Nichols officials. Our people ask no
aore and will be satisfied with no less.
The effect Of the payment OF
ca1trt officials nnd the qenrcaly npnra.
ciable value Of the Nichols police scrip
are significant OF the great weight Of
the city government In our present
complications.
BY vigorous, decided and harmonious
action we can secure Nichols; without
1t, four years OF anarchy and misrule
will result. Can we then hesitate as to
our course2
Whatever fate may have. in store for
us, 1t Ia to be hoped that In all time to
come no citizen can be reproached with
having failed In duty or patriotism In
this our great hour OF need.
Citizen.