The Lake County star., 1877-05-10
Louisiana.

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Louisiana.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Tri-
bune writes from New Orleans. "A FOL.
lows:- ,M NJ IA: 8
BY sudden revulsI Of feo1fng tII6
people now turn TO fh& NatiOual Gov.
erument with somefIalNk more nearly
apprUqehiug affectkUu Inn they have
e 6ge61 ~ = p06se Of ars. Ms the
G1'Sornu3ont thot lifln ~ weieht at
and (I1y are nost Iady 10 for
Gof that u tlt it o. 1nd he'll it on 80
long. The oentimeu1s expressed to-
ward Presldent HAYES are remarkably
cordial and appreciati tive. ind not =
few men Of Influence who say tknt
they arc glad Il Is q Republican and
net = DemOcral lfo Psesident who re-
moves the troops and allows local self
government to establish ~itself- They
think the effect Is much better-better
on the whites because they see that the
representatives of the dominant party
of the North holds out the hand OF re-
Cancellation to them: better on the
blacks because the change is not set on
foot by the triumph Dir the Democratic
party. which they think is their
enemy: better on account OF It's recep-
ton ut the north, where the new
policy does not meet with the deterg
mined hostility of one of the great
parties. "a would have been the case
had Il been inaugurated by Mr.. TiIden
as President Instead of Mr.. HAYES. 7
presume / have heard at least a score
Of men express subetantiallv this idea
since the order withdra wing the troops
was published. There is deal of
sound political sense In this neonleI.
The season or adyersityi thew havr.
passed through appears 10 have been
highly favorable to its, ,deyelopment.
The lack Of anything like hostile
feeling toward the Republican palty
of the North among q large class Of in
fiuential politicians and the want of
affection for the Democracy of that
section are features OF the new situa-
ton of affairs which every one must
notice. The new energetic element
in politics that has crowded out most
Of the Bourbons and fossils from party
management does not show the least
sympathy for the old Democratic or
ganization. Said one of these leaders
to me the other day: "The Democratic
party can do nothing for US In Louisi-
ana. All its theories and instincts are
opposed to our interests. It looks upon
government as q sort Of national police
to let things alone as long as there's no
disturbance. We believe its highest
duty Is to develop the country. We
want our levees constructed. The
water from twenty States comes pour
ing down upon us and browns our
crops, and we think 1t is an affair of
the nation to keep it off our rlands. The
Democratic party would not vote q
dollar for the purpose. The Republi-
can party built the Union Pacific Rail-
road and If we get the Southern Pacific
line 1t will come from that party and
not from the Democracy. Last session
the Republican Senate voted money
to establish q steamship line from here
to Brazil, but the Democratic House
killed the project. We want tariff
system maintained to protect our sugar
planting interests the Democratic
party would establish free trade If it
could. I tell YOU we are not blind.
and now that the barrier that kept us
in one course In politics Is removed, we
shall help the party that can help u.s.,
The gentleman who spoke in this way
has been one of the most prominent in
the movements at Washington and
here that had for their object the full
establishment Of the Nichols Govern
meHt. Far from being q man Of ex-
ceptional views, he Ia one of the most
popular men In public life in New Or
leans. Whatever extreme partisan
papers at the North, Republican or
Democratic, may predict as to the re-
suit of President Hayes policy at the
South, the evidences that It will receive
q hearty and organized support here in
the form OF q party actively sustaining
the Administrations are so numerous,
and permanent as to be convincing
If anybody does not see them 1t is be-
cause he shuts his eyes. -na.
It is encouraging to those who look
for the espeedy pacification of the State
to notice how rapidly the animosity
toward Packard's Legislature who had
been garrisoning q hostile fortificatioii
for three months were received with
applause when they appeared to take
their seats In the Conservative body.
Even Packard himself, whom one of
the city papers wanted hanged to the
fret lamp-post last January, Is spoken
Of with hardly a trace Of bitterness.
Instead of denunciation and abuse,
one often hears such remarks made Of
him as these: "Well, he's plucky
fellow, any way; he stuck II out WELL"
Strange to say. the evils that have
sprung from negro suffrage do not
seem to dispose the now governing
class to take measures to limit its pow
er of future mischief by restrictive leg
islation." In many Southern States
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