New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-04-07
LETTERS OF ADVICE AND CONGRA.
TULATION.

Governor Packard is constantly receiving
letters from all parts of the country con-
tanning words of encouragement and ex-
hortatiOn to persist in the firm stand he has
taken. A few extracts will sufficiently H.
dictate the tenor Of many others.
From Chicago prominent Republican,
who has lately visited New Orleans, writes
Your friends here are Watching with great
anxiety the progress of political events in
your State We suffered the NOR
rifcatlon of an almost complete betrayal of
yourself and all of the loyal men in the
South, but we have eheckmated the attempt,
l hope. There is a oOmplets reac-
tion as to the sentiment of the people up
here as to the advisability of Hayes South
ern policy and the light is breaking in
upon the too cOnfding minds of our Repub-
liean friends, who now begin to see how
false and hollow are the pretenses of the
bulldOzsrs and their friends.
he further suggest complete military
organization and arming of all able-bodied
colored men and loyal white men.
From an ex- Brigadier General of Clusters
Division, now in Washington, comes:
have Just resS your address to the citi-
zens of your State, and tor one American
citizen want to thank you for your firm
stand and the very able manner in which
you present the facts, ! am extremely
anxious that you should continue firm.
/ say you must be sustained ae Gov
ernor at all costs, and this "ritie club"
business must be stopped. = If you
want any help when it comes to fighting
call on me. There will be no estate linesn
left next time if our Confederate friends
try the game Of rebellion again.
From prominent banker and State iuan-
cial agent of New York, who introduces
himself by his letter:
am gratifed tOsee that you regard the
title to your office as good as that Of Presi-
dent Hayes. l see no good reason why one
| should succeed and not the other. Your
| case is even stronger than that OF Governor
| Chamberlain. l know the latter well, and
| you can be assured he will be satisfied with
nothing short of all the Tights that he ia
! entitled to. The New York Times
will use its influence to sustain you and
| Governor Chamberlain.
Even the State of Mississippi sends itl
contribution from "a life long Democrat
no office seeker, but farmer who makel
an honest living;'
MY DEAR SIR-Brsve man, salute yOu
Pray do not get discouraged. You are il
the right, notwithstanding all the trouble
you have to contend with. Tn,
writer OF this voted for Tilden, but the wis,
men of both parties, Democratic and Re
publiGan, have by their will given you thu
office, and you must not abandon it.
When you are recognized, be impartial
treat all alike, black and white, and b,
nothing but an honest Governor.
Another letter, to one. nearly connected
with the President, contains the following
Under the constitution and the laws o
the State Of Louisiana Packard appears Il
have the best of the argument in support o
his claim to the GOverpOrship of the State
In my humble opinion the administration
can not abandon Packard without stultlfy
ing itself. This opinion, believe, is share'
by and indOrsed by the masses of the Re
publican party in the West.
Packard represents the best elements o
the Republican party in Louisiana. FO
four years was his neighbor and friend
An honest and sincere man believe him I
be. If the administration prefers to encoul
age the worst elements of the Republica
party as represented, or rather misreprt
sented, by Warmoth, Pinchback, George
Sheridan g. Co., then the administration
not entitled to the confidence of the Reput
lican party North or South. The SOut
ought to be eoneiliated, but not by the sat
rifice of the best and only friends that tn
government has in the South. Never sacr
fee friend for the purpose of cOnciiatin
an enemy.