Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-03-29
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The outcome of the Presidents pol.
icy is not yet visible. He is organic
ing another Commission to send
South. 1t is to be headed by Vice
President Wheeler and Gov. Brown
of Tennessee is to be one of it. One
would think that in the case of Lou
isiana the President should be salts
fed with the conclusions OF the Com
miltee sent by President Grant. That
Committee had Hayes's Secretary of
State upon it aud it decided that the
State should be counted for Hayes.
As Packard had more votes than
he we do not see how the State can
be consistently turned over to Mich
OILS. The case of South Carolina is
somewhat different. The Democratic
Commission sent to S. G. by the
Democratic House itself decided that
Hayes had the most votes in that
State. But the Commission and, the
Supreme Court Judges Of South Car
Dina expressed their opinion that
Hampton had more votes than Tiden
and should have been declared Gov
ernor 10 Louisiana Packard holds
his certificate from the proper officers.
The Supreme Court OF that State so
decided. The Secretary of State,
Auditor, Attorney General, and Super
intendent of Public Instruction cleo
ted with Packard were all recognized
as the legally elected officers and the
offices were turned over to them by
their predecessors. The State Treas
nrer was elected two years ago and
holds over two years more. He rec
ognizes Packard as the Governor.
Every legal point is in Packard's 'fav
or We are inclined TO believe, there
tore, that the new Committee is de-
signed to be in fact conciliatory
committee. 1t is to rec Jncile the peo-
PIE of Louisiana with this state of
facts-not to give up the State to
party of usurpers. In South Carolina,
owing 20 the detection and probable
bribery of the Supreme Court and
then to the fact above stated, that
Hampton had more votes than Tilden,
the result may be different. Hampton
is believed to be by nature not bad
90 out of the Union he opposed the
Secessionsts He was Union man
until "intimidated" into the army OF
rebels. lie was then an ugly fighter
against Us, but that he wanted to be
on the right side is TO his credit and
il may be he will prove TO be one of
the right kind of men TO lead in the
great party which Hayes is trying TO
gorm in the South and which will
unite with Republican intelligence in
the North. But if investigation shows
that he is not lawfully entitled to be
Governor then Hayes will damage
his own cause by recognizing him.
And Hayes should act without delay.
Proracted doubt will again put the
country into restlessness. No one
doubts our Presidents honesty. The
country gives him credit for good in
,entions. SO it did Grant, but Grant
failed to "let us have peace" He
failed because he dreaded being
eqlled a Dictator failed because he
had mo policy Johnson failed for
an opposite reason. He tried to con-
ciliate the South by giving it "local
government" and treating with con-
temp; the people who, had kept the
South in The Uuion Clearly Hayes's
way to cancellation and peace is to
bring tbs South to know, like Blaine
did Ben Hill, that they had been
worse than savages and they must be-
come tame Then, like Hill, they will
lie down quietly in the Union, like
lambs.