, 1877-03-02
LOUISIANA.
TIE PREsfI>EST'A POLICY.

WAsniHaroN, D. c., March 1.-Tho Preel-
deut's determination 10 modify GcN. Augur's
orders In regard to his treatment Of Louisiana
affairs ns soon u.s. tho Electoral count Is cou,-
pletcd is not ono recently reached. Nearly two
months aEo, when It first hccamo apparent that
thu Electoral controversy was likely to be ect-
tied III mn ainEcable manner, the President n-
formed some Of tho Representatives from LOU
islana conaacntially Of whht he intended to do,
aud every event which has since occurred In
that State has tended to strengthen hts
belief In The wisdom OF tho policy
now to bc ndoptcl. In conversation
with Representative from Louisiana
to-day, lie reiterated his intention OF doing
what l,e could to allow the people Of that State
to settle their uwn local affairs In tor own way.
It may bc positively asserted that =.
NO POLITICAL PLEDGES
hare been given OH either side as conditions for
the adoption Of this policy. Tho Legislature of
Louisiana will be q. liberty to choose such per-
sous to represent them in tic United States
position. Gov. Nichols and lis friends have
scs that tho lives Of the col
orcd citizens ot Louisiana arc
protected. uul that they shall bo guaranteed the
full enjoyment 0f all rights accorded to them by
the Constitution anil tho laws Of tho unitcll
States. 'rAis promise they Intend to carry out
IN goud faith, ni,d This Is tho only one thut thoY
bare made. Tbs Louisiana delegation, III tic
House now
FEELS THE GREATEST CONCERN
lest some outbreak shall 10 prnvokcd by the
Republican authorities of the State within day
o. two ln order 20 prevent Gen. Grant's new
Eolscy S' o being faErtcd into effect;
D. hfs power to prevent any dIsordc,r,
AZ tho san,e lime, the Louisiana Conservatives,
whether Justly or not, aro very app.sl,en,llye y,
lowers tnay! preclp!tatc D riot, either III New
Orleans or elsewhere in tho State, aud that this
will be used ns Erctcxt for preventing Tho
Prestatn! from modlfytns hss orders 70 Gen.
AnEur::, The Representatives Of Louisiana have
uscl All tho Influence they could command to
PREVENT THE ftLlHrsIERiA0
now In progress. They assert that their loyalty
to Coy. Tfldtn IL as unQucst!onat'le ~ that Of
they believed taat The schrales ot thu rcvolu-
uoHtsts coull succeed they stu nothing IL bo
Ea!ncl by such aurccss. Anarchy and con-
fusion, ttry think, would bo likely to follow
Ing Gov. Hayes Iii The Presidential chair, tho
nun whom they consider their enemy, Senator
Merton, would become President ad Interim,
and that THO policy at the AlmlntstEatlon
TuH PACKARD lEulaLATUnE,
New ORLEANS, Luz, sfarll l.-Qov. Packard
this 1nar1ug issued i proclamation convcuing
| tic Legislature IN extra session for twenty
| days, commencing from The expiration of tho
reEulaF session t-lay u,,tl spccitlng thc passage
or general appropriation bill aud eleetlun Of
| n un!tua States Ecnatur fur tho short term ~
special objects to take preccdcncn ot all other
business.
Tho Republican Legislature to-day adopted
scrlcs of resolutions conacmninE the action OF
tho Republicans In Washington who ure crcu-
lating the false report that the Packard State
Government lIas NOT the tohidcnco and support
Of tho rcDrle, aud Is not capable OF sustaining
itself unaldel BY Federal bower, and alIirli that
| tbs Packard Government has tho confidence
| and E2estettn VI every man who voted
thu Republican tkckrt lu Louisiana ut the last
election: that the leccestly for fp1eral inter
ference al this time srows out VI tbs fart that
| unlawful combinations Ut tncs, who 0ycrthrcw
the State Government In 1b7i are still In exist
ence, aud hare seized upon tue Slate Arsenal
anl tts contents, tllo Suprcme Court mud rec
| urtls; md that declarations arc freely inadc
that. II the fcdcrnl troops uto withdrawn, they
vii! take furclblu possession Ut the st4lo-llolsr,
aud destroy every Gcstigc Of tic Republican
State Governments; dcclars that Packard ~
seiyed more vutes than the Republican Electors
TINT, u Gov. Hayes Is entitled to thu Electoral
votes Of Louisiana, Gov, Packard ~ The law{ul
t Executive thereof, and entitled to the recognl
ton and support of The General Government.