The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-23
from Our Regular Correspondents


WASHINGTON, March 22.-Therc seems 10
~, M longer any doabt that, during the
,crcc excitement attending the progress OF
,hc electoral count, leading southern Dem
,c-ots ANXIOUS 10 secure The reign OF law,
vct realizing the great Importance OF OBJ
tanning positive assurances from kcFubli"
cans whose intimate relations with Hayes
were supposed TO place them in position to
.nnak by The card, represented to those
Gentlemen the facts. aud asked for written
.,orautccs. Foster and Matthews fully
understood the power Of the Democrats
- prevent Hayes from becoming PreSl-
DENT. and knew they would do 1t ii Cor
don. Lamar, John Young Brown, and
,hc Louisiana representatives should throw
,brjr influence with the obStructionistS. 1t
vas crtica! moment. Strong appeals had
been made in the House to defeat the sue
cess Of the "grcat crime for the sake OF
the oppressed and thief-ridden people OF
louisiana It was then in n committee
room OF the House that Foster and Matthews
signed written pledge that the people OF
withdrawal Of the troops; but they frankly
stated that they only did so upon their
knowledge Of the Presidents sentiments,
and not BY his authority.
Presently Colonel Levy, of Louisiana,
rose in his place and plead that, for the sake
OF his people. the electoral law should be
carried out in good faith, and announced
that he had assurance from the highest
sources short OF Mr.. Hayes that
TIE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION WOULD WITH
DRAW THE TROOPS
and allow the people to adjust their own
affairs.
This is the secret Of the firm determine
;ion Of many Democrats to obey the cleo
.oral lava purpose firmly adhered to
during days when excitement ran high.
And now that the agreement Is repudatcd.
5rokcn. and avoided by the petty trick of Il
-ils>hoppcr commission to 60 wandering
through the South. while Packard, Wells &
GO. get I'D Disturbances and bloody stories
vi murder and intimidation OF poor negroes
10 furnish material for another Sherman re-
port. il cannot be wondered that Democrats
are angered and conservative Republicans
are Disguised at the weakness OF Hayes.
There are Democrats who admit they are
satisfied Hayes's sympatMeS are "with the
respectable people Of Louisiana u against
the Kellogg crew." and that he has only tenn
porarly yielded to the fear OF bloodshed
which has been carefully cultivated by car
pct-ba ggers hcrc) and TO the opinions OF a
majority of his Cabinet. The fact that he
has shown 4 disposition to select the most
iair-minded men to go down and make a
personal survey OF the field, men who are
known. too, to be aYer>e to
COMPELLING THE SOUTH TO SUBMIT TO THE
RULE OF MERE ADVENTURES,
is pointed to rs sustaining the correctness
Of this position. The difficulty is to get
suitable men who will consent to 20 on the
wilG-goose chase which every body thinks
the Louisiana commission will undertake.
Advices privately received from New Or
leans indicate disposition on the part Of
the Democrats TO attack Packard ut once in
his stronghold, or secure possession OF him
and the State House by some clever stratagcm
tciorc the commission comes "to spy out
the and": and that they are only restrained
~ assurances from this city that all
viii be we'll with Louisiana in few days
II they will only be patient.
The temper of some Louisianlans here is
10 force the Administration 1T once TO
abandon its do-nothing policy by attempts
ing to put down resistance to NichollS's
government. They say Packard is brave.
and Generals Jack Wharton and Badger,
his lieutcnants, arc courageous, and will
defend their claim to authority as long as
they have followers. The conflict would
be bloody, but the President would be COM
PEELED to end the long agony by decisive ac-
ton for or against Nichols; and that if he
should support Packard the country would
know at once that his home-rule theory is a
myth, the Democratic party in the South
will be consolidated more firmly than ever,
and the Democratic House may strangle the
army by withholding appropriations for It's
support.
TWO SESSIONS OF TIE CABINET .t
were held to-day, but the Ministers are re-
markably reticent about its proceedings.
This led to the conclusion that the South
Carolina case would not be disposed Of by
a commission, which proves correct. The
majority favored the removal Of the troops
from the State-Housc, and it was final
Is determined to hear both sides again
and fully before final action OF any kind
will be taken. Thompson joined Evarts,
>cIlurz. and Key in favor OF the i'm
mediate withdrawal OF troops, and De-
vcnS rather inclined that way; but out OF
Difference 10 the radical views Of Sherman
and McCrary it was decided to investigate
The case further, and to invite Hampton and
Chamberlain to come to Washington to con-
Ter with the President and his advisers,
which Will be done at once either by tele-
graph or special messenger, and an attempt
will be made to adjust ....s
THE CLAIMS OF TIE RIVALS .t ~
Perhaps some induccment may be offered
the ambitious Chamberlain to step down and
out. Governor Hampton has telegraphed
his friends here denying the report that he
lad volunteered to come to Washington.
lie will not come, they say, unless specially
requested by the President. The only
commissioner to visit Louisiana that has
been agreed upon is Governor j. c..
Brown, OF Tennessee; but it is agreed that
10 senator or member OF Congress shall be