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then Packard has 4. prtma-facte right to tue
place he Is attempting to hold.
There seems now to pe In the State Of Louls!.

t!ttAU HC 10 AbAllup+hI& ~ HNlNA
ara
no MACHINERY
by which the question nt issue cau he actt1eu.
There Is duality In every department or tte
tioscrnment.-lcxeentiyc, legislative and Judi
cfa1 No solution by tic c0ilrta ls poss'blc, bc.
cause each Administration las Its own set Of
Judicial trib,,nals' Toso dess'os tle oti,cF o r..
islaturc. With oil these questions in rontr.-
yrrsyt tho position Of tho Administration IN
Washington IL Il very difficult and tfclicnte one:
to @ mitsry Interference ii n Sex * orIeans i mieht
not 10 a safe thing 10 DO. Tho Republicans OF
tho North, on whon1 tho President must rely Tor
support, have
or the gang Of politicians VII" surround him,
hut they t1o desire that iustEcc shall he donc,
and II Packard was LEGALLY elected and the faet
was clearly and undspulably shown they would
ana, ant1 would undoubtedly tlan,c the Admin
istrut!oh Tor allowing him to he overtlrown
lciurc !naknE my inquiry On this punt. BE.
;e; al s rasa has !. n s
atc disturbance IN NEw Orleans, disturbance
that might add many new complications to tue
already intricate Irob1e'n, alil by arousl.'E
of II. In Souti, Carolina the case n
ENTIRELY ufFfkNRST.
There a canvass If the same setcs by which the
Electors were found TO have been cl,osen show
majority for Chamberlain It was necessary to
reject tho vftes Of certain ct,uiltes which wera
counted IT. canyasslnE the returna Ut the
Electoral ticket. On the farc Of the case,
therefore, spite OF tllc aetiHn OF tic State Cn
vasscrs, llaunpton recc,sel a majority ot Tue
votes East In tic State. In other words. II tho
yutes uf those counties wcre moi sutllr1cnt1y
tainted with fraud to require them to he reject
! Cd III canyassIne The sotc for Electors, they
tue result upou tho State ticket,
In ANOTHER RESPECT
the case In South Carolina Is entirely different
| State tlcro arc dual Executive and Legislature,
| there ts but one set OF courts claimed by any
party To to legally organ!zcd, and those courts
nut only RECOGNIZE Hampton a. Governor OF the
o s1Hy ~ III scsto IN formal op
1t has bum well known for the past two
months In tic best informed political circles n
Washington that Gov. Chamberlain himself
| has co1lFllered Ills cnse AZ al almost hopeless
one. Ills following IN the State. which was
considerable previous to tho election, has almost
| entirely disappeared, AI11 to-day hc exercises
nono of the functions of Governor except
| rHR CUSTODY or THE AHCuivRs
| Of the State, and these hc holds wholly by The
aid Ut United States troops posted IN mid about
the Stato-Hpusc at CulumDa. 1t ts believed
TINT tho must that Gov. Chamberlain has ut nny
t%s hGe % sSa S5 ns f. ss 18TH ha, f. s0s sn ss
With credit TO atulself aud Without sccmlug t.
flayc bcen dcposed from his position by force
These reasons tntlucr the belief TINT tho lelat
III tho Withdrawal Of the troops sustaining
| Chamberlain Is not matter Of much lmr0r
| taucc, antl TINT the appearance OF the two Guv
| erlore here will be tic CERTAIN prelude to sonls
arrangement which shall place TIC executive
power undIsputed In the hands Of Hampton.
| NO DBFlNlTH pECIsION.
| To M4 Netftr1 1tsoctI@sd {Fssy.
| WAtHISGTDy, y. c., Slarel 22.-The fmprcs
sion generally prevalent this afternoon that ~
| result Ut tic Cabinet conference all Exreutv,
orrier fur tho Withdrawal VI tho troops fru1
Bouth Carolina, or son.c other action d[stlncti'
tayurabte to tho Hampton Government tnny b.
shortly cxpc:tcd. falls to obtatn official conGr
mattun this evening. The fact seems that, al
though two sessions Of the Cabinet were hell
to+,aY on this subject, tho DISCUSSION ntloslcs
ho reliable Indications ~ to tue ultmate dccis
ion TINT will be reached, aud It u postlycl
known that noaction Wns taken tleg1sfYe OF ctthe
withdrawal Of troops Or = temporary referenr
Of tho subject to Commission. All question
involved went over for possible dceasion tt
morrow. 1t Is however confidently stated by
Gcnt1c1nal, here In Ha1npton's interest That tn
Eahlnut arc ununtnoua agaiust sending Cor
mission TO South Carolina, mud that the 1na1o
It's hare expressed themselves ia favor Of Will
driving the troops from any direct support q
thu CLanlberIalll Gov r1lnlcnt. This ID unlel
stood to bu oil Hampton asks. In coutradlctio
uk un impression TINT uUy. Hampton intcndc
coming to Washington, he teegTaphel ho III
| cUlnc Il tht President desires II.