The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-03-28
sr. Hayes 'sSoafhcr1 Policy 80.
The H4Oui-iana Bm.fness.

When it became evident that the
Joint Commission was operating not TO |
ascertain who received a majority of the |
votes actually cast, but to put the Re
publican candidate into the Presidency,
right or wrong, a majority of the Demo-
cratic members of Congress, discovering
that they had been deluded into a snare,
attempted TO retrace the step and to ar
rest the fraudulent proceeding. A mi
nority, including the Louisiana delega-
ton, refused TO join the counter movement
which would have prevented the triumph
of the conspiracy. They adhered to the
"pIan" with a blind confidence that
amazed and enraged the people who had
won the victory which they seemed bent
upon throwing away.
Ten days before the count was finished
it was known all over the land that
majority of the Commission had made up
their mind to declare the election of
Hayes, no matter what the law and the
testimony required. But the Democratic
Representatives who had resolved ''to go
on with the count were as deaf to the
appeals of the country to spare it and
themselves the shame Of participating in
the wrong, as the lunatic who threw him
self into the stream Of Niagara the other
day and resisted every overture Of anx-
ious spectators to rescue him. They had
committed themselves to the stream and
were determined to see the end Of it, at
the risk of destroying themselves and the
hopes of the country. There would
have been no solution Of the mystery of
their strange course if it had not trans
PRED that when this game of fraud was
being played, the Louisiana and other
| Representatives were influenced against
joining the Democratic majority in
defeating it, by written pledges that
Mr.. Hayes, if counted in, would
remove the troops and permit the
governments of Messrs. Nichols and
Hampton to assert their supremacy
without delay.
The fact of the bargain, and its fulfill
ment by the Southern parties to it or one
hand, and its violation by Mr.. Hayes on
the other, is established by the statement
of Mr.. L. O. Washington, the well
known journalist and correspondent of
the New Orleans Picayune, who has
been a medium of communication be-
tween the Louisiana Representatives and
their constituents since the beginning of
the calamitous negotiation. In dis
patch dated ODD, he said:
Messrs Ellis Levy and G ibson have under
consideration a protest, which they VIII file
with the President, against the appointments
Of a commission for Louisiana. The pro-
test objects to the policy of the commission
as falling to redeem the assura aces of the
President aud of his political friends. made
in his behalf, before the electoral count was
com pleted, these assurances being both
verbal and in writing.
But what good will "a protest" do ?
They might as well sing lullabies to
dead horse. The troops are not to be
removed ''just yet" They are to remain
within the call of Packard, and as
standing warming to Nichols to move his
finger if he dare. Business is to remain
paralyzed, and the expectations of q long
abused community must wait upon the
arrogant adventures in whose behoof the
President is acting The 'devil was
sick" when the count was going on, and
ga saint he would be-" but now since he
is "well," and firmly seated on the throne
with the sword and purse in his grasp,
mark how peremptorily he lays down the
law. We quote from report of a visit
of the Louisiana Representatives to the
President, by q correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times:
The delegation waited on the President
Immediately after the Cabinet adjourned. in
obedience to Hayes desire. They cndeav-
ored, as they say, to protest against the de-
csiOn of the Cabinet, but the President
checked them and said there eodS no use IN dis
cusSinq it--while he treated them courteous
ly, as he always has done. They observed a
greater frmnt SIS than usual in his speech, |
one OF his strongest expressions being as
follows: THE General in command Eill at |
once be instructed TO preserve the status |
quo, and if Packard attempts to break the
peace, or If any body else" and these last |
words were spoken with increased empha- |
sis brings a conflict. the military" said he, |
raising his arm and brinBHg IL d0lon sharply, |
'stciH oct Nth q stiff hand" The Southern |
men retired, with the understanding that |
they would call on him and present for
NAL. written protest against this proposed |
action,
This Is the Presidential decree.
Louisiana must dance attendance upon
another commissioner fourth or 9th, |
we believe, in as many years. What
new discoveries are anticipated after all
the investigations that have been made
after the multitude of witnesses that
have been examined-after the twenty
thousand pages of matter have been
printed, no one kLews; but the followers
of Morton, Blaine and Sherman asnow
that they have established their suprem
acy in the ADMINISTRATION the people of
Louisiana know that they have been tri-
fled with, and their bellies filed with the
east wind Of empty assurances" BY gush
ing negotiators the country realizes that
peace is indefinitely postponed. and
that Grantsm is the predominant feature
of the Administration.
Our Sentiments.