The New York herald., 1877-03-22
EXTREMISTS OF BOTH PARTIES DELIGHTED.
The Cohorts of the Unterrif1ed
Consolidating.
An Early Outbreak in Louisiana
Promised.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.


PARTIES.
There well Informed people here who see In the
sending OF a commission to Louisiana a check 10
Packard, who has been collecting iorco of negroes
with tho cvidcn, intention to get up little bloodshed
to "nre the Northern heart" H. as is generally be-
leved here Packard meaat mischief Of this kind. he
will hardly daro to begin 1t that q COM
mission Is be sent to examine his condition and
claims Those who hold to this theory add that Cham
berlan and Packard having both positively refused to
abandon their prccnsons, and having throatcncd vio
lent and revolutionary proceedings under the advice,
there believe. OF their Northern repub
lican allies, the commission will tic their hands aud
upon them peaceable and .ery surrender, for
II they should this would place them clearly in
the wrong before the Northern public
1t is in favor OF this that those members of the
Cabinet who generally believed to be most
earnestly and positively determined upon proper
and speedy solution of the Southern question are this
evening reported 10 be entirely satisfied with tho do
csion TO send commission South. 1t Is also favor
OF this that the President Is undoubtedly and
lrmly determined the recognition OF Governors
Nichols and Hampton.
On the other hand 1t is undenable that the decision
to send commission to tho outh gave shock to all
here, Northern as well as Southern men, who hoped
TO see the Southern question quickly put of she way,
baggers and their allies. Those have mads the most
desperate and unceasing efforts for delay They became
satisfied after President Hayes that he had
determined that the Hampton Nichols govern.
mcnts alone could stand md had made up his mind
recognize thom From this no arguments or threats
OF Packard's and Chamberlan's emlssaries able
to move him, ana they therefore ten days ago aban
doned that ground and thereafter ndustriousiy pre-
scntcd pretexts for delay. They alarm cd the Presi
dent for instance, by assurances that If Hampton and
Nichols in the carpet-bag leaders would be
murdered But he communicated his fears this
head to Southern men, and received in reply the most
positive guarantees from Governors Hampton and
Nichols that they would maintain peace and protect
everybody. They then brought forward ingenious
plaus for settlement by somo sort of inquiry and
numerous schemes about tho Southern Senator
ships, meantime acting, as there is 10
believe, tho advice OF Northern
republicans who have determined to break
down the President. They got Packard and
Chamberlain TO refuse positively give way. They
brought all OF Influences to bear the White
House and the Cabinet made promises OF peace
full retirement If lttlo tmo granted and workod
inccssantly for commission, and at last they
have got II.
The commission itself thcy do not care about but its
appointment puts of still further the day Of scttlc
carried the day, that the President has at last given
way pressure and in short they without hope
in tho future. Ho has given way in this thing, prob
ably ho bc managed hereafter That IS their
theory Until to-day the President had really beaten
them at every point They intended to seat Packard
and Chamberlain by getting the republican Senate to
seat kellogg and Corbn, but the President caused It
to be known to republican Senators that in his judg-
mcnt tho Kellogg caoo ought not to up and TO
Kellogg's bitter disappointment 1t never
reported from the committee They sent almost
daily delegations to him to give him what they
called Information, but they found TO their disgust
that ho talked freely and welcomed to tho White
House frankly men like General Gordon, Ben Hill,
Lamar Randall Gibson and that he was not easily
misled. But they fancy thcy have at last forced
him to give way.
There are Northern and Western democratic
politicians to whom al this delay Is not
unwelcone. These dread tho effect Of q Just
and constitutional policy on tho Southern demo-
cratic party. They acknowledge that If tho
President had promptly withdrawn tho troops
and thus freed South Carolina and Louisiana therc
would have been immense and immediate seccs-
sion from the Southern democratic party and an
enthusiastic rally to the Presidents side by large
part OF the intelligent and property owning class in
all tho Southern States The long delay, followed now
licvc check this movement and tend to consolidate
the Southern democrats more. A gift ungra.
ciously made gets no thanks, they say, and they
think the President has. by his hesation perilled
great opportunity, for which of they are not
sorry.
Finally, tho best friends OF the Presidents policy
pegin be seriously uneasy at oil this delay. Thoy
that until the Southern question Is settled other
reform can DO prosecuted to advantage. They begin
TO dread the combination of tho forces within the
party which quietly array ing themselves against
tho President, and to whom mschance of any kind
In the South would be Godscnd They see that 80 far
the Presidents success Is, by SURPRISE very clever
and brilliant but needing to DO followed up with dc
oisivc action In short, they wish he had Withdrawn
tho troops fortnight ago instead of sending n CON-
mission now, and see plainly that " commission Is
necessary this time that is because delay has en-
barrasscd the situation and made Packard and Cham
bcrlain formidable, where two weeks ago they were
weak and ready TO get cut OF tho way.
The names Of the commissioners go South are not
finally determined. Judge David Davis, Judge Hoar
Mr.. Brown, Of Tennessee and Kenneth Rayner aro
mentioned, and tho last aro considered certain
Tho instructions under which they will act Will bo
made public before they start 1t is understood that
they are not to attempt Investigation Of election
matters, but 10 report the actual condition OF tho
State, whether Governor Nichols can maintain order
and general security and whether Packard could main
tain himself without tho aid OF federal troops IL is
possible, though not certain. that commission may
be sent also 10 South Crrolipa.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MUST DE DIVIDED.
Thomas W. Conway, formerly Of Louisiana, went to
tho President to-day to urge him TO recognize tho
Packard government, but met with great success
lie finally said that I'm any event he hoped the freed
men, many of whom had been murdered by demo-
Gratis since the emancipation proclamation, would ind
in tho President frm friend like Lincoln" To which
the President replied :"rhcy will find me their
friend, but need TO win other friends for them from
among men who, because OF tho color limo, arc now
regarded a. their enemies, and wo must in some