The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-05
THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COM
MISSION.

THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COM
MISSION.
We have read with strict attention the
instructions OF Secretary Evarts to the
Louisiana Commission. and those In
structions and the order to Withdraw
the troops from the State-House OF
South Carolina, justify, In our opinion,
the confidence repeatedly expressed by
the DEMooRAT, In the purpose OF the
President to fulfill the pledges made In
his inaugural address.
The complex, involved and almost in
applicable sentences OF the Secretary
suggest. 1t is true, q scheme OF compro-
mise as treacherous as that Serbonian
boz ia which invincible armies were
lost. But the compromise IL only sug-
Uested, and, unless we walk into 1t OF
our own accord, led by spirit too timid
TO demand, much less defend, our rights,
&c will not figure an hour in the business
of the Administration and Its Louisiana
commission.
The sum and substance OF Mr.. Evarts'
letter to the commissioners amounts
simply to direction to them to deter
mine certain questions Of fact. 1t is
very clearly stated that there Is to be
no examination into the recent
s,tate election. The two facts the
resident desires to be assured OF
10. In brief, these: Which is the de
toto government; and, in the very Ian
iage of the Secretary. what are the
aal impediments to regular. legal and
saceful procedure under the laws and
j institution Of the State OF Louisiana ~
The moment Gov. Nichols and the
Legislature decline positively, as they
will do, to consider any proposition
looking to reorganization Of the Leg
islature, or to making bargain and
sale OF the Senatorship, the business Of
the Commission will be reduced to the
ascertainment OF the two above men,
toned facts, and they will find that the
Nichols government Is the &c facto
government, and that the only impede
ments to the full, peaceful and undis-
puted exercise OF its authority. under
the laws and constitution Of Louisiana,
are the Federal power and the threaten
ing position of the Federal troops.
These facts ascertained. the Presi-
dent, acting toward Louisiana in the
same spirit In which he dealt with
South Carolina, and with the purpose
Of fulfilling the pledges Of his noble
inaugural, will Immediately remove
ssthe impeachment" withdraw the
troops, and leave Gov. Nichols and
his officials unembarrassed in the dis
charge Of their constitutional and legal
functions.
This, from the moment we recovered
from the disappointment and apprehen-
sion caused by the resolve Of the Presi-
dent to appoint this Commission, is
what we believed 1t was his purpose to
do and what he would do. The DEMO
Graf was the first Southern journal
which called upon the Southern people
TO meet the President half way in his
policy Of peace and Cancellation, and it
was the first paper which. though depre-
eating the appointment Of the Com
mission, and the delays it would cause,
and the vexation and losses it would i'm
pose upon our people. defended the
President, from his standpoint, in
creating 1t.
We know very we'll that there was nc
real necessity for the creation Of this
Commission; we know that had the
President withdrawn the troops from
tle 81. Louis Hotel the morning of his
Inauguration, not life would have been
lost, that throughout this whole State
not drop Of blood would have been
shed, nor an outrage committed. But
we must bear in mind that for ten years
the white people OF Louisiana have hac
no hearing before the American people
while thousands of newspapers, multi
tude OF carpet-bag liars and the officia
utterances Of hostile and infamous
State governments have been bus.
and tireless In the work OF educating
the Northern mind In the belief tina
We are rebels and rufllans, men Of law
less habits and violent purposes. M
h.ve IA doubt that III. HAN, yvho ~