National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-03-23
THE LOUISIANA CASE.

lneT6 arc eNlucuCeb VI uisostbisSttoh
among the NICHOLS adherents in Louisiana
because the troops have not been with.
drawn. This 10 wrong. The NICHOLS
men can far better afford to await the
pleasure Of the President in this matter
than to have the troops Immediately with.
drawn and q race conflict snsue, which
would undoubtedly be the result Of with.
drswal at present Of the military. The
Presidents wisdom In carefully consider
ing this important question Is no more
commendable than the slow but sure way
in which he IL moving to secure peaceful
and just settlement. Our latest dispatches
say that the people Of Louisiana have had
such implicit confidence In Mr.. HAYES
recent promises TO Immediately withdraw
the troops that the news OF the Cabinets
adverse decision yesterday was received
with condemnation. There 10 really no
cause for this CONSERVATION. Whatever
promise the President has made he will
fulfill at the proper time and In proper
manner. He never yet has made
promise to tho American people
and failed to keep it. His fidelity
to his word has made him popular with
the whole country. He will not deceive
the Southern people. His object is to So.
cure to them justice and peace. His way
Of securing these ends is far better than
the ways Of political schemers OF either
party, and the people must and will sustain
his measures in this direction. For years
past the political horizon Of the South has
been dimmed by lawlessness. violence and
murder. A constant and bloody strife has
been kept up between the races by politi-
cal demagogues, especially In South Caro-.
| lima and Louisiana. This strife continues
To. day the streets Of New Orleans are
crowded with hostile political factions.
One Governor is virtually prisoner in the
State house; the other 10 watching for an
opportunity to seize the place, and thereby
secure control Of The government Both
are determined, and a conflict IL immi.
nent. With this vexatious condition oil
things the Cabinet naturally shrinks from
Withdrawing the military and leaving
these hostile factions to riot and carnage.
II the withdrawal Of the troops could be
made upon an undoubted assurance Of q
peaceful settlement of the question be.
tween the rival factions, that Withdrawal
would. in all probability, be made imme'
diately. But such an assurance Is impos.
sible at present. Neither NICHOLS moi
PACKARD can individually maintain the
peace in New Orleans. Both might, were
they to compromise; but individually they
are powerless. The adherents of ethel
party are unwilling to yield; both are des
perate and determined to secure the su.
premacy. They are armed and equipped
for the conflict which must necessarily
arise as soon as the moral influence Of thu
law. backed by the military, has vanished
The people Of Louisiana can well afford
to await the pleasure of the Administra
ton. whose aim Is to secure justice to al
and peace to the whole country. Tht
commission which the President Is abou
to send into this State will be composed
of men in whom the nation has confidence
and whatever their report shall be viii
probably be sustained by the people. Pa
tience will do Louisiana more good for til,
next four weeks than anything else. By
that time the commission will have decidet
the fate of the rival factions.