The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
PACKARD AND CHAMBERLAIN.

|south Carolina and this State, made BY
d uthority through the Associated Press
y esterday morning, Ia full OF signif
canoe to our people. The contest In
South Carolina, tho President says. haa
assumed such phase that the whole
army OF the United States would be In.
adequate to enforce the authority Of
Gov. Chamberlain the people there
have refused TO pay taxes, and 1t would
be- useless to sell out their property. as
no one would buy 1t. IL this state Of
fairs continues, tho President says,
the Inevitable result must be the aban.
donment OF oil efforts by Chamberlain
to maintain himself, etc.
Evidently President Grant very fully
and clearly comprehends the situation
In South Carolina, and we are there
fore the more surprised that he ID OF
/ he opinion that there 10 In Louisiana
any spirit OF tolerance toward the
Packard fraud. The President con-
cedes that the Packard government
could only be sustained by the presence
of troops. but assumes that the same
measure OF force would not be required
as In South Carolina. We fear he has
been deceived as to the spirit OF this
people by the cheerful and hopeful
bearing The prospect Of speedy relief,
through tho inauguration OF Tilden,
lead them to assume. The case Is
widely different from what he seems
to think 1t 10. II 1t will require more
than the military power OF the govern.
ment to sustain Chamberlain In South
Carolina, where Is the power that con
compel the people OF this State TO sub.
nit to the Packard governments There
liz not d man. woman or child In Louis
lana who believes that Packard has
any title or claim to be Governor.
There Is not a man among us
who owns u dollars worth OF
property; there Is not man engaged
In business; there ID not IN honest la-
borer earning his bread by tho sweat Of
his brow, who does not believe, nay,
who does not know that Packard and
his advisers are the bitter and relent-
less enemies OF the white people OF
the State, that 1t 10 their pur.
pose, IL put In power, to enact
measures OF persecution; to burthen
property and industry with plum
dering taxation; to foster and build up
to subvert tho political
rights Of the whites and prolong the
reign Of political persecution, profit |
gacy and debauehery. The firm and
deeply rooted opinion OF the great mass |
OF tho people lie that the installation Of
the Packard government means the ruin |
and devastation-th Authorization
Of Louisiana, and they are 40 firmly |
convinced that the full and free re-
cegnition OF the Nichols government
means the revival Of the prosperity OF
the State; the restoration OF confidence
In business and industrial circles, the |
o. Ia blishment OF cordial good will |
between the races and the political
OF the community.
This view OF the situation Ii US clear
to the people of Louisiana as 1t Is to
b hose OF South Carolina, and the people |
Of Louisiana are determined, to the |
death II necessary, to maintain and
protect themselves accordingly. Hither-
to there have been many good and pa
tient men among US who, hoping In
time for redress Of grievances, strong |
ly and In measure effectually opposed |
my extreme or violent measures. They |
discouraged all hostile movements;
they discountenanced tax resisting |
they were even opposed to CHASING the |
thieves and bummers who consti-
tute the leaders OF the Radical
party with the thieves and bummers
who constitute the stock In trade of our |
police courts, and ostracising them all |
socially together; they thought 1t wisest |
TO make fair weather with those who |
had us down with the power and In
clination to rifle our pockets. But this
was before the election OF 1876 had |
developed its wonderful secrets;
before It had shown to the coun-
try that elections do not elect,
and that constitutions. laws and
elec toral tribunals are the instruments
Of fraud and not OF justice.
Now there are no more such |
men in Louisiana. Our people |
are united In the unalterable belief that
the inauguration Of the Packard gov
eminent will be their ruin and they are
and prepared. from Caddo to
the Gulf, to strike down that damnable
fraud, let what power book it that may.
We do not say the people will resist the
federal troops; such course would be
madness; but they would feel that ruin
is their inevitable portion, and 1t Is i'm
possible to predict what men driven to
desperation, hopeless OF justice, will do.
The citizsns-the tax-paying citizens