The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-03

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Er. HAYEs's title to the presidency ought
no. 10 be compared to PAcKaRp's title TO
fhe soysrnorship Of Louisiana. The two
titles arc not the same as to validity, ana IL
argues but a poorappreciation OF the suher-
ing condition OF the people OF Louisiana
Tor any southern man to hold mp 10 Mf.
HAYES that he cannot recognize NICHOLAS
withon. confessing that his own title 70 inc
Office of President IL defective. Mr.. HAYES
title.was declared to be good oy Tue TWO
houses of the Congress OF the oai'e"
st,,es. in Joint convention assembled.
Those bodies being designated by Tue
Constitution as the ones having
exclusive authority 10 decide Tue 4"es'
.;o, !, would seem that Mr.. HAYES $
-;t,e to the presidency, however bad II
mich, have been the day after the NoVem-
her election, or the day after the various
electoral colleges met, ia now rs good as II
no had been the choice Of majority OF the
VOTERS. His title has been "healed," so 10
sneak. at any rate. as patriot, he ought
20 dismiss from his mind all thoughts as to
his own title when he comes to decide the
Louisiana question. He should get out OF
himself and look only to the welfare OF the
people OF that State and Of the whole country
In order to make PAcKARD's title as good as
his. il would be necessary, first, that there
should be Legislature whose authority was
universally recognized III Louisiana, as that
of Congress in the matter OF the presidency
IL recognized by nj! parties and persons IN
the Union. Secondly, that that Legislature
should provide by law means OF quietlng
tho title to the governorshir, Just IN Con-
cress provided by law means OF quoting
the title TO the presidency; and thirdly.
that in tho manner prescribed by that
law PACKARD should be declared the
lawiul Governor. When these three
CONTINGENCIES shall have happened, then
will PACKAEp'S title to the governorShlp OIL
Louisiana be similar to Sir. HAYEs's title to
the presidency. The unirersalacquiescence
OF the people OF the United States has per.
fected Mr.. HAyEs'S title. The universal ae-
onie>ce7ce OF the people OF Louisana viii
never perfect PACKARD's title. He Is
usurper. lie will never be aught else, un'
less Mr.. HAYEs's bavoncts shall make him &
satrap of a monarch at Washington.
In the history of the mother country We
can find recorded number OF cases in
which the rightful King OF England was
d!Spossessed Of his crown, and a merely
lawful King took possession OF it. The
rightdul King was compelled to yield to 4
King merely lawiul-a King de jure TO Z
King de facio. The best example for pur.
poses OF illustration was that OF WILLIAM
Ill, or WILLIAM and MARY. There is lie
doubt in the world that the title to the
throne was vested in JAMES ii. lie was the
rightiul King OF England. lie Was the
only person who could lawfully or right.
fully be King under the Constitution OF that
country, Yet he died an exile, and neither
he nor his rishtiul heir was ever able
to resume the crown TO which he was
undoubtedly entitled and which he once
wore. 1t must be conceded, however,
that the title of WILLIAM and MARY and that
Of Queen ANNE were good enough, and that
even the house OF Hanover succeeded to o
perfect one. AS in the case of MIR. HAYES
Congress "healed his title, so in the case
Of WILLIAM and NJ AIRY Parliament "healed"
their title. In Mr.. HAYEs's case, however,
there was no doubt OF the right and
power OF Congress to provide means
OF quoting the title to the presidency,
whereas there was much reason to doubt
whether Parliament had the power to "heal'
the title of WILLIAM and MARY.
Let Mr.. HAYES, therefore, lose sight Of him
self entirely, and decide the Louisiana ques-
ton upon its merits. The people Of Louisiana
arc as fully determined not to allow PACK
ARD to rule over them as the people Of Eng
land were in 1888 that King JAMES should
not rule over them; and the people Of LOU
isiana are also as fully determined that
NICHOLS shall be their Governor as the
people OF England were in 1858 that WILL
LIAM and MARY should be their king and
queen.
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