The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-03-23
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.

Immediately after the war there was
some show of excuse for Federal inter
ference in the local affairs of the States
lately in armed opposition to the ma
tional authority But for the last nine
or ten years there has been not the
slightest cause for it, and whenever it
has been DONE no matter what the
alleged cause, the real motive was the
waning influence of the dominant
party, and the object the perpetuity Of
its rule here As fast as the negro was
made acquainted with the real situation
and his relation to it, together with his
interest in the local government under
which he lived, his fealty to the ReTub-
licap party waned When the capt.
waiting delusion Of forty acres Of land
and mule was well understood by
him to be only delusion he became
FESTIVE under the new master be-
queathed him by the war, and OBJECTIONS
became alarmingly frequent; SO much
80, indeed, that several of the Southern
States became democratic in spite Of
the disfranchisemen of the intelligence
and worth, represented by the property
holders and taxpayers. Immediately
the national government became
alarmed, and regiment after regiment
followed each other to the South, and
the result was that Federal influence
pervaded the State governments, and
interlered with their most trivial affairs.
The resounding oath taken by all the
presidents to maintain republican
form in all the States, was shamelessly
disregarded, and military governors,
sherils and marshols sprang up every
where, and who drew inspiration, not
from the necessities Of the people or the
purposes of good government but
directly from the president, who has
always been only the official head of
the Republican party, and not the chief
magistrate of the nation
1t is high time, that tho national
policy should change. The people
must be permitted to run their local
State governments in their own way,
so long as that way does not
cross the hawse of the constitution.
The military character of the federal
supervision of the South must be done
away with, decency, and every other
consideration involved, demands this,
and Mr.. Hayes must do it, or be writ
ten down an cgregious ass by history,
for all time, He must also get rid OF
the commission and committee" idea.
The late step--sending commission
to Louisiana, instead Of adopting the
hands Off policy, was u great hlunder
and although, the commission may
retain Nichols, yet the principle is
wrong and besides, it is nearly certain
that it will follow the illustrious exam.
pie of the national commission 1t
would be strange indeed, if it did not.
In that event serious wrong will have
been done, and the day of the redemp.
ton Of great State from woes almost
intolerNble, indefinitely deferred
An honest commission, unguided by
executive interference, impartial and
non-partisan, delving about among those
returning board reports and memoran
dums, may not be a safe thing for Mr.
Hayes; will not be, indeed, and we car
hardly grasp the idea that Hayes i.
great enough to court that investigation
into his own right that was, for sufficient
reasons, denied by the electoral com
mission. Still it is barely possible thai
such is the case, and we stand ready tC
do full justice when the time comes
The sending of the commission is
sinister circumstance, and the well
wishers of the president in the Soutl
will regret it, and all conservative inAu
ences will be rolled up AMI laid away
until the report is made, and this, il
and of itself, will be grave evil tc
Louisiana at this particular juncture il
her history.