The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-18
WHAT GOOD FAITH REQUIRES.

Our latest information from W asni.b
.on noints to the early PRONUNCIATION by
the War Department Of on order Tor tne
withdrawal OF the Federal troops In TINS
city to their appropriate quarters. The
presence OF some OF these troops In tae
immediate vicinity Of the Ut. Louis
Hotel, Is certainly construed by Q great
many people as taoit approval by the
Federal Executive Of the stoiid obsti-
Macy displayed by our alien Claimant In
asserting his absurd gubernatorial pre-
aensions, Personally. we have little
affection to the presence OF these troops
An any part of the city or State; from our
Doint OF view Of the political situation.
ID makes little difference where they
ARE stationed. We know that no pur-
pose Of Mr.. Hayes Is so firmly ana
irreyocably formed az that 81, allowing
Tho rival governments Id Louisiana and
gonth Carolina to stand upon their own
bottom. free from any interference on
The mart OF the Federal Government;
but At the same time, we fully realize
that q large number Of the people OF
this State and city consider the pres
nnce of the troops In the heart or the
city AZ a covert menace to the NICHOLS
government, and that they will not
mo entirely satisfied Of the sincerity OF
Mr.. HAYES promises until Packard is
deprived OF the countenance which they
rsrard as implied by the presence OF
Federal troops In the neighborhoed OF
mis- stronghold. This feeling we cannot
nut consider unreasonable: it Is only
justified, II OF all, by the fact that we
have been so often deceived In the past
nv false promises that were never in
aended to be kept; but 1t certainly ex-
ssts and must be taken into account in
anv intelligent study Of the moral
causes affecting the status OF the
Nichols government In Its rela-
ATOMS with the men who control
ahe business and financial operations
Of the State. We. therefore, bail with
great satisfaction and as on augury OF
the speedy removal OF all distrust and
annreheus sion from the minds OF the
Business community, the announcement
that The Federal troops will soon be
withdrawn to their quarters, and thus
she last prop be taken away from the
already fast crumbling Packard edifice.
Such action on the part OF the Fed
eral government is no more than we
have d perfect right TO demand, without
mourning any obligations towards that
government other than such as are I'M
posed upon every other State OF the
Union by the Constitution Of the nited
States, and which grow out OF the allie
viance due from every member Of the
Federal Union to the central govern
ment. But the position In which We
and ourselves Is so peculiarly abnormal
that we may safely forego. without
sacrifice of pride, the assertion OF ou'
strict rights OF sovereignty. and pru
IDENTIFY offer, in consideration OF tn
kindly feelings manifested towards u
NV the Federal Executive, to ielinquisl
certain attributes Of lf-governmen'
aud make some concessions ana en-
parements in the interest OF peace, OF
der AMI a harmonious adjustment
Abe olitical feuds which have agitate
shis State for so many years. .-
The pretensions Of Packard to tn
office OF Governor and his persisten
efforts to organize the machinery {
STATE gov rnment, feeble and ridiculou
M they arr, constitute daily menac
Is lie good order which must be mali
fained ii Louisiana; he and his co-cor
srirators may properly be regarded q
aisturbers Of the Ieaoe, and strict Jul
s I'm would seem 10 require thai they I
arrested and dealt with according
III 49, ana stripped Of that pow
81 60 evll with which the r
ss,Iiar political completeness
rhioh ne are involved have ciotnt
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