The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-22
THE COMMISSION.

IlH AamlNf9ITHBlUu u6B UeyVHa uoMU
determined 10 send a com mission II
South Carolina and Louisiana befor,
taking any decisive steps Ia 1.-THE new
Southern policy" Certainly II woult
have been more satisfactory TO the ooun
try had the President ordered the with
drawal OF the troops without further
delay, and thus left the last vestige d
the Packard fraud TO vanish from th'
public sight. The threatened inva
sion OF this new commission, how
ever, does not seem In the least tt
have weakened the faith OF the people
III the stability Of their government
nor to have, In any considerable OK
tent, disturbed the public mind. In.
deed, II we are to Judge by the transae.
tlons In State securities, and by the
large payments Of taxes yesterday to
the Nichols collectors by some OF the
heaviest taxpayers In the State, we
should coy that the people realized that
the failure Of the Administration on
Monday to recognize the Packard gov.
eminent In any manner, shape or form.
had effectually settled tho business OF
that fraud for all time.
We must bear III mind that the Presi.
dent has difficult duty to perform In
this matter. A truly great man In his
position would have In view only the
paoitieation Of the country and the
triumphant success Of great policy,
and would move forward In his work
with vigor and promptbesa. But the
President is not q great man. He ID
simply sagaeious politician with good
intentions In great matter which 10
antagonized by many OF the ablest and
most powerful leaders OF his party. He
Ia determined to carry cut his Southern
policy, but he has not the courage to
defy or endanger his party; and
in his efforts to carry out the first
and preserve the unity OF the latter, he
has struck upon line Of action which
leads TO discussions, commissions
and delays. That the Nichols
government ID the legal and
only existing government In the
State OF Louisiana. has been positively
determined by the Administration. The
President understands that the Nichols
government IL ~ much the government
of Louisiana as the Robinson govern
ment 10 tho government Of New York.
The commission, we therefore rs
sumo, 10 designed simply TO res
move Packard out of the way. There
IL still d fear In the public mind ut tho
North Of the people OF Louisiana. The
exists that to withdraw
the troops without aifording Packard
and bis pals protection would subject
them to tho murderous fury OF the peo-
pie. who would meroilessly exterminate
them. We do not care to discuss the
Of this apprehension. We
cannot now reverse tho course deter
mined upon by the Administration. and
we presume we must endure what Of In
convenience may result from the delay
It may cause In tho removal of a dis
turbing element from our political and
business interests and affairs.
But while the President and this COM
mission are pursuing their peculiar line
Of action the government OF Louisiana
will 90 on In the vigorous discharge OF
la functions. Complete In all It's de-
partments, executive, Legislative and
reaching every neighborhood
IL the State. recognized by the people
u oil parties and colors, 1t Is as firmly
'ooted In the public heart and conf
lenee as the pines and oaks of our for
'ests are rooted In the soil. The people
recognize 1t and are paying 1t their
axes to the amount OF many thousands
II dollars; the people recognise it and
ire obeying the mandates and pro-
esses Of It's courts, and trusting
heir lives and properties to Its pro-
ectlve arm; the people recognize 1t.
nd Eve thousand disciplined citizen
oldiers are ready to sustain 1t with |
heir best blood. The overthrow OF
uch government is an impossibility: |
0 attempt 1t would be q crime against
rod and man; a folly such as has
eldom shown It's hideous front upon |
he earth. To talk Of dispensing the
yioholls government by an order
rom Washington, or disintegra-
ing it j. through the machina-
Ions OF commission OF poll
lcians and setting up In It's stead |
he st. Louis Hotel fraud, Is idiotic
rivel. Packard and his government,
Mess our people are basely false to
is simply raw head and
loody bones to brighten Carondelet
treet. It may strut in It's squalid
Tory yet week or two through the
lthy corridors Of the st. Louis Hotel.
Ike crazy actor in royal role, but,
or no commission, Its |
areer must now come to speedy end.
It has been surmised that the object