Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-03-23
NOT so FIRM.
A COMMISSION TO GO TO LOUISIANA-DIS-
APPOINTMENT OF THE SOUTHERN REP
RESENTATIVES-A RUNNING SKETCH
OF i WEEKS NEWS IN WASHINGTON.

OF i WEEKS NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
&C. &C. sc.
On Wednesday, the President decided not
20 withdraw the troops from LOUISIANA,
out to preserve the stdta quo until a COM
mission could be sent there headed by vice.
p esident Wheeler, and not to take any &C
ion whatever until the report of this COM
mission is received. Judge Davis and Roger
A. Pryor are the ouly two other persons
named in connection with the commission.
Eyarts, Key and Schurz are the members
Of the Cabinet who urged the immediate
.eGoval OF the troops. aud the latter still
assures Senator Lamar that he "hOpes'
The policy of che Administration will be ac-
ceptaDia to the South. Gen. Butler, Of :
g., telegraphs Wade Hampton that eli
looks like another game OF s to T." Tn,
handing over of Louisiana to Kellogg b
the Commission, headed by Wheeler, II
n, is not just now an encouraging /,
collect ion. Tlh following general news OF
The week is interesting:
HE CONFIRMATION OF f RED. DOUGLAS.
The appointment by Presid mt Hayes Of
FIR ederick Douglass, a negro, as U. S.
Marshal for the District Of Col umbla, was
confirmed, after some debate in the Senate,
Saturday. A remon STRANGE, by the bar of
Washington, against his confirmation was
presented by Senator Whyte, of Md.
Mr.. Whyte, in presenting thee remon-
STRANGE, sad he did it as an act OF justice
TO his legal brothers of the District. and as
it was {. matter iii which they were so
deeply concerned he thought that their
views We're entitled to some recognition.
We said he had no luminosity toward
Mr.. DOUGLAS on account of his color,
and the people of Maryland knew he
was incapable Of any such feeling as
race prejudice. He had d respect fer
the learning and ability Of Frederick
Douglass, and because Of his Mary
land origin he felt pride in the name he
had made for himself. He thought it no
more than right that Mr.. Douglass should
have recognition from the admlnistra-
ton, and he would most cheerfully give his
vote to confirm him for any place for which
he was fitted.
Mr.. Morton ridiculed the protest of the
Bar Association, and said it was rldicu
Ious attempt to exalt the Importance of an
office which every one knew involved the
performance Of precisely the same duties
as those which pertain to the office of a
county sheriff.
Mr.. Blaine said he had known Frederick
Douglass for twenty years, he had invited
him to his house and treated him as an
equal when to do so was almost y crime.
He had a warm admiration for his abilities
and his attainments. He believed that he
was perfectly competent to fill the office of
Marshall of this District, and ne knew that
he WAS the equal in every respect OF any
of those who had filled it for the last twenty
years.
MIR Conkling also paid high tribute to
the character and abilities of Douglass,
and declared his belief in his competency.
He also referred to the social duties here
tofore performed by the Marshal at the
White House, and said it did not make
one particle of difference whether the in
Productions were made by white man, a
black man. d red man, or a yellow man.
Gen. Morgan, Of Alabama. said chat he
also thought it ridiculous to say that Fred
erlck Douglas could not administer the
duties Of an office which was similar to
that of the sheriff of a county. Ii he should
go home and tell the colored people of his
State that he had voted against Douglas
for this reason they would laugh at him.
He intended in AL his public acts to show
that he felt himself the representative alike
of the white and of the black people Of his
State. AS a Tllden and Il ndrlckS eltctOr
he had received thousands Of votes from
the colored men Of Al .uanla. TheS- black
men had thus shown their confidence in
him, and he attended to let them see tn It
1t was not misplaced. He gave a sincere
acquiescence i'll all the constitutional
and lie knew no difference
between the white and the black man in all
The rights, privileges and immuniJioS Of the
citizen.
When the vote was taken on the IN.
firmatioh OF Mr.. Douglass there were 80 for
ami II against hlm. Four democra IS vo-
ted in the aiiirmative-Ben Hill Garland,
Jones, of Florida, and Morgan. About
fifteen democratic Senators RETAINED from
voting. Mr.. Lamar Was not present, but
had he been in the Senate at the time 1t Is
he would have voted iii the af
lirmative. There were also two republican
Senators who refrained from voting.
WHAT SOME PUBLIC MEN, INTERVIEWED
BY THE RICHMOND ''ENQUIRER," THINK.
Gov. K mper expires ed himself as fol-
lows:
The Conservative party of Virginia and
;he SJuth, ought to preserve It's org sniz.-
Jon unbroken. Its position is one Of arm
I'd neutrality, It. pol cy-at presents M is
jerly Inactivity. 1t ought to stand ready
20 support Mr.. Hayes i'll all that is right,
and to oppose him in all that is wrong.
Gen. w Ell. T. Lee had not fully made
Up his mind on the subject. Mr.. Hayes
lad promised much, but performed little.
at the first blush, Mr.. Hayes Southern
,olicy, as vie :, ed from a Republican stand
point, promised to be a lb1l al one, and so
ar as it applies to the local governments
If the South should be met in the spirit in
which it is offered He is doubtful of the
success OF Mr.. Hayes policy, as he believes
that the Republican party will not sustain
him in any mild or conclliatory measures
towards the South.
Senator Daniel said Mr. Hayes was not
the de jure, but he was the de factc Presi-
dent, and as such his authority should be
his good acts applauded and his
bad ones denounced. His installation was
the darkest and most revolving crime of
the age, and could not be condOned. If
Mr.. Hayes firmly carried out the policy in
Dictated by his cabinet appointments, re-
laxed the iron-grip of the bay0net from it's
hold on the South, and madea clean sweep
Of the corrupt adve .turers who had been
put in office, he would enttle himself to
the communication Of all patriots. But
any attempt to build up a party by mere
gifts Of office should and would prove flu
tile, as he did not believe that the South
ern people could degrade themselves SO low
as to abandon principle for patronage.
The Democratic party possessed every
element OF success but courage, If its So
called leaders had led it instead of bending
before the DULLES of the Republican party,
Tilden would now be in the White House.
And now, if the people who have been out
ragged and despolled would stand firm and
sterply maintain their convictions and de-
mand their rights they would in two years
gain the Senate, send an overwhelming
majority into the House OF Representa-
tives, and in four years elect some bold
and brave leader to the presidential chair
Gen, W, B. Taliaferro, chairman Of the