The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-23
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| White House Of the "Old man. upor
| whom they were wont to rely In ever,
emergency-the "Old Man" OF irof
nerve and unfiinching resolution, who
except during the last two months o.
his administration, was always ready
and prompt to come to theil
rescue with the bayonets OF the
Federal army But tho haleyon days
OF Grantism are over, and the carpet.
baggers OF the South are beginning TIC
understand that they fought, bled and
died In vain in their successful struggle
TO place In the White House Hayes. a
man who 10 them was Hobson's choice,
but who, 30 soon as he reached the goal
for which they were ell contending,
| fastened to kick aside the dirty ladder
/ upon which he rose to power, and is
now seeking the least troublesome and
disgraeeful mode of escape from the
obligations which party fealty and com
mon gratitude seemed to impose upon
him.
The Kellogg government was Installed
In power by bold and reselute ma
neuver similar to the coup d'etat OF
Napoleon I'LL, and was no sooner In
possession of the reins OF power than 1t
FASTENED to strengthen itself ut every
point. paying little heed to the olamors
Of its opponents. The de jure MoEnery
government, finding itself displaced
and impotent to enforce Its authority,
fn IL. Il ~ Wa sYv fn
supplcate Mr.. Grant and his Cabinet
to send to this city O commission OF
"eminent citizens" or Congressional
committee, TO Investigate and report
tho true condition OF affairs. They
were gratified Ia this mild re-
quest. took exceeding comfort and
returned home. In the meantime, Kel.
logg was conducting the government in
his Enthusiastically easy and reckless
style, caring little whether he had
legal Legislature or not. and we all
know how little our protests and reso4
lutions ut public meetings availed
against the boldness and vigor did,
played by our adversaries.
N6Ws UUtts
The legal government of the people is
In full possession of oil of the elements
Of governmental power; 1t is an estab-
lisbed institution. and the gates ofhell"
itself cannot prevail against 1t. The
Nichols government Ia in the same po-
sition in which the Kellogg government
stood four years ago. with what In those
days Of contempt for law. justice and
constitutional methods we may be per-
mitted TO call the tritling difference that
the former was really elected by the
people, while the latter had its origin in
q corrupt decree Of debauehed and de-
graded court. Moreover the Nichols
government Is perfectly able to main
tain itself without the aid of Federal
troops, and asks no fayors Of the Ma
tional Government, or OF any commits
sion IL may be pleased to send here. It
Is the Packard eonspirators who. failing
to secure the recognition OF this
noisome claimant, who 10 rapidly be-
coming o stencil in the nostrils of the
people, have been clamoring for delay
In the withdrawal Of the troops and beg
ging for some such action OIL the part of
the Administration as would encourage
their rank and file to hold together .
while longer, and give them an oppor-
tunity to bid for compromise Of some
kind. Well, Mr.. Hayes has yielded to |
their opportunities 80 far as to promise |
10 send here commission of political |
big wigs, who will BIO expected to go |
through the patented process Of inves-
5igating the Louisiana case" which |
bids fair TO enjoy longevity equal to
hat of the famous case OF Jarndyce vs..
Jarndyce, but whose real purpose, as
We happen to know, will soon manifest
Itself in the removal Of the Claimant
rom the field OF his present fruitless
md ridiculous labors.
No one knows better than Packard
hat he has nothing to hope for from
his commission In the way OF recogni-
ion as Governor, but he also knows
hat he has succeeded In making of
himself an enormous bete noire to the
administration, and that he Is in posi-
ion to demand fat Federal Office In
OF his abandonment of his
claims. Such an office.
70 are inclined to think, he will secure
he promise Of from the commission,
'ut what Is to become Of the henchmen
nd strikers and dupes whom he has
,ept around him by repeated assurances
( impending recognition That ques-
ion will probably give the High Joint
commission more worry than any other,
nd We venture to predict that the emil
ent commissioners, who will arrive
ere swelling with the notion that they
ave a mighty and patriotic work of
onciliation to perform. will, soon after
heir arrival, discover the humiliating