Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-04-12
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st MAKY'S BEACON
THURSDAY morning.. Apzifs2,h, Is.7.
LEoSARDTowx, ND.

THE SirvAgToS.-There is a "hitch"
N the prsg,smme Of South Carolina
seIyersnce, the removal OF the troops
tethe eoasrary notwithstanding. Cham
herlain, acting upon the advice of ultra
1spubiieans a, the North, having de-
tsrnised TO :hold Lac FORT" an spits Of
late promises TO the President, and to ex-
haust all legal defenees that may be
teend available to Proerastinate his in
evisable surrender. This act Of bad
bith Is q diversion to einbarrass HAYES
and provoke Hampton into some vio-
lent action and is expected merely 10
hesp open the sores Of sectional hate .
while longer to serve the exigencies Of
vlirs sradicalism At the North. The
SosiA~rn carpet-baggrrs and their North
svs slles go IN the last ditch and We
believe they would be satisfied to die
and 70 b done with Il, provided they
could involve Hayes in one common
ruia with themselses. They appear II
sesse 10 be fighting less for victory than
Tor vengeance on the raan they accuse Of
bstrsying them and IN " hose behalf they
ssole from Tilden the presidency. The
Conservatives Of Louisiana evidently
consider Themselves masters Of the situa-
ten. They positively decline at present
u eater inte any bargains with the Adj
visory Commission, now working in
New Orleans. and insi list upon the with
dnwal Of the troops as a preliminary
condition to any negotiation on their
part. They appear to US certainly to
eccuPy high vantage ground. The Com
mission is evidently playing for COM
premise. II will readily enough sur
BENDER Packard. He 10 a dead duck"
uneer sil possible arrangements, but he
viii Be held On 10, nevertheless. as
9piaf 6eYpssi from which to nsgo.iate
tos one or more United States Sena-
tors. Be this as it may, tits certain that
the Commission insists upon the rcor-
ganization OF the Legislature upon the
basis Of returning board members as a
sfas gsa ron to the recognition Of Mich
eab. Thus there is a Temporary dead
lock, unless one or the ether SIDE Yields
Ses preliminary conditions. Now, the
democrats have a majority of returning
board members in the Senate but lack
seven Of having majority Of returning
board members in the House. But
Sssertion from the Packard side OF the
Legislature 10 the Nichols body Is
not infrequeEs, aad It IS believed by
Conservatives that they have but to
watch and wait short time longer TO
absorb enough of Packard's returning
board members TO give them a working
majority in both branches Of the legis.
lsture. Besides this, Congress may be
depended on at lis coming SKINNER
meeting to lay down a sine qXa nsa, also,
unless the troops are Withdrawn from
ne support Of Packard before. Indeed,
their withdrawal is now a question of
days merely, and as out they 60 down
goes Packard. This Is admitted on all
corners and even by Packard himself.
Therefore. putting this and that togeth-
er. the plain policy of the Louisiana
Conservatives appear, to us to be, to
make haste slowly, to treat the Com
mission with the highest possible eour-
srsy. take them to Guadroon Balls. wine
80 east them of the best-and trust
them IN nothing.