Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-04-12
(CosspPondence Of the Beseon.)
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(Co9opPondence OF the Bescon.)
WAsHrsel os. D. c.. Aprila laz7.
Veg fe~ private dspasches lke
Ebes6 seceive1 by members offbe ~
min1 Fahen from New Oriesn4 See
|tbs 1fsssu1 1F1ke Commission. 81 shoue
are-not ofa-chsrscter to give n u -
enlargement for the success Of the plan
to bring Nienolls and Packard together
by some kind OF q compromise agree
ment. The attitude assumed by Psek-
ard and the arrogance he displays leads
some of the Presidents" advisers to
believe that Packard musxshase hesn in
correspondence with Northern repubIi-
cans Of Me extreme type and that Pack-
ard - saiy folDring out. tkeis prompt
ines- The radical polticiaas do mot
care 50 much ior Packard - hey do to
retain possession Of the Senate, and Il
is therefore important to them that re-
publican and not democratic Senator'S
be admitted from Louisiana. If tiny
could possibly BY any Mind Of "thimble
ring juggling" secure the two Senators
the throwing overheard Of Packard would
be thing Of buta moment. =.
The dispatches oflast Saturday show
ing q change Of policy by Chamberlain
created considerable sensation in polit-
ical circles here. The Administrators
is considerably embarrassed At the war;
like attitude Of Chsmberiain, as il was
the first intimation that he would not
carry out the conduct that he. indicated
10 the "Paesidenf' ,ast. week. II is
pretty generally coacedsd that when
Hampton serves the civil process upon
him which Gusts him. the Administers
ton viii indicate to Mr.. Chamberlain in
. very positive manner tb.t he must re.
tire or take tie consequences.
Dispatches received here to-day re-
port the Commissioners giving their en-
lire time 10 the business before-them,
end are accepting very little of the So
cial attentions which are rendered them.
In all their interviews with Nichols,
they hold firmly to the principal object
of their mission--the con. olidation of
the two Legislatures-and although not
meeting With the least encouragement,
they are not disposed to abandon The
scheme. Packard's crowd have made
dead set on the Commission. They
lay great stress upon the legal points of
their case. Yarmouth told the "col-
or"d" members that the jig was up and
they had better make the best terms
they could, which advice they will in
all probability heed.
The problem here now with the Cab
met is the course to be taken after the
soldiers leave the STATE Houses. The
removal ofthe troops simply leaves mat
tiers where their interference found
them and must be taken up just there
and followed out on the tangled, end
less line inaugurated in the Southern
policy Of Mr.. Hayes, which it is need
less to say is some hat in confused
and unsettled state at present.
David Dudley Field is out in pam
Phlet and says: Neither Congress nor
the electoral tribunal could give an hon.
est title without investigating the hon.
esty of the transactions on which the
title j. founded: and yet President
has been installed in the face OF offers
to prove frauds, the grossest, the most
shameless and the most corrupt in all
our history. 1t is surmised here that
this pamphlet is issued in an introduce
tory manner in order to pave the way
for the proceedings in "quo warranso."
DEMocRlrEs,