The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-14

The sonihern Situation Abroad. J
From tke London Economist. March Slst.
Mr.. Hayes is placed in peculiarly
pain fufposition., by the appesis which
Packard and Chamberlain are makingto
him. If the "csrpet.bag governments
are the lawful govern ments OF the otases
of South Carolina and Louisiana, ne Is
bound, under the Constitution, TO assist
their executive chiefs in curblng domes
tic violence and securing respect lot Inc
legally chosen authorities. But neither
Mr. HAYES, nor any one else. honestly
believes that, ,Mr.s Packard and Mr..
Cham berlsin are the choice ofthe majority
of the cstizens in the States. OF Louisiana
and South Carolina. 1t is undisputed
that large majorities were gwen TO Mr..
Nichols in the former State and to Zen.
Wade Hampton in the latter. why
then, it may be asked, should not Mr..
Hayes recognize the candidates WIZ
were known to have been supported by
the majority of the electorsY by DONG
so he would etiectually terminate the
dan ger OF civil war as General Grant dlo
when after many hesitations, he recog-
nized one of the conteading claimants
in Arkansas. But, unfortunately, Mr..
Chamberlain, Governor is Of South Caro-
lima, by PRECISELY the same tltle
which makes Mr.. Hayes President OF the
United States. 1t it was proper to strike
out thousands of Democratic votes re-
corded in November last for Mr.. Iilden,
it was iDdisputsbly the right OF the re-
turning boards at the same time and oy
the same authority to diminish the DEM
ocratic majorities actually polled, and to
give Mr.. Packard majority In LOUISE
ana and MIR. Chamberlain majority IN
South Carolina. A decision by the fres,
ident adverse TO the claims OF PACKARD
and Chamber would assert for the
executive power the right "to 90 Denino
the returns" which the commission Of
fifteen refused to admit. But to that
refusal MIR. Hayes owes his sue
cess. These considerations. we have
no doubt, have been pressed
upon the President by the Republicans
of extreme views, who are arerse to sur
rendering the Southern States 10 the
Democrats Yet, at any cost, Mr.. Hayes
is bound TO hold to his pledges. Inc
country is utterly tired-as General
Grant said few weeks ago! sending
troops TO the South to back up Repu6ii-
can State governments which are alto.
gether weak and discredited If Mr..
Packard and Mr.. Chamberlain cannot
stand alone they must make way tor those
who can. Furthermore, there is gem
| eral desire to see whether the Southern
whites are, in fact, as black rs they have
been painted; whether, il they obtain the
control of the State governments OF Louis
lana and South Carolina, they will cruel
ly prosecute the negroes and crattlly re,
introduce slavery in slighIly-dlsgulsed
form. These are the assertions OF IAN
at,csl and partisan Republicans In the
North, who know nothing of the actual
condition of the South, but they will
credence with many until they have been
disproved by experier ce. The President
will probably be compelled to decide one
WAY or Other bs'ore long; for the double
,oyerI ments" cannot exist without lead
ing to a deadlock or collision, to re-
tusal TO pay taxes or resistance to execu-
tive orders.