The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

W WASHINGTON, d. c. April ~. lS;.
SlR-Pror 10 my entering upon the duties Of the
Presidency there had been stationed. by order Of
my predecessor. in the immediate vicinity of the.
building used as State House in New Orleans
louisiana and known as the Mechanics Institute
a detachment OF United States infantry Finding
them i'll that place have thought proper to DELAY
Il decision of the question OF their removal until
could determine whether the condition Of affairs
is now such as to either require or Justify the
tnucd military Intervention OF the National GOV
eminent OF the State In my opinion there does
not exist III Louisiana such domestic violence as is
contemplated by the Constitution as the ground
upon which the military power of the National
Government may be invoked Tor the defence OF
the state The disputes which exist rs to the right
of certain claimants TO the Chief Executive Office
OF that State To be settled and determined moi
by the Executive OF the nitcd States but hy such
orderly and peaceablc methods a. may be provided
by the Constitution and laws Of The State Having
the assurance that no resort 10 violence is cuItcm
plated, but. on the contrary. the disputes in ulrS
ton are to be settled by peaceful methods under
and in accordance with the law. deem il proper
10 take action IN accordance with the principles
announced when | entered upon the duties of the
Presidency. You are therefore directed to see hat
the proper orders are issued for the removal Of said
troops. al an early day from their present position
to such regular barracks, i'll the vicinity. us HAY
be selected for their occupation.
tsignedl RIB. HAYES.
10 Hon George W McCrlry. Secretary Of War,
NEW ORLEANS. April DIST. The dis
Indignation of the Packard Government
was completed to-day The last diving
struggle took place in a final caucus held
in the State House this morning. Pack
ard begged his followers not to desert to
the enemy, but the Presidents order for
the withdrawal OF the troops opened the
eyes of the ignorant negro members of his
Legislature, who had been deceived all
along by Packard's assertions that he
would force Hayes to recognize HIM War
mouth argued that it was folly to prolong
on the rolls of Nichols Legislature to 90
over at once. He left the hall and march
ed out OF the building, followed by all the
members but six who have Il right to
seats in the consolidated Legislature. As
the party marched along the streets a
large crowd congregated and escorted
them to odd Fellows Hall, gathering re-
endorsements continually until there were
over one thousand men in the procession.
In the Nichols Legislature, at o'clock,
great excitement prevailed. The Repub-
lican members dropped in one by one
during the morning, and at 23O p. NJ.
loud cries from without indicated some
thing unusual, and there was great com
motion all over the house. 4 deatenino
shout arose as the tall form of cx-Gov.
Warmoth moved up the central aisle.
When silence was restored Warmoth said
Mr. Speaker ! appear here with a
number of my colleagues for the purpose
Of taking our seats in the House In Il
caucus of Senators and Representatives
resolutions were adopted that it was use
less to further continue the controversy.
We have no apologies to make, we have
been whipped in The battle, but have at
least preserved our self-respect in an
honorable contest, and are prepared nov
to offer our allegiance to the only existing
Government, and to fairly cooperate in
anything which may be suggested.
y. III. Brewster of Ouachita. returned
by the Board, in resigning his claim to a
seat, said that there is not one principle
that he had advocated in ten years which |
had not been embodied by the Demo
cratic party, and he hoped that if it was
sincere the scenes in Ouachita last autumn |
will never be reenacted. The Republi-
can party had elected the President, and |
had compelled the Democrats to adopt |
Republican principles. He thought this |
was glory enough.
Johnson Of De Soto, a Returning Board
in a short speech, said: 'All |
say is, just give johnson his mileage and
let him go home. Elect your best man.
Don't elect a man who will trade off the |
Democratic party like the Republican
party was traded off. | want what is due
me, and then | am prepared TO follow any
man of honesty and ability"
Henry Blair (colored) of Morehouse said
he stood by the Republican ship a slong
as it was in sight, but us it had entirely
from sight he wished to ten
der his resignation, and hoped that when
he returned home his constituents would
rejoice that he had not done any more
harm than he had done. He had believed
that he was right, and that he was con