Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-06
GOVERNOR rAcKARD AND PREsI.
DENT HAYES.

poNrthot A@1s VIZ AsssoA w
President Hayes. to DO found in our
tolsgraphic columns to-day. Is N i'm
poftant public document. and will form
IN essential part Of the history OF this
country. II 10 open. manly. and TO the
point. A tings Of ~discourtssy may be
discovered In Packard's allusion to the
fact that President Hayes' title rests
upon the same bssis as his own. But
1t must be remembered that this man
who was honestly elected Governor Of
Louisiana. has been bsdgsrsd and o
RED nigh unto death. since the election.
lie has fought his battle nobly for the
rights. not only Of himself. but Of hu-
mainly: and IL is no wonder that now.
when the crisis in his eight 10 at hand.he
appeals to the President In language
strong enough to DO felt. II Is no WON
der that, outraged As be has been. be
forgels for the moment what p~olitsnsss
dictates. and forces into prominent no
tiee tho important fact that IL he Is a
usnrper. President Hayes has himself
no valid title to the scat which be ILLS.
This Louisiana question cannot be
settled 40 easily a. that OF South Caro-
lima. The entire nation 10 satisfied With
the Presidents action in the case OF
Hampton. Republicans. while they
would prefer to see Chamberlain Gov
srnor. stand by the President in his
euunciation Of the grand old principle
Of non-interierence in the local affairs
o, a State. Governor Hampton asked
nothing out OF reason. according . the
well.known views OF the Administration.
when no demanded the withdrawal Of
UniteJ States troops from the State
House In Columbia. lie simply said to
this Government : $50 long As your
soldiers are in the State House, I cannot
enter without committing treason. Ny
Courts arc powerlsss against your bayo-
nets" The bayonsts are to DO with.
drawn. aud Wade Hampton will euter
upon the performance Of his duties now
without opposition.
President Hayes. in ordering the with
drawal OF the troops. did not eompro'
mise himself in the least /; but by pur-
suiu. a similar course in LouiaianA he
will most certainly compromise himself.
Governor Packard says: "HavinG 70
ceiy.L several hundred more votes than
some OF tho Republican Presidential
electors. I did not anticipate that my
title would thus be put in question
That sentence sums up the whole Louis
lana question in a nut shell. Mr.. Pack.
ash has the vantage ground. He can
say TO the President. as he does. ell 1
am not tho legal Governor OF Louisiana,
you are no, the legal President Of the
United States. What are you going to
do about 1t
We have firm faith In the wisdom. aud
especially in the Judgment Of President
Hayes. We believe that when he was
inau,uratei he honestly thought that hs
was fairly elected President Of these
United States. Believing this. he must.
M n logical consequence. believe that
Packard was elected Governor OF Louis
lana. The Commission which he has
sent TO that State Is intended to act as a
kind Of mediator ; to try. II possible. to
make a compromise between Packard
and Nichols. II this plan fails. Presi-
dent Hayes. II NO have studied his ehar'
actsr to any purpose. will stand firmly
ON principle. He will recognize Pack
ard, NJ he should do. continue to give
him all the aid which he requires In the
form Of military support. and then. IL
the educated aud wealthy c~itizsna' Of
Louisiana, who arc said to support
Nichols, SEQ fit to attempt to take the
State House from him by force, they
will be guilty Of high treason. They
have tried that little game once before.
Let them try II again. II they dare. The
next thrashing viii DO effective.