The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-28
PUBLIC OPINION.
1vhas the Papers Think of the New
seuthsra Commission.
ssorfolL vireinisn, Dsm.s

Mt onae withdraw the Federal troops,
lie may avert a collision II he TAILS to
10 this. Gov, Nichols will be Justified
In doing his duty. let the consequences
fall where they may.
New York Evening Post Rsp.D
According 10 the Presidents policy
there il nothjnp for the Federal admin
sstration to do but TO get out OF the
Htataa III Louisiana and South Carolina.
III Ia In those States. 80 far as local
affairs are concerned, emily by ana
through The soldiers Of the United
States Let the. soldiers be Withdrawn
and the desired end is accomplished.
The Presidents plan IL exeeuted.
Hooner OF lasrx this course must be
taken the @safes must be left TO them
selves. why not take 1T nowY Delay
makes the course no easier to take.
H.. Lsuls Times Bend
III Mr., Hayes had fulfilled his prom.
ises 10 the oppressed States. he would
have had no difficulty in carrying into
effect q policy OF civil service reform,
sttpposing him to have really intended
III, The Democrats would have supper
ted him against all the reuges and ring
STEERS, But when he surrendered one
wing, be must have expected che other
to be whipped.
". Y. World, Demo
The scheme proposed after days Of In
cubation by President Hayes for settling
with the affairs OF Louisiana will be
greeted general derision and disgust, Ii
would be cunning IL u were not sliiy.
He proposes to send commission
Through the State Of Louisiana TO in
vestipate the condition OF public feel.
ing and report TO him the. result OF
ita observations. After this 1t is
To lie In his power either to accept or TO
reject its recommendations, II 1t should
make any. for a compromise. or to refer
the whole subject anew TO Congress-. In
the meanwhile Louisiana Ia TO be left In
q state OF anarchy, With the Federal
soldiers unlawfully occupied as police
men In preserving sort OF armed truce
between the claimants" to the govern"
ment.
New York Herald. lnd.i
OF what use OF authority, or force. or
coneeuience. Ia a commission Boards
are screens" said Jeremy Bentham. Is
there something TO be hidden then :
One thing the President may depend
upon--when he sends communication
90 Louisiana he pleases every aema-
uoeue who hopes to keep the Southern
question open for another four years,
and he disappoints every man. who
wants TO see the country back safe UNI
der the shelter OF the constitution.
toineinnsh Enquirer, penAl
Another Commission sent out. It
uoes to investigate the grasshoppers.
The name Of Packard appears among
the Commissioners, but 1t is he OF the
Naturalist newspaper. Ii ought to be
Stephen b., for his associations. have
necessarily acquainted him with the
n AZ .9axy n d vyu fsfn al
cuHseH." and he ought TO know by anal
ogy all about the dry, high.elbowed
rrigs that leap In summer grass"
Ilsaleigh News, Ds,n.l
The Commission can certainly find
out nothing that has not already been
aseertained. The prolongation OF the
status quo ia but another name for
anarchy. The latest struggle Of the
President is the invitation extended to
the RIVAL Governor OF South Carolina
TO visit Washington and confer
with the Cabinet. Whether the Presi.
dent so intends ib or not. this course Ia
exactly what the earpet.baggers desire.
BY delaying decisive, Anal action, he
plays directly into their hands, as 1t
gives Packard and Chamberlain the
revolution. The patience OF the people
of South Carolina and Louisiana must
be we'll nigh exhausted by this time. but
we are confident that Hampton and
Nichols can keep them within bounds
vet q little while longer, until this new
shuttle OF the cards IL ended.
tLynohburg News, pem.1
We want no more arbitrations with
those, or by those, who have shown that
they are without honor. We will not
again consent TO submit the rights OF
our section to unsolicited commissions
or partisan judges.
Let Mr.. Hayes take the responsibility
IL he dare, TO use the army as a domestic
police to sustain fraud and crime In the
face OF the protest of million of white
voters, the effective representatives of
twenty ave millions OF offended and In.
of depressed business and starving
labor, and he will learn that a de facto
title, time-serving policy and corrupt
of patronage will be poor
defense against outraged and long
smothered public justice.
IN. Y. Times, Rep,1
The compromise which is desirable In |
South Carolina and Louisiana cannot |
be better inaugurated than by q frank |
and honorable solicitation of aid In the |
work of the Commission from prominent |
Democrats who have already shown |
their ability TO rise above party consid- |
erations when a patriotic object Ia in |
jeopardy. The conciliatory policy |
which the President Is anxious to carry |
out implies reciprocal concessions, and |
this Commission marks a good place for |
the beginning.
IN. Y. Tribune, Rep.l
Public opinion seems to be settling |
down to the belief that the only equita- |
BILE solution of the difficulty will be |
found In some form OF compromises
though of precisely what nature and
under what sanction nobody yet ven.
lures to determine. A Commission will |
be able to discover whether a compro-
mise Is necessary or desirable. and will |
it can be made. II, however, It should
be made manifest from the report of |
these gentlemen that either Packard or
Nichols is entitled TO the recognition of