New Orleans Republican., 1877-03-09

piled to and received commissions from
General Nichols; but they have repeat
edly explained this as having been done
to quiet the apprehensions of litigants or
others having business to transact. Let
the national authorities begin to perform
their sworn duty TO uphold the law, and |
the question of the recognition of Mr.. |
Packard by the municipal governments
throughout Louisiana will adjust itself as
speedily as it did under similar circum-
stances in 1872.
The virtual expulsion of Mr.. Pinch
back from the Republican State Commit
tee meets the hearty approval of every
Republican. The only adverse criticism
upon the comm ittee's action is that it was
too long delayed. 4
Apparently the Democracy think they
have captured President Hayes, "body,
boots and breeches" A petition is circu-
lating for signatures, asking him to ap-
point Mr.. John Phelps to the Office of col
lector of the port; another requesting
that Mr.. Penn be given the same posi-
tion, and we hear of still third favoring
Mr.. Patton's nomination to that Office.
The Democratic ''conciliators" of smaller
cahbre are enjoying the fun of distribu-
ting the other Federal billets among them
selves haphazsrd
The attempt to establish a ''Nicholls
government" in the bulldozed parish of
Morehouse is entailing evils upon that
community not originally calculated upon.
The Clarion thus discourses:
SHAMEFUL We learn that several mer-
chauts of the city of New Orleans having
| claims against some of the best men of this
parish have nominally transferred those
| claims to non.resldents of the State, and
that suits have been filed against these gem
tlemen in the UOited States District Court
| at New Orleans. Il necessarily entails great
expense on these gentlemen to properly de.
| fend such suits so lar from home. The eX-
cuse given by the merchants for so doing is
that the State courts are uncertain and unre-
liable. Nothing is falser than this, and the
conduct of these merchants is reprehensi-
BILE in the highest degree. If we knew their
names we should most certainly publish
| them and advise our merchants and bust.
ness men to give them wide berth in the
future. We hope the New Orleans papers
| will condemn this action of the city mer
chants in no uncertain language. ST. Louis
| is already a strong rival of the Crescent
City for the trade of this section of the
State, aud if the merchants of the latter
city make general this shs metul practice
they will soon do no business here.
We can only suggest to the merchants
of Bastrop that by their own revolution
ary violence they have attainted the va
idity of their local authorities and mus
bear the consequences of the removal o
their causes to tribunal where law ant
justice are dispensed from pure fount
As for the threatened withdrawal of Gus
tom, New Orleans merchants can well af
ford to lose that which necessitates law
suit to obtain their own.
The murder Of young Weber at Bnyol
Sara is generally conceded by the De
mocracy to have been 'inopportune.
"Governor" Nichols is described as haV
ing manifested intense anger when tn
occurrence was told to him. One of hi
most intimate advisers is on record as de
claring that 'any id fool who would d
such thing at this time deserves hang
ing"
We know all about what Stanley MAJ
thews proposed to do with the Republican
Of South Carolina. E. A. Burke pretend
to play the role of Haskell for Louisiana
but he has not yet shown any credentials
Nor can he pro duce any.
The Senate stands thirty.four Demo
Gratis to thirty nine Republicans, with tw
from Louisiana and one from South Care
lima undetermined. These three will civ
the political tone to the Senate afte
r March 4, 1879. Should the Republica
, claimants now be sacrificed giving tn
, Democrats thirty-seven), it would enta
| inevitably Democratic successor ne1
; year to Dorsey in Arkansas, Spencer i
Alabama and Robertson in South Care
lima, which would make forty positiv
Democratic Senators virtually dictatin
tho presidential policy. And Democrat
> here think this is very likely circuu
stance to happen.
,
This is the political situation from tn
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