Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-17

HAYES, PACKARD NICHOLAS
II IL now pretty tolsrsbly certain that
President Hayes will set In the Loui-
lana case a. he did In South Carolina;
that hs will ordsr he vitAdFavsl Of
the troops from New Orleans. and leave
the two rival Governors, Nichols and
Packard. to settle thslr difsrsncss a.
best they can.
BY carrying out this policy the Prsi-
dsnt viii. Of eourss. give al the sdvaa-
taes to Nichols. and leave Packard oet
In the cold. That The latter ID ths lsgal
Governor Of Louisiana no man, Who BE-
lisvss that Raths,iord B. Hayes h Pres
idsnt Of the United States. can doubt.
The oommission. which vas sent 10 the
State some three weeks since. have
already reported that Psekard ID Gov
srnor de- jssv. but. they say. be has none
Of that suhstantih support which will
enable him 10 bold out against Nichols.
In other vosas. The fsekard party.
while IL IL the stroagsss nunshcslly. Ia
too vssk ansaeially 70 support itself In
long struggle. Il II oonPossd Of The
great nsss Of honest. hv-ssidins Re-
publicsns. Who do not steal. and there
fore ARE not rich; Who do net murder
thar opponents. and therefore are not
feared.
Governor Packard must fall. He vas
fairly elected 10 the position which he
claims. bat Nichols might will prove
superior to his right. Il iss question
with which the Unitsd States. . . Gov
eminent. has really nothing whatever
to do. II the State Of Louisiana can
afford 10 allow q usurpsr TO take nom
the man whom her people have elected.
his ofiee and his prerogstives. that II
her lookout. and not ours. II u aprin-
eipis Of the Republican party. which
rules this nation, that the Federal Gov
eminent shall not intsrfsrs In the local
sffairs Of q Stale unless called upon BY
the proper authority In cssss OF insur-
rection and violence. And IL ID in
carrying this principle into practical
effect that President Hayes viii order
the troops to leave New Orleans. and
allow Nichols and Packard to hght
their own battles in the courts OF the
State. the only arena in which they can
properly meet To try the issue between
them.
VI course the Democratic prss will
q. once begin 70 howl against President
Hayes and insert that he hs stolen the
Presidency and refused 70 aid Packard
in stealing the Governorship Of Louisi-
ana. This howl will be a. idiotie - the
periodical yslps OF fraud which grace
Democratic newspapers. President
Hayes. In withdrawing the troops.
maintains . neutral position. He
knows that Packard was elected
Governor Of Louisiana. bot be
holds like great many other
stauneh Republicans that . State
Government should sustain itself. and
that the army OF the United States Sas
not intended to interfere In the local af-
fairs Of . State. except In the case OF
actual instruction. He recognizes
neither Packard nor Nichols. He sim-
ply draws OF the trospt. and leaves 1t
10 time TO deternins which man can
maintain his power In the State. That
In all the order. whom Issued. will
amount TO.
IL President Hayes officially rscos-
nized Nichols as duly elected Governor
OF Louisiana. be would. Of course. throw
. cloud over his own title. since the
same votes which elected him we're un-
doubtedly cast for Packard. But he
will do nothing Of the kind. He will
simply execute the policy which he an
nouncsd in his letter Of acceptance.
and. later. in his inaugural address. OF
non-intsrvsntion In The local Affairs Of .
Stale. when those affain do not directly
bear upon the interests Of the Federal
Government. IL Packard should b
forced to withdraw. a. he probably will
be, and the entire Government passes
into the hands Of Nichols, the only
legitimate deduction from this fact will
be that local elections In the State Of
Louisiana amount 10 nothing. and that
q defeated candidate with . rich follow
ing can vrest Office from the grasp Of .
victorious rival. So far o. the Presi-
dental election IL concerned. IL will have
no practical significance whatever.