Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-05-03
Our Washington Letter

Inc Original Southern Outrag,
Man--PersOual, etc, etc.
st'ecsGs Correspondence Of the onsrnyRr
T" AshlNGToN,D ID. c., Apl. q, II
At New Orleans ycsterda,
(25tf) there waa only one soil
tary Packard policeman abou
The headquarters of Packard
The august Governor, the bur
nished militia and all the pomr
ANA circumstance of gloriou.
Sauthority were gone and onl,
this one policeman remained Il
point a moral. The lcgitimat,
authorities took qniet posses,
sion and Louisiana is a State
with all the rights Of a State
There is no doubt that Pack.
ard Is rightfully Governor of
louisiana if Hayes is rightful-
ly President of the United
States. The Returning Board
majority for him, as is vel
known, was larger than that
Tor some of the Hayes electors.
Apply the same rule to the case
of Hayes that Hayes applies to
Packard's case, and Hayes
would to-day be no more acting
rs President than Packard is
acting as Governor. Whatey-
er course Packard may take,
his future is not an agreeable
one to contemplate. A man of
great ability he has kept the
Republican party in Louisiana
together when its other leaders
more mercenary than he, have
failed, and has made a Presi-
dent Of the United States. If
he receives the treatment of
another Warwick and has not
the power to aycnge himself, it
is the fault of our changed
times and different forms of
government. He is too truly a
man to take office from the ed-
ministration which he created
and which has refused to sup
port him.
The Louisiana Commission
has submitted its report, recit-
ing the fact that a new legisla-
ture with unquestioned author
ity has been organized. The
report, wherever it goes be-
You'd the actual record of facts,
is made to fit neatly the previ-
Ously announced policy of the
administration.
1t is believed the proclama-
ton calling an extra session of
Congress for an early day in
June-possibly late in May
will soon be issued. There is
much speculation as to the
length of the session, but the
better opinion seems to be that
it will be long.
The Howard University of
this city yesterday took a long
forward step so far as its edu-
cational mission is concerned,
selecting for its President DR..
Patton Of Chicago. The insti-
tuition is for the higher educa-
ton of colored men, and has tori
had) considerable property for
the furtherance Of that object.
OF late years its affairs have
fallen into confusion, and it will
require all the ability of DR..
Patton to put them in order.
He comes with a reputation forI
just the kind of ability needed,
and all good men will bid him
God speed. E. p. Brooks, ed
itor of the Republican under
Grant, and who was the only
original and genuine Southern
outrage man, has received rec
ognition in an appointment as
Clerk Of the Federal Courts in
Florida. This man is a genius.
He used to sit in his fine office
on Pennsylvania Avenue, and
evolve from his inner conscious
ness the most frightful outra-
gesin multitudes, and give them
an appearance of reality that
deceived other experts. His
reward is apparently small, but
the officers of the United States
Courts in the South still have
opportunities elsewhere I'M
known.