The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-12
.PAcKARD's NOTIFICATION 70
HAYES.

lie carpet-DaSSer from Maine
whom the Wells Returning Board de-
dared to be legally elected Governor
If Louisiana, says the N. Y. Sun, has
notified Mr.. Hayes,in language which
it is impossible to misunderstood,
that he appreciates the advantages
Of his position and proposes to make
the most of them. Packard's title
to be Governor is almost identical
with Hayes title to be President, the
only difference being in favor of
Packard, who received at the Nov
ember election about a thousand
more votes than Hayes. If Packard
is not rightfully Governor, Hayes is
not rightfully President. This pro-
position is as plain as a pikestaff to
every Republican who has given it a
moments attention.
The object Of the four-to-one Com
mission was to delay a final settle
ment of the Louisiana question until
a bargain could be patched up which
should conciliate Packard and blunt
one of the horns of Hayes dilemma.
If Packard could have been induced
to resign or to accept a United States
Senatorship in full settlement of his
claims, or to get himself out of the
way by some other compromise, one
of the most damaging witnesses a.
gainst this Fraudulent Administra-
ton would have been disposed of.
Hayes himself and Mr.. Evarts have
felt the necessity of postponing de-
cisiye action until Packard was elk
ed" Up to the present time this
bold and energetic Black Republican
has been the chief objective point of
the conciliatory policy of the Cabi-
net.
Buried in what the Times calls "the
cumbrous and involved phraesology"
OF Mr.. Evarts' letter of instructions
to the Commission, was one perfectly
clear and ineligible passage. SIT
will be readily understood" wrote
MI. Evarts, "that the service desired
of and intrusted to this Commission
does not involve any examination in
to or report upon the facts of the re-
cent State election or of the canvass
of the votes cast at that election"
Packard takes advantage Of this dis
closure of the real intent of the Com
mission to notify Mr.. Hayes and Mr..
Evarts in very plain language that
he is not to be bought of, but will
maintain his post, and, if necessary,
appeal from the Republican Presi'
dent to the Republican party. I'll
the inquiry be thus restricted" and
says, "a grave wrong will be done tt
those by whom 1 was called to thu
Executive chair, and whose votes
cast often at the peril of their lives
have elevated Your Excellency to thu
Presidency of the American geople.'
This allusion to the poor African
for whom MI; Hayes heart ceased tt
bleed as soon as he had been count
ed in by Joe Bradley's vote, is yer.
adroit, and shows that Packard un
derstands the strength of his case
Indeed, in another part of his lette
he goes so far as to openly taun
Hayes with the weakness of his owl
position. 81 confess" he says, "tha
havingreceived several hundred NOR
votes than some of the Republica,
electors, l did not anticipate that m,
title would be called in question"
Packard does not assume a defan
attitude merely that he may max
better terms with the Administra
ton. He knows that he has more t
hope for from the Republican part
than from Hayes and his Cabinet
Wendell Phillips has publicly assul
ed him that the great mass of Re
publicans at the North are with hin
and that Republican opinion wi
sustain him in a bold stand agains
a President who, elected by Blae
Republican votes, has abandoned th
Black Republican voters. Packar
knows that he will have the supper
! of Blaine, Of Morton, Of Ingersol
and of the millions whom those leat
ers represent.
!; In his remarkable speech in th
Senate chamber a day or two aft
the 4th of March, Mr.. Blaine warne
, Hayes of the peril which an abal
t donment of Packard would involv
Hayes has paid no attention to tt
warning, has moved himself furth'
and further away from his party ar
nearer and nearer to doctrinaires lii
fSchurz and Evarts, who theorize {
the extreme verge of Rep%ublicanisr
and is now likely to experience Il
e consequences which Blaine foretol
s 1t is claimed by the friends
I Nichols government that the redu
tions affected oy Nichols 'Legisl
# ure in the system Of assessment al
l. "