South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-04-06


To AIextcanize our coxntry We must
have Mexicans. They seem to I've here.
At least the Southern Democracy re-
trrned sufficient number. allied nv
New York. To give US n good start in
that direction. We hope their consti-
tuents are pleased with the result. -
Washington C.pitsi. ~
Vrhe troops are to be Withdrawn
from the State House i'm Columbia, s.
3. on Tuesday next. and Chamberlain
says ''this ends the struggle and makes
Hampton practically Governor" The
order was given by President Hayes to
McCrary. Secretary Of War. on Saturday
last. AMI il was Immediately communi-
Gated by him TO Con. Sherman. command.
ing U. s. Army. The troops are to be with.
drawn and returned to their previous
barracks or camping ground. The order
for tho withdrawal oftroops at Columbia
created great enthusiasm ut different
points throughout that State.
AFTER SoUTiI CAROLINA LOUISIANA.
1t Is impossible TO see how the prcsi.
dent can long hesitate TO apply the same
simple AID obvious solution" to the
Louisiana question which he has finally
adopted in the case Of South Carolina.
1t is cas- simple rs hoe handle rs
Gov. Hampton remarked. 1t consists
in withdrawing the federal troops from
places where they have no right to be.
and duties which they are not authorised
by law to perform. There is no provis.
ION Of the constitution or OF Law which
empowers military officer Of the Unit.
cd States 10 decide who has been or has
not been duly elected to eli any Office,
executive, Legislative or judicial thin
State. Yet Gen. Ruger in South Car.
olina. through his suhordinates. virtually
undertook 20 decide who should occupy
seats in the South Carolina Legislature
AMI participate in the organization of
that body. In this way Chamberlain
obtained the only color of authority
which he possessed. In his formal pro.
test against the action of the Pre- sident
he confesses this when he acknow le,lres
that, with the Withdrawal Of the troops
from the State t:ouse. the long struggle
ends and tie sham fabric OF carpet-huo
government falls to the ground. 1t is
! unnecessary to review, for the purpose
of refuting, the falseioods with which
Chamberlain attempts To prove the ne
cessity for further or continued military
interference on the part OF the general
government in the domestic concerns OF
South Carolina. His anil General Ru.
gers joint usurpation has failed simply
through The unyielding. if passive resis.
tdncc Of the people Of South Carolina.
who without violence organized q GOV
ernment which the courts have recognjz.
Ell rs legal, and TO which the people.
black, and white, have yielded q spon-
taneous obedience, which they have
withheld from the government organ
lied and upheld by bayonc,s.
The situation in Louisiana is in all
essential particulars the same. Tire
action of Gen. Beforehand i'm organi.
ling the Legislature two years ago was
the precedent followed by Gen. Ruger
at Columbia. The part played by Gen.
Augur and the forces under his com
mand ut New Orleans is substantially
the same that Of South Carolina there
Is one government which owes it's cXis,
tcnce 10 federal an military protect III
another which has the spontaneous sup
port AMI allegiance of the people. Gov.
Nichols stands in the same position rs
Gov. Hampton, while the usurpatiOn OF
Packard is hut the counterpart OF that
OF Chamberlain. Tie fact that in South
Carolina the Hampton government was
recognized, while in Louisiana there
are duplicate courts, hs we'll rs duplicate
Legislatures and Gov. and that Packard
has the recognition of one set OF judges
and Nichols OF the other, creates no
practical difference between the cases.
1t only shows that in Louisiana usurpa.
ton has gone one step further in attempt.
ing 10 impose upon the people of thc
state bogus Judiciary. as we'll as a
bogus Governor and Legislature. There
is no more necessity for the presence
and employment of the federal troops
for the preservation Of the public peace
III Louisiana than in South Carolina.
Gov. Nichols, with his organized militia
AMI police, is equally able with Gov.
Hampton to make good the pledges he
has made to protect the persons. the
property and the rights ofall. Packard.
I'M N'i'N'hpSi isA'bj I'OiCoScS W DclleNe
that the troops are necessary for his own
safety and that of his a6herents and
like him protests against their with.
drawal. Unable to sustain himself
without the military aid OF the federal
government, he is in no better position
than his fellow carpct.bagger ami co.u-
supper i'm South Carolina TO promise
protection to others or 10 guarantee the
preservation or public order throughout
the State.
Finally, while in all essential particu-
lars the two cases are the same, the facts,
IL anything, arc better known % the
country in regard TO Louisiana than
any other State. No State has been go
often or 80 thoroughly investigated"
during the past ten years. It's affairs
have been turned inside out, over aud
again, for public inspection. Few men
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