, 1877-03-02
REDFIELD ON LOUISIANA.
Tho Packard Nichols CONTEXT In the
Pelican State.
Revolt Against Carpet-Bag Rule
---Hayes' Dilemma.

1v.strt.,,rn. n e. Vel, n Tim 3,raai1cnt.
s,oct ean nrcnaro ~ - have tIe I(,pi.iana ta,c on
his hands Tor settlement There aEc only foNt
days moro Of Grant, and he will make no de-
cIsion "a TO these complicated questions in Tie
briet time TINT remains. by before Yesterday
nc assafca ae'esatlon o' .,oa's'anans that 10
would do nothing further there than preserve
the peace. Repeated efforts have lccn made by
tl,u cxtre,no KcnubtI,ans Il, canse him 10 recop.
"av =, inka'u, uat Nv saupooIn,y ., 'e,uses'
1hts VIII thrown q dlsaQreeah'e burden upon
Hayes to begin With. II he sceogn!zes Packard,
there will be fo,tr ycars OF hmult In Louisiana,
esasn,ro. w,",n,,, h" e-,,.,,os ,,,a nav ,rh.. m
1ceoanlzes H'eno'1s, NC c'uhhcs tae 'hau VINO
elected him to the Presidency
But hare the best Louisiana authority In
Washington for saving ti1ut the peutlc will not
.uhnft r. r.t,a,, rio,,cr In i. ra'.,,,.,,1o, Nv
~ ~ at"' ,..au'''t'., Nv - VI
.'o1' c'o ~, :. oeep usts!''''u''nh " e0"e'
nave NICHOLS or m3lItafy 9oVcrntnent-
they will not. II Packard Ia ret uu and rccor.
nTzcd NV the Fedcrn1 fit,yrrntncnf. he viii IL
imtue,fatcly overii,rny,1. mid n.,ain n,ui a0afr
ns often as let M, Which wifi end in military
Government. Tint is wlat tho neo1le want,
anti viii jIayc, II ihcy caunot inye Siciini1s.
These statements / have from t,c hest au.
tl,ority md il ljnyes SHOULD attrbt to rrrt,tr.
n[ze Packard. yuu may put out storm signals,
Carpet.bat, rule ilas unIet In Lttl.Is|a,.a, olt
there viii Ic no other alternative thau to rccDg-
rlxe the Nichols Government Or prcpare for a
rclgu Of the military,
fills will BY oil odds he
THE Hosr pEnptsytyo QUESTION
that President finscs will hare to fncc In The
inception Of hfs Administrator. How lie Is TO
get over It In safety do not ecr. nor l,oyc [
met man but who s!lukes hjs heoj oraycly aid
expresses sympathy for tllo new President in
I'M irving ortIenj, 1|is frIrns iIavc rrc,l omi
arc urging Grant to settle The question Gnc wuy
or the other, ~ It nrosn unicr md helo,,ys IL
Ills Administration. But he will mt. Having
only four dars to remain, he prefers TO let the
iet is not fsr but Ut ii Iiayss s ffiens ,es, afu
without remedy. They dread lor The ouestiot,
to be thrust upon him "a SOM ~ he takes lis
scat, but thcro is no help.
President llavys Will be informed yery cx-
plirltly by the representatives OF tic Nicholla
or efyc thcn military tinycr,,nr. snltntt 10 :,
further continuance OF tlu Kellogg dynasty
they will not, no n1atter what 1Inppcns. They
and their children mntlc tlcggars ly tic rob.
LrrIcs Of Rnlral rule, on1 thCy arc tlrtcrn,Inetl
to hare no more Of II. The matter will Ic made
very pain TO the new President, aud he will bc
forced to tuke ali active sttp iu one direction or
| the other,
l]lopc he will recognize Nichols au,) end The
muss. Tho Packard Government will be uttcrly
worthless, even II recognized, ana unable 10 sui
tain itsvlf half mile from The Custom.J Jin,,se
Il viii be powrrjrss 10 enforce law OF ctun1naI,J
respect. What guul end is to lie acron,plith..t
hy q continuance Of rlle turmoil IN tI,at stutei
There arc evils ami wrongs ,lpon bot sitIc,. hi
It seems to me tllnt tile ,natn thng Ia to restore
peace md respcSt for law, and It 10 ycry pIaIr
lint the Packard Government falls. a,,tl viii iait
III these particulars.
CAN THE sotlp eouru M D1y1DEDi
But tic puink / wished to direct rf,,ir nticn
t,oll to is t!!fs: Look ont for @leycjon,ncnts.
Tin ycrY atinnsultrrn here IL fn,nrcr1,nf,.i viii