Year: 1877




WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Ths President
laughingly says that he would like to-
hear what can be said against the
Suppose" says he. 'ithat we had gone.
on the old way, and sustained Cham
berlain and Packard in South Carolina
and Louisiana with the army, which
was the only way they could be sus-
tanned. And we all know that with the
feeling In those States that then existed
1t would have taken nearly the whole
army to preserve the peace there and
protect the local officials in their claims
to their positions. With the army thus
employed, what sort OF fix would we
be In when the riots broke out last
week? What could we have donel One
thing we would be compelled to do,
namely, Withdraw the army and send
| 1t to exposed points In the North. Then
what2 Why, as we we'll know from the
public temper In South Carolina, as
soon as the army was Withdrawn, the
local governments would be assaulted
and oyerthrown. Having no prop but
the army, when that was taken away
down they would como Then We
would have the worst form OF turbu-
lence in the South, and riots In the
North and West. The very stability OF
the government might be endangered





States adjacent TO Louisiana and South
Carolina would be actively in sympathy
with the attempt to overthrow the So
called Republican governments while
the troops wers away"


Is not the President eorrect7 Who
can look over the whole ground
and say that he is not2 How could
Chamberlain and Packard be sustained
without troops, and what would happen
wi IN the frnopa ,uit hIro tun dJrirs se f,s,
last weeks riots?


The quietude Of the Southern section
during the late troubles and with alB the
troops Withdrawn, which 80 many
thought essential to the preservation Of
peace down there, and which were
essential under the Grant dispensation
the uniform reign OF peace In the
South, | say, under these circumstances
has had wonderful effect in strength
ening the hands Of the President In his
plan of paeificatien. Men who have
opposed him, now say that he is right.
They look down South, see no troops.
yet all is as serene and quiet rs May
morning. There is no need that the
troops return there, no objection TO be
sure, but, save few companies In the.
mountainous regions to look after illicit
distilling, none are required.


The truth is-and it Ia seen and ac-



have made two powerful arguments for
themselves in the past six months. ALI
through the presidential complications
the Southern representatives, backed
by their constituents, we're cool headed.
strong handed, and by their conserya~
tism saved the country the agony OF
civil war, which many in either sec
tion were ready to precipitate, In order
to gain their rights" to the offices.
Again, in the labor crisis last week,
with all the troops moving out OF the
South, that section was as quiet as IL afs
had remained and double the number
sent in. The effect Of this will be to
raise the Southern character In the es-
timation Of other sections, and take
away some Of the fear Of solid South.
II, under trying circumstances, when
the rest OF the country was greatly dis
turbed, as in the presidential compliea-
tions and late riots, the South was the
coolest and quietest section OF the land.
what is there to be afraid Of In that sec
ton?