Year: 1876

excitement Intense.


New Orleans Times, Thursday EVENING"


General Sheridan, who has secured a suite
for OOms on Rampant street, in the dwelling
occupied years ago by Hon. Pierre SOule, one
door south of the residence of Governor Kel-
logg, is reported by the members of his staff
to beitoO unwell to see visitors. The indica-
tions are that he will take a day or two to rest
and partially recover from severe cold. A
slight mlsapprehensiOn occurred yesterday
relatives to his assuming command at
this place. The gentlemen of his staff say
General Sheridan has been in command since
the fourth of January, 1875, when, by orders
of the President, Louisiana was made a part
of his department. At the st. Charles hotel
the ituation continues unchanged. The
Republican delegation have explained
verbally that their failure to reply to the
Democratic noteI was due to the non arrival
of several leading members of their delega-
ton. 1t is probable the next twenty -four
hours will clearly reveal their position, which
was accurately fOreshadOwed In the Times of
Thursday morning. A growing sense of the
tremendous importance of the issue appears
to be gradually dawning upon the communi-
ty and those who few days ago regarded it
a struggle between the white people of this
State and the Radical party, now perceive
that the entire nation is involved. Mastery
inactivity is, for the first time in our political
history, strenuously advocated by the most
sagacious, and there is little doubt that belief
IN the wisdom Of this course is destined to
become universal.


The northern Democrats and Republicans
were in session at the st. Charles hotel on
Thursday morning, at their parIors, the Re-
publicans considering, with closed doors, the
document they propose sending the Demo
Gratis in reply to the letter sent them. The
Democratic State committee were also in ex-
ecutivc session, but did nothing which would
interest the public. The excitement about
the rOtunda was fully as intense as on anv
previous day, and the banquettes in front and
those on Canal street were filed with people,
who paid but little attention to the drilling
rain, so eager were they to learn of the con-
templated action of the returning board.


Current Opinion.


Chicago Times.l


General Grant hastens to disabuse the
country of the passing hope that his army or
der was intended i'll the interest of peace,
law and order. The sending of the army into
the southern States, if honestly intended,
though an amazing disregard of our consti-
hltional forms, would have been overlooked
in this crisis had the President, even by 81
lence permitted US to believe that his motive
was an honest one. Constituting the motive
as honest, the Times refrained from denounc-
ing it in the present justly exasperated condi-
ton of the public mind But in view of the
utterance which he seems to have openly
made last night-that he sent the army into
Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana be-
cause he believed Hayes should have the votes
of these States-iti is the duty of good citizens
to let General Grant know that there is no
army in christendom great enough to stamp
out the right of the American people to elect
their President, in conformity with the laws
of the land. A chief magistrate of a great
people in such crisis might not unnaturally
bc expected TO preserve a rniicence as TO
question concerning which his action wOuld
have 4 very potent influence. Anything like
thi, we have long since ceased to expect of