The new President of the Union has withdrawn the Federal
troops from Charleston, and Mr. Chamberlain has surrendered the government of South Carolina without resistance to Mr. Wade Hampton, the Democratic candidate. A similar order is expected in New Orleans, but the Republicans there have a clearer case, Mr. Packard, their nominee, threatens resistance, and the President has sent a Commission to inquire and see if any compromise is possible. This hesitation has brought down upon his head two sets of enemies. The Democrats say they are betrayed, as Mr. Hayes had promised to treat the Southern States "as States, not Provinces," and they therefore allowed him to be "counted in ; " while the extreme Republicans, encouraged by Mr. Blaine, say he is giving up the results of the War and acting against public opinion in the North. At present the balance of opinion seems to be in Mr. Hayes's favour, with the reserve that he -should have decided the Louisiana case one way or the other for himself, and not have trusted a Commission, and there is every probability that the Southern States will be allowed to try self-government once more.
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