The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-16
TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI.

Two precisely similar wrongs ought to
have precisely the same remedy by al rules
OF Justice and science. But 70 are about to
have an example In which the name of the
patient is TO make difference of treatment
which the case itself does not suggest or
call for. The Radicals want to rule Tennes
see, and have adopted plan to gain their
end. Butler shouts murder" in the House,
and q committee of Tennessee Radicals
wait upon the President with q grievous
complaint of "outrages on loyal men,"
which nobody ever heard OF, and ask for
troops 10 be sent to the State. The Presi-
dent, we are told, has made up his mind to
send the troops if Governor Senter will make
request of them and, If Governor Senter
does not make such request, be will send
them anyhow, on the plea of sustaining the
Federal officers IN enforcing the revenue
laws. As there is no notable opposition to
the collection of the revenue IN Tennes-
see, not one fourth as much as there has
been in Philadelphia and New York, where
no troops were thought necessary-this plea
must be regarded as only a prete1s for doing
@ thing which it has been decided to do, for
another reason. Such q step is not only
unwarranted by law, and unworthy the
President, but is in direct opposition to his
Lafayette county, Missouri, in 1867. In
that case an organized band of Radical ruff
fans called State militia, sent BY the Gov
ernor of the State, drove off the federal rev
enue assessor Richard Vaughan, threatened
to kill him if he should attempt to return.
threatened the life also OF the United States
commissioner, Amos Green, and held the
peaceful citizens uude- reign of terror
General Grant, then general of the army,
happened to come to S.. Louis at the time
these ontrages were being committed, and
WAS appealed to for protection against them
At first he thought he had no right to send
troops to Lafayette county, without a reuu q,
from the Governor of the State; but. /,
being represented that he had 10 II ylt to
send them to protect the threatened lives
of the federal officers, he yielded,
reluctantly, so far as to order q
few troops from Leavenworth 10 the scene
of lawlessness. Iut the Radical
press begau to denounce the act as an lille
gal and unwarrantable federal interference
IN the affairs of q state and to hint to the
future Radical nominee for the Presidency
tina. he had better limit himself to the
bounds of his authority. The general OF the
army took the hint. Withdrew the troops al
most as soon as they had arrived on the
spot and LETT the United States revenue as
SCISSOR, the United States commissioner, and
the unoHsnding people of LAFAYETTE county
to the fury of Governor Fletcher, Bacon
Montgomery, an1 the militia who robbed
Mltchelrs bank and dragged Mr.. Berry. ed
itor Of the Richmond freeman, to Licking
ton, with q rope round his neck, after hav
ing smashed his type. All these things
General Grant did not regard as giving him
any warrant for interfering in the affairs OF
Missouri. but a much less grievous condi-
t;on of things, we are told. has determined
him 70 Interfere in the affairs of Tennessee
As Missouri was governed By the part,
which afterwards voted for him for Preai-
dent. while Tennessee is under the NOR,
p.aceful rule of q party that did not vote 70
him-.re we to accep, such insufficient Ant
personal considerations as this, as the me
tives for the Presidents important oficia
scsa2-Missouri Republicans.