The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-18

gan zcd companies of militia within easy
reat lsec djutant-gencraIs rcport), and
the whole male population of Chicago and |
Cool county subject TO the call of the local |
auth, rites, and that of the state under the |
orders of the governor.
The officers in command Of the troops |
sent by me to Chicago, were among the |
most distinguished of the late volunteer
service. In proof of this, no soldier of the
late war need be more than reminded of
Col. Hubert digger, of the artillery of the
army of the Cumberland Major James
NJ. Beardsley, of the 18th Illinois volun-
teers; Major +. S. johnson, Of the 18th
Illinois volunteers; Capt. Joseph W. 5.
Stambaugh, of the U. >. engineer corps
Capt. r. Culver, whose honorable crutches
attest his bravery; Capt. 4. Snyder, u
trained soldier from the European Al mics,
who earned his American citizenship by
valuable services in the South and West,
and now fills the honorable position of
professor of languages and military tao
tics in the Illinois Industrial university;
Capt. ii. Kuhlmann, of equally tried serv-
ices or Capt. Donegan and his colored
men, each of whom participated in the hor-
ros of the mine before Petersburg, and
bears an honorable discharge from the
army. Nearly all the enlisted men ii
may be added were honorble soldiers of
the late war.
Then what was the emergency that oc-
CURED on the 18th to justify the acts of the
mayor and lieutenant general ! have
no information on that point, except what
] gathered from Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan s
official report. lie says, in describing the
employment Of his forces. These troops,
both regulars and volunteers were act
lively engaged during the service here in
protecting the treasure in tho burnt dis
trict, guarding the unburnt district from
disorders and dangers by-further fires, and
in protecting the store-houses, depots and
sub-depots of supplies established for the
| relief of sufferers from the fire These duties
were terminated on the 23d inst, and
on the 18th, inst, the regulars started to
| their respective stations, and the vOlun-
| tccrs were discharged He does not, it
| is true, in this report, made on the 18th
| day of October, after cnumcrating these
mere police duties, alludc to the service.
Of company l. OF the regiment of volun.
tesrs, that us late as the night Of the 10th
| of October, at distance of three mill
| from the burnt district, while enforcing
military rule by guards aad sentincls, with
orders to arrest suspected persons and
shoot such As refused to obey their orders
| killed Thomas W. GrOsvenor but the omi..
sion must be accounted for by supposing
that he regarded these operations ~ mere.
| " incidental TO the emergcnt duty OF
! protecting the treasures in the burnt dis
| trict, guarding the unburnt district from
disorders and further fires and protecting
the store houses of supplies.
1t will be- seen that in discussing tn,
conduct of the mayor and Lieut-Gcn
Sheridan, / have preferred % follow tn,
accounts given by themselves, rather thar
those which have been invented and cX
aggcrated to create public sentiment un,
favorable to fair judicial investigation
| presume no instance can be found il
the history of free states where public of
icers, for reasons SO limsy, have under
taken to suspend, the laws.
Influenced alone by sense of duty, anC
BY the belief that the acts of the partie
named were contrary to the laws and re
| proachful 10 the character Of the pcopl,
| Of the state and Of most dangerous eS
ample ! have deemed il my duty to Jay
! all the facts before the general assembly
and the people of the state. In preparing
and addressing the letters Of the 2sth day
of October to the attorney general ant
states attorney of the seventh judicia
circuit. and, indeed, in all that | hav
written or done in regard to these affairs
| was aware that j could scarcely avOiI
giving offence to powerful interests tha
have, for the present, the support Of tn
opinion, and -ympathcs of many, perhap
a majority, Of the people Of Chicago; an,
knew, also, that the PEOPLE of the stat
nre still so far under tive influence of feel
inCs of hostility to secession and its kind
red heresies, that they are inclined to yiey
| with di,trust the assertion of the authorit
of state and its constitution and laws
whenever tho authority claimed is oppose
to any pretension of the federal govern
ment, or any person who processes to &C
in its name Nor can ! profess t. be en-
trelv free from such feelings, though
cannot bring myself to believe that tn
federal and state governments are hostll
or rival organizations, each eager 10 gras
and absorb the proper powers of tn
other, but | regard them as in fact bu
different agents and trustees of the pcopl,
instituted by them with different power
and designed for different purposes, an
that the people can and will modify an
diminish or enlarge the powers OF eact
as they may determine will best secur
their own liberties and promote their ow
happiness.
| But while | continue to occupy tn
place to which have been assigned b.
my fellow-ctizens. it is my duty to exer
all the powers they have conferred upo
me to maintain the adjustments Of pollti
cal power, precisely rs the people OF tn
United States and the state of Illinois have
by their own solemn constitutions, deter
mined. am not at liberty even by m
silence or Indifference, to consent to act
that will, by their direct consequences o
by their influence and example, insidious
~ change the spirit and substance of on
institutions, while the forms Of the gov
eminent apparently remain unaltered
One Of the vital principles that under
lies our whole system of government tia
of the complete separation and the abso
Lutte independence of the federal and stat
governments. Chief. j ustice Marshal on
of the most eminent jurists and statesme
whose names adorn our history, said: II
America the powers ofsovereignity are di
vided between the government of the Tn
ion and those Of the states. They are eac
sovereign, with respect to the objects CON
mittcd to it; and neither sovereign, witt
respect to the objects committed to tn
other" And have supposed that such /
not only the proper view of the relativ
powers of the two systems in the light c
the constitution and of judicial decision'
but that it has its foundation in necessit