The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-14

with transmitted demonstrate, however,
that ms mistaken, and that the appropri. |
s,;nns ,,aie by the General Assembly for |
,ho snpport Of an adequate police force in /
| Cbicaro the energetic discharge OF duty |
he the police, and the most orderly con-
duct on the part Of the people. were alike
unavailing--for, on the 3lst day of Oct
obcr. 1871, General w. 7. Sherman, upon |
the application of Lieutenant General |
Sheridan, ordered troops 10 Chicago to act
as police.
Nv letters to the President Of the Uni
ted States ofthe Sd and goth of November,
will prove that have exerted myself to in.
| duce the president to withdraw those
troops from the state, or to prohibit them
from interfering in its internal affairs
and those If the president to me, of date
of November 9th and 25th, will show that
my efforts have been fruitless, and the
president referred the whole subject to the
decision of the officer whose conduct Is
questioned.
rs manifest that the order Of the pres
ident, described in his letter Of November
l 18th. ends all discussion, and leaves lieu
tenant General Sheridan with four compa-
! MES of infantry in Chicago with dis
| cretionary powers TO intermeddle in af-
fairs that are within the exclusive and PEE
culiar jurisdiction Of the state, and with
which the president and his military sub.
ordinates have no rightful concern what
ever lJ
1t seems TO me, from the letters Of the
president, and the papers laid before the
general assembly, that General Sherman
and Lieutenant General Sheridan enter
tain the belief that, under our system Of
government, it is part Of the duty Of the
officers ofthe army Of the United States to
superntend the administration Of the To-
cal governments, and that
if they are not satisned
I with the measure Of protection Afforded
! by the states to the persons and property
| OF their own citizens, the officers OF the
army have the right, at their own discro-
t ton. to introduce part of the army, and,
through its agency, afford such additional
protection 10 the people as they may think
necessary or proper, and that their right
;. to interpose for that purpose does no: de-
pend upon the ability OF the states to dis
q charge their duties.
d There is no other ground upon which
l., the conduct Of Generals Sherman and
y Sheridan can be placed. No one will pre-
tend that the State Of Illinois Is not able u
enforce its own laws, and protect ever,
:. person and all tho propert
is within Its limits; but Ten
as eral Sheridan, in the exercise Of his sur
erintcndence of its affairs, was not salts
e. fed with the provisions made by tho Stat
Is for tho safety of property, and tho con
troll of what he is pleased to call /" the tur
ch bulent element" in Chicago and he there
At fore informed the Adjutant General tha
II am satisfied of the necessity Of thei
III -four company of infantry presence her
he and ask the authority OF the Secretary I
-. War TO bring them !" and General She
M man, acting upon the same principl
~ promptly informed him by telegraph tn
-, !" four companies of the Eighth Infantr
Nv are ordered to Chicago to act as polio
w. under your letter Of the Goth ~
rs Tho president, it is true, in his letter
me on the 9th Of November, informed IN
to shat the only thing thought Of in o.
%. dering these troops to Chicago was how
- benefit q people stricken by calamit
OF greater than had over befallen comm,
IL nifty Of the same number before in th
country. The aid was Of lii
te, emergency requiring immediate action
1t is to be remembered that Chicago is
~ part of one of the most wealthy an
he powerful states of the union, that III
state government is in full vigor, and i
oh laws everywhere enforced, and that il
SIN resources are ample for the discharge
es. all its duties. It will surprise no on
da afa hn PFq 9%t n a a0 heSrgg ~
state of Illinois for which it was unab
10 provide, and nothing in the constitutio
or the laws TO give the president or h
me- military subordinatcs the right to d
~ termino when it is necessary or prop
ell for the authorities of the United States
,ot interfere in the internal affairs of Il
suites. l also deny that the officers of Il
led army have the right to determine Il
ITS measure of tho duties ofany civil otic.
under any circumstances whatever,
~ that their powers are increased
tier any emergency that can possibly happ'
20 in the affairs of any State. They are nc
as they seem to suppose, the natural rule
led Of the people under circumstances Of diff
7, Guilty and danger, but they are, at all time
tho interiors of the humblest officer Great,
ma to execute the laws of the land.
.od. l cannot expect that lieutenant Gener
Sheridan win accept this as the proper o.
'ril. innate of his official powers for whatev
lac concession he may have on some occ
-, sions made to the imaginary authori,
ana of the Mayor Of Chicago, in his CORE
nee pondcnce with the War Department
he has, in every instance, spoken of hir
az sefas acting in his military character, 81
for his orders for tho government OF ChicaI
emanated from his headquarters, and u
an signed by the proper officers of his staff.
raj In his dispatch to the adjutant-gener
Of the 18th Of October, he said: "The
AK was some excitement here, yesterday Al
is last evening, but it is now quoting dow
4. Some of the troops from Leaven worth
the Omaha are coming in. ! have taken ,
ted necessary steps to meet the condition
a. affairs here" And he says, in his d
'" patch to the adjutant-general, Of the !.
ing of October; "As there may be sol
try trouble here when the banks have to s
-. tie with their depositors, and to keep do'
excitement, have deemed it best to q
!. General Halleck for four com panies Of
fantry, which he has notified ma he has
mer readiness, at LOUISVILLE" and finally,
10. the expression of his own opinion Of I
completeness with which
tied in his military capacity had grasp
asst all the powers Of the government Of q
cago, he says in his letter to the adjutal
res general, of the goth Of October: "Alm'
yor before the great connagration in this Ct
had exhausted itself I saw the necess
ana of having few companies of rsgul
ich troops here, for the preservation Of pub
peace, and the protection of property q
GU treasure. Their services were invaluab