The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-16

ton in his person and in property. Is to be
t,,und In the local laws which the people
themselves administer TApplause1. aud not
In ceotrn, Governments where the powers
II the govern iuept nre combined, IL this
sy,tcm of encroacbmept il permitted H. 20
on. the dpv Ia not distant when cur repuD-
jicsn system. based on the idea of d,vis.
ion Of powers between tho federal rove .n-
ment and tho states will be transformed
into one imperi, despotism. with ,nll
pvwer ut the city of Washington, and l
care not whether that power Is exercised
by a single pcrsop rs "a monarch or by
600 pers,,ns called n cvpgress, IL Is eaualiy
n despo,i.m Tupplauspl ana the doctrine
Ia now boldIv ur,c,aimed by men biyb in
authority that the state, of this union
have such mowers only ms are conferred
up,n them by the constitution of the Uni.
ted Slntes. when directly the reverse is
tru.. md the states have all power except
such n, the constitution of tho United
States has conferred upon the United
States, or has withheld from the states.
The d ifference is this The government of
the United States is II government of de-
rivative powers. In the state the govern
ment is inherent. They have all the
powers not denied them, while the gov.
eminent of the United States has no
power except such MS is given it, lap
plnuse] and such MS the constitution Of the
United States gives, for il declares in one
of its amendments that all power; not
conferred by this constitution upon the
United States is reserved to the states re-
sp.ctively or to the people of the state.
But l pass from these three encroach.
ments of the federal government to AN
other matter that is complained of, and
Justly, and perhaps more loudly than any
other by the people, that is the abuse
and corruptions of the government. This
seems form of corrupl ion on the part of
officials. You here, in the city of New
York, first disclosed the robberics which
were being practiced by those in author
ity, and that awakened public sentiment
in the country. That caused the people
over the land to look to their officials and
ascertain what disposition they were max
ing Of the money which was collected
from Them, and in the city of Chicago
several city officials have been convicted Of
receiving bribes, and other offences.
and are now suffering the penaltie, Of
their crimes in prison. TApplause.l In
the government Of the United States, al.
though we have not been able to unearth
and disclose all the corruptions,- fact
think we have only Just seen the surface
Of what exists below, still enough has been
shown to show that abuses exist. will
illustrate by reference to two or thre&oascs.
One that las recently occurred and been
brought to light, is that of an officer VINO
has charge OF all the national banks of the
country, without whose fat tie national
banks cannot exist, whose duty it is to su.
oervise and watch them when organized.
SO that there can DO no fraud upon the law
or upon the people. Within u few weeks
II has been discovered that that officer
when he was jnouiring into tho del,nouen,
CIV of one of these banks. received ne !.
present from one of its officers "A carr,aye
and harness. In the city of Washinyisn
he was observed WALK. ,p down the avenus
in company with AN officer WIN had hosn
Summoned there 10 rive nm nccount az
certain defalcutions in his bank. md oe
tho misuse of the money of The nonnl.
Afterward he walked out with the head of
tho bureau. and ON the w.v nossod a cor.
rage sbop. walked in. boupb. a Ana our.
rage and harness. Clerks II /, nrnved
also received monies. We'll. what hannah
ed? Wpy. the committee that in vesiiga.
led this. a Committee friendly to the officer
and friendly To tho ndminislration. re.
n,rtcd that IN THAR on;ni,,n tho GOOD NAV
ngemort of Tho currapcv h,ro..,, roo,';.aa
tHat there sbnuId mo a cb,n~o In ma i,fs,o,
at the head of lbnt denar,ment rIan.h.
teri Thoreupon tbnt nfTircr ,v.s narr H.
ted 10 re.iyn-co o,,t NJ ofI3ca honor.Li,,
on n resiynation' WIN few vaa,s Sr,I
now IL will be- supnosed tbst The of,,cer
had been delinouent in tho discb. roe NJ
some noliticni r.ouirement II viii h.
supnosed he had refused 10 nav an ,ssossN
ment Tor marty nurnosos. IL, ha hi
refused to use lis infuence to mack n mi.
mary meeting, or control "A convention in
the interest Of some Neutrality-suspicious. of
some congressman who CAV, him his place.
Do YOU think no would have been per-
mitted TO resign? WHY the political
guillolne would have come down and off
would come his head, and his trunkless
body would have tumbled out of Office ms
monument to all other officers of the
fate of those who betray them. ZAP.
plause.]
There Is another officer who has been
recently Investigated, only slightly. So
has, think one of the cabinet off GERS, the
secretary Of one of the departments, and
what bus he been doing? Why, simply
this A few years aga, during the war, the
government entered into contract with
certain persons to build some war vessels.
After the contracts were made, the gov.
eminent changed the plans of some, and
y Is alleged that they delayed
Inc contractors in completion of
the vessels by which they suf.
Tered loss in consequence of n risa in mn