The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-01-15
THE CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN WEDNESDAY JANUARY 49, 1875

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the people Of the states have, In their consti.
tutione, declared that there are powers that
no authorfty shall exercise, and that they
po oS Snss mat no government shall In.
solitude for the maintsnanee Of the rirhts
reserved 70 the states and the people for Ire
reasons, alone, that they are the TiQbtn frat
are IN the greatest danger of Invasion and
while have been watchful to maintain the
sutn9rity Of the states and the rights OF the
people when threatened from any quarter.
my approximations have been more alive 10
9angei rom the abuse Of the powers OF the
federal government and from the influ ences
81 powerful and corrupt combinations that
nsve their centre ct the seat OF the federai
government, and from that centre extend
ccs... psneIul influences over the whole
II q .:fact, attsstsd by history, that ali the
gseas dangers and commissions that have
tnreatened the overthrow Of the republic.
Sn9 tne subversion Of public liberty. have
nad tneir sources there. IL was at Washing.
uSn my dis-union was conceived, and al
were organized In the congress- Of tbe IJnitsi
states. It was from their seats that the
MEMBER OF the two houses of conereSs fro,n
tne c0uthern states aroused the fears and
. sumuiated the hates Of their constitu ents.
un.li tney became forgetful Of the separate
,.,S ScPenuent existence Of the states, and the
South.o o"i'eu
Rebellion was not possible until all the
southern states were stripped Of All indie.
pendent authority, and ceased 70 be centres
Of patnottc resistance and Il 10 from W ssh.
, hhgson .n , innuences now proceed that
people; and to these influences have fell
y TO be my duty to interpose q steady re.
snS,, 1 40 not, - may be inferred, at.
tribute unpatriotic purposes to any depart.
ment o. the government Of the United Ststes.
~! 20 declare my belief that o. The result
BY many in authority under that roye S1 =
from vicious and dangerous Alteration,
which our political system has under0one
from the ambition of some, the corruntlons
OF others, and by the Combination Of ali
s n causes, the harmony Of our systems
anu the authority Of the laws and The purity
Of the government, and the ibe rites IF ths
people, are In danger. "
my pelei that these causes and dangers
exist, mas the support Of many facts. The
congress Of the United States il assuming
70 Hseii tne entire domain Of legislation,
a9e " uraW under Its control every interest
the Jurisdiction Of the courts Of the United
states, and to increase the mere discretion
AIRY powers OF the president. There are few
subjects that are not now claimed to he
Witnin tne control OF the government Of the
S Emtsu st t and with the support Of the
government over subjects within The scope
OF Us powers, Is exclusive Of that Of tie
states, the day Is NOT far distant
when the right Of the states to I'm.
terfere In the control Of the subjects
Oh euueadion, elections, the manage.
~ c ~ " nanwsys and telegraphs, and othe 70
force justice IN their courts, will be denied
or greatly abridged. But the whole force
OF this innuencs IL not confined TO mere d..
rect assertion Of the authority OF congress,
but 1t extends to the support OF the preten.
sions OF persons who hold their Offices at the
VIII bf distant authority. to interfere with
the people In the exercise of their most i'm.
portant rights. need not refer To all the
facts that exists to support this statement.
For nearly two years the rivalries OF polite.
al parties have disturbed the peace Of the
state OF Louisiana. A faction, largely com.
has notoriously employed the troops OF the
nected with its revenue services
and the patronage Of the custom
house the post office, and the federal courts,
to defeat and counterfeit the efforts OF their
adversaries; and more recently . Judge Of
patton, has assumed the championship Of the
interests OF one Of the rival organizations
that are contsnding for power In that un.
happy state, and has by Q judicial order.
without parallel In our history, on bills filed
by persons claiming Offices under the con.
stituuon and laws OF the state, disposed Of
and settled the great question, and he has
~ TACT appointed the future governor, and
tue persons who are to compose the leRtsla.
tnre Of the state and after having done 70.
then, BY the use OF the army OF the United
states, took possession Of the public buildings
and other property OF the State and none
Of these lawless usurpations and invasions
OF the laws and liberties OF that State have
been punished or rebuked. Acts like these
may be perpetrated In the State OF Illinois,
ana In consciousness of that fact has i'm.
pressed upon me the necessity OF resisting
their influence, and demanding of all obe-
dience to the constitution and laws. Il can.
not be that the people Of the State OF Ili.
nois are weary Of the right TO regulate
and order their own domestic institutions
IN their own way, or that they 30 doubt
their own respect for the government Of the
United states, that they must enlarge ne
powers and subject themselves to the des.
potlc agencies that are employed in many
OF the states Of the Union. ulinois has nj.
ways discharged all its duties to the Common
Union, an. and It's people have cverywhere
SHOWN themselves capable Of compreh md.
Ing and vindicating the central principle Of
American republicanism, estate Sovereign.
~, National Union" JOHN N. PALMER.