The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-24
Sitte 99aiatg .Argas,
From he Nelcs York Tribune.
He Takes the Odium.

They were about to launch a large ship
from Maine shipyard. Everything vas
IN readiness The large, coneourse of
spectators stood waiting for the few blows
OF the hammer that were to knock away
the last support and let the vessel glide in
to the water. There was little delay.
The owners and builders were consulting
anxiously together when Mr.. Josephus
Sllfer, who had not seen sober moment
for fifteen years, waved his hand 10 most
magnificent manner to the hestating work /
mel, and between his hiccups said
"Leer lhicl slide ge'Imen!slhic). I'll
take thicl tn spo sibip J." 1t is in. the
the large and hearty way Of OH Slifer,
though without the hiccups, we presume,
that Gov. Adelbert Amos of Mississippi.
10 the telegram to Attorney-Ge General Pier
repent which we publish this morning. as
sumes the! responsibility of calling out
the Federal troops to assist in carrying
the election in that state. The president
and cabinet had intimated to Gov. Ames,
In reply to mis- dispatch calling for troops,
that IN their Judgment there was no war
rant in the constitution or laws for apy
such action. Ames grapples the situation
at once. He observes that they are timid
about violating the constitution. He rises
to the emergency. Let the odium,"
says Ames, not less grapdly than Old Slifer,
In all its magnitude descend on me. He
Is governor of the state, he says, and has
made demand which cannot well be re-
fused. III T5a D. 81. .s.za. Il alsaaa
1t is VERY grand sight, to be sure, this
OF Ames calling for troops, and letting the
odium in all its magnitude decend on him
so there was a certain sublimity in the at
titude OF Old Sitter when he took the re
sponsibility and told the ship-builders to
'let her slide" 1t is possible, however.
that the authorities at Washington to
whom Ames appealed regarded his as
sumption of the edium in all its magnitude
IN much the same light that the ship-own-
ers did Old Sliters responsibility. Gov.
Ames says in his despatch that he cannot
escape the conscientious discharge of his
duty toward class of American citizens
whose only ofense consists in their color,
and whom he is powerless to protect,
This is very touching, and would be more
soft there was any evidence that they
needed his protection. or had called for it.
There are some white people in Mississip-
pl. There is no evidence except in Gov.
Ames's excited Imagination that they have
interfered or intend to interfere with the
people whom heis SO anxious to protect.
The beliefs coming to be quite general that
except for the interference of such men as
Gov. Ames between the two races there
would be not only no occasion for troops
but no disturbance whatever of their
friendly relations. 1t does net look we'll
tor such men to be clamoring for troops
whenever an election is at hand which
affects their own political fortunes. m
We say this ia all kindness, and with no
DISPOSE. ion 20 detract one iota rom the NOR
al grandeur o. Gov .Anies's position when
he invokes upon his own head the odium
in all Its magnitude" Aud our advice
to the administration is, to let the odiuu
descend rather than the troops.