The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-30

ton gives the pfesluont ILe Fignt 10 lnt6r-
fere only when an instruction of such
magnitude exists as to be beyond the pow
err of the state to suppress--and not then
until called on by the legislature if the
legislature can be convened. This is the
law on the subject (section 297, Revised
Statutes of the United States, page 1, O34)
as follows:
SIN case of an insurrection in any state
sgsns the pps.aen thereof shall be
Of the legislature of such state, or of the
executive When the legislature cannot be conven-
ed, to call forth such number of the militia Of any
other state Or states which may be applied for, as
he deems sufficient to suppress such insurrection;
on like application, to employ for the same pur
poses such part of the land naval forces of the
United States as he deems necessary FL
The president in his proclamation says:
WHEREAS, BY laws in pursuance of the above it
is provided In the laws of the United States that in
ali OF instruction In any state or of o6stTuc-
ton to the lGcs thereof it shall be lawful for the
president ;" etc. etc.
Now compare this with the law and YOU
will fnd that the president has interpola
ted, or somebody for him,in his quotation
these words; or Of obstructiomto uselaaos
thereof" There are no suchwords in the
law. No instruction existed in South
Carolina. But even it one did exist Gov
Cham berlin made no effort to suppress it.
He issued a proclamation ordering rife
clubs to disband, and then run to Wash
ington tor federal troops to secure his own
election. He made no effort to convene
the legislature. There was no reason in
the world why he could not convene the
legislature, if he desired to do So The
proclamation of the president and the
sending of troops to South Carolina is
therefore illegal, unconstitutional, an act
subversive of the rights of the states and
the people-an act OF war, and as such to
be condemned by every man who does not
want to see the states reduced to mere
counties under federal control.
Mr.. Durham then briefly referred to
the corruption which pervaded the public
service, aud the necessity for reform in
that respect. He denounced the whole
lot of so called southern claims as a fraud
| been over more than eleven years. Al
| this distance of'time any one who is knave
enough may set up claims and may hire
witnesses to prove both the damage done
and the owners loyalty. 1t is high time
for the whole southern war claims business
to stop. 1t is a constant source of frauds
upon the treasury, and should be stopped
no matter whether TIE claimants pretend
to have been loyal or not. And ht
closed by producing series of questions
which were propounded to Hon. Mil
ton Saylor, member of congress from Gin
| cinnati, previous to the Ohio election
which he said had been handed to hiu
with a requeat that he would read them te
the meeting and answer them publicly
| They are as follows:
Esrst-As a representative in congress, are you In
favor Of opposed TO- to the s9S S e.
492, no direct taxes paid by Them!
His answer was: 81 am opposed"
tApplause.)
Second-Are you in favor of, or opposed 10, re
funding the cotton tax, in whole or In part levied
and collected from 1868 to 1868, and amounting t.
SOS or, 1857
His answer was: II am opposed y
lApplause.)
Zhird-Are you in favor of, or opposed to, thu
payment of stores and supplies taken or of rem
for the use and occupation of property, in
Guiding vessels where the claim is in favor of cit
izen who was disloyal during the wary
His answer was: Il am opposed. y
(Applause.)
Fourth-H you are opposed to the payment o
such claims. are you in favor Of and will You aid IL
the passage OF d resolution, or l,or some dec
ton by the house of representatives, against tn,
recognition or payment of them by the United
Statesy
His answer was: Il am. aud [ will
loud applause.
He then alluded to the admirable lette
Of Gov. Tilden declaring that he would
veto these claims, the endorsement of the
letter by Gov. Hendricks, and by the en-
tire state officers. senator's, representative
aud electors of Kentucky, aud his belle
that the people of the south were equal,
opposed to these swiudling claims, and tina
the claims were unworthy of the leas
credit. And he closed with happy ref
erence TO the prospects and the brigh
| hopes of the election Of Tilden and Hen
drick and the restoration OF better times
| SPEECH OF HON. JOHN P. IRIsH
After the applause for Durham sub
sided there were universal calls for Irish
and the president introduced the Hon
John P. Irish, editor of The Daily Press
Iowa City. Mr. Irish was formerly Dem
ocratic member of the legislature, NOR,
recently Democratic candidate for con
gress, and is now one of the Tilden elect
ors-at-large in Iowa. He is one of tn,
very best stumpers 10 that state. Hi
spoke with Coy Williams, Mr.. Voorhees,
aud others, in various parts of Indiana
with great success during the late cam
paign. No synopsis of his speech can d
him justice, and we have space for onl
| oriet mention.
| Opening with charming reference t
the able and accomplished gentleman Nh
NcRea) who spoke in the afternoon, AM
the importance to all our business an,
pecuniary and social relations to restor,
harmony and good fellowship Throughout
all our land. he soon passed to discussion
IT the currency, resumption, etc. He re
ferred to a legend he had seen in som
Republican papers: ''Hurrah for Tide
and hard money" "Hurrak for Hendrick
and soft money" and said that if he wer
to set it up 10 his paper he would add
And hurrah for Hayes and no money,
for if Hayes shall be elected and the pres
ent Republican legislation be continued
and the ofice-holders continue tbei
robberies the people will be without none
very soon. He referred to Gov. Tllden'
letter of acceptance wherein he shows tn
folly of fixing day for resumption an
making no preparations to resume, an
showed that after the Republican re sum-
ton act was passed gold went ur from 9 t
Is per cent. and we were per cent
further away from resumption, and afte
a Democratic house repealed it,as endorse,
by the ST. Louis convention, gold receded t
again, thus showing that the prospect q