New-York tribune., 1877-07-24
GOVERNMEY~ PREPARATIONS.
The STATES TO BE PROTECTED
AUTHORITY TO BIZ RESTORED BY MODERATION AND
SHOW OF MILITARY AND NAVAL POWER.

+ A SHOW OF MILITARY AND NAVAL POWER
lBY TELEGRAPH THE TEGBUSE.l
! WAsHINGroN. july 23.- So great has been the
anxiety Of the President and members of his Cabinet
to-day for the restoration of peace IN the disturbed
districts of adjoining States, and the presery-
alton of life and property, that no public
business of importance unconnected with the
disturbances the consideration of which could
have been POSTPONED, has been transacted to-
day. A call upon the President in legal form
asking FOR aid in suppressng domestic violence
having been made by the Governor Of Pennsylvania,
"A special Cabinet meeting was convened at 10
o'clock this morning to take the matter into consd
Grafton Although the military force at the disposal
of the general Government not already actively en-
ploved is not great it determined. without hcs-
tation to respond to tie request of Gov II rtranft
and TO issue the necessary proclamation at once.
Gen. Scoiied who arrived from Wes-Pont this
morning called upon the President to consult with
him AS TO the best course to be pursued; and being
considered by the Administration one Of the
coolest and most judicous officers Of the army
was reonested by the President to go TO
PHILADELPHIA as his personal representative
Cen Scnfeld will, under the direction OF the
President. and conformity with Gen. Hancock.
direct the of the United States troops there anc
do whatever lies in his power TO aay pubhc excite
meut and prevent an outbreak OF any kind. Numer-
ous orders have been issued during the day for the
prompt movement Of such troops as could be spared
from other points to those most threatened. Inc
details of these orders will be found Ill the genera
dispatches.
While it is the purpose of the Administration to
deal vigorously with any persons guilty OF violence
Of the laws in either of the states of Pennsylvania
West Virginia, or Maryland, to which troops have
been ordered, it is also the purposes OF the Pres-
dent to use all the influence of the National Admin
istratiOn and all the means at ITS command 10 pre-
vent as well as suppress violent demonstrations.
The experience of the last few days, especially in
Baltimore aud Pittsburgh has demonstrated the
necessity of cooness and moderation iii dealing with
the present trouble. 1t seems to be the belief o.
Government officials who have the best means %
information, and who have gwen the subject the
most careful consideration, that very much OF the
destruction of life and property that has
already taken place has been due TO the
iniudicious and iil-adviSed measures that haye
been taken to suppress it, Had the 9th Regiment
of Baltimore been composed of the class of men
who comprise the 5th, and had it marched from its
armory to the Depot with the same coOlness anc
bravery which characterized the movements o.
tho 9TH, it is doubtful if the scenes OF
violence that occurred there Friday night
and which have kept the city in state Of feyersh
excitement from that time to this would have oc-
Cured So in Pittsburgh from the best evidences thao
can be obtaincdt is believed that the firing of Phi-
adelphia troops upon the mob at the time that 1t
took place was unnecessary and that the destruction
of life and property was the immediate effect Of 1t.
In other words il is thought that had well-disci'
plined United States troops been in the place OF tn"
Philadelphia militia they would have been able to
drive the mob from the railroad tracks, and to have
protected the property of the Company without
firing upon the crowd. For these reasons all officers
in command of United States troops have been
instructed TO act with the greatest caution, ana 10
avoid in every way possible any demonstration the
effect of which Will be to cause unnecessary excite
ment
Now that the management of affairs at the points
of greatest danger is virtually the hands OF eX-
perienced military officers of the United States
Army il is believed that the enacted at Pitts
burgh and Baltimore Will not be repeated Whether
il will be in the power OF the United States authoIi-
ties or those of the States of both combined to give
such protection TO the railroad Companies
| as will enable them to resume their busl-
ness and run freight trains on regular Thed-
ulcs or not. of course remains to be demonstrated
| The Powhatan and Swatara men-of-war'
| originally ordered from Hampton Roads to wash
nQon but subsequently, directed to go to Baltimore,
arrived here to-day. The explanation OF their ap-
pearauce here that the change of orders did not