, 1863-07-31

proportion Of them wcse unde. twenty yeazs
Of sgc, and many ~c:e o,nytets, thieves, a7d
abandoned Characteristic scum Of this great
city, and the h1aty import1tions from Other
cities. Then the ,iolcnce Of the rlo.e WAS
eenecia1}y directed sgainst the eolored popu-
lation Of tue citY, ncarly all Of whom are care.
| fully excluded By our laws from the elective
franchise, and who had no. voice, direct or In.
direct, In the act Of the conscriptlon law, aud
whose voices, for aught the Tiorers knew,
might have been rai=ed to prevent the CON
scription, if they could have been heard at all.
One Of the first acts Of The mob nus to destroy
the Asylum for colored orphans On tue tnth
avenue. It would be disparagement Of the
worst man who could possibly be drafted to
suppose him 80 brutal IN ignorance and Pas" =,
sion as to bum an asylum for helpless chill
drcn belonging to q class which had never par
tcipated in any net Of government OF rnisgoY-
eminent, BY way Of making good his objec-
tons to the conscription..
It is Impossible to believe that the riot was
anything else than the outbreak OF traitors
who made the draft preteIt for their own
crimes, ind an occasion for exciting others to
become criminals wi'h them From the be.
ginning OF the rebellion ne have been told
tl.at revolution would be attempted at the
North; we were incrcdulous because We
conld not believe that any considerable nun"
her Of persons could be found SO base as to
majority had chosen But thc invasion OF
Pennsylvania, made apparently upon an au-
dtrEtAnding with tr;lftors among onr3elVes,
the threats which were uttered in dittroit
quarters, the concert Of action between D1d
men In different parts Of the country, the
acts and language Of the mob, showing sym.
patby for the Southern rebels and hatred OF
their own flag and goyernment-allm made up
mass at evidence which appears to me- to
VToye bayond a reasonable donbt that thea
was conspiracy at the North-powefless
now, trust-agalnst the unity, the suprema-
cy and the virtue Of the nation; that th.s
conspiracy, though baf1ed from the fall OF
Sumter till now by the overwhelming m"]or-
ity Of loyal citizens, at last broke forth; that
the coDspirators here have been acting In con-
cert with the conspirators Of the South that
|. they seized upon the occasion when the loug
! Pennsylvania and the approaching draft
seemed to give them their last chance Of sue
Ce6e. -: ~.
DANGER OF CONCESSION TO 4 hob.
A riot is.never to be propitatcd, but riot
with nothing but defiance. Any concession
to 1t, rea1 ur seeming, Ii full Of danger, For
my own part, l will have nothing 70 do with
It but to employ whatever power possess to
aid In crushing it at Ill hazards. To those
amopg our .iuzens who are opposed to tie
draft. We should eny that the conscription act
was passed by the representatives Of ali The
people, they being represented ns we'll as 9TH
ers, and that if the law be in any respect
harsh or defective 1t wi1l be corrected. No
law beatiDg oppressiyely: on the people has
try. aud when enacted. It has no chance Of re-.
naming on the statute book beyond the next
session Of the legislative body that passed It.
| II this Law were, therefore, as unwise as its
enemies assert it to be, violent resistance to
| 1t would be utterly indefensible and wicked.
| In other countries, where there is q ruling
test Of the majority against The acts Of the
minority bnt here, where the suffrage is uni
yersal, any resistance is the revolt of the mi.
no1ity against the government Of the maiozi-
| II, and blow against the principle Of repub-
| ]ican government.
TIE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION,
r. ,,a. hooo-,a 49,, -. .1,o a-,va ~,
d;1t,staS,1 S 90 ,,oa.t;.nt;a,oI ~ Tha ~
E.aa;.'.sn q a. 10 ~ eaoa,.aa ts.;a ~
Tvhat1 ~ Ia r;+I,i, ~ I,n,I"s ~ Tenrre,s.
| +aa1an, ~ fc - "nastion nv ,5tn whfnh oasno4
u,ar ~ ro;arasa "a = Soa an,ctad i al 1ar4io.
| rotinf.. the P1ss,;Ient has annr1ved * M
@ aos host n ~ t,.e ;,,d;a;, I H.s.at'. ~"
pre,sosa thn c,t;zars fam their ph1;uaf;nrs ~ ~
aher r. Gor1..ar thar.. fn-e ~ d7s"mss tf,o ~
10y J.,ns, & - stl...ttaa"1;t1 ~ ~ ~ so
aahserr;.,y th,t thev who danS - mat nrccnrs 1
t sne5 acis;on AN tba nnrts
an ans a ae.,suu th tio tha ~ 1 c91f.s h
| uEa.aes ~. @un "Aeu anSJ ~ II .u11 - ~ VIII W
ub eaon t,e ~ Us - lTleIs ~. ~ ~ ~
t - aatle ncn ~ :
| not1 ~. - useeSs ~ ease 40 0A9tGnSes cAn W
ns support all inc persons anu az tue prop.
erty u me nation, nsks the essential pr1nei-
pie o. Fltaht9- 1hat II -"vu.c be ab;e &c ciini.
mano tne services Of the citizen rs a Juror
| and nc: ss soldier is beyond my comprehen.
sion.
Tbe municipal government of this city has,
moreover, not the least authority to Judge
constitutional questions, nor las It's interfe2-
ence in such questions hitherto been fortu.
nate. In April, 1857, the Common Council
| passed resolution In tho following worfle .
''Wtcreas, In the opinion of this Board, the
| net Of the Legislature known as the Police
bill is unconstitutional and void, therefore be
| it resolved, that his honor the Nayor. the Re.
| corder, and the Cjtr Judge be. and are fsrehv
i directed to retain pos5ession OF a]i ff,e nre,'.
| e,ty hclnnpinp il or connerted viii, tha 1nt;do
| departmenf. and rrfnse In ocknnwledge ~
nber The nn1ice comnIssfonars 1so ce115d, T.. t.,
said act, but to continue to d1scharee 1 tI'eir r.
dnties heretofore fn,osei m ths1n h9 rirtna t1Tn
If The laws onnoIntinV t1a,n - .c,,,,sa,...
| crs.n We ali Know tie senncl. The acf TINS
| denounced raa hv iii tEa co,rts .5;ri..aa iaus
consfitutional. and the notice therehv Sraa3eJ
| has proved Of creat berefit to ftis c,tr 1I nnd
las lust aided rs most effcientlv IN savt,c em ms
from ff,ghtiul calanltIes.
n draft was to be ordered at all, the pro-
,,o,. @ ul lls s2 DC as humane as any
,nar +1n n;4ns.1F ~ petsoa o3Saa MEG
a. "; ,1 ~ tsa " pfoslue sapstute IIis
a1ways Been allowed n thts IN iii tha rou ns AZ
which drnffs hive horr resortad - ~ ,''' eAeeS LII
Thc States hayfng nost nn,giseiy nero,,ttaa
the militia to fail ii,tn iiecav dr1ft f.aI,, tSa
mass If citizens seemed n mattar ~ recess;+.s NV
The suhstitnte which n 1raffed nan nav sa,,i
he NAV procure on the easiest terms ~. sia SHa
for llj1n. lie mav.pcrhans. And n mcmher nf 1;s
family. or fTiena who viii ~ 1itlont n[,r, ~
1ensafion oT he n.nv he ohIiosd - -,o1 soe,a
thjnr In orde1 ~ 1rer-nt IA ho,, ~ itas 9ots
upon bT conbinations to raise H. tIEeIa n-Ecc ~
substitutes. tho Goyernment itaaiF fn nsrc-
10 the draffed man. rnarnntces r. ~
eubstitute tor three hanIred fio51ara Th;a a
provision. inteuded for The reitaf ~ thnss-
who NAV be drafted. has been mIsrenresented
l,y he wicked and disloyal, and tortured into
discrimination between the rich and poor.
That any one should have been imposed upon
BY 50 shallow deception, is little to the cred
It Of his intelligence. One Is tempted to ask
encn persons Whethef they would hare Tue
w hain :" rocur ths an
s ,ha ie+er hethar ia ~ nr;cc "a ~ h;3 % Nv
tan n 1ow IN viii MI nnrsna tha enf,iact ~
~, 1Cm. ~. a,at w." ~ ~ 1 ~
fm.5"t,n, h5a nr..rd;ca ~" ats1e1a,t1 - +ho o
nat aon1uat,oH pus pauasot , uie,v5 asy; VI |ae
apprehension u oe'pE o'a1ee" a"ues IT.
TIE NECESSITY FOR TIE DRAFT.
The nccceeitv for n fl7aff ns n ,neans of "a.