The New York herald., 1863-08-27
NECESSARY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF ALDERMEN
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10 day Walsh h char. The spe
oi oh cot OF meeting take into confederation
the thee Mllin ordinance, which, having cmanated
the Board Of Common Council, and previously con-
oersed Ia ~ this Board, vetoed BY tho Mayor Sub.
selueEtly The ord II Common Council passed
resoation pledgng themselves and pass the ordi
Rance bus vetoed at The expiration or ten days, tho tmo
required BY law before such action can taken. The
resolution OF the Common Council was unanimously
adopted by the Beard OF Aldermen The resolution is
folieNs-
Resolved, That the members or the Common Council
now present hereby pledge ourselves Constituents
ard q each ether I" and rass the ornace list
ed by his Honor III Mayor over his Veto that the me
my become IN elective law at the expiration c ten
days from this time.
The resolution being called up,
Alderm n JEREMIAH addressed the Board. He fully
concurred IN the action the Common Council the mat
ter Of this three million ordinance and be hopedt would
meet the approval Of every member present Were they
at time like this, wait until the Chief Magistrate
should pick up his views day by day and his ideas bit by
bit, subject which had been calmly quietly and
carefully considered. lie the Mayor had had much
time to consider this important question they bad That
his Honor required ali tbs time mature his views and TO
take some definite action in the matter particu
ary 70 his credit rs an incumbent OF high and honora
BILE fice His nor told them that with respect 10 tho
FAM les cf our lders there be- should think but
one opinion NO man who IS fighting our battles SD uld
family at h,nc far as IL is in power him.
What the Of telling thsS Why eighteen months
ago the Common onc settled that question The families
OF souafrers hd been all relieved through our relief
committo The Board Of Aldermen and Common Coun
cimen committees are evidences Of that It was the
ard OF Couhclmen, and not the Mayor, who moved Ia
that matter eighteen months and he has but just
nos arrived at the poin whence started, why SO be
IT, His Honor says Lo viii COO crate with as n tho &C
c'm lishnen OF our purpose. Why, then. has ne not
signed the ordinancc' He says there are two
PURPOSES for which the money might be Justly
appropriated One, for the procuring of substitutes for
those whose personal services necessary 10 the city
and ether tho providing FOR the destitute families Of
those who have gone forth in dofence There Is per-
feet agreement between us in that Of the ordinance
In the hrst place We concur with him In the ordinance
substitutes for persons whose services necessary
the city. But who are the persons necessary
government and the city authorities. will be ques-
ton OF necesstya question alike in the Interest Of hu.
tho men who may be drafted who have wives aud chill
drsn depending on them for support. and to send
mel men in their place who have no similar family
own voiton His Honor says that he is
willing to aid in tho mitigation OF any hardshps which
may happen on this instance as II often happend In
ceponaI cases from the operations Of general law.
That IS the whole difficulty The .ommon Council want
T. able 10 mitigate those cases q hardship which occur
Or % priraieya Th. whole differences between % Us lies
through their % committee, % told the Mayor that in
all other matters spoken OF they would concede
for the Of having him ssa the g. din
tion willing to concede4everything but the prn
cple. Hence tho difficulty But this he would not con
conscript cannot raise tho money he must 60.
We want the power power 70 relieve tho case case Of It's
and prompt operation. !. One would suppose that
being the only matter OF derence the Mayor would pre-
as " He SSs es N x just Arrived s from
foreign country the first Of March. who the day alter
% ns SsrsSy bs % sSsa g
has efamiy or not He 10 told that he need not
native. ss' % ashs 10 ns his S pscs hat one q
the reasons he says why he cannot concede 70 u.s. lie
which forth most astonishing intelligence, r true
They told that are portion o the population there
Ss s s.
duced to onsr themselves BY high boun,ies. but
Ss .y.ss ws ~S drawn such ' ssS ss ,s:s
marched through the streets with banners and bands o
sn's woa e y 'Sa
Mayor tells that this waged on the interests
Of msn but that whether the man who labors with
hls hands shall be free man or slave, should own
himself or be owned by another, is the ultimate
question which this nation is now deciding In the
10 executive cabinets and on many Gslds Of
battle Now he (Adsrman Jeremah) supposed that the
OF the constitution and the Union He would
like to know, the Mayors announcement OF the object
OF the was ocia not what progress 70 that end
had made s1cs the proclamation Of freedom issued
before that tiue not man had caimed that that
ne v.. %sg. The Strength Of tho
war measure. was proper and right 70 reduce the mum
Der Of their slaves and the was accordingly
the close Of the war But here We are informed BY our
Mayor that this the ultimate question to be decided by
the people the battle fields Of the country.
plain whether this was his own personal view
q sdua ns 1eM ss'oss xs could amer with h% os
II would cnlighteu people very much In deciding the
% sns for 70
idea OF the second section, We might just as well
no ord e. M s srss TG S %u, f. per
being . kscd fact, substitutes become an article
limited In supply. IN that case like all other
articles limited 10 absolute Demand Il must increase In
price, Therefore the conscript stands in this position
dsliars, will you gve7 and the conscrips swho
pay large sum gets substitute while the poor con-
the people the city by paying three hundred dollars
for substitutes when the substitute can still make his
snn VIII, ,are ~. 20 1si r;,h ,h ara, :, cc se
aid tho city raise the three hundred dollars for tho 60
ysrnmcnt u provide the substitute BY failing TO raise
tho money the conscrpt must Co. That the peculiar
result ordinance like this Of the Mayors; the city
would be burthened with expense and the conscrIpt
would not be benefited Ho believed the ordinance OF
the Common Council, properly carried out, would be
found just and equitable could be devised the short
time allowed them for consideration. The oonscript
is ordered by the committee TO 20 himself he has no
claim for exemption. But II he shows that no has
ws and Children aspendns ling 90 him 4 Or , m S Is =
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the interest OF tho city 70 keep that At homo for the
support OF bis family, and 10 get substitute In his place.
We that tell tho conscrpt TO procure substitute,
and the city Ill three hundred dollars for the family
OF such substitute. II he fals In both cases
the Common Council claim tD be the best judges
the circumstances whether would be better,
view that the conscript being artisan
mech mic, contributing 10 the wealth Of - community
and support family whether this exceptional
case we should put out hands and exempt the
man furnish him with the means of exemption him.
seT In this lies whole difference between the Mayor
and the Common Council Tho Mayor holds that the
script 20 forth who pay for substitute who
he holds that in individual cases II may be proper
and legitimate to pay for their exemption With regard
tho Of the militia and police mentioned 10 tho
MESSAGE certainly is the first time the Mayor called
attention them. II is fair to presume that the ord
had been drawn up with this proviso he would
have vetoed II some othor ground and the result
would be that tho Common Council would bc forced to
let go by Under all tho circumstances OF the no
would vote for the adoption Of the resolution under
sldoratio..
Alderman rRoSESr had taken part In this discussion
previously On returning TO the city he found the matter