The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-10

mains Tor tue people 10 vUGlcafe themselves
/, from the reproach IN the eyes of the country
| aud the wo. Id by 4 cheerful aequiesenee in
the law In this connection Gercral Dix
declares thai IL ose who array themselves
| against the law ''are 0bnaxioEs 10 far severer
censnre than the misguided and ambition
men who are striving 10 subyert our GtSk
ernnleut y
In COZ ciusion, he renews the expression
Oh his anxiety TO be assured by Gov SeS-
inour, at the earliest dag pract icabe, that
!. The military power Of the State, in case of
need, be employed to enforce tue draft. He
y the moro urgent in asking this assurance,
because, should it not be granted. he will
deem il his tiuty 10 ''call on thetieneIai Gov
ernmem ior force which shall not only be
;.deg latt to insure the execution Of the l.. ".
snt which shall enable him to carry out such
decisive measures az shah leave their impress
tipun the mind of the conntry for years to
come i:
On the Ell of August t;ov Seymour ai,-
piised Gen. Dix that he had received the final
answer Of the President, who, he regrets to
say, did not see lit TO comply with the re-
quests made to hin, and GOV. Seymour adds
that he was confident that :: generous rei-
ance upon the patriotism OF tie people to
iiil the ranks of our tllinued armies by voiun-
tary enlsiments would hereafter, as it has
heretofore, prove more eiieetuai than any
consc iption'
With reference TO Gen. Dix inquiry as 10
tue position which will he held Lr ssfic State
. authority, Gov. Seymour says:
''Gs course, Under no circumstances can
they perform duties expressly confided 10
others, nor can they undertake to relieve
Others from their proper responsibilities
Bat there can be no violations OF good order,
no riotous proceedings, no disturbances OF
the public ptace, which are not iniractions
,,r tafn
be enforced under all circumstances. shalt
take care That all the executive officers of
this State perform their duties vigorously
aud thoroughly; and, it need be, the mill
tary will be called into requisition."
Three days subsequently,, on the 18Th OF
August, General Dix reminds Governor Sey-
mour that in an interview had with him on
the 18th of July, Immediately after General
Dix's arrival in this city, he General Dix
had expressed u wish that the draft in this
State should be executed without the EN-
ployment Of troorssin the service Of the
United States, and that afterwards, by let
Ter addressed to Governor Seymour, lie had
renewed more formally the expression OF
this wish.
In the same spirit, when some of the Mar
si,ls 10 the interior applied. to Gen. Dix for
aid against threatened violence, lie referred
them to the Governor, that they might be
!}J ms aubItolity- OCH. .Dta
declares that if was his earnest wish that the
Federal arms sbuuld neither be seen nor felt
in the enforcement Of the draft but adds
that, having received no answer from Gov.
Seymour, he had applied to ,he Secretary OF
War, on Tie l4th OF August; for 4 force ade-
quate to the object.
That call had been promptly responded to,
aad he would be ready to Meet all opposition
TO the law. He still hoped. ho !. ever, that
Gov. Seymo'ir's course would be such as to
render il unnecessary to use the troops uli-
der his command for that purpose.
On the 20ih OF August Gov. Seymour
wrote 10 Gen. Dix, complaining that he had
received no notice of the tine when the
draft would be made in the city. owing TO
which, he alleged, he had no opportunity TO
consult with the Generals commanding mill
lin in the counties OF New York and Kings,
nor to obtain credits for volunteers, as he
hoped to he able to do.