New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-13

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20 L.n rs 20 he Inconsistent with any onc' copclr-
sior than that of intentional fraud - will prove
~ ,st conCiusiyeir.
N.iie- the censua retgrrs Of the whole popula-
i;on nov OF the number Of males from - 20 40 years
of aye =, a correct h.ei. for an esiInafe OF the num-
her 81 per,ons IA Nea.York and Dsookiyn liable 10
.or.llr'eut under tire CpnscFiptfon act. In the pro
ce Of demonstration which now propose il IL ,ia-
.,rfart Gist to c,r!eCt two rrroneons iWrresions.
Contrary TO the popular belief tie r.Dgn returns
,to, tlst in the State Of Ncv.l0rs, l. tie Cluoo,
,I,r, il y greater number 81 io,.see than Il u..ss,
aod in tNe agricultural cOnut~ a greater uuE0er u
lcs than 81 ten les. Their ale sky Untici IN
ne safe. IN twenty Of the.e there Are more fe-
males than MALE. H. DULY four OF sao tweDiy does
the excess az females amount 10 lhOO nuG thge four
,rclnde the Cities of New'YoIk, Broohlin Albany
and Toy. L. NoS-Yorh the excess Ok females lis
lS co.,
There i,a Ike error prevailing in respect TO the
comparative numbers Of ma les Cf middle age IN tho
CITY and III the country. Ia the Cay OF Ne"-1ofk
the male inhabitants from ~ 10 - years Of as are
ID Ito yer cent Of iis whole population. and IN the
resi- Of the State the maes frO ~ TO 81 yeaIs VI aS
are 10 40 PER cent of the whole population.
II wing shown that il is not true, that IN el,heS OF
The Two respects in which it s generally supposed to
be, tha, The number of persons Liable 10 eeFvice
under the Cons:rption Act ia preportonGteJ larger
IN the city than in the country, now state r.a-on
why tie proportion OF persons liable TO CONSUMPTION
s tbs comparatively greater number OF aliew IA Tie
city. Mere than one-thrd Of tie inhabitants oi the
City of New.Ycrk are aliens By birth, aid n irge
portion Of these even OF the males arc not naiur-
ned. In no other county In the State Is the pro-
rorlion as large though II is very large 10 hiugs
and Albany, aud large In rome others Tue a iehs
are enrolled all over the State, and IL care IL not
taken in localities whore they arc numerous, to see
that tho ward or town bas the benefit OF the rue
will presently refer to, such places wili posuo
iec,ed te al un ust share OF the buraeh VI u''V"
scripiion.
Aliens ere no, Liable TO tho conscription, thengh
the me Ike good soldiers Such persons have tonned
u large portion OF our armies. beDeve 'ih.'
,he City oil New York has sent at least 15OOO rosi-
dent volunteers TO the war; which 1t could not have
done without the service OF slens No alien, h'"-
ever, viii consent to he forced into tho army "a a
conscripi. II willing to serve, he will add 10 the
credi, of voluntary service tho bounty no can obtain
hs Il volunteer, OF the premium % substitute.
Alieas do not voe and therefore we must refer to
the number OF votes cart In tho respective districts
10 uea ure the correctness OF the number o: con-
scripts required. Before do this, will notice tie
respects in which the liability TO the oonscri iioi.
dllers IN .his State, from the Tlght to vote:
!. Negroes are embraced III the consorip,ion. but
with tie rare exception Of ireeholdes, they cannot
vote. However. the number OF male negroes from ~
10 81 YEAR Of age in tho whole State lcss than 900
The proportion Of negroes 10 tie Whole population 10
larger IN some other counties than New-iork. la
the latter i varos but slightly from the proportion
In the whole State. / msy we'll state here that
rs me- roes are included III the eonfcrptou they are
a.o included al tue tables aud computations o.
TIM report.
T. Aliens who have declared their intention 10
become citi zcns There Is never large number o.!
these and many Of them Gave been driven away BY
The wi.uiug OF the psrsidcnfs proclamation. do
not believe tina; there are 500 such persons Ell.
rolled ia the whole State.
8. Minors over twenty years Of age. There ~a-
very afge number OF theso IN the STATE but Il
large poriion OF them have volunteered. by the
census OF loo. tho proportion OF this class 10 the
whole pop alstion is gjl01 81 per ooh, In the
city OF N.w-York ard one 10 loo IA tho rect Of The
StGe or IA other words, they i1-lVJ Of ono yer
cent. lees numerous in the city OF New-York than
ia tho rect OF tue state The advocates u justice 10
tie city gave their opponents tie bsHeiI Of thf
advantage.
On the other extreme, persons over - years o.
age are exeuJa IRON oOrscnp.ioa. A. Ia respect 70
ininorr ihso essential yarlsiion IA the pfoior-
,ionato numben vi Tie oi1y ana county.
have shown tbat thero Ia no reason Wy toe
number OF persons h.bls to conscrpion should no,,
IA every lhri u TIE State. tear about tho slnc pro
por,ion 10 the number Of voters. 1 wall now give
tie total vote for Pfcsiaon. IN 1862 In each distinct
10 which d quota Of oonscripis las been Gs'l,ned
and a % the number OF consc1pts required. In DO
ing TO- place tie districts which gave majority
Tor Mr. Lincoln IN one column, aud iLoes which gave
n majority assils. him IA ano1hef;