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

nor need thcfc Who de- not approve OF mo PONY o
the Ado iui.irauop evea exnressn re2rei. Colonel
F,y avs in b.r lftes nat ~ such the Get
err G yer.u ,at is alone 30 oier.' 'ttIs - no'
fi,'1v c,I-ect. TIE 0eisf.ons no most pu.p"rors
IL o-tr cts largely ~ avor oi the poncy o. me ADJ
tar .,.iO a. l. by .lo unaor ro,m,n', tie Feo-
ule o. ih. q d ri, are dspiv 81 ~ orrortrn.Iy
10 do trir eQr.i suaro Of hebmg &C. me heloi 10
s1sisin ,he poicy s'cy iud'ree - largo mlJoriies
IL. D. bal,j.-j,N.
H. rseooct ~ he Democrats aiu~ic's, ard cspl-
cally no oity OF Sewi OH, SIC ca.e is diiiertnt
ghL,e has b, rlauiePt dcsi n. 20 take og % tla
CITY, by c0usc.ron. the f're2ter part OF ia large
Dem cratic majority. 1hls Is evident not only
from tho oBaTAsCr the euro. ,ui, bat aiso ron
the fnci thai. fsr IA tle drait proceeded, TIE
! me- nos Lfi nu were mriniy ttO-e II DE nocrlts
/ .hls II an lns nosOus course t0WnfI cry wien
has cont rbutcA 30 hb.rly IN every respect TO tie
sarior of The federrl Government. Those who
oripinari il ialrd 10 perceive or ele they uid no
care tuut il - q, . Lbe-boded men could be 'Orc3o
ont of the oty Of New York, IL would intorierc WIN
the haa 10, o. ora,ons Vt the metropolis TO an ex-
tent t'isl wolld not only cripple the national cause
bat al 10 ie throughout al tie states 'Iuc 70 inc
Union.
! T.s scheme II fraud has certainly been conceived
and Prosecuted without tie know ledge VI tie Pro-
yort.Niar,hal. General. found that gentleman not
ou, r., ady T. suylly tho iGlet Information, bur also
fnxious TO obtain ). knowledge OF every wrong OF
Miusiice. TIC President, a'so, wa decided ~ tis
exrretaior of his views 70 the sunc effect, md was
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10 convey to ycu that every substgntlGi wrong OF
error pointed out TO him shori be corrected VOL
must look 10 the irresponsible ctbal onlside which
las often perverted the prescn contest TO uses worse
than paiisnn, for the source a tbs iniqui'y III Is
now fully eyposed II justice II done, Will De COR
reoted II not, whether 1T is carried out with more
or less success 1t will ronlNq IA history as SI5sa
| tic political frsnd'
, How shall Tho wrong be corrected1 The Con
.cription Act evidently intended that the enromenl
10, lafn he
has not been pursued. Without 1t, new enroll
meat would not be effective 70 remedy the wrong.
Col Fry, upon my pointing out the oyer.enrolInehf,
immediately ,Gggcsted TIE remedy which he has eH-
pressed In bis letter. and has since carried OUT par
tally IL a circular to bis suboTdates. In lie letter
h. rave thai noir,+idents and aliens, drawn IN
tho Draft. will be discharged aud their places are
not 10 b. filled by the district the - per cent addi-
tenal 70 the quota being called for only TO supply
| vacancies caused By exemptions granted under sho
| lew TO nsiGents OF The district.
| uuderstaud this rao to he founded on the prin-
CHILE that the lace OF no pc'son wrongly enrolled
aud drawn II 10 be tupPhe'i, aud that the % per
cent additional is only 10 mike good the exemptions
allow d By the uecOud sec;ion oil The Cou~iP' non
Act. Il ~, tho Grati Of lersors OF Tie following
classes will be ralty, aud their places Will not be
supplied VIZ; 49,,
i. Persons not rcsidirs in the districts in which
they arc drawn. ,
| =. Aliens who have NOT declared thelr inNbIOh W
! toc0ne eitz NJ
3 Porous uodcr twenty, or over forty I've years
| OF age, or II married, over thirty 1--WE.
/ g. Persons in the military service OF the United
sta,es on iho 81 Oi March, 1853
3 Vrku1wn person. l. the errolm-nt was
nrtitious Of course 4 shoulj amount 10 nothlngi II
u ras not, the law makes Tho enrolled Iefsoh
de.crtsr sud puis uIou the Go'ernueut tuc dH'y 0i
| obtaining his services -,
/ fny Per cent ADDITIONAL dnit 10 Ia DO used only
/ "a sp,olv vacancies caused BY tho drawing OF
Der, IN. no, embfa, ed IN either OF the above chs-es
lat who nr- exempted under the seeoud tection OF
the Cobscrption 40; sueh persons DeipS Oh INC iO'
loving classes, and none other, VIZ:
! /. 1toec physically or Mentally unit.
. Too ouiy spns, or Que ~ the sonu, II theFe be
more than one, Of gg,d, illru, or Widowed laronts.
and tie only brothers o. orr han hnd the iaihefs oil
uo.bere-s children IA the eases specihed IN tie act
/ 3 Two person. iIOm cverv family and household
Of 'alLcr and 6ous, from viii h two porsons lave
already been suppicI ~ tue military service OF TIE
| United States
TIE distinction between The classes Of places 10 bs
suppi. aud OF place. not to 10 supplied, should DO
clearly an fully w isntood. and then, y tc GrdE
a. (auiy mae, tie Nrong VI o'cTenrollinenI "ill
! 10 s4bslaniiaily remeicd. II tie enrolled n1ihej
arn all pot IN tho wheel aud fAify drawn, The mum
Der Of Mares drawn OF those who were liable 70 en-
fonsont Ia ia district and VI thOsc who were not,
vii. bear about tie proportion TO the total
number Of the names Of each cass Pat IN the wheel.
there L. never such rSsll. ~ the drawing Of ma
tenAl diBproporto1 OF any particular d1ss II draii
/. iair. Persons 10 the ssue family o. business may
b- drawn, q. Nj oininf Ium1cft may DO H. lottery
because tho rule OF chance requires such nstauees
| No one ever knew, however. IN frar u nsuree or
Of eter- that tLoe. drawn nil from the greater
or ALI from The Lesser numbers, all from the Est
~ all from tie lat half OF tie al habet. No In
draft OF usres, those drawn Will be- IN respect 10
all diysiour III proportion about the es thEt
Of the uuntcIs OF the classes subjected - tue
dn.h.
j, il Of primary importance, therefore. that tho
name, should he fairly drawn. In Ito drhwing In
| the IAth District, which 10 IL the Cily OF New
York, 10 far az the lit was published, there was
great esproporlion Of the nance OF people Of par
Icular lineage although only one-iourh OF the III
bEbtau,s Of the district weis born y, Ireland.
called toe stteLticn Of tie President TO THIS TACT,
and suggested H. um thSt such resut cobiJ not be
continued throughout tho city without being fol
lowed by belief In the public nlnd that tho GRAFT
had been unfairly made lie answered, "Oi course
lot" aud added, with an earnea ness was gLto 10
observe, 81 viii not permit either real or AN ap-
parent fraud"
| The following regulations for drawing tie names
will prevent any possibility Of Frauds
| |. Print the enrolment list OF each ward and
town IA order that he public may know what nanss
arc to 10 put IN 'no wbeol As ID. lists are aGdo
cut in the alphabetical order OF the initial letters OF
the rurnsnes, tno ony trouble or delay will be IN
the printing.
2. Have tn drawing made by porson to DO Sc
eclsd by the local authorities: aud sach name as
drawn read aloud aud recorded
3. After the draft for conscipIs Is eoncuhed, con-
tnue the drawing until al tho uames are drawn, IN
order 70 prove that oil were III the wheel.
I. II tho drawing Of II town or ward il not finish
od at or. session. conice the wheel during the re-
css to tho joint custody Of the Proyos. Marshal und
como ono 10 selected by tho local authorities.
| These regulations ais easy aud sufficient. They
are in tho spint OF circular No. Ill Of tie Provost
Marshal General Ihough more full and comprehend
ave. 1 cannot donDt, especially ia view OF the
of tL, prexidsut that upon nm