New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16
Letter from Archbishop Hughes.
APPEAL TO TIE CATHOLICS OF NEW-fORk
THE ccSsCRIPTioy-THE RIOTS.

APPEAL TO TIE CATHOLICS or NEW-YORK.
TBE ccSsCRIPTioy-THE RIOTS.
Ths ft man we ever heard advocate g-nesl con.crp
on for tbs prosecution of the war for be Union NJ" Arch.
bishop Hughss in hs sermon directly sfsr h last rourn
hSpG and " ss". eo s Of ,Ss
burden c the gsrerou. snd public asnE 'hs, ncs
a. she uld be apporonsd seeof iasy"
10 as Edit1sf TAs ". Y Herald
Tho foregoing paragraph is taken from The TRIB-
usE VI this morning. Ii is the latest malignant arti-
Gle against the Undersigned with which the Honor
sbe Horace Greeley has been in tho habit OF favor
ing him for rome lime past.
Permit me to request OF you the insertion OF few
remarks 10 TIE Herald, which rsy throw light
upon the subject which Mr.. Gr,eley misrepresenu
and affects to misunderstood. He says - that con-
demped the reliance upon volunteering as hazardous,
and as placing too large share of the burdens on
the generous and publcspirited, urging that, since
the Obligation 10 serve rested equally on sll, the
liabi ity OF risk should be apportionei accordingly
L. did not condemn volunteering.
ILL., did not recommend n coercive conscrlption,
bu that tho people of the North, who sand by the
Federal Government, should demand c0nscriptiou
by their own voluntary choice aud set. Ipis would
bs their own system Of volunteering. The main
OBJECT OF my remarks on the occasion referred TO by
Mr. Gree ey was to bring the war to speedy con-
clusop. Tho last and decisive battle In every war
necessarily the most merciful in its results since 1t
puts an end to the further shedding OF human blood
This was ths main object, regards the interests
Of the country at large. My remarks were not in'
tended for the congregation whom was addressing
but for the whole people. Since that time, many
most sangunary battles have been fought, IN which
blood sufficient 70 float ship OF war has been she'd
and We. It seems that many other simaI baties are
sti 10 be fought before come TO the iinal struS'
gle which shall decide the question.
have been attacked by three Catholic lay men,
editors Of The Baltimore Mirror, aud by priest of
Bedford, Pennsylvania, as il were maa OF war,
ana as ii the idea Of bringing the war TO speedy ter
mna,ion was cruelty, instead Of aiio wing II 70 isr'
tilize the fields Of Tennessee OF Virginia, Maryland,
and even Psnnsylvania, with periodical supplies OF
human gore.
This . the idea Of mercy and humanity entertained
by the propretors Of T4e baltimore Mirror and the
gentle shepherd Of Bedford o. to what constitutes
humanity and mercy.
III. Another reason that influenced me on the day
on which preached the sermon referred to by Dir.
Greeley was tho fact that on my return from Europe
found the number Of sblebodied men, fathers, bro
thsrs husbands in my congregations vastly thinnsd,
and tho widows and orphans multiplied AL around
me. How could this have happened Was il all
voluntary the part Of those who abandoned their
homes to defend their countryi know that to .
great extent IL WA voluntary and patriotic, eepecia
iy a. the commencement Of the war. There were
militia regiments 10 NewYork who felt that, whether
tbsy were Catholic or not, whether they. were ma
tiyss or foreigners, deemed with honorable cbivsy
that, having donned the national uniform. they were
bound 70 rush and rally for the deense OF the coun
try-which they did. This would DO ono class; ana
thev wore numerous enough 70 leave NOT few oea-
tituts widows and orphans far from the neid on
which they were slsughtersd OF taxsn pnsoLe's:
Bet thss> Was another class-a wss s0mPosse e1