Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-24

The fo.lowing IS the reply OF Governor ssy
z1ur 20 President Lincoln

The following is the reply Of Governor ssy-
/ z1-ur 20 President Liucolu
Albany August S, 1853
z To tas l'-e-id.a mt % the Uassd stziss:
I -rc-Tvsi yoar c9mmUDicassoR Of the zih
VIZ. ( rac0guiza tlo c1ncsssio7s Tou malca,
i-rs-sa v9rr refusal % comply with my reqH-s-
10 --vs tie dat IN this Sts5e su uen3c1 tl
i- can be sseertBiuei Il The enFsIm-uts are
ma e. il sce5r lance with ihs laws Of @ ingrsss.
or q the Hl iuciples Of Justice 7 Ea1W -ur
aEEy needs recruits sud r this and other r1e-
sola re-re, q decision wh'ca stands 10 the way
gr 81 1r-Ggs and cheerful ~ 1vement 20 Ill up
f5a ..iaHtd ra1As Of our r-glnsrts
N7a FgIA rsysr palssd in her forts TO send
volunteers 10 Che asEI8tauce OF our Ea.isHs E0l-
-e-s IN tre hsld Sire has not snly met evsrv
cs.i -sre5oiofe made (v55ls every other Atlantic
and Aex Eug ana State, except R-O3e l. sH1.
az b77n 5siBqusuE) hUl has continued Hb-Tal
bruusias e. volunteers when sl Efforts were suz-
pended IN navy ether qua ters Active eEef-
tiers ace now beirg ms8e 10 organiz7 new snd
-iil ~ the Old reg Rlmsuts These eLertiong viii
b. more saccssyfal, if the draft is Suspended
zna mucs better tasn reluctant c0nscripts VIII
De ia tHs srrui-s
On he 7gb, advised you by letter that
EsBli tarnish the strongest pTssf Of the in
zvGcs. # Bot faud, ia ths eHreIlmsne Ia Ger
sis districts. I new ssRd the ful ranaTs made
10 me BY Judge Advocate Waterbury. an
c0Lh est that when ven have read it you wii
agIse with ne thaE the hoaor Of ths Hstlsn and
your Admluis3s ion demands that the ab5sss
which ii psiajs out be corrected aDd pBnisAsd
You cay we ore co1s5udng with an enemy who,
as you understand, ''irives every sble-b0died
mau be eau r-seh into the rsuks, very much ss
the hatcher drives buliocks to the slaughter
pen" You Fyia agree with me that even this,
Inpartislly done b al csssea is more tolerable
tban sny scheme which shall fTauds emily fores
a portioa of the community into the military
service by a dishonest pervorsi1n Of the law
You vii see By the rep rl Of Mf Waerbury
,has t57rs Is '-o t6eoTy wzica can explain o.
Justify the enroll meat in this Ssse. I wish to
call y0Or ssien ioa to the tables OF pages 5. 6,
ans 9, which show that in nine Congressional
. dstrie-sr- I'm Hsnhatran, Long and staten
'sRd', She UUmber Of c0nscrip's called for is
5572y, Wbhe ia Binetsen Othef districts the
uBancsr OF c0HsCriB-s called for 10 oElY 80 626
THig dTst s b0 b. made from the FRS class,
Wv; those hetwssa sIe Tea Of twenty sad tsir-
ly-five 4 appears by tbc censassf 1850, thas
ia he 6ras zine Ceug asssioHsi districts there
were l64 7S7 aales hstwe8n twenty aud thirty
Eve, and they ere called upon tc supply 30 z29
coBsCffpis IA ths olherniuetssn districts, With.
a pepulsier sf males bstwes7 tlgsuty.spd thir-
tJ-ive Of Z707S6 o..y 50 626 Ee demaalsa.
Again, 90 snow 5hs par asaii &. Actsf8 u the
enrolment, yeU viii 6ni on 'tts.s twe1sy -Grst
psge of the mi.psFy report 10 thsliFst nins Con
grCsai0nal districts, tire total vots in l560rWas
l5l 54s Tae auaber Of eonscEipts SOW de-
.nsu1ed is 33.-29. L. 1he siussSas 9eber-t.s.
Ticts ths lsta! vote vas 457 25ls,.. Yst 'besA
districts gave Ens Eies IA iaVor 0f oIe politics.
parry, ana each o. the uiBe districts gave nlGl.
Jor'iea ID favor of tls other party.
You cannot. and vii not, fai 10 Flet4 these
gross WT3Hgs. Truly yours,
EfOhATIo SEYacER