, 1863-08-20
Gl)ifaoo @ribn1re.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1868.
SEYMOUR CYPuEn1vt: EXPOSED

Gov, Seymour is doing all in bis powe
short Of waging open war against the FED
-erM Government, to prevent the draft tax
ing effect in the city Of New York. In
letter Of enormous length, consisting {
mcndacity and falsehood, he undertakes t
establish against the Government III
charge oi partisan fraud in the apportion
= ment Of the DRAFT, ;a1ledging that more me-
arc called for in Democratic than in RI
j. publican districts, and on that md othe
grounds demands that there shall be n,
consumption among his "ffiends" " tn
plug-uglies and mobocrats. The draft ha!
already been made in all the Republican
districts, and now, when the drawing i.
about to commence in the Copperhead dis
tricts, Seymour calls Justify upon the Pres
ideut to desist until the constitudonality al
the law is ascertained In the State Courts
Of New York!
It is true that larger cali for men is
made On the New York city districts, thau
the country districts, but it is satisfactorily
accounted for by two things, first the vast
number Of aliens enrolled, who will be ex-
empted by the Board Of Examination, and.
second, the heavy deficiency in the city of
= New York, in filing her quota of troops
last year. In July 1869, the President
called for COZ; 900 men. OF that number
10000 was the share spponioned to the
State Of New. York. Tie city was re-
qllired to furnish 81, 100. How did she re-
eponde This, remember, is the great Dem
ocratic stronghold Of the State, which cleo
ted Seymour. Here are the figures taken
from the Annual Report Of the Adiutant
General, made on the 31st Of December.
and communicated to the New York Leg
islature. on the eth of January by Gov.
Seymour
Quota OF New York City 1en
Volunteers furnished By ydo...-............, 6,es7
Af1ualde1cicncy y..-.~.....................1 ..1s52s,
All the other counties Of the State were
required to furnish o., ,835 men. They nc
tnally did furnish 1880, or only 9,446 less
than were required And Of this dcficicu-
cy, three Coppcrhead strongholds, viz:
Brooklyn, Buffalo and .Westchester, which
gave Seymour 1850 majority, were short
1857 men, leaving for the rest Of the state
deficiency Of but 5,s47. The Republican
counties filed their quota within few
hundred, while the Democratic counties
are deficient over $4,000 men.
When The enrolling officers rot throuob
with their work in New York city, thew
had entered on their books the names Of
the 1888 Democrats who refused last
year to volunteer. ASH matter Of course.
these names swellcd the number of men
now liahlc to conEcription. The Govern
ment has called for one-6tth Of the militia |
IN the first Class, tit to do military duty. |
consequently the number to be congcrinted |
IN the city districts is greater by nearly
4 GOO than 1t would be if the city had sent
her quota last year. In justice to the rest
OF me State, the city ought to be conscript-
ca tor 16,0o0 in addition to the regular
quota. after which she would only be on
equal footing with the rural districts.
The dohcit of New York city is SO i'm
mense md disgraceful, that Seymour Is
obliged to resort to batch of lies to na1li-
ate and excuse it. He claims that before
the call Of July, 1862, the volunteers raised
in the city Of New York were out of NIL
proportion greater than those furnished bv
the rural districts, and that the city had a
large surplus over to be placed to her credit
when the call Of July, 1862 was made.
He asserts-or rathcr, his Advocate Gcner-
al Waterbury for him, that the volunteers
raised IN New York city and Brooklyn,
prior to July Z, 1862, were 1864 men, from
which he deducts 13,400 for BROOKLYN.
leaving 4o,14 for the city proper, Willie
al the ba1ance Of the State raised but
36,219 men. The way Seymour cyphers
out this result is, by claiming that all tho
regiments organized in and about New
York city, were composed OF recruits be-
longing to that city! when the truth is.
that the rural districts furnished more than
half Of them.
1t is shown By careful analysis of the j
regiments, that only $4,000 of the 10000 u
belonged 10 the city, and large portion 1
II these were three months men. The p
luota OF New York city, even then, to be c
n proportion with the men furnished by Il
he rest Of the State, was $4,000, so there
no surplus prior to July, 1862, to be car
led to the credit Of the shameful deficit Of
mt city since then. The whole influence !,
I the Copperhead leadership Of New York n
ity since July, 1852, has been actively ex- r,