The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-20

Presses his belief lias nsifLer Ie Pyeslds4t nor
| Congress. srihouf the coasest IF TIE Stcts on
thorstses has any rigAt 10 en force saeh ac; as
| Is mar beiag corfici into eBecf nader tie
F! sp,ces of he Var Department, but that he
| tniuks hls inter ference wonid do more harm
| than good, and taa: the caession ought 20 bs
| eettied by tho Courts
! The manner in which the drAft In baine con.
! Quoted In Nav York il saeA an outrage apoa
| lldsceney and }asTness as has no paradie4 and
| caa find no apologists. No pra c.auasicn has
| been Issued upon the su5js and 1t ia ouiy Il
| matter Of surmise whether tnTea or Fix ns1n-
| dred thOus aud men ars TO be raised II, as is
| supposed, three hundred taonsaId additionai
| troops are to be added to tks Union army by
| the present conseti piion, the proper quota 10
| be drawn from this city would be about twelve
| thousand Of our ei5izsns Iastead Of this nlua
| bsr no owever, over .weIty-two thoGsand ere
| being drafted, aud, VITA hf,y per cent extra
| required for exemp;iJts, iairty taree thoUsard
| six hundred No allo vance Ia made for tie
| militia who are in Psnnsy ylvsnia ard Mary
land, and the 800 to be paid by rcl coEscripts,
| instead of purchasing snbatltGtes, is TO be di-
vsrtsd- against the spirit OF me law, to some
| other direction.
The evsdsot ain OF thoss who have the Cca-
scri ption act in hand IN this State, ls to lessen
| the number of Democratic yetes AT ths- sex :
elsciion The mascre1ats at 5Ae head 81 tbs
Cousrnment are bending eli their powers, as
| was revealed in the late speech If Wendell
| phtlips at Franin gbaus, TO securing per-
! petuation OF their aace cendancy for another four
| years, and their triple nlethod of accomplish
| ing this purpose s 10 kiU CD Democrats stuii
| tao baliot-boxes with bosus soldier vctes eni
| de|uge recHsaat districts aoith negro SnJfuees-
| The crafty, g1i9l wayln " Eich tie enrolment
has been car led on ftrsstsllsd both crii ieism
and opposition. Neverthefssa, til. work hos
| nf<'hes bfen .tairiy ffJoS med, nor has NJ been
| fhor0ugk. And now that it ia over the people
| are notified that one cut Of about two and s.
| half of our citiZeHs are destiHed 10 be br0a et
| cG' inf2 Messrs- itacoia s. CompGay5 eharsei
| hOuSe God torJtd We hope fbot Instant
| measures 2rtH be tahen1J prtUcni tie C4fT0@t
| ana to- secure such a aecslcn from cur CouIis
as will exempt New York from further com
| pe!ieG particinatiou III the spiliiai war which
+! il desoiatng the land
| II the ac0rktRgmen ot jhiS city are djStacilIed
| 10 brJ0'ced antO II .Hght f9r emancipation, lei
! item ciam0r So k0ud for peace thai tscas coaces
sbU!( he Dstenttat W1th rHlsrs. l. a stIa.lg
| perveraion Of the laws Of Gsif-presefva'lOn
| which would compel iDe white laborer TO
leare kis famtiy destttHie aud nhDroisctea "dtte
he eoes (o,th 10 free the negro ich0, bttng free,
! uiA c0alDete Wifh lam III idJ0r L.t ths labor
| ing population assemble paaceabiy iu macs
| ,,eetDg aud ex press their views upon the suD-
| ,sct Lot II be no political gatheTi12--nO par-
| tisan demonstration, but a ep0ntare0us con-
| gre4ation of the working classes 10 give vent,
| witLio legal bounds, bat firmly, ID the santi'
| 1pents Of their fraternity wiih egarc 10 this
! odiOus war Tie c0nScy1 1ptt9R b7fHeS Il h0Me
| 10 HcJr 02CH thresholds as much 0sff Ge1. Lca 3
| horScmea rere ratfi!Hg dopa Br0aScay. II
| they wodid avoid coLs;riptiOn, let them speak
| ia opposition TO that which has siyen birth to
| c0neCIi iptl0n Let them protest at,diDss 5he
| continuance of iha war Lei them sweH ne
| cryf0r peace MaR IS 0lyeaty aScehdthP tfG"'
4 4 Z,
| necessity with tho Administration to give Cp
| ite insane enancl patton scheme. L9tthen insist
| that in place OF TIE conscrpti0n OF white men
TO serve the blacks we shall have ns gotiation,
! con promise, ami peace.
| The new York Ho,}d L2s a. .stiolc de
| nouneiug tho draft. l. thinks tie way mau-
aef il whall tie coasorptioa bill WAS forced
| through Congress is sufficient to earags the
! people game. it. Il aays: -
| Tue .Satnytag Rersec, an E9giish jGusnal,
| cenaricuously hostile TO this tpl1D, observed a
| fortnight aAo. IN it's malignant way, tn 1t the
! fail of V.oksburg might p-rhapa emtoiden
| the Cove raneJ.t to veutHf0 on enforcing the
| coBac,iption The enemies of the country
| thrOuk khous the yyosld viii anq Testionlby tsus
| Interpret the coinci ieuce in print 9f time bs
| tween avau.a which ought 10 hava warmed ttle
naopts ana :hs G. J.ert-u4aIt i.to the fullest IS
| LtprD3si CGHHGSft@s 3'iU y Sfl.tt WA % !lNt
| fairly held to be deiibsrato attempt to exc
cute daTkly and agsresaivey t. most unpopular
| statute.
| An Administration ordinarily sensiIls and
| capable of subordiuating party to patriotism
| woud never for mouont have permitted
| such an act as tue act Of c0nscrpi3n TO be 80
enforced ia 10 create the impression that Il G
| greaest city III The nationa city which has
! poured cut its blood aud its treAeure without
| stint or msagure-is 10 be Iauicted in largely
| moro than lis dus proportion Of men. Sucb al,
| Administration woald have taken the greatest
| pains to explain 20 the whols psopie the impa
| ra,iye rsaeoEs which demand the formation OF
/ a fresh array, aud while clearly defining
| the exact legal proportion OF conscripts TO 10
| called ont, it would have done everything in
| its power TO make the exeeuti IN Of tns act IN
| necessary by ENCOURAGING enlistments and
| making a fresh opportunity for that spirit CT
| devotion to the national cause which has al
| ready done aud borne and dared so much, 20
| freely and SO long.
| least TO remedy IT'S errors OF omission. IL i,
| due to the past sacrifices and to the presen
| temper OF the country that no shadow of {.
| d,uot should be permitted to rest upon the inn
! partiaity of the conscrip;lon now imposed
| npon a frso people for the first time III their
| history. 1t is vital TO the perlnanencs OF cur
| institutions ani to interests not lass important
test ws are waging, that the utmost pains
should bs taken IL tie execution Of the work
now commenced to make the people under
| stand and feel tina. the f0rce which titus
presses down upon their purses and their per-
| SOUS ia imposed III the name and for the ser
vice of thelr country, theje whole country aud
nothing but thsir country. They Will ac4
esce, perhaps, in even an unconstitutional sac
ritce 10 maintain the Constitution but it s /.
| dangerous experiment TO Insult the popular
will at oace III the policy OF their rulers and
i'll the means by which tnas policy is soughs 10
be en forced
Tie Nav York JoarAGt oi Commerce has
! an editorial, Of which the following is al ex
tract
L. is a melancholy fact that war, sad and ter.
ribs as it ls, becomes cf5ntimes the tool OF
| evil minded men to accomplish their ends.-
| The horrors Cf its continuance ara nothing 10
| their view. The blood shed counts "a of no
value III their measurement. The mourning il
causes produces 10 impression Oh t.ieif seusi
| biii.iea SUCH men iose Gil Consciousness OF
| personal responsibility for the war, aud only
look to selfish desires 10 be reatized. What
right has any Iaan, or any class Ct men 10 uae
tb7s war for any purpose beyond it's original
| o., iact II they indeed have diverted IL from
th,t: if taev have prolonged ii enc day, added
| ona dr0p Of blood 10 lis sacrifice, by their ef
| forts TO use it for ether ends than its original
design, then they ara responsible before q ID
| snd man for the blood AID cos.. There is no
| eva.diog that responsibility
Some men say, now lhat the war has coGl:
meIced il must not be stopped sill eiaveholding x
| is abolished Sucn m5n are neither more
| nor iesl than murierera. be name ssems So
| we're. it ia, nevertheless, correct Woa!d it
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