The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-11
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Oovssnss seymosr's Reply - PrssiAsnt
Lincoln's Letter.

WovssnsS seymosr's Reply - President
Lincoln's Letter.
ALRANr, August 9, 1858.
To nE PRESIDENT USrsp STATES
received your communcatouHof tho TN instant this
day. While recognize tho concessions you mako,
get your refusal to comply With my request 10 have the
DRAFT In this State suspended until be ascertained
II tho enroments made accordance with tho law Of
Congress with the principles Of Justice. know that
our army needs recruits and for this and other
regret decision which stands in the way Of a prompt
and cheerful movement 10 m up thnned ranks Of
regiments. New York has paused in It's efforts
send volunteers TO the assistance OF our gallant
soldiers in the field. II has not only met every
call heretofore made, while every other Atlantic and
the New England States, except Rhode Island, were
delinquent but II continued liberal bountes volunteers
when all efforts were suspended In many other quarters
Active exertions made organize the and
nll up the old regiments. These exertions would be
more successful Il the draft suspended, and much
better than reluctant conscripts would Join our
armies.
On the 7th instant advised you by letter that would
furnish the strongest proof OF the injustice fraud
the enrolment In certain districts now send you
full report made to by Judge Advocate Waterbury
am confident, when you have read u, that you will
agree with that the the nation and Of your
adminstratlOn DEMANDS tnht tho ABUSES polnts OUT
should be corrected and punished.
You say that contending with enemy who,
you understand, "drives every able bodied he
reach into the ranks, very much butcher drives
pullocks into slaughter pcnn You win agree with mo
that this, mpartally done 70 oil classes. IL
toerabe any scheme which shall frauduently force
portion OF the community into military service by dis.
honest perversio3 Of the law.
You will by the report Of Mr. Waterbury that there
s theory which explain or justify the enrolment
In this State. wish 70 call your attention TO the tables
pages g. o. and g. which show has u nine Congress
siona DISTRICTS In Manhattan Long and Staten Islands,
number of conscrps called for thSty three thou
sand seven hundred and twenty nine while In
othor districts tho number Of conscrpts called for
Is only thirty nine thousand six hundred and
twenty.sx This draft to be mado from the rss class,
those between the ages Of twenty and thirty Ave.
appears by ne census 1 1890 tha, IN the fra mine Con
gress.onai districts there le4 ,Is7 males between Dey
oad thirty they called upon for 90, 100 oonscrpts
IN ne o,hv nine>en d,arios, wih popan'ioD Of males
bees. cnty ana M,rtyfps Of 270, 1885, ony 80 o26
dcpandd Again. TO show the partisan character OF she
enrolment you will find tho twenty FIRST page OF tbs
military report that In the first nine Congressional dis
ricts he total Of 1860 ISL 243 s number u
scripts nos demanded Is 30 352s. IN The ninete,n Other dis
c,s the ttai 4s7 257 yet ,hs diarict called
upon furnish oa,y 90 .o25 drafted Each Of the
nine districts gave majoritcs W favor OF political
party and each OF the nineteen districts gave maor
In favor OF the other party.
You csnnet and WA fall 10 right these gross wrongs
Yours, truly H0RAri0 SEYMOUR