New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-16
aRCHBIsHOP mUGnEs.


ARCHBIsHOP HUGHES.
In an article published on Tuesday morning,
wherein we aimed to show the wsntOn wick
edness and criminality Of the riots then devas.
tating our City, we sad:
"The frat we ever heard advocate general eonscrp
on for the prosecution Of the for the Union Arch
bishop Hushe, in hi, sermon d1ecy ssr n; las. rrtorn
upteerpg hazardous and placing too large sbue Of the
burden generous snd pubic prtei urging ta.
the obgson to serve rested equally on ALL tne sphy OF
risk should be spportionsd sccoTdiBgly"
Taking this paragraph as his text, the Arch
bishop has put his name to o most remarkable
letter which we transfer to our columns this
morning. 1t opens thus:
10 n. Ed,io, Of The Herald
Tue n, esoins paragraph tkon from The TRIBUNE Of
der.sned With which the Honorable Horace Gre.sy hs'
been IN the hsD OF isvoring HIM or some time pest"
How that paragraph can be deemed an at'
tack on the Archbishop-stlll more, a
malignant" attack-we cannot, even now,
comprehend. Most certainly, we never till
now imagined that tho Archbishop's suggestion
of a general draft which We heard him make
from his own Cathedral pulpit, was matter
of reproach-on the contrary, We deemed it
highly judicious and patriotic. We cited it
only to show that resistance to tie draft was
wrong, by the evidence Of one whom most of
the rioters would probably deem capable AID
credible authority.
The Archbishop proceeds:
Permit request of you the Insertion Of few re-
marks The Herald which throw ht upon the sab
ec, which Mr. Greeley m.epre:snt and sh cts to msun
dersaDd lie ss,s that sondsmpst the Iei.Lcs upon
md
the budsn, the seneou' ana puble.prsd nIs that
risk should be apportioned accordingly
81 ! did not condsmn volunteering. .,...,
the peope Of Nouh, who tsnd BY the Federal oove
ment should demand conscrpiitn by their own voluntary
choice aud act This would be their own sJsem Of vonn
fsnsd to By MIR Grs.ey to bring tbs speedy
III. last shd decisive battle IN every war Is
euaiy the most mercifu In its resuts since IL puts sL
end to the further shedding Of human blood
Thi. the main o'js res.d. The INTEREST,". of the
country My Tesks were not Intended for the coo
rfegntion whom sddressns but for The whole psop e.
We stated (see above) that the Archbishop
" condemned the reliance on volunteering" Hc
responds: / did not condemn volunteering" As
we never said be did, and a. what be denies
is totally different from what We affirmed, We
sec no occasion for futher remark on this point.
Here is what the Archbishop now gives a.
what he did say on this bead in his sermon:
Volunteers have been sppss 10 10 advance Of tbs ds
{" undsrr.nd' bot ioI 10Y o-n p. he'd voice IN ns
councils OF the country would say ss volunteering con
snoush tbi. wssi Nor. sssk ok. e,ayt @ ,vs Asss,sd
Aousand no, sru.l-'h' 1. mercy this /: hum.sr
". Anything that will put an end to this dNneheS
h blood the whole 'uif.e' Of tho county, 'A'' "n y
humanity"
The Archbishop now says;
81 did not recommend eosreipe conscrip.
tion."
II draft il not eoereirs conscription, then
we are in fault as to the meaning Of the word.
Men may volunteer for the War, and 60 be-
eau they choose to, or be drafted and 90 be-
cause it is required Of them by competent
authority. If there bo . middle course--a
third way Of raising troops by nom" cserciye
conscrption we will consider ID when We
come to understand it.
The Archbishop further says:
"!msy b. 'h.. my e,i,ic.,Ur'.s} Of Tn. T.isrsn"
plas TIE sAo1I Be- tnso~'naeis"
We leave others to judge of the truth and
candor of this imputaton, in view Of the in.
cessant attacks which We have for years pro.
voked BY advocating the most vigorous prose
cuton and the earliest favorable termination Of
the War. And if it be true that We have been
in the "haba of fsvoring the Archbishop with
malignant articles" our readers must Of all
tho world best know it, aud give judgment
accordingly.
The Archbishop indicates bis repuguance to
any coercive conscription that shall
h. poor to th. danger. Of battle. and leave The
wsaltby to become wealthisr In their quiet homss."
This is what he said on this aspect Of the
case in his Sermon, as now quoted by himself:
Then every man the continent rich poor Aass
to take his share In the Then will be leh with
the Govern ent whatever Ooverpmen Will be- TO plead
with the people and call them to forward and AJAX
t, hey Uould be drafted No II fsr them the psepls
rise and ask the Govcrnmsnt TO draU them AID hoss
soAs vsaip and eaasot As~sstc oos proVid sSb
susts bring the tLipy to close. If II csn be done"
We ask the intelligent and impartial to read
the Archbi.hop's letter in full. and then say if
our paragraph of Tuesday in any manner
assailed him, or in any respect misrePresented
him. We ask but justice.