The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-03

| What is 10 be done towards filling up the
ranks Of the armyi That the fight is to 60 on,
that losses must continue to be large while the
| contest lasts, there is no question. A draft is
about to be ordered for two or three hundred
| thousand men, to take place, it is said,
on OF about the LIST of July This is pru-
| dental measure, and shows q determination to
| keep the ball that Grant has set in motion
rolling on, until, as with the wheels of Jugger-
naut, the rebellion is entirely crushed. But 1t
| is well to inquire if there is not better and
wiser mode Of securing men in this city than
| by general CONSUMPTION We know the
many evils attending it, and the general I'M
popularity of this process. II it can be avoided
| and the men obtained it is the part OF wisdom
and good policy to adopt some other measure.
| We have at hand system organized and in
full force up to the LIST of the present month,
! which has worked to admiration-we mean the
Supervisors Volunteering and County Bounty
| Paying Committee. This body has performed
its duty faithfully and we'll to the city and the
county. Our quota on every call made by the
government has been promptly filed, with as
little excitement, noise or disturbance as the
pews Of q church are filed on Sunday morn
ing. Over twenty-five thousand men has this
committee supplied the army with, at cost
per man considerably under three hundred
dollars. Does any one suppose that the same
number of men could have been drawn, in the
same space of time, from this city, through the
harsh tenure OF CONSUMPTION, without disturb
ance or commotion!
But, in reference to the impending call, the
Board Of Supervisors, 1t appears, hesitate to act
for fear that any addition to the already large
amount appropriated for the purpose Of secur-
ing volunteers would not meet with public ap-
proval. In this we think they are greatly
mistaken. No public body has ever received
more general commentator for its action than
the Board of Supervisors has in this, and the
successful, patriotic course of its committee on
volunteering has been up to the very latest
moment the theme of universal applause. The
members Of the Board greatly mistake public
opinion if they suppose for one moment that
our capitalists would not freely and gladly
take all the bonds that might be issued for this
holy and just cause. 1t is not for the benefit Of
the present generation alone that this indebted
ness is to be incurred, but for all future ones,
who will reap the glory and reward even to a
greater extent than ourselves Of successful
termination of this contest Hence 1t is that,
while capitalists might not be willing
to advance their money without q
lien upon city property as security,
they would unhesitatingly take the bonds of
the city and advance all the money requisite to
secure the object desired. In the early move
ments Of the committee there was, it Is true,
some difficulty in obtaining funds for this pur-
pose, and it was only through personal solici
tation Of individual members Of the Board
and Of Mr.. Blunt and the Comptroller upon the
moneyed institutions OF the city as we'll as to
individual capitalists that the first funds were
obtained. But there were two very good
reasons for this hesitancy. First, the project
of raising volunteers through this mode was
an untried experiment-its effect and even its
purpose, were scarcely known; secondly, the
proposed loan of the Board of Supervisors had
no sanction in law, because it was yet Enacted
on by the Legislature. But the money was OBJ
tanned even with these drawbacks, and as the
action of the committee became better known,
it's triumphant success evident, and the bonds
became legalized by the Legislature, they were
taken with an avidity rarely witnessed in cor
poration securities; and SO they would be
again. They would be taken because the
object is q good one, and because they are
among the very best securities in the market.
We trust, then, not only as q matter Of policy,
but of economy, the Supervisors Committee
will be allowed to go on in its good WORKOUT
far off the days Of draft, and fill our quota
with volunteers. Public opinion demands and
the public welfare requires it. Could the ques-
ton be brought to test vote in this city the
people would be found to be more unani-
mously in favor of this mode than they were
in reference to the question of the right Of the
soldiers to vote. We think that those who
favor draft, il there are any, are governed by
motives far from patriotic and by no means
study the best interests Of the city.
| A WAY TO Avon RECURRENCE OF TIE AR
GUELLEs DHFICULrY.-Opipions and authorities
differ in regard to the legal right OF the gov
eminent to surrender alleged criminals upon
demand of foreign Powers unless special treaty
stipulations provide for the same. Some jurists
| entertain the opinion that . sovereign Power
has such legal right under international law,
| even in the absence Of an extradition treaty,
while this opinion is combatted upon very high
| grounds and upon very able and competent
| authority. 1t Is unfortunate that these incon-
gruous views should have been SO long suffered
to exist among nations; for, in consequence Of
the want Of any established international rule
on the subject, many irritating cases have arisen,
even to the danger Of involving hostilities be.
tween otherwise friendly Powers. Besides this
peril there Is also the danger, in our own
country, Of creating breach or misunder-