Wilmington journal., 1864-09-01
The Draft In F.w York.

The Herald thus veers to windward on the New
York draft
| Gov Seymour wrote to Stanton that the quota Of
New York for the next draft was excessive stanton
sent the letter to Fry to ask what be should say to that
| troublesome felow-Seymour. Fry thereupon lmmed!-
ately informed Stanton that Seymour must be fool
Fry seems to fancy that, as be supernterded tha en-
roment ard arranged the quota it is very impertnent
for any one to say the quota is not right He even
supposes that be has right to be little impatient If
any one else pfetends to knowledge upon any subject at
ALL This is all that there is in oil the correspondence
that has been published about our quota It does not
of course touch the difficulty and the fact remains that
New York has just right to suppose that there s
intention Cypress ber by this draft. 1t generally
supposed that twenty States engaged 10 the war to
support the government. From these twenty States
the government requires five hundred Thousand men,
and it requires the State OF New York 10 furnish
one fifth of the number.
Now this certainly 10 give great Importance to
New York but We do Lot think that New York has
az Importance the councils of the nation and in the
manage ment of the at all pCoportonate 10 it. We
that the enrolment must be excessive and the
Government tells that If it must correct it
Not only is the enrolment ka0wn TO be excessive by
reason of the vast number of aieps resident hee but it
Is notorious, and has been shown, that the business
men and mechanics in this city all enrolled twice
at their business establishments places OF labor
and once at their homes Yet the United States Gov
ernment goes in stupidity aud assumes that it must
GO until some tate iunctonary, or perhaps the man
IN the moou can convince its agents that they are in
error Who can convince Fry that there is any little
matter worth knowing thai be d Jes not know?
He says that seymours comparison of ten Congress
sionel district in New York with ten in Massachusetts
is unfair, because the New York districts densey
peopled while toe others are rot. Did Fry ever hear
tnst Congressional districts were very different IN gee
graphical extent, and were arranged with view to
equality in population? This idea that the State must
correct the government suffer By them is not
calculated to retain agreeable relation between the
general and State governments. kdeed, cur system
equire that in important matters Ike this the
govnrnmenI should take all pains convince the poo
pie that 1t Is right before 1t acs, inasmuch as the ia
theirs of the republic have taught that the people ought
to resist when they OILY believed that they wrong
ed.
A correspondent OF the New OTk Post, writing
from Baltimore, says
learn, from source entitled to credence, that a
paper written by the Hon. Henry Winter Davis, call.
ing National Union Convention at Buffalo time
in September for the nomination OF Pres dent and ice
President circulating tor signatures ii the several
States and is receiving the support OF the leading
OF the party everywhere. 1t is said be powe, 1i
arraignment OF the Administration fer its shortcomings
in the conduct of the andto cal upon the nation
| to set it aside and elect President who and will
save the country from anarchy and rebellion II g
Wade an6 DAVIS manifesto, learn, is the aUL c0Urlc
of this movement, to be followed by similar dem
onstratops in the of this month and
part of other members of the party equally phaentia
with Messrs. Wade and Davis
PETITION FOB SUSPENSION OF THE DRAFT.
MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, Aug. g. 1864.
Editors of the Age, Philadelphia:
| Gentlemen :-PetioDs similar to the ercIosed are
being generally signed in OHIO and other States
Many Republicans sign them who will vote with th
fall Respectfully,
q. W. NJ.
q" To the Plesident of the United States:
The Undersigned citizens of the State Of Ohlo, with
i3 copf dc -pta n
Constitution and the Union, respectfully petition
request that the draft for half million men, or
dered to take place the 9th dag OF September nest
may be postponed until at.empt has been made H.
negotiation to secure peace, based upon the Constu
| tion and Union.
| August 1864"