688 



NEW YORK. 



lowing appropriations, except in ten counties, 

 where bounties were paid by towns entirely : 



1S61 .. ........ 1862.700 00 



1-iV ................................ 2,967,87196 



183 ................................ 11,088,291 95 



By common councils : 



$14,263,863 91 



$2,307,24383 

 IMV 1,824,082 12 



laSiliir.'.!'..".!'.!!'!... ............ 2,579,668 so 



$6,710,943 95 



By the Legislature : 



tM] ......... $2,807,24883 



JSJ ..... 1,824,08212 



18! '.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'. ................... 8,841,098 00 



$18,562,497 00 

 Total appropriated .................. $34,637,809 86 



Inquiries were made of Governor Seymour 

 relative to the enlistment of colored troops, to 

 which he returned the following answer : 



STATE or NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, } 

 ALBANY, Nov. 24U. ) 



SIR: In answer to your inquiries about enlistment 

 of blacks and the organization of regiments and com- 

 panies, I hare to say : 



1st. That, under the State laws, the bounty is paid 

 to all without distinction who are mustered into the 

 service of the United States, and for whom credits are 

 given to New York under the President's call for 

 troops. 



2d. As to new organizations, I have no power to au- 

 thorize any, either blacks or whites, which will be en- 

 titled to the benefits of the bountygiven by the Gen- 

 eral Government. The object at Washington is to fill 

 up the ranks of the regiments in the field. If any new 

 organizations for either white or black troops are made, 

 they must be authorized by the War Department to 

 entitle those who join them to the benefit of the money 

 paid to volunteers. Yours, &c., 



HORATIO SEYMOUR. 



To JAMES ROGERS, No. 421 Broadway, N. Y. City. 



An enrolment of the militia, made in August 

 and September, 1862, showed 589,539 men sub- 

 ject to draft. 



At the annual elections in November a Sec- 

 cretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, At- 

 torney General, State Engineer, and Surveyor, 

 and a Judge of the Oourt of Appeals were to 

 be chosen, besides a Legislature and local offi- 

 cers. Several conventions were held previous 

 to the election. A Union, or Administration 

 Convention, assembled in Syracuse early in 

 September, at which Chauncey M. Depew was 

 nominated for Secretary of State ; Lucius Rob- 

 inson for Comptroller; Geo. W. Schuyler, 

 Treasurer ; John Oochrane for Attorney Gen- 

 eral ; State Engineer, "Wm. B. Taylor. Reso- 

 lutions were adopted declaring that it was the 

 highest duty of every citizen to do all in his 

 power to maintain the integrity of the Union 

 and the supremacy of the Constitution over the 

 whole national domain ; that the armies should 

 bo promptly reinforced, and the conduct of nil 

 condemned who embarrassed the efforts of the 

 Government ; that no other tenders of peace 

 should be made to the enemy than are em- 

 braced in the Constitution under which they 

 can at any time resume their place in the 

 Union ; that the gratitude of the people is duo 



to the administration of Mr. Lincoln for the 

 ability and steadfast courage with which lie 

 has prosecuted the war for the Union; the 

 signal success of its financial ability ; its preser- 

 vation of peace with foreign nations, and its 

 splendid victories; that the spirit of partisan 

 hostility aroused against the Government was 

 to be deplored ; that thanks be tendered to the 

 soldiers for their zeal and fortitude ; approving 

 the action of the Government in repelling every 

 attempt at foreign intervention, &c. A resolu- 

 tion was also adopted approving the Emanci- 

 pation Proclamation " as a war measure, thor- 

 oughly legal and justifiable." 



A Constitutional Union Convention assembled 

 on September 9th, but made no nominations. In 

 its resolutions it refused to support for office any 

 person in political relation or sympathy with 

 secession, abolitionism, or fanaticism of any 

 kind; and resolved that the independence of 

 the revolted States would be a greater evil 

 than war ; that citizens of any revolted State 

 on returning to their allegiance become again 

 citizens of the Union ; that the right of prop- 

 erty in lands, personalty or slaves, is exclusive- 

 ly within the authority and jurisdiction of the 

 States respectively ; that the sole end for which 

 the Government has authority to carry on this 

 war is to suppress their insurrection, and to 

 compel them to obey the Constitution and laws. 

 Another resolution declares the unalterable 

 purpose to resist in every legal manner all de- 

 partures from the strict letter of the Consti- 

 tution. 



On the 10th of September, the Democratic or 

 Opposition Convention assembled at Albany, 

 and nominated Daniel B. St. John for Secretary 

 of State ; Sanford E. Church for Comptroller ; 

 Marshall B. Champlain for Attorney General ; 

 "Wm. B. Lewis for Treasurer, and Van R. Rich- 

 mond for State Engineer. The convention 

 resolved to render a sincere and united support 

 to the Government in all legitimate means to 

 suppress the rebellion, and restore the Union ; 

 that the Government was pledged to the policy 

 declared in the resolution of Congress of July, 

 1861 ; that illegal and unconstitutional arrests 

 should be discontinued as a usurpation and 

 crime ; that the Government should man- 

 ifest a policy of conciliation; that the doc- 

 trine of secession is equally false with the 

 claim of the right of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment to obliterate State boundaries and 

 State rights; that the Constitution is equal- 

 ly obligatory in time of war as in peace ; that 

 thanks are due to the soldiers for their 

 promptness and bravery ; that the results of the 

 conscription should admonish the Government 

 to rely on the voluntary action of a patriotic 

 people ; that mob violence is a crime against a 

 people and a republican government ; that the 

 administration of Gov. Seymour meets the 

 highest approval. 



On the 3d of June a mass convention as- 

 sembled in New York, in compliance with a 

 call signed by one or more persons in each sen- 



