NEW YORK. 



689 



Se 



atorial district of the State. The call, after 

 stating the results of the past efforts to restore 

 the Union, continues thus : 



In view of these results, after more than two years 

 of continual and unceasing military conflict, we are for 

 "king one step upon the road of peaceful effort. We 

 e now for a vigorous prosecution of peace. And 

 whilst we would submit to no national dismember- 

 nent, and no terms not Justified by every principle of 

 , we will go very far in the spirit of conciliation 

 ,nd concession to restore the Union as it was. under 

 e Constitution as it is. We believe that these are the 

 revailing sentiments of the masses. 



The resolutions adopted by the convention 

 eclared fealty to the Constitution and to the 

 sovereignty of the States and of the people ; 

 that under the Constitution there is no power 

 coerce the States or any of them by military 

 rce ; that the war is contrary to the Consti- 

 .tion, and should be put an end to ; that at- 

 mpts to do away with the provisions of the 

 onstitution which point out how crimes are 

 be punished, are high-handed violations of 

 the solemn duties of rulers ; that the claim of 

 dictatorial and unlimited military power and 

 trial of citizens by courts-martial are mon- 

 strous ; that the dogma of unlimited submission 

 to the Executive branch of the Government is 

 unworthy an American citizen ; that we pro- 

 test against the cowardly, despotic, inhuman 

 act of banishment of 0. L. Yallandigham ; and 

 recommend the suspension of hostilities, and 

 e holding of a convention to settle the man- 

 er of restoring the contending sections. 

 On the 3d of September, a Young Men's Union 

 Administration Convention assembled at 

 Syracuse. The chairman stated the objects of 

 the convention " to be to unite all loyal young 

 men of the State in the firm and vigorous sup- 

 port of the National Government, and in op- 

 position to all who are disposed to embarrass it 

 in the suppression of this wicked rebellion, 

 and in maintaining the majesty of the laws." 

 The vote of the State was cast as follows : 



Adminiitrntion. Oppoiition. 



Depew 314,347 St. John 284,942 



Robinson 314,236 Church 284,849 



Cochrane 313,865 Champlain 284,762 



Selden, Judge 313,327 Allen, Judge 284,088 



The Legislature, of which a portion of the 



Inate held over, was as follows : 



Senate. Asiombly. Total. 



Administration 21 82 103 



Opposition 11 46 57 



In May a public meeting was held in Al- 

 bany, relative to the arrest of Clement L. Val- 

 landigham (see HABEAS CORPUS), at which a 

 series of resolutions were adopted, and ordered 

 to be sent to President Lincoln. For the cor- 

 respondence relative thereto, see PUBLIC DOCU- 

 MENTS. An invitation was extended to Gov- 

 ernor Seymour to attend this assemblage, to 

 which he sent the following reply : 



STATB or New TOBK, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMRNT, ) 

 ALBANY, May 16<A, 1863. ) 



To Peter Cagger, Solomon F. Higgins, Erastus Corn- 

 ing, Jr., Committee : 



I cannot attend the meeting at the capitol this even- 

 ing, but I wish to state my opinion in regard to the 

 arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. 



VOL. in. 44 A 



It is an act which has brought dishonor upon our 

 country; it is full of danger to our persons and to our 

 homes; it bears upon its front a conscious violation of 

 law and of justice. Acting upon the evidence of detailed 

 informers, shrinking from the light of day in the dark- 

 ness of night, armed men violated the home of an 

 American citizen, and furtively bore him away to a 

 military trial, conducted without those safeguards 

 known to the proceedings of our judicial tribunals. 



The transaction involved a series of offences against 

 our most sacred rights. It interfered with the freedom 

 of speech ; it violated our rights to be secure in our 

 homes against unreasonable searches and seizures ; it 

 pronounced sentence without a trial, save one which 

 was a mockery, which insulted as well as wronged. 

 The perpetrators now seek to impose punishment, not 

 for an offence against law, but tor a disregard for an 

 invalid order, put forth in an utter disregard of prin- 

 ciples of civil liberty. If this proceeding is approved 

 by the Government, and sanctioned by the people, it 

 is not merely a step toward revolution, it is revolution ; 

 it will not only lead to military despotism, it estab- 

 lishes military despotism. In this aspect it must be 

 accepted, or in this aspect it must be rejected. 



If it is upheld, our liberties are overthrown. The 

 safety of our persons, the security of our property, will 

 hereafter depend upon the arbitrary wills of such milita- 

 ry rulers as may be placed over us, while our constitu- 

 tional guarantees will be broken down. Even now 

 the Governors and the courts of some of the great 

 Western States have sunk into insignificance before 

 the despotic powers claimed and exercised by military 

 men who have been sent into their borders. It is a 

 fearful thing to increase the danger which now over- 

 hangs us, by treating the law, the judiciary, and the 

 authorities of States with contempt. The people of 

 this country now wait with the deepest a_nxiety the de- 

 cisions of the Administration upon these acts. Hav- 

 ing given it a generous support in the conduct of the 

 war, we now pause to see what kind of Government it 

 is for which we are asked to pour out our blood and 

 our treasures. 



The action of the Administration will determine in 

 the minds of more than one half of the people of the 

 loyal States, whether this war is waged to put down 

 rebellion at the South, or to destroy free institutions at 

 the North. We look for its decision with the most 

 solemn solicitude. HORATIO SEYMOUR. 



For the riots in New York, see RIOTS, &c. 



The receipts and disbursements of the New 

 York general fund, for the year 1863, were as 

 follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



Loans State defence $2,000,000 00 



Auction and salt duty 187,951 06 



State tax 4,700,952 T7 



Canal revenue 200,000 00 



Miscellaneous 22.875 00 



Prisons' earnings 267.125 30 



Sale of arms to United States 230,599 99 



Native guard fines ' 70,101 87 



Non-resident taxes 57,277 65 



Banks 83,02038 



Other items 50,105 59 



Total... $7,820,009 06 



Onhand, 1S62 821,612 11 



PAYMENTS. 



Bounties .' t.... $4,350,27 7 54 



War expenses 640,114 58 



Debt.... 1,605,13888 



Canalloan 855,040 23 



Sinking fund 1,064,148 IT 



Other expenses 1,589,880 57 



Total... . .$9,S04.599 47 

 Deficit 1,192,781 77 



The debt of the State is as follows : 



Canal debt ...$22,268,31025 



General fund debt 6,505,654 87 



The State valuations are as follows : 





