Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-26
From the Rochester Union.
The Conscrrption nm New Hampshire
-rhe Late Riot-Perfidity of the
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From the Rochester Union.
The Conscrrption nm New Hampshire
-rhe Late Riot-Perfidity of the
A brief dispatch from New Hampshire on Sat
urday announced conscription riot at Jackson,
where the mob burnt the Forest Vale House.
half way between the Crawford and Glen houses
and stoned the agents Of the Provost Marshal
engaged in notifying conscripts. The Deputy
Marshais barely escaped from the building with
their lines. and the loss of property is valued at
$4,000. sH
: This outbreak in Republican State, where
the friends of the Administration are largely in
the majority, is traceable in th0frst instance
to popular repugnance against the conscrpton
law, but more especially to that perfdious deal
ing by the Washington authorities with the ex-
ecutive of the State which finds a parallel in the
correspondence between Gov Seymour and the
War Office The Republican Governor of New
Hampshire Hon. j A. Gilmore has Just made
a communication to the people of the State
which places the matter in proper light. In
New Hampshire, as in New York, some towns
had exceeded their quotas under former calls
while Others were behind. In July last the New
Hampshire Legislature passed resolution re-
guessing Gov. Gilmore to bring this fact before
the " ashington authorities and secure ''an ap-
pOrti0nment OF the men 10 be deafted among the
towns and cities so that, after such draft should
4 be completed, the number of men heretofore
furnished by, together with the number of men
that ight bedraited FROM the severaltowns and
cities should be in the proportion which the num-
Der of enrolled militia i'm the several towns and
cities should bear to the whole enrolled militia of
/ the State" He did so, sending the resolution of
the Legislature to the Secretary of War and urg-
ing that any other course than that recommend
ed would do "the most pal pable injustice" and
saying:
You will at once perceive, nv dear sir, the
great difficulty of enforcing the draft. so mani
testify unjust 1t would be, carried out as sug-
gested. Our people would almost revolt at such
an outrage upon the planest principles of jus
tice and equality.
What would be right, what should be done as
it seems to me. is that instructions ne issued to
our Provost Marshals to take into consideration,
in making the draft the number of men already
furnished by each town in the present war. and
to make the draft in such way as TO equalize
the number of men taken from each town for the
war, whether as volunteers or by draft.
This is matter which comes home to the
feelings and sentiments of people very
strongly, and beg of you, my dear sir, that
YOU will not hesitate at once to issue the
orders necessary to secure to our cities and
towns that equal and exact justice to which,
under every consideration of public propriety
and natural equality they are so clearly entitled
Senators Hale and Clark aud Congressman
Rollins and Patterson, all Republicans, also
wrote:
If the Department will allow our State author
titles to assign quotas to the towns in making up
the number from the districts, the matter can be
made satisfactory. Werefer to papers forwarded
to the Department By Gbv. Gilmore and Major
Mack
Governor Gilmore received no reply, aud
after the lapse of several days sent a special
messenger. Mr. W. Ordway, the Chairman
OF the Republican Executive State Committee
OF New Hampshile, to Washington Finally
on the 18th of July, the following was teIe-
graphed:
WASHINGTON. July IL, 1868.
The act of Assembly of your State only
reached here to day. The question presented in
your telegram and letter has been carefully con-
siiered. 1t is absolutely impossible to make the
apportiOnment by towns. The mere question of
some days delay is of no essential Importance if
the object could be accomplished. but it cannot.
The apportionment of credit is made by Congres-
SIGNAL Districts, according TO the act of Congress
EDwARDvM STANTON,
Gov. GILMORE. Secretary of War.
! Astounded at such a reply, Gov. Gilmore at
once answered:
CoScoRD, July ls 1858
Sir: am in receipt nf your dispatch of yes
terday Ii the draft is to be made as yon have
decided, YOU must send regiment to enforce it.
Will YOU not send the New Hampshire Fifth?
Please answer by telegraph
i j. A. GILMORE,
Governor of New Hampshire
Hon E. NJ STANTON, Sec'y of War.
Shortly after sending this message the Gov
ernor received the following:
WAsuINGToS, July IL 1863.
For mature consideration of the question pre-.
se1ted 10y your commune ition and the resolution
of the Legislature of the State have submitted
m Of tIo
Judge Advocate Geperal In the mean time
proceedings will be stayed until their conclusion
is arrived at. of which you will be notified ANY
further views you may offer viii! he carefully con
sidered. EDWIN NJ STANTON,
Secretary of War.
His Excellency Governor Gilmore.
Two days afterwards, July l9, Provost Mar
shell General Fry advised Governor Gilmore:
If it shall be made to appear to the Provost
Maishal General by the Governor of any State,
that particular towns to which quotas have been
assigned have heretofore actually furnished a
surplus of men over their quotas, order will
be issued dsrhargng from the service of the
United States number Of men called into sery-
ice by the present draft from said towns equal to
the surplus proved to have been furnished hereto
FORE Towns will thus get credit actually for
their excess on former calls The number of
men thus discharged from the service will be
gressional district to which said towns belong.
Thus the matter rested: The draft proceeded
and general notice issued by the Adjutant
General Of New Hampshire, and published in all
the newspapers of the State, giving official con-
frmation of the assurance made by the Governor
upon the faith of the Provost Marshal's letter of
July 18th And, while the draft was in progress,
Gov. Gilmore wrote to the Secretary of War to
Il inquire at what rate tn towns in New Hampshire
which had sent "three years men" to the military
service of the United States were to have credit
for them. and received for reply from the Provost
Marshal General in Washington this instructions:
"In making up the number of men furnished from
the States the rule of the Adjutant General of the
Army was to bring all to the STANDARD of three
years men BY considering that it required four
nine months men to make the unit of one three
years man."
So far so good. But on the 9th of September,
when various towns of New Hampshire presented
! proofs of excess and demanded the discharge of
drafted men in accordance with the solemn
pledges of the War Office. they told that
, Provost Marshal General Fry had changed his
mind that the work of adjusting quotas would
, involve too much labor and trouble-n short that
every man drafted would be held without anv
, regard to right. reason. law anything elsel
! Gen. Fry had SO decided, Secretary Stanton had
approved, and that must be the end of i'll Bgt
the Governor, having given his pledge to the
people that they should have their rights, deter
mined to make one last effort in their behalf and
he essayed as he says, "to do everything that he
could do, and all that he believed could be done,
to satisfy the expectations which the people had
f1x.t.