New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-08-21
GOV. sTNNOCFs'S II .sClNpER TO
THE PRESlDENT.
A,,N> Aurus,
To the President 2f the U@'tsa sto'es:'

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| received Your communication Of
the 9TH instant this day. While | rec
ornize the concessions v,u made. | re
crct Your refusal to comrlv with nv
request t. have the draft in this state
suspended until it can he ascertainei if
the enrollments are made il accordance
with the law Of Congress or wi h the
principles Of justice. I know that our
army needs recruits. ana FIR this and
other rcas MS regret n decision which
stands in the way ola prompt aud cheer
ful movement to fl Up the 'hinei ranks
of our regimeuts. New York has nev-
err paused in its eff rts to send vnun-
teers to the assistance If our gallant
soldiers in the field. I, has not onlr
met every call here tnfnre made, while
every other Atlantic and New England
St.-e. except Rhode Tslani. were de
Iinouent. hut it continued liberal houn-
ties to volunteers when All e&,rts were
suspended in many other quarters
Active exerfions are nov made to or
canize new and fill up old regiments
These eXartinns would he more success.
ful if the draft was suspended, and
much better men than reluctant con
scripts would join our armies.
On the ,th inst. advised YOU hv
letter that would furnish the strong
est proof If the injustice. if not fraud,
in the enrolment in certain disrricts.
I now send full report made to me by
Judge Advocate Waterbury.
am confident, when You have read
it, that you will agree with me that the
honor of the nation and of your admin
istration demands that the abuses It
points out should be corrected and
punished
You say that We are contending with
an enemy, who. as YOU understand
-"drives every able-bo lied MN he can
reach into the ranks, very much as a
butcher drives buIlocks in,o slsughf-
er.pen." Ynu will agree with me that
even this, if iapartialIv done to AL
classes is more tslorabIe than any
scheme vii ich shall frau1u Isntly force
q portion Of the community into mill
tarv service by dishonest perver.;1n
Of the law.
Y"u Will see by the report Of Mr.
Waterbury that there is no theory
which can explain or justify the enroll
ment in this state. I wish to call your
attention to the tables on pages five,
six, seven. and eight, vhish shows thai
IN nine congressional districts, in Ma
haitian, Lo.g and Staten Islands, the
number IF Cor scri pts called flr is 33,
100, while in nineteen other districts
the number Of c'nscripts called for is
only 39,626. This draf: is to he made
from the first class, those between the
ages of twenty and thirty five. It ap-
pears by the census of 1850 that in
the first nine congressional districts
there were 164797 males betwee TWEEN
ty and thirty five; they are called upon
for 80, 729 conscripts. In the other
nineteen districts, with a p 'pulatinn of
male, between twenty and thirtyfve
of 270,7S6, only 39,626 are demanded
Again, to show the Partisan char
acter Of the enrolment, you will find on
the first page of military report that in
the first nine congressional districts
the total vote of 1860 was Isl .243; the
number of conscripts now demanded is
1929. In the nineteen other districts
the total vote was 457 257: vet thes
districts are called upon to furnish only
39,626 drafted men. Each Of the nine
districts gave maj,rltles In favor Of me
political party, and each of the nine
teen districts gave IMPURITIES in favor
of the other party.
You cannot, and will not, fail to ri CHI
these gross wrongs.
Truly yours,
HoRATlo SEYMOUR.