Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-07-23
How the Mob was Incited.


On Saturday morning, says the Journal,
the day when the draft began in New York
city, the World contained an article which
shows how the ignorant and imbruted of
the populace have had their passions and
prejudices played upon by demagogues I'M
til they have risen in instruction, and are
engaged in wholesale murder, arson and
pillage. The article in question is entitled,
"a mysterious Draft" 1t begins by stat
ing that the draft which is about to be en-
forced, is "a very mysterious piece of bust
ness" that no public notice of the quotas
Of the several States has been given, and
that secrecy is pursued by the govern
ment which is common in Russia and Au-
stria, but "quite new in this free country"
1t then proceeds to excite the passions Of
the mob, by appealing to the hatred of New
England, which has been 50 assiduously
excited in nearly all the speeches Of Copper
head orators in that city, from Gov. Seymour
down, as follows
$50 far we have no assurance that it is to
be an eqat0L CONSUMPTION. From the num-
Der actually drafted in Rhode Island and
Massachusetts, it would seem that the call
was for 100000 men; but the number re-
quired of the counties of Warren and Essex
is on a basis Of 400, 900. According to the
Tribune, the number New York city must
raise is 26, 900 and Brooklyn 10000, which
is conscripting at the rate OF 100000 for
the whole North Can 1t be that the Id
nai1sistrati0n has so much more confidence IN
Neeo York Copperheads than Neoo England
Republicans that 1t calls for MORE Of the
former than the latter? This is really a
serious matter, and in absence of any Off
cial announcement by the Government of
the number of men it requires, how do we
know but what the secret instructions Of the
pr00ost n1drsltals are to coaaScTapt heartily en-
the Democratic districts and lightly IN the
Republic0n districts?
More venom could hardly have been con-
centrated in an equal number of words
The class who read the World, and who
compose the New York mob, have been
taught to hate New England, and to regard
her with the most bitter jealousy. 10 tell
them that New England was only called on
for one-half the number of drafted men IN
proportion to her people, and to suggest
that the government is secretly conniving
to draft Democrats, was precisely the most
efficient of all methods to kindle the pas
sions and excite to mob violence the follow
ers of Wood and Rynders.
No one doubtless knew better than the
editor of the World, that the reason New
York city is now called on for heavier
quota than some other parts of the country,
is because it is largely behind on the prev
have raised more than their quota on former
calls; New York city is many thousands in
arrears The Government recognizes the
equity of apportioning the draft according
to the past contributions of localities. Thus,
Wisconsin has raised somewhat more than
her quota, and will have the less men to
raise under the present CONSUMPTION, while
New York is behind on the former calls,
and has more than what would otherwise
be her proportion to raise now. This cir
cumstance is accordingly seized upon by
the Gopperhead leaders to incite their de
PRAYED and ignorant followers to the atroci-
ties and murders consequent upon the at
attempt to resist the authority Of the Fed
eral Government
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