Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-12-04
Last State AppOrtiOansat between
Towas.

under the last cal Of Tire President. under
tie signature q Adjussnt General Hoas-
doa- For reasons hsrviaafter stated. w
decline 20 PGbhsh It in fun. bat viii give
hiE the 6enSst Of the points made against
Our ar;ic,e. lie says.
" You must have wholly overlooked the
Important fact contained ia my oliciai cir
cular oi The oath Of Ovf. last. and also IA
General order No. - Of the Slst uit. dcri-
we'd from Provost Marshal General Frvc's
cosnmunicstioa 10 Gov. Coburn Of tbe @,th
ut wherein be- saws. IN speaking Of the
number of troops now called FOR from
Maine. this j. based on tho enrolment Of
the trst class and j. exclusive Of Anv def
eiency you may have on present draft or
forrer calls. aad thcsc VII b. considered.
only N case another draft i Necessary in
January
Not a. all. Whea The quota for Maine
~as asoertained. Provost Marshal General
Frye had no further Jurisdiction over tbs
matter in this State. czogs the Stale should
f.ii before the 9th 81 January neat u raise
the required number Of volunteers. An
other thing Col. Fye's order has no ref
erenoe whatever to the apPortionment Of
Naine's quota ansoag ~ cifiss ar.f fo--as 80
tse StGts. IL has reference altogether % the
GFP0rsioEHessf az befrrces ~ Ssrsos. This
Is fun answer TO this point and disposcs
Of the special pleading Of tho Adj. Gen. in
which be says:
10 - not easily perceived. BY What A.
sumption Of authority. or On VIA, basic
Gov Coburn coald undertake work Which
the governmcnt had tins in ery,ress anfs4.~-
enc ,eT7as. suspended all such acton in IN
al future day. and tles to b. enterrsl M
on. osiy ina tie event % a necessity for an
other draft--
Col Frye calls on The State authoritic.
for 50 nAny men and II tie State furnishes
thea Il = an end Of the matter lie has no
more authority IN aPpoTfioaiag Jc,ur,ca a.
ios and toxins. than be has in apportioning
the scholars in Name among the several
towns or school Districts There 4. not a
word in Col Frye's order. which prohibits
Gov. Coburn from s7ualisiag the matter
between the several cities and towns ia tie
State.
Again the General says.
You say that a town never furnishes -
quota under the draft. until The number
called for. able % 80 into the service are
provided II such principle vas rrcog-
nized IN making the spporsionnnert under
tins cal. As yoa insist shouid have been
dooe By The State authorities. 70 ~ouI ~
sut IN a failGre 70 raise hall Of cur quot. %
volunteer
Why 50: Nc say that 4 town never fur
nishes is quota under DRAFT until il gets
the men able 20 90 into the service. 90, say
- II such principle was rrco-nized under
the LAST cal no; hAM the men could De rai.-
ed Allow rs here TO say. you arr arru-
ing against yourself for under the last call
you have ApPortioned the men % be raised
among tisv i0~us anu "a, /, AZ az ,asls1 a5.-
on for tseir fuR q',ofa = G'le ba-lseg ni,a
and i not furnished they arr % De- forced
into by = draft. You condemn our
o principle in ror,is bot fully endorse q
IN your aots. What j. the difcrrncr n a
town y ealied upon for 50 ulany nsea f;.- re
serrioe. whether they raise thez by drafs or
voluntcerin-s
Of our demand thar The draft and the ia.s
cali should have been eqaaEzed between
the several cities AM towns. Gen. Hods-
don further 49,.
" And this VOC demand because thcse
towns in viola'iuu Of the spirit and design
81 The drafi law. have thrown awar thous-
ands 20 dollar IN Purchasing Substitutes
Tor men abundantly able 90 90 b. them
selses-
The shove Paragrsrh . in exceedingly
bad taste AMI most ungcnerous fling a.
those towns who generously and notIv
stepped FORWARD anI relieved der con-
SCRIPTS q . load thcy we're not ALE 90 bear
alone faris. Oxford and many other
towns IN the State When THE draft came ~
thought the governments wanted u@a and
when they saw many q tLeir conscrirts
were poor. hard Working men. 9TH large
families on their hands. they came fo tbcir
relief and paid them something o. help
them ii they went, ard help pay the.r sub
siIfutes 81 they oouid not 60 T. H. con-
scrIPt because b. j. ooulre'iei Cd e. not en-
titled % help Or gmpadys II not theu Be-
b 10 hardship % he DATED Towrs that
paid bosntiss o. their consrripts. fsrrisf.l
~ uie1. jsst viat che gov~rnmenf called
ior ard wanted. bat .sys Gen. HodsIaa.
ihey " thruu away their money. Of co1-.e
arr entitled % no credit or either urn or
money.
Tie remainder Of d. lctfcr t. a person
al attack upon ourselves and far tiat r,a.-
on &c decline % Pabi,-h BE-. and had &C. nat
been 81 this feafare IN che cou,nanieati.n
~ Wouii have spread % before our reader.
entire OR readers would have ~ inter
est ln a personal controversy. We have