New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-09
MAssACHUsET r..

We have already published an abstract OF the
Message of Gov. Andrew OF Massachusetts,
but there are one or two topics treated therein
which arc of sufficient general interest for
special comment
The pro .slsyery and half (or wholly disoynl
fanatics who hate Massachusetts, and who have
found their fl, mouth-piece in the late Governor
of New.York, have done their worst during the
last year to disseminate prejudice' against thf
chief New EN- gland State. Gov. Andrews Mes
sage opportunely and authoritatively dispcses OF
the two most generally circulated tal'ehoods:
first. tina, the State has not filled her quotas;
second, that she filed them with imported and
worthless recruits.
+ The Government Of tho United States Las
called upon Massachusetts, ~ furnish during
the Rebellion III ,62i men. Massachusetts, has
furnished, up to Dec ~. 1854, and by the " ar
Department is credited with rs, 4S7 men; sur.
plus over all calls II 1873 But this is far from
representing tho number Of men whom the
state has actually r....-haa- To arrive at the
official credit, the men who volunteered for
three months or for one hundred days are wholly
omitted, while the service Of the nine months and
of the one and two year men is reduced to
three years standard; 50 that the above num-
Der l25, 437 re,fesents in fact the number Of
three years volunteers. The whole number ac
tually sent into the field by Massachusetts, in
response to Gale for III, 624 il l53, iS8 men.
II appears further, by comparing this number
with the number OF enrolled militia in the State
for 1854. that moro men have been sent
into the service than are now TO be found
in the State between eighteen and torty-tye;
and 10000 more than aro now liable 20
to do military duty. And, finally, under the
last call Of Dec. ~, 1864. for go, 900 men. the
number to be furnished by Massachusetts, is but
sos men; and even these are duo not from the
stats at large, but from two Congressional dis
tricts Were tho State counted o. unit, in.
stead of each district, Massachusetts could not
be- called on for single man under this last
requistion; for % II State she has o surplus of
thousands. So mach on that point.
H. 1t ID charged tina, Massachusetts, has filed
her quotas by imported recruits. Gov. Andrew
says: at is true that have deemed 1t impor.
:ant TO the public welfare that the employment
of persons capable Of increasing the masculine
industrial and military strength Of the Common
wealth should be favored. To that end, when
ever opportunity offered 10 obtain good 70
cruits for the army from among persons Dc.
string 10 come hitler 20 aid tho defense
and to enjoy the blessings OF free Gov
eminent, hayo always accepted them"
And what proportion of recruits belong TO the
A" imported" class Daring the year Massschu-
sets contributed altogether to the United States
armies A., ii6 recruits; Of whom 902 were lin
ported" and these, says Gov. Andrew, were
divided among four regiments and Include soTe
Of their best soldiers,
Still further, counting also all the coor.d re-
cruits, there were, not merely during last year,
but all told, 4..3l credited TO the STATE. And
if TO these finally DO added the enlistments IN
tho Veteran Reserve Corps-oi course then.
selves veterans and most valuable s0ldicrs-snd
in the Regular army. tho total toots up lo,672
soldiers in four years OF foreign birth credited 10
Massachusetts. out OF l25, .S7 in all We Wal.
70 see what heterogeneous slandrrer shall hercai.
ter ignore or ialsiiy this statement sor the sake
of a Aing at Massachusetts,.
Az to colored troops, Gov. Andrew says with
Justice
"0vsAAys accepted aaArsl 'scssus-aA" AVE