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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
rce. The Federal Government wished to allow the several States time to dispense with the draft by voluntary enlistment. But all extensions of time had expired, and most of the States having failed to furnish a complete contingent, it became necessary to enforce it. The enrolling-offices had been organized under Federal authority: the rolls were ready. Victory having restored to him strength and confidence, the Secretary of War ordered the provost-marshals to begin work on Saturday, the 11th of July. This tribute of blood was the hardest, the most unpopular, of all levies, yet at the same time it was the most necessary to continue the war. The partisans of peace had therefore a double motive to attack it. Their programme was to declare the draft unconstitutional, to appeal to the courts of judicature, and, pending their decision, to oppose the enforcement of the draft. This resistance, prepared long in advance, was to find powerful elements in the cities of New York and Brooklyn