STANTON, Edwin M. Autograph letter signed ("Edwin M. Stanton"), as Secretary of War, to New York Governor Horatio Seymour (1810-1886). 1 page, War Department stationery, light discoloration in lower right portion, neatly silked . "A DRAFT BILL WILL SPEEDILY BE ORDERED." STANTON WARNS NEW YORK'S COPPERHEAD GOVERNOR OF LOOMING CONSCRIPTION. An intriguing communication from the Secretary of War two months before New York exploded in the bloody Draft Riots of July 1863. Stanton seems to have some premonition of trouble that he needs to talk to Governor Seymour about: "The organization under the Enrollment Act being nearly completed a draft bill will speedily be ordered in conformity with its provisions. Upon some important questions relating to their subject I would like very much to have a personal conference with you. Will you please to inform me whether you can conveniently make a visit to Washington before long, and at what time..." Stanton--and Lincoln--had every reason for concern. New York City was a notorious hotbed of "Copperhead" sympathy with the South. Seymour's own loyalty was uncertain in the eyes of Lincoln. On 23 March the President told him "the co-operation of your State...is indispensable," but when rioting mobs took to the streets on 13 July, the governor was the very model of mixed messages. While he called the state militia into action he also made an appeasing (to some, inflaming) address to a mob in front of City Hall. Seymour begged Lincoln to suspend the draft, wait for volunteers, and allow the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the Enrollment Act. The President agreed to lower some of the New York quotas, but adamantly refused to suspend. New York Republicans exacted their revenge in the 1864 gubernatorial contest, tossing Seymour out of office.
STANTON, Edwin M. Autograph letter signed ("Edwin M. Stanton"), as Secretary of War, to New York Governor Horatio Seymour (1810-1886). 1 page, War Department stationery, light discoloration in lower right portion, neatly silked . "A DRAFT BILL WILL SPEEDILY BE ORDERED." STANTON WARNS NEW YORK'S COPPERHEAD GOVERNOR OF LOOMING CONSCRIPTION. An intriguing communication from the Secretary of War two months before New York exploded in the bloody Draft Riots of July 1863. Stanton seems to have some premonition of trouble that he needs to talk to Governor Seymour about: "The organization under the Enrollment Act being nearly completed a draft bill will speedily be ordered in conformity with its provisions. Upon some important questions relating to their subject I would like very much to have a personal conference with you. Will you please to inform me whether you can conveniently make a visit to Washington before long, and at what time..." Stanton--and Lincoln--had every reason for concern. New York City was a notorious hotbed of "Copperhead" sympathy with the South. Seymour's own loyalty was uncertain in the eyes of Lincoln. On 23 March the President told him "the co-operation of your State...is indispensable," but when rioting mobs took to the streets on 13 July, the governor was the very model of mixed messages. While he called the state militia into action he also made an appeasing (to some, inflaming) address to a mob in front of City Hall. Seymour begged Lincoln to suspend the draft, wait for volunteers, and allow the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the Enrollment Act. The President agreed to lower some of the New York quotas, but adamantly refused to suspend. New York Republicans exacted their revenge in the 1864 gubernatorial contest, tossing Seymour out of office.
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