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[1] ALS (copy), DLC-RTL. Governor Parker wrote Lincoln on July 15:
``A few weeks since authority was given me . . . to raise new regiments in this state and also to recruit for the old regiments. . . . When I asked for authority to raise these troops, I did it, not only for the purpose of adding to the strength of the Union Army, but also to give the people an opportunity to avoid the draft.
`` . . . I understand that no draft has yet been ordered in New Jersey, and the object of this communication is to request that it will not be ordered. . . . If New Jersey can raise the men required of her, by the volunteer system, I take it for granted you do not desire to execute the draft. . . . I deem it my duty to state to you that there is a deep rooted hostility . . . to . . . the conscription act, which is liable to lead to popular outbreak if it be enforced. . . .'' (Ibid.).
See further Lincoln to Parker, July 25, infra.