''Abe'' Lincoln's Yarns and Stories - University of Macau Library

Yarns and Stories, by Alexander K. McClure 320refused it with scorn."'No,' said he, 'I'm not taking oats now. I take nothing but money.'"NAUGHTY BOY HAD TO TAKE HIS MEDICINE.The resistance to the military draft of 1863 by the City of New York, theresult of which was the killing of several thousand persons, was illustratedon August 29th, 1863, by "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper," over thetitle of "The Naughty Boy, Gotham, Who Would Not Take the Draft."Beneath was also the text:MAMMY LINCOLN: "There now, you bad boy, acting that way, whenyour little sister Penn (State of Pennsylvania) takes hers like a lady!"Horatio Seymour was then Governor of New York, and a prominent "theWar is a failure" advocate. He was in Albany, the State capital, when theriots broke out in the City of New York, July 13th, and after the mob hadburned the Colored Orphan Asylum and killed several hundred negroes,came to the city. He had only soft words for the rioters, promising themthat the draft should be suspended. Then the Government sent severalregiments of veterans, fresh from the field of Gettysburg, where they hadassisted in defeating Lee. These troops made short work of the brutalruffians, shooting down three thousand or so of them, and the rioting wassubdued. The "Naughty Boy Gotham" had to take his medicine, after all,but as the spirit of opposition to the War was still rampant, the Presidentissued a proclamation suspending the writ of habeas corpus in all the Statesof the Union where the Government had control. This had a quieting effectupon those who were doing what they could in obstructing theGovernment.WOULD BLOW THEM TO H---.Mr. Lincoln had advised Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, commandingthe United States Army, of the threats of violence on inauguration day,1861. General Scott was sick in bed at Washington when Adjutant-General