The local municipal authorities of New York City are taking high-handed
ground in regard to naval enlistments in that city, — such as cannot be
permitted. They forbid the recruiting of any in the city unless they are
accredited to that locality.
A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of trade
regulations was got up by one who did not understand what he was writing about,
or else intended no one else should understand. There is great swindling and
rascality in carrying out these regulations.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the
Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866,
p. 240
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