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Excerpt from The Conscription in New Hampshire
When finally the fearful exigences of public affairs called for the harsh administration of the Conscription Act, it was manifest ly right and proper, it was simple and exact justice, neither more nor less, that the principle of the draft should, if possible, be so established that the burden thereof should be imposed with an even hand, in order that it might be felt and sustained by all alike, and not by some communities slightly and by others very severely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
