St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-11-21
Military Appotntment1

The kfoHesr hae broken ont - Alright
fal, eruption Of patriotic indignation ever
Gov. RauseJ's appoiutnsnts Of officers for
ths Bid aud 4ths Regiments. 1t i.,tasing
the utmost pains to create insubordinat,on
and cowardice 10 the ranks Of these regi.
nents by dsnsuneing their officers and pro.
dieting that they will lead their -men. to
certain defeat aud death. Il assumes that
Gov, Ramsey appointed tb@ae incompetent
officers in order to further scheme to get
himself elected to United States Senste.----
# this be true, our blessed old Governor
must have been suddenly .smitten with po:
liticrl blindness, for surely no course he
could have taken, would lba1so certain to
kill him politically He land every one
knows that our regiments, are going, into
active service at once; that the competen
cy Of the. officers will be testcdEat ONCE
Should they prove themselves incompe-
tent: the disgrace would fall back on RAM
scy and damage him accordingly. But the
whole plea Of inoompetency is based upon
the appointment of M,)or H.dley, who is
i Democrat, and who, the Pioneer says, il
not in the Senatorial scheme. No one can
charge Col. Lester With incompeteney, for
he is universally acknowledged to be one
Of the best s"ldiers in every respect which
our State has furnished. He has seen
service and his fitness Is past question:
No one, not even Gov. Ramsey, or the
man himself, can till how Sanborn will
do, but he is certainly ~ we'll acquainted
with military affairs aa any man in the
State, and if he lacks courage and execu-
tive energy, the Lord has put a wrong Ia
bel on him, for any physiognomist would
pick him out for soldier. Welch has
certainly won his houors; and the man
who attributes the promotion Of our tried
and true soldiers to base, selfish motives,
must be . bad and dangerous man. Gov.
Ramsey's appointments for the First Rcgi-
ment have been tried and came out num-
Der ens-proving his judgment to be vor-
rect and hi' patriotism pure: His enc
mics tried hard to hound down German,
but the little Colonel survived it, aud
stands beyond the reach Of his enemie. to-
day. Miller's appointment was seriously
objected to because he knew nothing Of
military affairs. All he knew Of such tao
tics was what be learned, when = boy; in
the Pennsylvani. corn stalk militia; but
Ramsey knew the man, knew his natural
qualifications and appointed him. No one
will now. say the appointment was bad
one, and Miller is justly regarded xn hon.
|or to the sszvioe. He was Ramscy's friend,
and q General, Colonel, Corporal or pri..
,vate would 60 for Ramsey for any Office he
would accept. $, His appointment, did not
buy, his Friendship il landn the want Of it
would not have diminished it. Now Gov.
Ramsey appoints Hadley Oh The earnest
Recommendation Of friends, for just such
qualifications as. Miller possessed minus
the Political friendship, .; The Pioneer
admits that he is not committed to any
political scheme, and Why Should Ramsey
risk appointing him, when he has nothing
to gain if Hadley turned out second
Miller, and everything :tolose # he failed
70 # himself for his post! Clearly his
only reason must hay. been that Hadley's
patriotism was beyond suspicion, while bis
prominent rivals leaned secessionward, and
that his locality claimed Z field officer
The under officers Of the: Regiment pro
tested against him after h. "a. appointed,
and this tho shoneerIrspresents n appoint
ng him against the sremonstr.uce Of hi.
subosdinate officers: p" How stupid thi,
makes Ramsey, appointing 1 ! political op-
ponent against ths 1vishes Of political
friends, 81 70 further his own political ID
vAneement! .aTea'7s." wi ar.o~a ,ussn
|' The lpsopl. Of. Minpes;otAar might = hive
had enough Of teaching di,.e''peet * !ii .apt
rior z officers, and creating Il psubordiua'
ton by editorial sdemagogues: The Fisst
Regiment, narrowly escaped dismember.
ment by this means, and quietus should
b. put on all apchi labors. Let our officers
have the confidence of their men until they