The national Republican., 1862-01-30
THE Por-rnR Connrrrrs.

THE PoTrna COMMITTEES.
REPORT ON TsE LOYALTY or GOVERNMENT or
Lne oo1nletes appointed b the House Of
lltsts ~ oeees Of dhloyai clerks, "a other
p9noos y thgpmployI hsnt Of iAs Government
!Avs oeee!ee.d thslk report Ohaseo have
ssss S invSess'd AsAanst ness than Ate Nm
The tsstnony against the clerks is Of . uni.
form character. They ere charged with utter.
Ing the most disloyal sentiments, speekine
against The war, exprssing sympathy fr the
REBELS and their cause.
THE CASE oY LIEUTENANT ooLonl. nAYNAprrp.
This ofaoer holds the responsible post Of ~
slstsnt to The chief Of W0n6nCe. Thepfinclpal
charges affecting his loyalty are: First, that
ee was . party 10 ~ s66rt ID Dsssmbee,
1850, Of John B. Floyd, then Secretary Of Was,
TO transfer cannon 70 The South, undsf ~ Pre-
tencs Of aIming fofti6catlons q 0Alvstton end
Ship Island. which, 10 hot, had no sxistsnos /;
but, In reality, . furnish lhe munitioos ofwat
be was privy 70 the sale, by Floyd, Of 100000
or more mnsksts 70 A. Bslknsp, and 10000
to othef parties, 10 violation Of law end 70 tAs
great dssfimsnt Of The public service, tAs ob.
ject being 70 disarm Tie Government and 10
arm its rebel enemies.
The first Of these charges was formally prs.
ferred BY Colonel Calg, of the Ordinances ID.
partment, in June lsst against Msioe Nayna-
nader, 10 which The latter answered 10 8 letter
to Adjutant General Thomas, dated The 2lst Of
the same month, stating that The Secretary Of
War sent for him and gave him positive or.
der 10 send the cannon pertaining 70 the arma-
ment OF The forts on Ship Island and at Gal.
vestpn 10 these forts he asccrtained from the
Engineer Department what kind and caliber Of
guns composed the armament Of these forts,
and the proper kind 20 ascertaincd were di
rected TO be sent
General n. g. Wright, of the engineer corp.,
swears that Major Maynadler applied to him for
information regarding the number Of guns for
forti6cations at Galveston and Ship Island. and
that he answered that the works referred to
were In no condition 10 receive their arma-
ment; that the aforementioned was not defensi-
bic, not being prepared for its first tier Of guns
even, and that, at the second, The ground for
laying the foundations Of the fort had not been
broken, and fsslly, that The guns would nol
only be useless there, but 10 the way Of any
operations Of construction. Moreover, the
armament Of the works had never been Fixed
by the armament board.
He was 50 impressed with The idea that tbe
purpose OF the Secretary Of War, Mr. Floyd.
wa. TO place large number Of heavy guns In
positions where they could be seized by the
rebel or disaiiected authorities OF the Gull
States, that he presented the whole matter "a
General J. G. Totem, al that time In Washing.
ton, but not then on duty In the Engineer De.
parlment; and he submitted statement Of the
facts In a note to General Scott He under
stands that the detention, Of the guns al Pitts
burg grew out Of General SCOTS action. The
testimony, the committee says, leaves no shadow
Of doubt that Lieutenant Colonel Maynadier
10 executing or attempting to execute tho order
Of Floyd for the Transmission OF one hundred
and forty one OF the largest cannon from Pitts
burg TO The Gulf Of Mexico, did Il with the full
knowledge that one Of the iorts was unflnished
and the other not even begun.
Il b scarcely less clear that Aaynadier mus
have known or believed that the object o.
Floyd, 10 giving tho order, wss 70 dissrm th,
He 10 conceded to bo one Of the most intelli
gent mea in the army, and has boon in the
ordnance department % assistant for nearly
twenty years. He spesks with evident pride, Il
| letter quoted, oi the confidence rerosed In him
BY Jefferson Davis and Floyd; Of iheir frequeA
consultations with him, In preference 70 biz
superior, Colonel Craig; and II Ii therefore
not 70 be believed that be would have withheld
an opinion from The Secretary Of War In re
gard 10 the impropriety Of sending cannon 4
the Gulf coast 70 arm Notifications which hsd
no existence, from motives Of mere modesty
He says that "his duty was obedience, no
questioning" This, ss . general rule, Is cor
rect; but In q case Of palpsble treason on ths
part Of bigh officer, passive obedience In ID,
inferior ceases to be Q duty and becomes ,
crime.
Lieutenant Colonel Maynadlcr enjoyed th,
confidence Of Davis and Of Floyd to high de
gree, and the actual displacement Of Coloue
Craig, as chief Of ordnance, on the l7lh No
| vember, 1860, in order to make room for Nay
nader at the moment when the work of dis
| srmipg the Government and armiDg Of ID,
dsafccted States was to be contaminated b,
the traitor Floyd, 10 q most significant faoi
which cannot be lost sight Of In this invcstiga
ton.
After comparing this evidence of Genera
Wright, an intelligent, distinguished, an
highly honorable witness, with Lieutensn
Colonel Msynsdier's report 10 Floyd, You
committee submit that The latter displays . Il
cile readiness 10 carry out the treasonabl
scheme Of bis superior - much at the e4pens,
Of truth as Of The public veal.
| THE SECOND CHARGE.
On the 30:h October, 1850, Colonel Graf
made an ofacisl report TO the War Department
stating that the stock Of muskets Of all kinds
the public service, i9clnaing the army, navy
and marine corps, amounted to only "a30 ,00l
dispersed among the araenAls OF the country.
10 former year,, he states, the number Ia
been nearly 100000, and was not then oonsii
cred too great for tho country. He ct the tam
time insists that no further reduction by sale
Of the old model servicesble arms should b
allowed until our arsensls are better sup
Piled"
On the l7lh Of the following month Colons
Craig was relieved from duty as the head (
the ordnance. bureau, and on The 22d, Asyn'