The New York herald., 1862-09-29
northward, expecting momentarily TO see the
clouds Of dust raised by The nine hundred thou
sand marching along.

that gathering, which will be found douDiy |
now that the radicals are endeavor-
ing to wregle themselves out Of the dilemma
that their acts ard efforts to carry the doctrine
of Southern State rights into practice, by die
tatng to the President what he shall do, has
placed them in. We also publish an ex
tract from tire Baltimore American denying
the press statement from Washington that
the question Of removing Mcclellan was not
broached in the Convention, accompanied with
the confident assertion that they have proof to
the contrary, and that the subject was brought
up by Governor Andrew.
Our correspondent gives description of the
whole affair, with communications received by
the Governors while they were in session, and
follows the affair through from the first to the
last, fully corroborating bis report by telegraph
in every particular besides furnishing vast
amount Of additional circums-an.ial evidence,
of Mcclellan was the principal object that in
duced tue radical Governors to visit Altoona.
Thus from every quarter the proof is accumu-
lating against them. Their efforts to show our
reports false is only recoliing upon their own
heads and increasing tle.r guilt. The evidence
aconciusivey shows that, had it not been for the
decisive stand taken by the Governors of Mary
land Pennsy,vani and Ohio, a complete
revolutionary programme would have been
adopted, demanding the removal Of Mcclellan,
tie appointment OF Fremont chief in command,
and tlen banding together and refusing to rem
der tbe national administration any further as
sistance until their demand had been acceded
to. They would have included the dismissal of
the Cabinet in their demands; but they were
foiled and defeated in their reasonable schemes,
and the Convention has dissolved without doing
any great harm, o result for which the public
are indebted to the position taken and main
tanned by Governors Bradford, Curtin and Tod.
The reply Of Gov. Andrew, when asked who
could take McClellan's place, is conclusive
proof that the action of the New England Gov
ernors at this conference was in accordance
with the programme laid down at Providence,
at their meeting with the New York War Com
mittee.
We commend The account Of our correspond
ent to the careful attention Of all those who
have any doubts as to the objects and purposes
of the radicals at Altoona, confident that they
will only have to read to be convinced.
THE INDIAN WAR AND Irs REsCLrs--The out.
break of the Indians in Minnesota at first threat
cned TO become formidable. 1t was supposed
to be instigated by the rebels, from the fact
that Indians fought with the rebels at Pea Ridge,
under the command Of Albert Pike, New Eng
land poet. and also from the references made
by JEFF. Davis in his recent message to sour
faithful Indian allies" A Richmond paper
makes assurance doubly sure upon this point,
by contending that we cannot lawfully send
our paroled solders against the Indians, thus
claiming the Indians as part Of the rebel
armies
However this may be, the paroled soldiers
captured by the rebels at Harper's Ferry
are on their way to Minnesota, and will
give General Pope large army, With which he
can soon make the poor Ipiians srtSer for the
crimes into which they have been deluaed. BY
the last census the total number of Indians,
Of all sorts, sexes and sizes, in this coun-
try, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and
from the Mississippi to the Pacific. is only
100000. OF course but a very small portion
of this force can be concentrated at any one
point, and therefore an Indian war amounts to
nothing, except on account of its savage and fe-
rocious character, and because it turns the at
tention Of the State of Minnesota away from the
rebellion, has kept her troops employed at
home. This, no doubt. was the object of the
rebel agents
1t would be singular result, if tue efforts of
the rebels, in sighting and devastating their
plantations for th. integrity Of the institution
Of slavery, should be the direct means of
eyterminating the two colored races of
The country. The rebels seem determined
that this shall be country for the white
man alone. Not coatens with the slow
killing process by which railroads and tele-
graphs and civilization were yearly thinning
out the Indians they have now arraycd against
the poor aborigines the terrible power of this
mighty government. The Indians have never
been of any use'to us; but the negroes cannot
be so easily spared, and the Southern rebels
will not be tho only sufferers when the career
of the inevitable negro shall be sunmarily con-
cuded by government transportation TO Chi
riqu
ANnsEw's PEoarsr.We have been regularly
and carefully examining the New England pa-
pers since the issue OF the Presidents proclama~
tion to SEQ the furor which it would produce in
those States; for, according to the promise Of
Governor Andrew, OF Massachusetts, TO Secre-
tAry Stanton, ss soon as this document appeared
the roads from the North, East and West would
swarm with the young men Of New England
eager Tor the fight We have looked all through
the papers TO zee how the promise would be
fulfilled. We, however, only lind any reference
10 j. in one Boston paper, and that states that