The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-09-25
A Fair Specimen of Pope's Decency
We find the following in the Milwaukee
Sentinel of a late date:

a ca1r specimen Oh HOPos eooAAcys
We find the following in the Milwaukee
Sentinel, of late date:
There have been several dispatches to East
ern papers from st. Paul, which were evidently
written with view to create the impression
that Gen. Sibleys campaign has been profit
less. To those who are at all acquainted with
"moccasin politics and politicians in Mime
sofa, it is needless to say that such dispatches
should be regarded with some suspicion. Gen.
Sibley has endeavored faithfully to do his duty
as soldier. and has steadfastly resisted the adj
yances of those who desired to make personal
profit out of the misfortunes of Minnesota. If
Gen. Sully had done equally WE'LL there would
have been little left of the hostile Sioux to deal
with in the future, and in justice to the COM
mander of this department, it should be said
that Gen. Sully was not the choice of General
Pope, but was sent by the War Department
against his advice and earnest request that an.
other officer be assigned to cooperate with
Gen. Sibley.
The above is a pure specimen of Pope.
1t is so, because, in the closing personal
reference, to make which the article was
written, it is essentially mean, cowardly,
and false. The iSsntine! is PORES organ
at Milwaukee, as the Press is here. And
it is more than probable that the dastardly
fling at SULLY, was penned by the base
officer who commands this Department.
To excuse the miserable failure which
had thus far marked the Sioux campaign,
General POPE attempted to make scape-
goat of General SULLY, not only in the
article above, which he inspired, if he did
not write, but also in his congratulatory
order to General SHELLEY. He sought to dis
grace one of the most efficient and gal
liant officers of the service, in order that
he might himself escape the odium which
promised to attach to the operations
against the Sioux. If anything but odium
shall attach to these operations, it will be
due to General SULLY's energy and skill;
but the fruits of these, whatever they may
prove to be, General POPE would misdi-
rect, in advance, that they may accrue I'M
deservedly to himself and his favorites.
Gen. SuLLY was ordered to Sioux City,
the rendezvous Of the Missouri District,
at late day, and found there utter con-
fusion prevailing. He was obliged to
thoroughly reorganize the expedition, the
preliminary steps toward which had been
undertaken by some of Pores laundering
officers. Sioux City, as it was remote
from general observation, was selected by
Pores pets and agents as the most feast
Bile locality for peculatiop. And, instead
of honest work in fitting out tie expedi-
ton for the Missouri River, the energies
of the officials there had been devoted to
schemes of plumber. So, when SULLY ar
rived there, instead of being able to take
up his line of march for the Sioux country,
he had to set himself at work to fit out his
command. In this District, several
months had been employed by General
SHELLEY, for the same purpose, and, we pre-
sumo, well employed. SULLY had to at
tempt like work in as many weeks; and
to start off, at last, under imperative or
ders from POPE, before his preparations
were completed. To those who know the
man and his ability, energy, and thorough
ness, it will need no evidence to satisfy
that General SULLY has done all that his
means permitted. He is we'll known to
our people, by long and efficient service
on our frontier; and POPE has not char
acter enough to deprive him unjustly of
his due credit, or to injure his good repu-
tatiOn as an officer.
Pores commentator of SIBLEY, in the
article above quoted, is as impertinent, as
his structures on SULLY are ungenerous and
false. General SIBLEY's character don't
need Pores Endorsement. The people of
this State, who have known General SrB-
LEY since the first settlements were made,
require no assurance from General PORE
that the former is not thief, nor an &C
complete of thieves. No man here, or
elsewhere, has ever thought or intimated
that General S1BLEY has been a party to
the disgracetul populations which have
marked the administration of the Depart
ment of the Northwest, since it was Or
ganised under General PoPE's command.
On the contrary, the people have been ac-
customed to look higher than to Brigadiers,
for the source of this corruption. What
proportion of the plundering that has been
going on, might have been obviated or de-
tected by General S1BLEY, had his eyes
been little wider opened, we won't pre-
tend to say but it is more than probable
that had he sought to check such corrup-
ton, he would have been forced to the
dlsagreeable duty of arraigning his superior
officer before court-martial.
We beg to assure General Pope that he
need not concern himself on account of
General SIBLEY's character for INTEGRITY.
His own, far more, demands his first solici-
tude.
FINE SHEEP.-We understand that Col
JOHN Fl. STEVENS has for sale, at his farm
in Glencoe, sixty fine buck lambs, of
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