The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-05
Irrepressible Enthusiasm of the Sol
diers for Gen. Mcclellan.

Last week there was great demonstra-
ton of the Loyal Leagues of New York,
at Utica. Extraordinary exertions had
been made to get large number of re-
turned soldiers to attend, by the payment
of their fares, expenses, &c. About six
hundred attended, and on their arrival
were treated to a sumptuous feast by the
ladies of Utica. The Herald gives the
following account of their proceedings,
from which it will be seen that the radi-
Gals got badly sold in their attempts to
gain favor with the soldiers:
While Lyman Tremaine was speaking COM
pany Of soldiers worked their way into the
crowd and began an incessant cheering for Nc
Clellan. Word was sent to Col. McQuade that
the soldiers were trying to break up the meet
ing. He went Immediately to see what the
trouble was, and found that they were cheering
for Mcclellan, He told them it was very nice
too cheer for Little Mac, but complaints had
been made that they were breaking up the meet
ing. AT that they commenced cheering for
Colonel McQuade. Similar demonstrations
were made at the other stands. The cry was
raised that they were Il lot of drunken soldiers;
Uut. Will Vic cAcCptlOu VI GWO Ut tIlTcc, WHO
ever states that utterS base ca!umny against
the brave soldiers and heroes of many hard
fought battles.
A recess was taken about five o'clock until
evening. 4 lot of soldiers Immediately took
possession Of one of the stands, and common
ced cheering for Mcclellan and praising him
as General; declai ing him to be the only man
that could lead the Army of the Potomac ON to
victory; denouncing in bitter terms the poll
ticians in Washington Congressman and Sena-
tors, as opposing Mcclellan because he was
settling the war in business like manner, and
was interfering in their schemes to make capt.
tai out oft. They were especially bitter on
the radicals in Congress and the Committee on
the Conduct of the War.
The remarks of the different soldiers on these
points were greeted with great applause by
their comrades. Some of them declared that
many of their comrades were butchered at
Fredericksburg to satisfy the intrigues of the
politicians. Down with the Washington po-
litical conspirators," the others would cry.
',Give us Mcclellan to lead and we will all re-
turn to the war;"
This demonstration by the soldiers was kept
up for nearly an hour in that style. 1t. in fact,
seemed as though they could not say too much
in praise of Little Mac" or denounce in Bit
ter enough terms the intrigues against him at
Washington.
1 hear of many other instances of soldiers
mention but one or two as being significant.
Whilst Mr.. Bruce was speaking at one of the
stands, a soldier in an officers uniform mounted
a barrel and declared this gathering an abOli-
ton sell that he had not heard word from
the speakers, and then commenced cheering
for Mcclellan. The soldiers of the Tenth
regiment rallied around him and Joined in the
cheers. They kept the matter up for some
time, cheering first for Mcclellan and then Por-
ter. The result was the crowd around the
stand nearly all left, and they were obliged to
send for the band, who played the ''Red, White
and Blue" before the audience would return.
Their cheers were interspersed with groans for
the politicians. Mr.. Townsend was also i'll
terruped in similar way.
During the recess some of the Zouayes waited
upon Genaral Nye at the hotel, and told him
that the only way to put down the rebellion
was to place Gen. Mcclellan at the head of the
army, and that it was his (Ney's) duty to tell
those gathered here SO. Hundreds Of other
instances of this kind took place. 1t, in fact,
was Mcclellan first, last and all the time, with
the soldiers.