The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-28
Gen. HOOker's Farewell Address.

The following speech, a Washington
paper says, was made by Gen. Hooker,
near Frederick, Nd, to crowd of Off
GERS lounging around headquarters, upon
the reception of the news of his removal /:
tell you, gentlemen, that at Chancel-
louisville Twas engaged but two hours with
Lee, while the other twenty-five were
taken up with the authorities at Washing
ton. | never wanted to command this
army-never cared for it-never said
wanted it to anybody; but was placed
here by order OF the President. l hoped
to remain in the army until the rebellion
was crushed. | did not care so much
about being its leader.
| always said this was the greatest army
OF the Republic, and think so still. You
have fallen into good hands, under a
glorious old soldier meaning General
Meade)-a glorious old soldier. | have
been exiled to Baltimore. What | shall
do there don't know, for l don't know
ID woman, man, nor child there
[Capt. Cox, of the Commissary Depart
ment, here interpOsed and said: "Gen-
eral, I'll give you letters" Great laugh
ter from all around.
| won't command where | cannot have
entire control myself Already the army
has been benefited by the change. Ten
thousand men have been withdrawn from
Harper's Ferry. l pity any man who ever
commands the Army of the Potomac. |
encountered many things little dreamed
of when l took command. | have been
hampered and fretted.
[Col. Davis-"General, has not that
always been the case with all its COM
manders
Hooker, reluctantly--"A al,cays hast"
Gen. Hooker at this point passed down
the avenue between the tents to the end
of the street or avenue, and again spoke,
nearly as follows;
want all reporters as well as soldiers
to hear what / say, and print it in ca IL
tails: leave here because my usefulness
has departed. l shall resign from the
army, and go to California, where l am
respected.
The New Governor Of Kentucky.
HIS VIEWS ON THE QUESTION OF NEGRO
SOLDIERS.
Col. Bramlette, the Governor-elect Of
Kentucky, has written the following card
to the Louisville Journal:
see that the secession party, through
its organ, the Louisville Democrat, is
charging that in my Carlisle speech ap-
proved "negro regiments The charge
is wholly untrue. In no speech have l
failed to state that /, with the Union De-
mocracy, condemned the employment of
negro soldiers, and was pledged to use all
constitutional and peaceful means to get
rid of them.
At Carlisle, as elsewhere, | contrasted
our remedies for this and other evils with
the remedy proposed by the no-more men
and no more money secessiOnists
showed that we proposed using all peace
full and constitutional means, through The
ballOt-bOx to correct them; and that.
whether we succeed in that way or not,
we would succeed in getting rid of such
regiments, not Only in the Federal S. rv,ce.
but all the negro and Indian regiments
employed NY CuC IcUcl authorizes against
us, by the certain and complete methods
embodied in our second resolution: by ode
voting our whole resources, if necessary"
to crushing "the present causeless rebel
lion, and restoring the national authority
over the revolted States whereas the
no-more-men-and-n more-money seces-
sionists, would, to escape ''Lincolns negro
regiments, fly to the arms of the South
ern Confederacy, and place themselves
with negro and Indian regiments to fight
US and destroy our Government; that it
is no therefore, dislike to the use of me-
gro regiments, but dislike to the Constitu-
ton and the Union, and as a means to dis
tract and divide the Union men, that
causes these no-more-men-and-no
money secessionists to make such an ado
about negro regiments. maintained that
they are against the Government and for
the " South" no matter what means are
used or are not used to sustain the Gov
eminent, whereas we are for our Govern
ment in defiance OF the measures of any
party or any administration; that our OPP
position to negro regiments is honest, and
we propose two modes OF getting rid of