The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-14
SAINT PAL L.
The Great Lincoln.StantOn COnspir.
acy Exposed.

very r0marKaDl0 loIUoT, pullsuou ~ A0oSoA
on the inside of this paper, and bearing
the soldierly signature of General HENRY
M. NAe1Es. We particularly ask the at
tention of Republicans to this document
We ask them to read it and to reperuse 1t.
Do it carefully, do it conscientiously. But
in the name of justice and righteousness,
do ii.
The letter is addressed by General
NAe1xs to the Hon. WILLIAM D. KELLEY.
a Republican member of Congress from
Philadelphia.
Who is General NAGLRR?
He is soldier of high personal and prl-
yste character, of unimpeached honor, OF
gallantry and of courage. He is man
whose reputation has not been assalled Oy
calumny or SANDER. And he was the ne
corder of certain Council of War, held
in the city of Washington, D. c., on the
9th dav Of March, 1862. That Council
consisted of twelve Generals, and was
called by General MCCLELLAN to decide as
to a difference of opinion existing between
himself and the President in regard to the
hest route to Richmond. MCCLELLAN IA
vored the water route, LINCOLN the over
land route. The proceedings OF the Ooun-
Gil have never before been made public.
It's record, without which an Intelligent
Judgment of Moo 1ELLAN's campaign against
Richmond could not be formed, was taken
possession of by Secretary STANTON, and
deliberately suppressed. President LIN
COLIN saw the rough notes OF the record
after the Council had finished its discus
sions but from that time forth no eye but
SrANroN's has beheld them. The secret
history of this historic Council Of War, OF
which General NAGLER was member and
Recorder, is now given by the General
from knowledge of the facts. The Coun-
Gil was called by General MCCLELLAN on
the sth of March, 1862. The General en-
tered the Council room, submitted his
PROPOSITIONS, and retired. The Council de-
liberated, and, by vote of eight to four,
decided against Mr.. L1NooLN's plan and IN
favor of the water route. The adoption
o. the water route to Richmond was,
therefore, the deliberate conviction OF the
army. Mr.. LINCOLN submitted to the &C.
cision of the Council with the best grace
be could, but, actuated and inspired by the
malicious determination of STANTON, issued
an order the following day organizing the
army into four corps, and placing IN CONF
mand of these corps The rery Generals
acho had roted against the propositions Of
MCCLELLAN. At this very time, while
LINCOLN, at the dictation of STANTON, was
laying his plans to thwart the success OF
General MoCLELLAN's campaign, STANTON
was writing letters to MCCLELLAN full Of
professions Of the aDdrnsest admiration
and Of promises to sustain hima. The
General of the army was betrayed by a
kiss. Six of the eight Generals who voted
to sustain MCCLELLAN have since been dis
missed from the army. The public will
naturally inquire, What right had Presi-
dent LINCOLN to entrust the execution OF
General McC1ELLAN's plans to four Cen
erals who were opposed to them? What
unity of action could be expected from an
army whose Generals disagreed as to the
wisdom of the campaign? And what JUS
LITIGATION had the President for tampering
with the lives Of our brave and cOntding
soldiers, by pursuing course of policy cal
culated to prolong and intensity the bitter
ness of the war? T,co hundred ana
hrelre thousand men have persisted in the
campaigns of Pope, BURNSIDE, HooKHR,
MEADE and GRANT, simply because Secre-
.ary STANTON and President LINCOLN com.
bined together in spirit of malevolenct
to defeat and thwart the military enter
prise of General MCCLELLAN. Is it an,
wonder that STANTON suppressed the Off
cial record of chat Council of War? Is
at all surprising that the motion in Con
gress calling for its production was vote
down by previously instructed Republ
can majority? In these humiliating dis
closures-so humiliating as to make L
blush for the honor and dignity of tn
American name, and SO revolving as
swell every patriotic bosom witt. emotion
of manly indignation-we recognize I'll
key to that cruel spirit OF anmosity whic
las followed close upon TIE track of NJ,
GILLIAN and his Generals. We can res
now, in characters of living light; the s.
cret enmity which has dictated two yea
of infamous persecution The Administr
ton stands exposed in all its naked d
formitv, pillOried through all eternity
public scorn.
But if such be the condemnation viii
the stern and untlinching record of histo
obliges us to pass upon President LINGO