The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-14
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT
THE GREAT MISREPRESENTATION
CONSPIRACY.


General Mcclellan, having stated his
case to the jury of twelve generals, re-
tired from the room and permitted that
case to stand its trial fairly. Eight of
the generals reported to the President in
favor of the plan and four against it. Sec
rotary Stanton argued all day to convince
the eight generals in favor Of McClellan's
plan that they were fools. After Secre-
tary Stanton had talked all day on these
military questions the twelve generals en-
tertained the same opinions that they did
before Secretary Stanton began. The four
generals who voted against Mcclellan
were then Immediately taken into favor,
and three of the four were appointed to
command corp d'armee. Six of the eight
who favored McOlellan's plan have since
been dismissed from the army.
The President decided against Stanton
and the four Generals that McClellans
plan should be carried out He then inn
mediately took away from Mcclellan one
in every two of the soldiers who it had
been proposed should carry out the plan.
He did that to cooperate with the COM
mander Of the army in putting down the
rebellion. Thus, as the very inception of
the Peninsular campaign was defeat
and humiliation to Stanton, he bitterly
opposed it and its originator for that day,
and there cannot be a doubt that he did
all that lay in his power to prevent its sue
cess. Every one who desires to keep at
fat with the great events of our time
must carefully read Naglee's letter.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.
We have not the heart to comment on
this letter of Gen. Naglee. 1t exhibits
the hideous deformity of Mr.. Lincoln's
Administration. The council of war was
eight to four for McClellan's plan of cam
paign! Lincoln ordered the army corps
and appointed three of the four generals
who had opposed McClellanis plan! All
but two of the others have been dismissed
from the army! This was the way he
supported Mcclellan. Oh that the voices
of the dead, sacrificed by the madness of
Lincoln and Stanton in that fearful sum-
mer of 1852, could be heard now calling
on the American people!
From the New York Wcrd
We publish this morning, very i'm
portant letter addressed by Gen. Naglee
to Hon. D. Kelley, Republican member
of Congress from Philadelphia. General
Naglee was the Recorder of the Council
of War held on the 9Th of MAJ CHI, 1862 !;
council which marks one of the great
turning points in the history Of the war,
but of whose proceedings the country has,
till now, known nothing but their
general result. The record of its proceed
ings, so important to an intelligent judg-
ment of Gen. McClellans campaign against
Richmond, was pocketed by Secretary
Stanton and by him deliberately suppress
| ed. The rough notes of the record were
read to the President on the day the
council met, Immediately after the con-
clusion of its discussions; but Secretary
Stanton coming in, he took it unceremo-
neously from the hands of the recorder,
and with blunt insolence characteristic
| Of the man. he refused to return it to be
put in the proper official form to go into
tue records of the War Department. The
intended consequence Of that proceeding
was, that no eye has seen the record but
StantonIs from that day to this. 1t has
been called for in Congress, but the mo-
ton was voted down by the instructed
Republican majority. The reason was,
that the publication of that record would
have enabled the country to form cor
rect judgment of the controversy that
arose in the spring of 1862 between the
supporters of Mr. Lincoln on one side, and
the friends of Gen. Mcclellan on the
other.