The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-13

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F. Loyal Testimony.
From the Chicago Times.
- AoEreoMERy BLAIR.sip his, resies Of
Judge Abtr rleent sttS 8 |dsS rs aAt |
srANToHpr szwSfp MHeH evetNidi iby
thing IF cientlyasor he sbrots fops3of
:::Washison, s!aaag sa& "a dim s.
made for them " IEgRISxKEED & Els
defence of Mr. SE&AKp against M BIA.a.
Thelatter discussing this cla -
Y What psstendes..< Scott SsFsed theSasy,
when EBAehanan and the Se@sfary of War.
Holt, had laid it open to the iconspirators, Us
all the other important points to their plot
sssere exposed, by sending the army to the
frontier to be surrendered; Scott saved it by
nus presence. and by bringing in q handful of
Troops aud
dauntless courage
Mcclellan saved the city, when Stanton un-
dertook 10 play chess with the divisions of the
y-aeft foE 1IS defence: maps spread on
his green table-Halleck being his coadiutor.
twas Then that Banks and his little squad of
an army, Iconmsndedfr from Washington, was
i beaten 1that .Eram0nt and his fragment was
!, stopped short in its pursuit OF Jackson-that
I Shields and bis posse Was afseofaftted, whilst
marching land "counternasching -aGnatp Pope
' and his moro imposing, force was -dissipated.
JEhe force of the c8nfederates, then threatened
\ Washington y, and Halleck,- refusing Is take
command Of our defeated armies, decfared it
I could not be saved ana Staten gave orders to
opssse prepatat0fs o. running aMays 1 But
Qelhn said he gould lssNs lits and it. was
s SO 4sSIs g sss G tie hS% v sn
that at Antietan. Meade Saved Washington at
Gettysburg for tAesbirt time, when Lee again
|; marched 10its conquest from his victories at
Fredericksburg and sChansellD gsyille, Stanton
had much to do in, producing all the defeats
that put Washington ID Jeopardy, but@neither
!that he or Holt infusnced4 dn the slightest de-
{ gree. theplans they adopted to saye ikOvs
'Thesestatemsnts by,amember 0f Mr..
;Ll1INqoIN's cabinet are important evidence.
It seems, that, tie movements oof BANKS
land FREMONT and sH1Etpss and PogiE were
directed by 6TkHrbNsand Ha1lHoK frorar
Washing ton. This would go. far to relieve:
then from the possibility q tie defeats:
stheysustaineAinnE Virginia. Had MnULEL-
Lam listened:to S7lNroN and HAllosK, be
would not have attemptsdte defend Wash,
instep 100 FL AI lIlBBfel, W. says NJ, 99BIA1R,
8 declared it could not BE- saved, and SrANss
FeN gave orders to pack, spreparatory to
thinning awayss'' They coicocteas tie meas
ureessij which left Moo LEIIlLAN without COM
aaanddwhen heorstusned With BIS army,
from theopeninsulsa They would rather
have seen the capital burned by the con-:
,1fedAfatess aha tie army of thesPetomac
aapihilated, than to have Witnessed its de-
feneehy Nc OLELpAN and bis defeat Of the
lately victorious sarmyoofodMsi Had not
Mr.. LIN ots been driven BY theirs pres,
sure Ia i and that Of the radicals, would
rhavee retained Gem MqCLELLAN, in COM
inands after the battle lot Antietam@
The latter intimates this In the con.
clasiop Of hia: report. Go He says: s1s
cannot omitoGthe Expression of my
'thankssto the President for the constant
evidence given me Of bis sincere, personal
regard, and,,kis desire to sustain the miIi-55
tsry plans which my judgment led me to-
urge forGadop,ion and execution. I can
not attribute failure TO adopt some of
those plans, and to give that support to,
others which was, necessary to their suc-,;
cess, to any want OF confidence in me,
and it only remains for me to regret that
other counsels came between the constitu-
tiona1 commander-in-chief and the general
whom he. had placed at the head of his
arm -7counsels which resulted in the,
failure of great campaigns. 49, -
a. Contrast the generosity of this testimo-
ny by CCLEILAN, with the black migrate
tude shown 10 bis dismissal but few
weeks after he had saved the national cap
ital from capture and the nation from dis
grace and ruin; IN the victory Of Antie- +
tam. We May, forgive the weakness of
the President, who yielded to the "press-
ure";of the radicals, headed by STANTON,
in: removing MCCLELLAN, ,but their trea-
sonable malevelence should not be forgot,
ten or forgiven. They are responsible for
the slaughter of the Army of the Poto-
mac at Fredericksburg and sChancellors-
vile! es:-':G@ Ai:n 81 i o-ss4. s,l-...
&c opposi.ion . the President. -,-. 49,.
The radicals are rapidly wheeling into
solid column in their opposition to the
Presidents reconstruction policy. An in