Year: 1862

be obtained.


Major General Wool and His Malfgncrs.


TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.


BAIrlAoRE Oct. 81 1852.


For several months past number VI men, traitors in
disguise In this city have been urging the President to
remove Major General John H. Wool from the command
Of the Middle Department 10 accomplish this END the
most infamous falsehoods have been sngendercd and
palmed upon the President and the public and until the
former had TO the conclusion W Governor Bradford
and his coadjutors TO be becved) TO remove the
Generals and this too upon verbal declarations and with
out allowing tho veteran who has served once happy
and prosperous country most faithfully and gaany for
more than nfty years, an opportunity to defend him
SELF It may not be inappropriate TO inquire who the


and what have they done the country who would
remove this distinguished soldier from the command o.
tho Middle Department, the military administration OF
which has not only secured the peace and quiet o! the
city Of Baltimore and the Of Maryland but given
entire satisfaction TO all conservative citizens. The only
exceptions those who the 10Th April 1851 were
other found wanting the side OF those who would
have extermnated the Uuion party. and OF them
werc most active ia their Efforts to destroy tho Union.


We have not now time to present the character and
conduct Of these men the 10th OF April 1891 and dur
ing the few days that followed when the Genera
Woc engaged in forwarding men--ten thousand--to
save the capital, and Liect General Scott said, the
lurniSnod states
and ammunition and supplied Fortress Monroe with
gun carriages. ammunition and provisions and the
steamer Quaker Guy to guard Hampton Roads, III order
10 preven, heavy guns being transported from Norfolk
besegc that fort. which threatened at the time Hly
ing beard that the city Of Washington short Of prov
sions he ordered 80 600 raons daily that city by way
Perryvie and Annapolis besides supplying the thou
sand he with thirty days. rations Such the
conduct Of the veteran General, whilst those who
now urging his removal were warning against the Onion
and Union These facts before the world, and his
capture Of Norfolk and the destruction Of the Merrimac
which long parayzcd the navy tho Roads, AMI the
army OF Major General Mcclellan should, at least shield
General Wool from the foul and scandalous assertions Of
the band Of traitors the disguise Of Union men that he
favored the rebels


In regard 70 the Norfolk and Merrimac affair." The Pro-
sidsnt says


The skilfnl and gallant movements or Major Genera
Ss pdss M
the evacuation Of strong batteries erected by tho
rebel: on sewsls Point and Craney Island. and the de-
regarded by the President among the important
Of the present He therefore orders that his
thanks Commander In Chcf Of the Army and Navy be
communicated by the War Department Major General
John Wool and the officers and soldiers his command
for their gaanry and good conduct In the brilliant opera
Nons mentioned


He also Immediately sent the Generals name % the
Senate for promotion reward for the gallant Dig
tingusbed services above mentioned.


Passing over the preparations for the defence OF Har
per's Fcrrytho dsgracefn surrender Of which these
traitors would ascribe to General woohis concentrating
IN few hours force to more than million Of dol
lars worth Of public stores at New creek Cumberland
collected there for Major General Fremonts army but
left without protection his concentration Of force in
short time after receiving notice from Governor Curtin Of
the raid Of Stuars cavary-whch made the circuit Of
Major General Mcficans army--a. Gettysburg, which
saved that place from being sacked his resisting these
traitors from sending least twenty thousand men into
the ranks OF tho rebel army at when tho capital
Of the Union was in great peril by forcing upon them the
oa' OF allegiance when the rebel army marching for
Washington and saved only BY the timely arrival OF Nc
Celans army irou Harrison's Landng-h should be


enbercd that nc was among the first to sound the
Of alarm and in several letters pub shcd IN December
1850. he reused the people Of the free States TO
the danger which nleuaced them, wnc IN their
hundreds OF respoases declared themselves ready not
only 10 follow General Wool, but TO furnish any bcr
Of and any amount o! money 10 save and preserve
that from the 9th OF December, 1860 when he wreie
letter to General Css in which he urged his
influence TO save the country from civil war-to the
present tme he has iaercd single inomen. In
bis course 20 suppress this rebellion and restore tho
Union Nor will IL be forgotten that when certain par
ties IN Virginia aud Maryland declared that President
Lincoln should never be inauguratc the gallant General
consideration promptly tende ed his services to the
extent Of his power and ability TO sec HIM legally aud
q. placed ~ the residential len chair and for
1884, And yet with oil these facts which show uniaer
ing determination TO put down this rebellion this band Of
traitors in the city Of Baltimore have succeeded In Ia
ducing the President promise General Wool
from this important command Of the Middle department
(without even allowing him opportunity 70 dolend
himsel) the administration Of which has succeeded not
only In preserving the peaco and quiet OF the State and
the city Of Baltimore but 10 the great satisfaction Of all
classes, and especially OF the conservative Union men,


With the above statement Of the services and loyalty
Of Major General Wool II is due ~ him TO say that In
long military Of than ty years IN his inter.
with the world he has discovered that Kindness
tempered with justice often accompshes more than the
sword. This may be In his conduct Ia the war or
18l21b 10 his treatment Of the Cherokee Nation ia reov-
Ing them to the West In his conduct during the patriotic
the Northern frontier In 1887 and 1888 and during
his memorable march in the Mexican war Of nine hun.
dred miles, than six hundred of which through
the enemys country when not drop OF blood shed,
no woman was insuit0d, no house pundercd person
aud injury whatever done the nhabi
tants This course did not fail make friends out OF
enemies and Santa Anna could get recruits In
tho country through which General Wool then marched
than the distinguished General Lee obtained during his
recent visit TO "My Maryiandv


III 10 the discharge Of his duties In the Middle Department
and commander OF the Eighth Army corps he has been
governed by the principles which have hitherto guided
him Is confidently believed thai he not only responded
70 the dictates OF hs heart but tat from the opinion
u all classes no has wrought throughout the State Of
Hayland great change In favor OF the Union But this
what those traitors want, their object being simply
,under aud ruin the State In order that they may
ule.


The Thirev.Deventh Regiment.