Gen. Wool And His Calumniators

IIeaikuaiitebs Minm.n Detriment,) Eighth Army Cor.rs, Bai.timore, Md. V 1 Nov. 20, 1862. ) , To the Editor of the Philftdelphio Inqniw : ( My Dkab Sir - It is a well known i faot that the President lias been i portuned, again and again, to remove i rao f rom my present command, the ] Middlo Deparcment, by some persona who liavo not alvvays been on the side of the Union, and who, on the 19th of April, 1861, vvould have oxterminated the Union party. For rcasonu uot , municated to me, tl)C3e men would urge the President to remove me lrotn an important comtnand, but oue vcry . far f rom being desirablo, frorn the fr.ot that it involves parties and interests exceedingly difficult to satisfy or bring ia ] harmony with eaoh other. These, with ' my appropriate military duties, togother with numerous appeals daily made ' for justiee, by mea imprisonad íor . oi:s reason3, mako it a command ceedingly onerous, and ono which claims my attention a!l day, sometimos all night. AH of which, and ever. more, I could readily endure if I could give perfect satisiaction : but that ia imposfiibie with a population difieriüg, as it does, on the great nuestions of the day, ! and divided iuto irreconcilable parties, who, for 'oca! cauces, have lost 3ght oí the preservation of the Union, which the loyal States have oifored their very life-blood to maintain. TÍ.E CENSURE OF QF.N. WOOL. With the above rernarks I would add the following, viz.: Not long after I assmr.ed command of the Middle Depaitrnent, Bultimore being my head quarters, I was waited upon by a oommitteo of several gentlemen and invited to attend a Union meeting, which was soon anticipated, to which I assented. On the evoning of the meeting I was called for by the oommittec, and condticted to the place where it aasembled. I remained until I heard speeches from most of the gentlemen, who wore still speaiing whsn I rstired. The next morning, on looking over tbs proceedings, I discovered a resolution, which had been pagsed after 1 left the meeting, denouncing the military administration of the departmenl. On seeiüg sorne of the gentiemen who wore prominent at the meeting, and asking them what 1 was to understand by the resolution, so sweeping in its denunciation, the rcply was, tharit was not intended to apply to me, that it would be corrected. This correction, however, never made its appearance through the presa. The denunciation insluded Major Generáis Butler, Cadwalader, Dis, Banks and myself. Not regarding the censure as of any importance, I let it pass without notice. : THE TROUBLE IN THB BALT15I0KE COUNCILS. After Major General McClellan feil back to Harrison's Landing, the greater part of the rebel army, leaving comparatively a email force to guard Richmond, took np its line of march in the direction of Washington. The capital being in danger, the President called tor 300,000 volunteers. On this being published, the Union men in Baltimore called on the City Counoil for an appropriation of $300,000, to be applied to the raising of four or five regiments required for the city. The firstbranch of the Common Council voted lor the approp#ationj the second branch refused to vote for it, soon after which I was waited upon by some who called themselves Union rneo, and was urged to use coercivo measures. I refused, rernarking that it would ba a high handed measuro, . For any military commander to eoerce a legislativo body, constitutionally elected, to vote as he might díctate, would be an ofi'ense that would not be tolerated in the free States, and therefore I wouid not do it. This did not satisfy the gentlemen, when I replied that I thought if they would not interfere, I couid arrange the matter without reaorting to force or dictation. I made good the declaration, and produced the arrangement, which g5ve the Union party a Common Council, which voted, I bolieve, the cum of $350,000. It is ture, I suggested it, in order to prevent the greater evil of an excitement which might endanger the safety of the city. If the money needed could not be obtained by the Oommon Council, I suggested that it might be obtained by subscriplion, when Mr. Baker, the President of the second branch, oñered to subscribe 10,000, which Lium had beeu previously offared by Mr. Falls, President of the Bay Line SteamboatOompany. This mode of obtaining the money did not, however, meet the approbation of a!l partios and was not attempted. Then it was thut the members of the second branc'i of the Council, not in favor of the appropriation- after consultation with myself - resigned, and their places wero aiterwards filled by Union men Notwith3tanding, the arrangement which I thought would give perfect satisfaction, did not satisfy every " Union " man, and a party was organized and proceeded to insult ono or more of the rotired members of the Council. This was no loss an insult to the member3 of the Council than to myself, and might havo cauísed a rising of Ute people, which I was detorminee to avert, and accordingly gave notice that should another attempt of tho kine be made, I would take command of the oity, and declare martjal law. The city has been perfectly cjuiet ever sinco. WHÏ THE OATII OF ALLEdlANCE WAS NOT REQUIRED IN BALÏ1MORK. Soon after the reorganization of the Comraon OoodcÜ, a resolution was ffored, roquesting me to tender the oalh of allegiaoce to all 6ecessionists, or eympathizer8 with the South in the city oi Baltimore, and f they refused, to send them South. This proposition was made when the capital was menaced by the rebel arrny, which had left Uichmond, as it was supposed, lor Washington. I informed the council that I would not eomply with this re quest, and tor the roasoo that I would not, at that time, sond twenty thousand men to swell the army of Jefferson Davis. The capital, at this moment, was, as supposed, in imminent danger, and if tho Anny of the Potoinac, with ile bravo General, had not arrivod aa it did, the capital would havo been uaptured. Ü0MPLAINT8 TO THB PBES1DJENT. AVhether these men urged the Presi(Joijt to roinovu aio lor the part I actod in the two last case3 abova menlioned, ' I am not informed ; it is made evident, however, that thcy were not satisfiod with my conduet. It is asserted that they complained to the President of , me, for assouiating with John W. ; rett, President of the Baliimore and ühio Railroad Company, and Colonal Falls, President ot the Bay Line Steamboat Company, both of whom j are trusted agents of the govermiH;nt and occupy h'igh and important positions. THE BALTIIIORE AND OIÏIO KAILROAD AND BAT STEAMEItrf. These gentlemen they cali secessionists, and because, ia virtue of my position, I am thvown into oiTiciul intercourso with them, it is assertod tl. at my actions aro improporly iníluenced by them. Col. Falte I have known for soventeen montbs, and have alvvays found him an agreeable and entertaining gentleman. In the courso of that time I have never heard him utter a word from which I could infor ho wan a 3ecessionist. My relations with John W. Garrett hava been suah as to bring him and myselí conñdentially together, and I can truly say I have never met with a gentleman whoae views on the great questiona of the day are sounder .han his, and if the govormneut had more euah men to consult and advise with, the condition of our affairs would not have suffered by their advice aud counsel. If he is a secessionist, I am not aware ot the i'rtct frotn nnything that I have j ever hcard lrom -him. Our relations ïave been close and intímate, growing out of busines3 transaclions, and have jeeu of the most agree-.ble oharacter. These men, Colonels Falls and Garrett, ïavo been denounced by self ityled ' Union men " as secessionists. If we might judge from Ihe proceedings recently pablished in tlio Baltïmore American, their love of the Union is imited to obtaining eontracts, and the iossession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Bay Line Steam)oats, aod their extensive p:.tronage inu il tney cannot succeea in removing Dolonel Falls aDd John W. Garrett 'rom the positions they occupy, or en oy thüir exteneive patronage, they will again be found - judging from thcir )ast oonduct - whero they were on the 19th of April, 1861, endoavoring to extermínate the real and substantial Union men of the country. In conclusión I would remark tb at [ know of nothing that I have done, or omitted to do, but an unceasing uevo.on, exerting all the powern I posess to suppress tho rebellion, that could be complained of by those who would urge the President to remove me trom my aresent command. I know that the people, except those who have coraiilainad to the President, are satisfied with my administration. I have a aright o ask : Hus any officer been more active, prompt and faithful in tho discharge of every duty required? Or, have I, by any act of mioe, justty forfeited the respect and confidenco of that government which I havo defended for more than half the century, and which I will continue to defond so long as a kind Providence grants me power and ability ? I ara. respectfully and trulv, vours.