nion party into radicals and conservatives,
or "charcoals" and "claybanks," originated during the administration
of General Fremont.]

CHAPTER VI
A Memorandum for Mr. Lincoln--The President's Instructions--His
Reply to the Radical Delegation--The Matter of Colored Enlistments
--Modification of the Order Respecting Elections Refused--A Letter
to the President on the Condition of Missouri--Former Confederates
in Union Militia Regiments--Summoned to Washington by Mr. Lincoln
--Offered the Command of the Army of the Ohio--Anecdote of General
Grant.

On October 1, 1863, I furnished the following memorandum to the
Hon. James S. Rollins, M. C., for the information of the President.
It was doubtless seen by the President before the date of his letter
to the radical delegation, quoted further on.

"The radicals urge as evidence of Genl. Schofield's misrule that
Missouri is in a worse condition than at any time since the rebellion;
that he has failed to use the troops at his disposal to put down
the rebellion. This charge is false, unless it be admitted that
the radicals are rebels. It is true that the State is in a bad
condition, and it is equally true that this condition is directly
brought about by professed Union men--radicals.

"There has been no time since the beginning of the war when there
were so few armed rebels or guerillas in Missouri as at the present
time. The only trouble at all worth mentioning in comparison with
what the State has suffered heretofore is the lawless acts of
radicals in their efforts to exterminate or drive out all who differ
from them in political sentiment. This lawlessness is instigated,
encouraged, and applauded by the radical press and leaders. Every
effort to put down this lawlessness is denounced by the radicals
as persecution of loyal men. When Genl. Curtis relinquished command
he had in Missouri and Kansas 43,000 men; Genl. Schofield retained
in these States only 23,000. Of the remaining 20,000, he sent some
reinforcements to Genl. Rosecrans and a large force to Genl. Grant,
to assist in the capture of Vicksburg; and with the remainder and
a force equivalent to the one sent to Genl. Grant, returned by him
after the fall of Vicksburg, he has reclaimed all Arkansas and the
Indian Territory.

"The radicals denounce Genl. Schofield because of his relations to
the State government. It is true that those relations have been
most cordial, but it is not true that his policy has b