een controlled
or materially influenced by Gov. Gamble. Gov. Gamble has not sought
to exercise any such control. He, without hesitation, placed all
the militia in active service under Genl. S.'s command, and yielded
to him the control of all military operations. As an example to
illustrate the truth of this statement: Genl. S. required the
militia to obey the 102d Article of War; although they were not in
the service of the United States, and although they constituted
the only force in the State capable of arresting fugitive slaves
with any certainty, no complaint was made by the State government.
No military force is used in this department for the return of
fugitives. All assertions to the contrary are false. On the
contrary, it has been invariably held by Genl. Schofield and Col.
Broadhead that free papers given under Genl. Curtis were to be held
valid, even though wrongfully given, the negroes having been the
slaves of loyal men. So also when the slaves of loyal men have,
by mistake or otherwise, been enlisted in colored regiments, Genl.
Schofield has invariably held that they have been made free by
their enlistment, and cannot be returned to their masters or
discharged from the service.

A MEMORANDUM FOR MR. LINCOLN

"It cannot be denied that Genl. Schofield's whole influence has
been in favor of emancipation. He did all in his power to secure
the passage of an ordinance of emancipation by the late State
Convention. The leaders of the present 'charcoal' faction, who
now war on Genl. Schofield, are not the men who sustained the
government at the beginning of the war. The men who now support
Genl. S. are the identical ones who stood around Lyon and sustained
the government in the dark days of 1861. They are the true friends
of the government; men who stand between the rebels on one side
and the radical revolutionists on the other; the men who maintain
the Constitution, uphold the laws, and advocate justice to all men.
If sustained by the President, they will rally to their standard
all the best men of the State, of both parties.

"Secession is dead in Missouri. As a party the secessionists are
utterly without influence. The degree of support which they will
hereafter give to the government will depend upon its policy. If
the radicals triumph, the enemies of the government will be increased
both in numbers and bitterness. If a wise and just policy be
p