, 1862-11-04
{ EN-. THOMAS A. MORRIS
An Act Of = ardy JustIce--A Brave aud
Sksllful Officer the Victim OF .Jeal-
QlBY.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 81, 19G2.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
The president has at last done an act Of
sheer jns'ice to one Of the ab1est and best
officers III the Union. After whole year Of
neglect, victim to the hatred and jealousy Of
Gen Mcclellan, he Is promoted to position
The interests Of the service required he should
have held for whc1e gear. allude to Gen.
Thomas A. Morris Of Indianapolis. I was
was glad to observe paragraph few days
ago il your ahle AID fearless paper il relation
to the gross Injustice done to Gen. Morris Of
my State.
Knowing Gen. Morris for twenty-five years
or nc1e, ard esteemiDg him not only one OF
the best nlen in the country, but as POSSESS
iEg more military knowledge and ability, and
more business capacity than any man in the
army, ain glad that the press Ia beginning to
in4uiie Why he hls not been In th.. field.
Gen. Morris is the son Of Morris Morris. esq,
OF 1adianal oIis, 2u ea:lJ em;gr4nt from K-n-
1ucky to that city, and also vas for eighteen
was sducated Ut West Point, and served as q
Lieutenant in the Florida War. Regarding tue
chance OF promotion as uncertain, he resigned
and took charge OF the construction Of the
Central cxna', under the State Internal In
4IOkE4AGAt c3dt s9GE11 kuat SYSTEM DfGkS
down he devoted himself TO building rail
rua0s, AID located as engineer, and a. pres
Gtnt OF one Of the leading roads in the State
He has great system and energy in carving
IN his busintss quietly and without show
tf confusion. He is mild. modest aud un-
afsum1rg christian gentleman, :ss brave as
any man that ever lived, aud the most cool
never seen him in q passion, or In the 1e,st
excited. In this respect he Is most remarka-
ble- In religion, he is 4 Presbyterian, aud was
q member Of Beecher's church, and one of
hie 4 ost intimate friends wren that gentle
lhaH lived iE Indianapolis thinks With
Beecher-that the time has come when slavery
Inst te wiped out, or else the government
must die. He Was well informed and con-
sclentious Wing, and afterwards Republican
from conviction, and not for Office. He ie no
office betgar. never asked one In his Life, nor
neTer will
While The bombardment Of Fort Sumter
vas progressing he went to Gov. Morton aud
ot1t'ed his services 10 any capacity, aud vas
be first man in our State tllat did So L. WAS not
to1 Fecuriary gain that be did it, IS he is In
depnd in his pesuuiary condition, but
because OF duty to his country. b. was ap-
mcrths' men, and was seut By McCtell.a to
ct mmard our forces in Western Virginia
Tie very re1t day after he arrived at Grafton
he planned the attack upon Philipi
He was there for weeks before Nc
Ian hts plan, on paper, Of the Western
Virginia campa1gn. and it was adopted By
-HcCbi7a", and Morris was comp1imenred by
that G. nt1emsn for having 80 well conceived
it. favc not time to give you a history ot
that camragn, but eEclose you IN article
writ, en- ty gentleman Of Lafayette, who WIS
in the campaign. on that inject.
Mr. L'ncrsn determined to avail himself Of
G.n. Morris services. and to appoint him a
major e Eersl early after Mcclellan was, un-
for&0cstel5 for OUR c0un,ry's cause, put in
cftiet c51hi1and On the Potomac. Tuat high
Ht reoIaee, whom the New York HsJuI aud
.the. stccsh papers converted into Ut less: two
Naro'eons, aittr stealing the laurels which
helCrgtd to Morris, took advantage Of
lis accideDta! position to elbox Morris ou. OF
tie appointment. H. told the president tee
| gross flbricatlon that if Morris had pursued
Garrett cs lie cugh: to hive done, the whole
! tfe TACT is, that it WAS himself who permitted
| G2rnett to escape on the vary road that he
Lrd sRrced with Morris to guard Morris
! had $500 troops, and Mcclellan had owe,
| S,too, which be Fever brought into action
| a1d which he held al day in sound Of the bat.
tie Of Rich Mountain and never attempted
to reininrce our army. He knows and 1eelt
that Mcrils Is fal liz superior, and, prompted
~ the unTorthiest Of all motises-enry-he
nr'il nov, prevented his services being recog
| n;zed.
Gen. Norris himself never asked IN appoint
ment; hut Coz. Morton md every memo Der O
Congress from Indiana united Id urging hi
apI ointment Tue country has lost-no
Norris. Had he been in command Of III,
army Of the Potomac, 1t wonld not hav'
been kept there near eight month!
Watching an Inferior force, who's,
prir rclpal Notifications were defended b,
| wooden guns, and then to altoT them Il
escape three days before he know it. In AMI
other cou1 try than ours = commanding gen
cfal Rullty Of such imbeciuty would hav;
bte el court ma1tiled; but here We sinK pean
OF glo1J In bis praise Wonderful str4teg
For mere than year MCCLELLAN has been a
the bead Of the most magnificent army In tn
world, and nothing but disease, disgrace AMI
death has been the result. H:
hiss cost this government hundreds Q
nillions Of money and the lises o
tens Of thousands of our best men
Whoee blood has beensh In vain. But II aj
Key unloeks the door that has hidden from
patriotic people the secret cause OF these ~
iul disasters and those hear -sickeninR delays
1t u bot the "eams" On the part Of the gan
erals who have conducted the war to win de
cided victories Or crush out the rebellion b,
military means, leAst slavery may bs extia
gp1ehed In the process. 'tLet the Uniol
Ride" !" If slavery can't be saved, IL -thait pu1
pose. But enough, thought It would b
well that you should know the fActs about tt
treatment Of Norris, which you can use If 10
zee proper, md be conddxat OF THAR correct
neSe. TQNIB, tfp1T, <kk