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Command IF the Rtosnac d,7ny-Ha{Eeck's
Htdson for Dtc!i"fa1-Hooker to hars The
Mt eftr-17x o'n.ies II tie West aud Eax-
W.;e4 j. most Rea' tilu Jor Freedom.
Especial Cor1etpo06ence of the Chicago Tribune.1
WAs1MeToE. Oct. H. 1869
The whole rebel ea1atey, without the fear OF
the youDg Napoleon before their eyes, havein-
fiieted another insult upon snr army and our
country, for which no punishment has been
suffered The great Gulhver lay On his back
while tho nimbie people of Lilliput tMeaked
his ncee md stole his watch.
VIII GnlliveF ever shake of his slumbers
and grid himself like strong man. to wrostle
with the foe md then to run race after him.
Hon longs a week ago wrote you Of the
premonito1y symptoms of movement,
douhting then whether the thing foreshadow-
Cd Would1stake place at present~ There ID NO
movement one general Of corps has leave OF
absence, md there are women In the camp
But still vague expectation fills the air; still,
men who should be secret shake their heads
wisely ard -aay, expect the deluge;" still
stand, unexecuted IN deed, the orders to i'd
vance; md still We wait It is the middle of
October, within ak, perhsps four weeks Of
winter rains We are further from Richmond
than ever before with our amy. The main
body If the rebels ia quiet; they mask their
purposes and their force with usual success;
are they retreating, arc they aiming to SCI
Washington all Of = trembls once more, a
lien Booker and other officers think not I'M
likely, Or are they meditating an advance in
come other directiong OF what is Stuart the
atu"f co*rser$ Wondering, We await results,
lnfer1Ttng iron previous experience that be
DID not come on mere border raid.
,,e, ne sSqb th.t the s Of oos
1no4ths, do not mean since the battle Of
ryland commenced, been offered 1t different
11mes, to three generals, Burnside, Banks and
Haileck, who al In effect declined for various
reasors? Gen. Halleck slid that he was ready
to take the field, Il desired, bnt could not, it
he did, continue TO be gencral-in-chief, siace
the discharge Of his duties In TINT capacitY
would be Incompatible with bis discharge Of
those which would fall upon him as general In
in the field: - the government had itself de-
<ioed. when it relieved Gen Mcclellan Of the
suIerintendence Of all our armies, upon his
putting himstH At the head Of one However,
il be were to 90 into active service, Gen. Hal
1eck preferred to be2seigned to the West4rn
department, where he knew and Was known
tf1he officers and soldiers, and where he was
familiar with the country.
There ts reason to believe that the next time
the offer Of this command is made, it will be
10 Gen. Hooker 1t it il, / do not believe that
he will decline it.
Lave long supposed the rebels to be alto
getfer, END unfortunately for themselves, mis-
taken In the hypothesis which they have put
forth several times, and which is discredlted
entirely among loyal men, to The effect that
abolition is at home IN tho Eastern army, but
stranger in the West The fact, believe to
be, rather the reverse. ste little progress in
liberal opinions amongst our officers and SOL
dc &5e1e, and grss. progress az: among yoars.
Who writes to the Congregationalist from Gen.
Grants headquarters, that, with the exception
OF a few doubling Thomases, the whole army
of West Tenne ssee, says "God bless Abra-
ham Lincoln" " for his edict Of liberty, receives
eAty credenee, for his statement is what WAS
expected. Like master, like man. With gen.
erals who believe that the path of victory
must be cut and graded by the black mar
that his eiEeWy arms must be set to work in
TIE service Of the country instead Of that Of
the rshels; With generals who have felt aud
slayeholder's insnrrection is the legitimate
fruit; with generals like grant, Rosecrsus,
Curtis, Logan, McClernand and Wallace, and
the sol6iers who also have had personal expert
ence and observation Of the value OF the
slave to our enemies, and OF the necessity Of
ElF4uE u13u i CORDIAL 1nT1T8L10n TO leave them.
there cannot but be eabolidonists. Nomore can
those who have, under Butler. seen slavery a.
it is in Louisiana. They ioin In his csli unon
Africa. With him they viii Eelcome The
Proclamation TINT cuts the Gordion koot
which we have so long aud 40 yainlv haen
striving to unite. The Fav To make m aho1;.
ZIONIST is to send him to he south.
Ard it is for the reason tbst orr EASTERN NJ.
fcers and men have not been far ennugh
south to unea1th the root ofthe rebellion tSat
they are less earnest in the desire to fiis m
cyc1y tendril Of it, in order that root and i.af
and flower may die together. They have had
TO much camp idleness on the oufer tt1pe Of
the field Of their labor, SO much time to- talk
politics and to haye bad noli;ics iustil1ei1 min
them by the pro- o-slayery politicians. Of whom
20 many are officers, t6at. except among the
newer reeimeutt. who are fresh from fh, neo.
Die, the proclama1ion ia not. so far as T "a,
hear, received with much Enthusiasm. II Is
not = damper to LOYAL service. Init neither il
it stimulus. There is no serious spirit Of