Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-11-05
GEN. RosECRANs BEFORE THE MERCHANTS

GEN. RosECRANs BEFORE THE MERCHANTS.
At half past two O'Clock the afternoon Gen. Rosecrans
was introduced to the merchants at their Chamber by the
President Of the Exchange. On this occasion Gen Rose
Grams spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the Chamber of Com
don't know what should say to take up your
valuable time except to thank you and the people of Gin
cnnat for the cordial reception given me this morning
As said at the Burnet House, do not accept the gra
ying expression made to personally but tri-
butte the great idea which represent and the glorious
cause which dear to every patriot have but endeavor
TO do my duty to that cause, in which you and
equally interested. [Applause.l
The cause and constitution OF our Governments, State
and National and Of our army and people contrast most
.r;LnCU with the Indifference to order aud reckessness
to law on the part Of the enemy that have been called
upon to witness The people q the South whom we have
always credited with certain good qualities seem to have
been seriously depraved by the war Our experience Is
that the effects Of rebellion have been to break the
character OF the Southern people In respect to
honor and truthluness. They take property reckessy
and without law have found thela Eptrut u ana
unscrupuious They go to planter and take Bis herds
of horses cattle ct their value in gold and pay In their
currency The whole country presents dull blghted ap
pesrance and every where we behold only desoiatlon
They are impressed with the fact that their pros
perity il not only CONS bnt their business giving
way drying up One of their Confederate Colonies, in
conversation with of my stsh said You are pros
pering in the not Your business Is gong
on as usual You are making money But no
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chance of giving up the warst least cannot give it mp
so" Laughter And when see such manifestations
of the cause aud look such votes yOn
lately gave feel If not to give it up So either
Laughter and applause.
Now, / don't know what more / can say because
don't know that feel earnestly than you do IN re-
ference to the great interests Mt stake But will say that
there is no hope for children, hope for ourselves
but to maintain Government exactly as it was; or il
not it was, the next to it, If can't have that
will have but one nation any how Great applause
have been where could and hear from the enemy
NV hearing what to hear and seeing what was to be
seem has given opportunities for Judging Of the South
ern condition that all have not possessed will tell you
one thing more and that in reference the opiBons Of
those who think the might have been avoided and
that peace might have been procured before II
we had taken a different But tell you the only
way in which We procure any peace by throttling
the enemy Of the South Applause, Converge with a
rebel and he will tell you frankly that he sorry that the
war was begun They will tell you their Gen. Adams
said notice that the extreme who brought the
war are not fighting its battles The planters and the
people on the border have only acted with reference
the protection OF their property see that the best blood
Of the country is being shed in that the victims did
not bring about" The people depl rs the but they
are held by the neck the military power has got them
under its heel You cannot therefore, make peace with
them The only way ia to keep tightening the cords
around them to get them broken that the conservative
people Of the South help themselves. This they will
not attempt until throttle the military power. Their
they will turn to the leaders and say, We have had
enough Of this and will give il up" Accordingly sec
no hope except in prudenty and steadily crowdng upor
them have been doing, and the termination Of the
struggle at last will be in accordance with the great inter
ests Of country and the world Applause had hoped
within year could have accomplished the reduction
of the rebellion will say conclusion that had we re-
had we world have broken the back Of the rebellion be-
i fore now.