Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-28
General RO'eoranD at Cireisnati --- Hil

Hero of Stone River, on Monday. The
telegraph gave brief synopsis of the
Generals speech in reply to the welcom-
ing address of Judge stOrer, but we give
it in full below. 1t is worthy of its dis
tinguished author:
FELLOW CITIZENS cannot fOrbear to
thank you most heartily for this mani
festation Of yo1r sympathy, Of your re-
spect and of your regard for my public
services. While l accept the expression
of your kind feeling as an evidence Of
your private regard for one Of your own
fellow citizens, 1 cannot forget that the
g-eat heart Of this people does not comeup
here for q private purpose, nor are the
motives those of private friendship.
cannot but reeollect the fact that the peo-
pie Of this country have been carrying on
a struggle for their national life against
gigantic revolution, the object Of which is
to destroy their nation and wipe out their
governments government which no man,
not even the revolutiOnists, have yet denied
to be the best cd the globe. [Cheers. 1
see that you have been watching with the
deepest interest the contest with treason
which has imperiled the government. And
say to you, that while my heart beats with
yours for the preservation of the Govern
ment under which wei live. and under which
we hope to die, 1 must remember my duty
to that Government I must remember
also, that you have some doubt why the
Government sent me here. Let US ever
bear in mind, my friends, that it is our
duty to yield ready and perfect obedience
10 our Government at all tines, and grant
it the privilege ofissuing orders for which
we must presume it has good reasons until
we know the contrary. GCheers. There
fere hope there is no disposition among
you to question the Government. do not
say to you to stife your feelings, but TO
wait for further light. To prevent any
Misunderstanding will state here, that
since the battle of Cbicamauga the Presi-
dent has written me personally TO express
his satisfaction at what was done. En-
thusiastie cheers.
Some very kind friends, excellent friends
Of mine, of the cities of New York and
Washington, seem to be posted up in re-
gard to my health. Laughter The
Army of the Cumberland thinks different
ly-it thinks am we'll enough; so 1 do
myself. Laughter and cheers. One of
my New York friends has published to the
world that Gems. McCook and Crittenden
have conspired against me- Now, 1 have
the assurance from them to-day, that they
regret the use of their names in any such
dishonorable connection. GCheers. As
to the quantity Of opium have taken, you
will have to excuse mel refer you to my
druggist. Laughter.
l arrived here one year ago, with orders
to report from Cincinnati to the adjutant
General. have the same orders now in
my pocket that I then had. Cheers.
Now, friends and fellow citizens, l pre-
sumo the Government does not intend to
attack the character of her public officers;
and presume that the Government is not
responsible for these attacks upon me
which weress made SO prominent in some of
the public journals Of Washington and
New York, which we're copied into the
papers of this city. Cheers Ipre ume
that our Government would not make such
charges. Whatever it does am willing
to have done. have nothing further to
say than this, that if anything gives me
hope for the future of our country it is the
noble and self sacrificing spirit manifested
by the people, who, in spite of the weari-
ness Of war, Of the loss of friends and rela-
lives, of children, fathers and brothers,
and all that war entails, are devoted and
unyielding. Cheers They are still
convinced that If there is any hope for
this country in the future, it is in the
unity aud preservation of our Government.
[Cheers His for that I IiVe. and for that
1 expect 10 die. Long AMI continued ap-
plause.
In the afternoon General Roseerans was
introduced to the Merchants npOn Change
and made brief reply to the introduction,
from which we quote the following;
al have but endeavored to do our duty
to that cause in which you and are equal
ly interested. Applause. The cause
and Constitution Of our Governments, State
and National, and Of our army and people,
contrast most stIikingly with the inditfer-
enee TO order and recklessnes7 to law, on
the part Of the enemy that have been
called upon TO witness. The people of the
South, whom we have always credited with
certain good qualities, seem to have been
seriously depraved by the war. Our ex-
perience is that the effects of the rebellion
have been to break up the high-toned
character of the Southern people, in re-
spect to honor and truthfulness. l have
foEnd them untruthful and unscrupulous.
They go to planter and take his herds
and his horses and cattle at their value in
geld, and pay in their currency. The
whole country presents dull, blighted
appearance and every where we behold on
ly desolation. They are strongly impressed
with the fact that their prosperity is not
only gone and even their business is Civ
ing way, drying up. One of their Con
fedcrate Colonies, in conversation with one
Of my staff, said, "You are prospering in
the wsr-we are not. You are making
money. But We see no chance of giving
up the war-at least we cannot give it up
So" daughter.
I have been where / could bear and see
from the enemy. My hearing what was
to hear and seeing what was to be seen, has
given me opportunities for judging of the
Southern condition, that all have not DOS
sessessed. viii tell you one thing more,
and that in reference to the opinions of
those who think the war might have been
avoided, snd that some peace might have
been procured before now, if we had tax
en- different course. But I tell you that
the only way in which we can procure any
peace is by throttliDg the enemy Of the
South. [Applause.
The people deplOre the war, 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 is to keep tightening g the cords
around them, 10 get them so broken that
the conservative people of the South can
help themselves. This they will not at
tempt until we throttle the military power.
Then they will turn to the leaders and
say, ave have had enough Of this and