Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-28

hONSb W.
Krnmer.."..................
1863
Lemly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4GS
Gen. Kramer. ii will be seen leads the
entire ticket This fact is most signal
rebuke to the mean spirited Editor of thu
Nomitor. The people OF loyal MOnOugalia
fully appreciated the honor of man who
could write private letter to a gentleman
asking favor" at his hands, and then,
the boon being granted. immediately turn
about and brand him to the public AS "a
man unworthy of a character tor veracity
Copperheadism, especially the personal ar.
ticle of it possessed by the editor of the
Monitor, is at heavy discount in Monon-
gala.
The RumOrs about Gen. ROsecrAms
Considered as Specimens OF other
RumOrs.
The brief outline OF Gen. ROsecrans Gin
cinuati speech. as afforded by telegraph
yesterday morning, will be received by the
country with gladness, because it goes
great way to clear up what has been dark
and painful concerning him ever since the
battle of ChickamAuga. He, at blow,
silences most of tue rumors that have been
put in circulation as to his being IN
der the Influence Of opium or liquor, aud,
also, as to Gems. McCOok and Critteuden
having preferred charges against him
The people only needed Gen. RosecrHnS
OWu disclaimer OF all these ISLANDERS in
order to give him their sympAthiss, for all
who know him, aud thousands do here in
West Virginia, know that he Is soldier,
q patriot and a most genial gentleman.
The loyal people did not need these ru-
mors in order TO make them acquiesce in
the change that has been made in the army
of the Cumberland, bat it appears As it the
War Department at Washington considered
them necessary in order to let the removal
down easy. For ourselves we are almost
daily mortified to think that our tele-
graphic columns are made use of for the
propagation of such rumOrs. We can
stand them moderately well SO long as they
deal with imm4terial matters bot we are
disposed to protest against them when they
affect the character of men in whom the
country ought to and do have confidence.
Geo. Rosecrans has earned the gratitude
Of his country, even if he did make mis-
take at ChiCkAmauga, which has yet to be
proved, and he was entitled to the proteC-
ton of the censorship Of the press at
Washington from the assaults which have
been made on his character. The people
will justly hold the War Department re-
sp0usible for these rumors because the
censorship of the dispatches is under the
control of that department, and it ezer-
cises the control, and it should bear the
responsibility. Many sins In the way OF
false rumors are laid at the door of the
newspapers, and justly so, but there is no
respectable editor who feels that his own
character is identified with the reliability OF
his columns, but that most sincerely depre-
Gates the systematic and persistent short.
coming of the censorship at Washington.
A great fuss WAS made because AN accilen .
tai slip of truth oozed out from Louisville
on the day after the battle Of Chickamauga,
in the shape Of dispatch stating that our
army bad been badly worsted. The ops.
LOIu LutuI Dub NV ulSphkCu
was speedily discredited with some counter
statement from under the supervision Of
the censorship. We took occasion nt the
time to express our adherence to the Lou.
isville dispatch, and little by little it has
been more thaa verified. Such way oil
doing is not to our mind at NIL. We be-
iieve it 70 be grand hunbuggery aud worse.
1t is tritii0g with the people, To say nothing
of the discredit it indirectly reflects upon
the press. Men who distrust the patriotism
Of the people or their capacity TO appreci-
ate the actual occurrences Of the war, may
hnd their Justification in double dealing
this way with the news but to those who do
not misLrust either their capacity or their
patriotism it looks like pitifuI business,
The recent attacks on Rosecrans offers
as good an occasion as any for the press to
speak out on this subject, and we do hope
that 1t will be prudeutly improved by re-.
spectacle editors. All loyal pubishers
feel 10th to say anything that is not to the
credit of those who necessarily ought to
command the public confidence in these
critical Limes. Notwithstanding tue line
between loyal criticism and disloyal malig
nifty is plain enough, yet the fact that there
is always some of these cOpperhead gbouls
lying In wait for word of honest protest.
with which to make capital, is so well re-.
cognized by patriotic editors that they
prefer TO keep silent where they cannot
speak rAvorably. Unfortunately this we'll.
meaut policy does not work well 10 prac.