Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-11-06
War News.

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S COMMENTS ON RosECRANs' REMOVAL.
The Richmond papers pretend to be
D glad at Rosecrans' removal, but their sin
cerity is never to be trusted, and we
suspect more than half they print is
meant for effect at the North. The
Richmond Enquirer of the 26th says'-
r "Meantime, Lincoln is helping u.s.
He has removed from command the most
) dangerous man in his army, and put two
fools in his place. A variety of mean
and damaging pretexts for Rosencrans'
removal have been published by the
f Yankee press. But the true reason is
the fact that he failed at Chicamauga,
and the abolitionist government adheres
to its system of Diminishing every general
who incurs defeat. Lincoln has, how
ever, more reason than usual for the act,
| if it be true that he desired Rosecrans to
stop at Chattanooga, and if the latter
ate mpted his Napoleonic operations in
Georgia on his own responsibility. That
extraordinary step can only be explained
on the ground that the Yankees head
had been turned by his success in Ten
nessee. Rosecrans, thus re-
tired, is unquestionably the greatest cap
tain the Yankee nation has yet produced.
His performances in the field are too
fresh in the memory of every reader to
necesstate recapitulation. We may,
however, mention in proof of his intel
lectual ability, that he graduated fifth at
West Point, in a class of Sc, in which
Gen, G. W, Smith graduated eighth,
and Longstreet fitty-fourth."
NO MORE EXCHANGES.
The statement in the following para
graph from the Richmond Wing, as to
Secretary Stanton's opposition to ex-
change of prisoners on any terms, is
scarcely to be credited, though made ap-
parently in good faith. Our men in reb-
ell hands have frightful future before
them if they are to remain there till the
end of the war. Most of them would
prefer death outright. The Wing says
commissioner Robert Ould returned
on Saturday from an interview with the
Yankee commissioner Meredith, who
gave our commissioner to understand
that be had no power to negotiate for any
further exchanges that Secretary Stan
ton Lad been opposed to any exchange
Of prisoners during the war, and that his
policy had come to be the policy Of his
government. Commissioner Ould in- {
luired why he (Mereditb) had not an '
'wered bis last correspondence, and Mer- S
edith replied that he had sent the letter
to his government for its action. The '
interview here ended. and it IL probable
it will be tue last, unless the desire for
is renewal comes from the other side, !
The confederate government holds row '
prisoners equal in number and rank to T.
be Yankee government. Stanton's plea Il
or his policy of no exchange is that our Il
rmies are recruited by the exchanged u
and his idea is, that by catcL~ n
ng them all, at various times, and hold =
ng them, the armies of Gems. Lee and
Bragg will become small by degrees,
nd beautifully less A good Yankee
dea truly" d
The Dispatch is more obstreperous, -
md threatens Great Britain in this
lyle -
"We are unable to repel this act of
var! For an act of war it is. But we
rust that it will be held in everlasting
by this and all future gen.
rations of southern men. Calling as
he act itself is, it is rendered still more
alling by the insult offered to our I'M
ersiandings in the pretense that it is
one through righteous respect for the
acred duty of neutrality which is only
Give when it is brought to bear upon
s-which supplies tens of thousands of
scruits to the Yankees, but finds its con-
,ience deeply wounded by the attempt
supply US with two ships-of,war."
WORSE THAN YAKNEEs.
Extortion is the besetting sin in rebel
om if we may believe the southern pa
ers, but it is to be recollected that what
icy mean by extortion is selling at
ices proportional to the value of con-
derate money. When five confederate
,llars are worth less than fifty cents
ey ask Virginia farmer to sell his
heat at five dollars bushel, and up
aid him with rapacity and lack of pat
otism if be refuses. Such denuncia- !
1ns of extortion as the following from
e Richmond Examiner should be read