The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-19


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Letter from Gen. Rosecrans to the IndI
ana Legislature. ,t.4.r-....
In response to resolutions Of thanks
from the Indiana Legislature, Gen
e:.i R"secrans has written the tolluw
ing ieller: -e ~
| HEADQUARTERS DEP'T OF THE CUMBERLAND.
MUKfgEtsBuRo. Tenn, Feb 1S, 1868
GENTLEMEN: In the name oi the ol
ticers aud sol.lers of the army of tn
CumUerlairi, thank y.u Tor the resa
lutlons oi c"ng,alulation, approval an,
cnndolencr N"u have Sent as on &C
count .i the battle "f Stone River. issi
AT the cali ui constitutional liberty
the West laid aside peaceful pursuits
Jeff their i'i.nes, and sought To quail
N themselves L" fight for Govern
inenL that had cost the blood and treas
uerSs OF Two great wars aud eight,
Nears OF time tu establish. ,,t.f....l, -
Ful twenty weary months the arm,
has stood guard Ia keep he Confed-r
ate wullifrom your doors. They know
what hungr, .c"ld, weary marches, ano
painful walchings IT has cost 10 PRE-.
>eive our hunles- from invasion, and
our friends and nriYl,bors from con
Scripiioi,; il is Therefore doubly pleas
urt. tu hear these tree and cheering
words now from home. .aI3id 3 -bg9f
a The unscrul,ulpuS drsl.ots in our front
call -us ''Lillc.4n hirciipgs," aud, ".
hear lhat this calunn, has lately beer
repeated al home, 10y some of The mel,
whose property and persons have been
kept saie, t,y fuur loii aud blood, from
the E,ulhlcss hands OF Knby Smith.
B.arg and Morgan. Pre>nminy nb
..ur absence, these mrn talk as if. We
were mol citizens, and speak mockingh
al hur PATRIOTISM. They stab in the
back the m">t generous, ruueheari-
I'd men 81 the cuuntr., while standing
guard III ir"ht of th.ir d"sxs, and
they pr.'l"ng the war 10y tncunryinu
the rebels ,o hope ior divided cou,rsel>
al our homes. bae ,f-i1eli sili zuies
| speak the conviction of The officers
AID men 81 this army, when say thai
We hghi tu secure equal rights to all
uiucr the Consiltutlun and the laws
we fight III the defense of onr home.
an.l hearts. sure To br invaded, if III.
rebel d. sl"ts, Who began the war, ca,
get ,ht. power. But we long for pcac,
we pray Tor peace and We fight Io
pracc-not for a dishonorable peace
n"i, for "a hollow truce. We have one,
been .iecclved 10y the cry of IN u lcoei
cIun, )" and "f Stale Rights" aud bav,
-rtn how the rebel lea,iers practice il
Eas, Tennessee, Missouri, Western
Y r.inia aud Kentti, ky. We have m..
lie ,nassc> ot the South, and are vii
nc>s.s of the ials, hoods, calun.ny an,
pertidy 10y which they haze been lc,
10 wage war against us. We hav
seen flags of Truce violated, hospital,
amt,uiances and boats bearing fiac.
ti,cd upon, and cur sick and wOu,,de
>lIiI.pe,i % their blankets, aud robI,e
OF their food ard medicines we hav
been approached in battle by rebel
wearing our uniforms and carving ou
cUlorS. Va = q .s4eIg aG sssHffotiHa f.
Alter witnessing thrir wholesal
slander oi us, their perfidy and treacl
cry toward the masses of their ow
people, and the unfair aud dirhonor:
ble means To which they resort 10 gal
AN advantage, We have been forced 1
the lInnoN:ltie bu, saa cnnyictiun. tha
The ira,iers ut this rebellion are Ierfid
Gus, tIcacheruus, nnscrupuluus am
c,il,i.-ii,eir leaders never will nor CA
he I,..actbic, ar tue friends and neigh
bois. And THAI, as Mr.. Davis has SAID
The, CHI, want The power, not the VII
l" Ia, a,i- and sui tjugate US.
We should rtj"lce l., See the powe
ot these leaders fall 10y the hand of ,hej
own people, wl,"n they opprrss ths
people Tor whose rights We fight. i
conni"i,, with our own; bu, tunlrss
si"ts thus, iall, We must destroy it or
. viii destroy our Nation, and our chi
drcii VIII pass under the yoke of IN
hilary d.sroilsm raised on the sabl
i"un.,ail"n pt fnegre slavery, and Il,
m"rr degrading selvitude of the sspoo
whIics," such as bow overshadows tll
Suuli. say 'Aour children will pa.
under the y"ke," Tor that could onl
happrm alter the brave and true me
"i lbe country-her citizen soldiers
shall have pcrisl'cd; or, deserted u.
the wretcies whose homes they nav
hubert" protected, heart broken an'
.ll>pamil,y sl,aiI quiz the field aud Civ
to slavery and to its domination al
tI.,sc v hu love money more than hon
or. aud peace mere than freedom. 81
i The i-su.. is a plain one. five VIII
!. battle for national existence are not L
be snstaiued by "ur own friends Y
huin,, the sooner We know it the bcl
Ter. We do not wish To be drceIy e
as 10 "nr position, nor fall victims I
tie lrrachery, c"yar.lice or s.lhshnes
of those whom We have loved an
trusted. 't't - =
j, w. S. RosEcRANs, Mai. Gen.
i To The Honorable itieJ J Lrgislati,
j Assembly oiihs Stale Vt Indiana. S,