Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-05

Of law and order as his enemies, aud the |
oppressors of the rascsls restrained of their
liberty.
Letter rrom Gen. Roseerans to the
Indiana LegisIature.
. 10 response to the resolutions Of thanks
from the Indiana Legislature, Gen. Rose
Grams has written the following letter:
HEADQ'Rs DEp'T OF TuE CrxsERLAsD,
MuEyEBEsBoRo, TBSs Feb. 10.
GentleMeR In the name of the officers
and soldiers Of the Army of the Cumber
land, thank you for the resolutions of
cOugratulation, approval, and coincidence
yoa have sent rs on account of the battle
Of Stone River.
at the call OF constitutional liberty, the
brave and true men of the West laid aside
peaceful pursuits, left their homes, and
sought to qualify themselves TO fight for a
Government that had cost the blood aud
treasures Of two great wars and eighty
years Of time TO establish.
L. %---s-sy S1.tg II1s
stood guard 10 keep the Confederate wolf
from your doors. They know what hum
ger. cold, weary marches, AMI painful
Watchings 1t has cost TO preserve our
hones from invasion, and our friends and
neighbOrs from CONSUMPTION it is there
fore doubly a pleasure to hear these free
| and cheering words now from home.
Tho INSCRIPTIONS despots in our front
call US ''LincoIn hireiings," and we hear
that this calumny has lately been repeated
az home, by some of the men whose prop
srty and persons have been kept safe, by
our toll and blood, from the ruthless hands
Of Kirby Smith, Bragg and Morgan. Pre-
Stunning on our absence, these men talk as
if we were not citizens, aud speak mock
| iDgly Of our patriotism. They stab in the
back the most generous, true.hearted men
of the country, while standing guard in
front of their doors, aud they prolonE the
war by encouraging the rebels to hope for
| divided counsels at our homes.
1 speak the conviction of the officers and
men Of this army, when ! say that we fight
TO secure equal rights TO all, under the Con-
stitution aud the laws-We fight in defense
Of our homes aud hearths, sure to be in
yaded, If the rebel despOts, who began the
war, eau get the war. But we long for
Peace-We pray for peace, and we fight for
Peace-uot for dishonorabIe peace-not
for hollow truce. We have once been
deceived By the cry of '.So coercion. . and
Of estate Rights" and have seen how the
rebel leaders practice in East Tennessee.
| HltsSOuaAI " SSFSlh NIIBAuiiA anu ENSuEuCkJ.
We have met the masses of the South, and
are witnesses Of the talsehood, cnlulnny
and perfidy by which they have been led
to wage war against US. We have seen
flags Of truce violated, hospitals, .ambu-
lanccs and boats bearing flags, fred upon;
and our sick and wounded stripped OF
their blankets, aud robbed of their food
and medicines; we have been approached
In battle by rebels wearing our uniforms
and carrying our colors.
After witnessing their wholesale SLAM
der of US, their perfidy and treacheFy to-
ward the masses of their own people, and
the unfair aud dishOnorabie means to which
they resort to gain an advantage, we have
been forced to the immovable but sad con-
yiction, that the leaders of this rebellion
are PsEJidiOuS, treaehsroWs, interruptions and
lcruel-their leaders never will nor eau be
Psaceable, or true friends and ueighbors.
And that, as Mr.. Davis has said, they only
want the power, and not the will, to Invade
aud subjugate us.
We should rejoice to see the power OF
these leaders fall by the hand Of their own
people, whom they Cypress; that the PEG.
pie for whose rights we fight, in common
with our own; but unless it does thus fall,
we must destroy it, or it will destroy our
, nation, aud our children will pass under
IuS yOAo VI military ueSpOtlsm raised on
the sable foundation of negro slavery, and
the more degrading servitude of the "poOr
J whites" such as now oversbadows the
South. say 'your children will pass I'm.
der the yoke" for that could only happen
after the brave and true men of the couu.
try-her citizen soldiers-shall have per-
ished; or, deserted by the Wretches whose
homes they have hitherto protected, heart.
! broken aud despairing, shall quit the field
and give to slavery aud to its domination
all those who love money more than honor,
and peace more than freedom.
The issue is plain one. II We who bat.
tie for national existence are not to be sus,
taiued by our own friends at homo, the
sooner wo know il the better. We de not
wish to DO deceived as to our position, nor
fall victims to the tFeaNhsry, eowagdlcs or
arlfahuess OF those whom We have loved
aud trusted, w, s, RosRORAEs,
Major QeHeFal,
NE Stats ~ iHdiaHa.