, 1863-02-28
LETTERS FROM GENERAL
kOSEE1k.4ES.
The Clear Ring of the True Metal.

lFrom the Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph
The following is an extract from q letter
from Major General Rosecrans to his brother
Bishop Rosccrans,) which wc have been re-
9nested to lay before our readers. It is dated
February lG;
"You see the Eaquinrabuses me for speak
ing the truth. Woe even to them if they do
injustice and treacLcry Of the Confederate
leaders If ever those leaders, through the
Providence Ct God and the baseness
and folly Of the people Of the loyal
States. gain the power! I au1 per-
suaded that the persons who hare sue
lies in getting me to engage in war, who
have called out friends to dccoy and muir
der our pickets, have borne our lay and worn
our uniform to deceive lis in battle, violated
the rights Of fags Of trace, fired on hospital
boat, and killed wounded men by that, and by
exposing them to rain and nlud-,vho teach
and encourage women to perjure themselves,
who inculcate guerilla warfare, who murder
Onion men and strip their families Of their
property, and boast Of chiyalry, that these
men who violate all rights that Stand In the
way of their unjust desires, can. never
be trusted IN any other way than rs
you would trnst Wild beasts, when you
haye them secured, Gagged or chained! And
do you think the yoiee Of those who stay at
home should be raised to cheer on our enc
mics and discourage us?-to raise enemies
around us and strengthen the hands Of those
who, as jeff paris said .'only lack the power
to own the OLios" Shall the fathers anu
brothers Of those brave aud honest men, who
hare rcriled their lives for the country and
the safety Of home, turn against them: Shall
the men who are getting rich off the Govern
ment patronage, who sleep quietly and peace-
fully in their beds, because we watch here in
the cold and wet, stab US in the back and de-
nonnCe us?
"Spxrutl in Domino non coufuns.ar in after
nH,n. W. S. HoSECRASS."
The following is Gen. Roseerans' reply to
of Nashirgton's birth day at Nashville:
HEAnsrAE7EHs DErAETxEsT o. TEE cgn-l
EERLASD, MCRFREEsBoRo, Feb. ii. 1868. i
BIZ DEAR SIR: Your letter on behalf oftae COM
mittee. inviting nc to participate at Nashville in
the celebration Of the one hundred and thirty
birthday Of Washington. the Father Ct his Com.
tEy, and the friend of constitutional liberty, has
Il Mo.t ghdly would join you If duties did not
speak the heartfelt convictions Of this arny
when say that the necessity Of preserving the
Constitution, framed and established by Washing
ton aud hIs contemporaries. brought lis from our
homea; the conviction that we fight for the rights
Of all, against anarchy OF rc,norscless tyranny,
has put arms in our hands, hitherto exercised only
in peaceful lahors retains Hs in t4c el,! and will
tionai unity shall be secured or we, with our once
glorious countzy-the land cf WashIngtoR-live
tic wreck Of the flrrst fabric .vtr rearrd to free
dom by tic hand Of man.
The success Of the rebellion would be the TT
nvF Iihrrty reason and Justice lis DOWNFALL i,
demanded by the common interests and future
hopes of tl1e whole American people. ,
WIS. RosEcnASs. Mat. Gen.
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