The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-11-06
NOVEMBER 6, 1868.
General Rosecians at Cincinnati His
Sound Radical Speeches.

gu'shcd author
Fellow CIrizrNs:--I cannot iorboar to
thank yon most heartily for this manifesto.
ton Of your sympathy, of your ros pect and
OF sour regard for my public Services. -
While | accept the expression of your kind
feeling "a an evidence Of your private ro.
gard for one Of YOUR own fellow cit gems, |
cannot forget that the great heart Of this
people docs not come up bore for a private
purpose, nor are the motives thos. &C pri
vate friendship. | cannot Lut rnccoIlcct
the fac. that the people Of this country
have been carrying on II struggle for their
national life against = gigantic revolution
tho object Of which IS u destroy their ma.
ton and wipe out their govcrnment--a gov.
m which no man, not even tho rovo.
lutionists, have yet denied to be the best on
the globe. LCheers.1 | see that YOU have
been watching with tho deepest interest the
contest with treason, which has imporilod
tho government. And | saw to YOU. that
while my holrt boats with yours for tho
preservation Of the Government under which
wv wv ".'A 'l'a|t ~ WI lDllb w Ull. |
must remember nl'o, that you have some
doubt Why tho Government sent mo hero
Let US cvot boar in mind. NV friends, that
it is our duty to Yield ready aud perfect
obolicnc1 to our Government at att times
aud grant it tho privilege of issuing orders
for which we must presume 1t has good
reasons until wa know tho contrarv.-
[Cheors Therefore | hope thore is no DIS.
position among YOU to question tho Gov.
ornmont. | do ~: say to you 5tifs your
feelings, but TO wait tor further light. To
prevent any misunderstanding | will state
hero, that sincn tho baltic OF Chioamauga
the President has writton mo personally to
express bis satisfaction at what was done.
Enthusiastic cheers
Some very Kind friends, excellent friends
Of mine, Of tho cities of Now York and
Washington, seem to be- posted up in regard
to my Meath. laughter. The Army of
the Cumberland thinks dliloreutIy-it thinks
am well enough SO do myself. [Lauph.
ter aud cheers Que of my New York
friends has published to the world that Gems.
McCoCk and Critteuden have couspirod
against mo. Now, l have the assurance from
thoin to day, that :hoy regret tho uso of
their na'nus Ia any such dIshpnoruhIe con.
noction. tCheors IS to tho quantity OF
opium | have tdsen, you will have to excuse
mel refer you to my druggist. [Laugh.
tor.
l arrived here ono year ago, with orders
10 report from Cincinnati to tho Adjutant
General. | have The Same orders now in
my pocket that l then had. tCboorsl Now,
friends aud fellow citizens. l presume the
Government does not intend to attack tho
character of hor public officers ; and | pro-
sumo that tho Government is not rcsponsi
bio for these attacks upon me which were
made so prominent in some of tho public
Journals of Washington and Now York.
which wore copied into tho papers of this
city. lCheers l presume TINT our Gov.
would not make such charges -
Whatever it does am willing to have done.
l have nothing further to say than this, that
II anything gives me hope for tho future of
our country it lie tho noble and soft sscrI-
fcing spirit manifested by tho people, who,
In spite OF tho WEAKNESS of war. of tho loss
OF friends and relatives, of children, fathers
aud brothers, and all that war entails. arc
devoted aud unyielding. [Chocrs.1 They
are still convinced that il there is any hone
for this country in the future, it is in tho
s,ntfu n,l ,rnan....,. - 800.
tChoers II is for that Tive, and for that
I erpect 10 die. [Long and continued APP
plasue.
In tho afternoon General Rosecrans was
introduced to the Merchants upon Change,
and made a brief reply to tho introduction,
from which wo quote the following
81 have but eudeavorcd to do our dutv
to that cause in which YOU aud I arc equal.
ly interested. [Applouse,1 Tho cause and
constitution oil our Governments. State and
National, and of our army and people, con.
trhst most strikingly with the indifference IN
ofdor and recklessness to law, on tho mart
OF the enemy that have been called upon
TO witness. Tho EoOplo of tho South. whom
we have always credited with certain good
qualities, seem 10 have boon seriously do.
praved by tho war. Our experience is that
tina effects Of tho rebellion have been ID
break up tho bigh-toned cha racter Of the
Southern people, in respect to honor and
truthtulness. have found them untruth.
:ui aud interruptions. They 90 10 a planter
anu take his herds aud his horses and ca,tIo
mt thor value in gold, ADD pay in their cur
foncy, The whole country presents n dun
bIghtod appearance. aud every whcro we
bohoId only dosolation. They aro STRONGLY
Impressed with tho fact that thoir prospcri
~ IS not only gone, aud evon their business,
Is giving way, drying up. One of thor Con
iederato CoIonoIs, in conversation with ON,
OF my staff, said. "You arc prospecting il
tho war-"e arc not. You arc makint
money. But We 500 no chance OF giving II,
tho wAr--at least wo cannot give il up 40
ILaughtcr.l
have been Nhero I could boar and ar,
from the enemy. My hearing wha, was t.