Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-23
The Generalization OF western BGiIi.
tary Departments.
Prom the Cincinnati Commercial

Prom the Cincinnati Commercial
a Dispatch from Louisville gives the
important intelligence that she Depart
mepLs Of The ObiU, The Cumberland, and
Tennessee, have been Consolidated, under
the command of Asjor General Grant, who
is given pleuaEy powers, aud has proceeded
TO Nashville. General ROsecFans has been
ordered to this city, aud to report 10 The
A6jutant General by letter. We aTe in
formed that bis arrival may be expected
to-day. Gen. Thomas is IN command of
the Army of the Cumberland
There has, for some time, been apparent,
q necessity that changes should be made in
the Western military departments, that
would insure the efficient cooperation Of
the various commands. Beyond a ques-
ton, all the troops along the Mississippi
River, and in Kentucky and Tennessee,
should, before this, have been under the
supreme control Of one military man, COM
peteut to oTeI rule all jealolsies and mat
ters Of merely local consideration, to bring
order on: Of confusion, aud concentrate
the scattered armies, 70 strike the enemy
with overwhelming force. Whether pre-
cisely the best thing has been done that
could ,ne done, uuder the circOmstances, is
q question upon which there will be honest
differences of opinion, and II is one that
We do not care TO discuss.
The career of General Grant has been a
most remarkable one. aud his campaign in
Mississippi, conceded TO be the most bril-
liant of the war, and destined 10 be one of
the most famous in history has given bin
the confidence Of the people in an cItraor
binary degree. His position is now one of
unparalleled responsibility. The troops
under his command will compose when
brought together the largest and best army
in he ia a n
men whose high qualities have been PROV
en- on many a well-fought field. We Gao
but anticipate for him speedy aud splendid
success.
Gen. Rosecrans has had the misfortune |
to be unable to secure the servieeable CO..
operation of several of the Generals nee
essarily associated with the operations on |
his line. Whether this is chargeable in |
any degree to him, or has its origin wholly |
in certain jealousies as TO military rank,
which however much to be deprecated, |
must be dealt With IS facts, we will not
undertake to say. 1t is circumstance to |
Generals Burnside, Hooker and Sherman
outrank Rosecrans, the question of rank |
being determined by the date of commfs-
sions. There isno difficulty ofthis nature |
in the case of Gen. Grant, who outrAnks
all officers in his department.
Whatever the future of Gen. RosecFans
may be, his honorable fame az the hero of
Rich Mountain, Coriuth and Stone River,
and as the willy strategist who drove the
rebels out of Tennessee, will be imperisha-
BILE in the history of the country.
The authorities at Washington, we doubt
not, have acted in reference TO the grave
and delicate subjects they have had under
consideration, in seeking to promote the
efficient handling of the armies of the
West, according to their best judgment,
looking to the interests of the service and
the general welfare. They may have made
grieYOus mistakes, but we are sure they
have endeavored to promote the good
cause in which all that we have and hope
for is bound up. Aud 1t does not become
us in the absence of the light the authori.
ties are assumed to haye-the minute and
comprehensive knowledge upon which il
is fair to presume their action has been
based-to rush into in6ammatory contro-
versies, whether this officer has been cast
down wrongfully or that one advanced ba-
yond his merits Personal preferences,
dpecial regard for the reputation of indi-
yiduals, must give way in considerations of
the public good. The duty OF the citizen
TO make the best Of the accomplished facts
is no less clear than that Of the soldier to
obey orders.