New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-07
CEN. ROsECRANs.
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some interest TO pus them on r.eord in an Authentic
shape.
Nwa. not wonderful .sa. ihe General who soek the
sisoreanizcd d-hear;ened Army oi the Cumberland IN
mid Renacsy swepf with i. from Bowling Green TO
Nashville 10 Nurfroesboro 10 TnllaaoIna 70 the Ten
Aessec. TO Chattanooga, neve, missing III; 49, NJ
Dsinc foot ho had won should have such hold on me
,ealts of a grateful people 10 make his removal
painful shock. ",
h,anss drunkenness bis Open cstng. hls hablhty 10
snilattic fits his disabling mental disease pr hs re-
irons depression are alike utterly, vi )y, malciousy
iisc. The War Department has never entertained sny
Cch charge or LaIboTed any such sGspioa. IL ls due
70 Gen Rosecrnns that th.s shond be said IN the ee
snd most emphatic manner; Tor, whatever may nave
scen his errors This done the Nation such sig
iai and distinguished service that All loyal men wiz pe
endefly Jealous OF his fair name.
The irritation snd dissatisfaction in TIE War Depart
eent ard At the HeadcuarteIs of tE" Army, "mch
have resulted Ia Gen. Rosecranss removal have pcchw
dow growth and THEN origin is 10 be sought for man!
months back. Chcsam"iga vas mercy tne Ov'S'i'"'
oy no means the sole chief csnse Of ~" reluoVl
Let me attempt 10 enunerate the sources "i TINS rri'
sation IN the order Of time; ~
rag DELAY AYTER sroNB Mvtg- shAEr o"hSh-
sPOEpENCa-
I The War D,p.1tmeDt ssas frr. surprised then anx
ous and at last openly indignant a. the decay aiieT 'he
victory of Stone River which III sp''" oi over! III ,'
penaton OF ih urIent necessity iCr hc;!on Sut'en'u
pn for month after month. FROM NeN ear VIZ tnr i'
N June, In general terms 1t complains thaf' "th Ms
army in Good condition he weSied at least hve months
soirg Uobpr While or either side oi Lin our armies
we're soreiy pressed and his advance by Iebe'n ihe
sould have wen victories not ony m ms own pepar.
scrt but East and West. Vel IL dveiis particu-
sry On his failure noieiihsandc the earnest appeals
Of the President, tie War Department the Gener'l.n.
Chief. and Gen. Grant to move on biass Al ,llle
when that officer was known 20 be materially weaAeh
ing HIS army 10y sending rSnioToemeD's against Grant
Out This failnre grew ar irritating correspondence
with the sahoritics here which very much increased
tbe dssaiisa Without quoting fuly The language
ssny set Of dsPaehcs scores passed OF me tone
snd temper OF which this is fsitiIu reproductions
sccrc.ary Station would telegraph. e AN veTy much
dissatisfied with your long delay aud think unless you
poye al oneo the country cset justly ;o1L eoois";
General and have the highest respect FOR the abilities
you have 30 signaly dispsyed; but DO assured that
seiher your reputation nor mhe can si.ns.suu e.' , 81
ecs of this delay ~ crisis hen the eAgencrs c the
taryce so irperatyeiy demand mOveIneEt The fresi
lent would write am very mach gtieved by your
onaccOultablo delay. 1 bound 10 believe thai you
on The around are the best judge Of Shst you can DO
ha, YOU see how ,italy important movement is. ard
kr vonr deay" To all tts Gen. Ro.ecrans would
snswer Il know What tie country needs. and know
Too wha; the army needs must lave my cominuri'
ralons and supplies secure IL has never oeeh II ny
hsbit to move Into place I'LL could stay there. IL
Ar not compe,ent to command the army. yod can re-
pose me- bu; while remain IN command must use
INV own sore,iC!l and move wien get ready such
passages this did not oceui once or tWiee o!' OUT
aecuenily.
rr;.a.ed al the Generals conduct and not fully under
standing the obstacles with which he was con,eEdng
would blame him severely FOR matters IN which IL was
clear to eyery who understood the csee that be was
not tlauevoIthy No one " hO Knows his sensitive and
imTulsiye disposition need be todd how this injustice
always lashed him into isr. and how indiseTeet and
Tans the delay aer S<one River. and The irritating
correspondence that grew cu Of IT, develop the initial
osnse .! the War Departments di-satsiaction.
TIE APOLOGIES FOR THIS DELAY.
II Is TO be regretted that Ge Rosecrans did not make
TIE Department thoroughly nnde1 stand What reasons
whether sufficient or not Il Is now known he DID ha'e
A; the time tie pressure Tor forward movement 10
rcieve Grant began TO be heaviest he addressed cur
cusT letter 10 all his GoIpi- .SsssaFy oshera..-
m Whether there had been any mater llite in''
Bragg Forces (2) whether, II there had bet =, -
sufficient for u TO light q successful battle and g.
whether he;he General addressedwas in favor OF al
sery immediate advance. On the first point The
opinions were about equally divided on tie second
most inclined 10 the belief that We could not fight
sessfIi battle and every General answered the third
by Opposing on advance Ono Of thcin--a Corps Com
Eader at ihat-wen, so far after an advance had been
snav ecded mon "a 10 s.v tha, jt would he The
I'll and bloody mistake of hosecianss lifetime IL was
90 hsSt thing to attempt aS,'!2ent Win every pF0mi
NOH POBTY-fIyE THOUSAND HHLD SIxTY-TIvE
TBoUsASD AT BAY.
Finally however, on the IIh Of June. nearly five
and "a half months after his great victory. Gen Rose
eraDs decided 10 Bu, he st1l delayed. Il
seemed to the " ar Department unreasonable: aud II
Gas 70. Ill the I'd ths! The army Was prt ID notion
TIE Department bas the indisQutahie evidence.
establishing beyond possibility Of doubt that for weeks
Il not months before this movement was made, Braegs
bad been 50 WG4kcLed, ny sending troops 10
Vclsburg that he bad Ass haH torfyfre n0u'ond men
sf oil remaining. While, ,1ciGsire " ofoers Rose
hai s,1yfss fso"s1pd This evidence. it claims
either in Gen. EOt ans's possession Or accessible
20 hin. before he ~ .cd opinion ~ his Genernit
Bat when be uailt moyef against the wish ~ aI lis
eding Gcnerels b. bonded tie army suprbly and
nae successful c4upsgD that u was sgppOsed The
tOd reasons tie Department had fOr finding tst with
BE not moving wOuld be forgotten iu Tie briaIcy Of
tis operations when he did move. UnfJrtUuatey how
.yer be had delayed til the June hoshets upon
sin. Bragg retrea,.lg ~ Turnpike and railroad. es-
pape0 while RO.ecraDs was iODg over the dlrt roads
81 which he had 10 make his Hank NOV menf. Brngg
aas driven from nine miles u fortiDcatOns a; Shelby
vle and frOIs five at IulahOmh, ard all Middle Ten
oessee wss relieved without = battle br The War De
ysitmont would forget that but for the delays "
sb!ci IT complained the movement would have escaped
the June rains and Bragg would hs,e been crusLed Ia.
nead d driven Thus the foundation was laid for To-
tune dsagreeneuts lnd graYer dissatisfaction wLe
ssDy had also been made Of tie hero II FicLsbuTg.
THE DELAY AT acknowledgements ORDERS
TO MOVE.
2. PeasDg from the delsy ~ xnrfreesboro, tho De.
partmeuf found another ground Of complaint ia the
sesy 1ulshorns II insisted that instead of haltng
there he should have pushed rght On % Chattanooga
and it regarded his rocsstnation from the ls of July
10 tie middle Of August lndcicnsble inu Ous and
H.minsl If the department had romsnberoG that
the retrcetng enemy had burnt the biidges DESTROYED
The railroad and fortified himself in Chattanooga; that
Middle Tennessee was cleared vihoA advancing be-
ToDd Tnahona; and that any advance 20 Chattanooga
koross river half mile vide, eighty miles Of biozen
railroad End the entire range .; the Cambcrand Noun.
tains with freslets that would have made even good
rcsds mpassebis. was simply a. impossibhts II would
NOT perhaps have blamed Mis delay 20 severely. But
l lad had good reason for complaint befoTc and with
but very cOsey scratinzng the altered situation, It
was further aggravated and enrnged at what II 10
gardcd ss a repetition Of tho sNno fault.
Gost Unfortunately for himself ten. Eosecfans now
ueut W Nashville ~ inspect the farrsoDs and e1emne
.he condition Of his COMMUNICATIONS ana stay ca at "a
hotel there two weeks The Department Instantly con
arued this arguing al inter iDGinerchcc 70 ils Do
siIes, and 10 tho pressing wants a the service.
All this time ilc correspondence had been growing
more and more sharp, aud as Rosecyans iet the In