The New York herald., 1863-10-29
Strange Dexe.epme nts.

| Genel'al Rosecrans, in q public specct
at the Merchants Exchange in Cincinnati
on the sNth inst. said that "if the
forces recently Sent to Chattanooga had been
ordered there bei.,re, as they ought to have
been, the backbone o. the rebellion would ere
this have been brskent" General ROsecrans
speaks very much to the purpose and very
plainly. Others have insisted upon the i'm
portance of the ample reinforcement OF our
army at the same place; but the observation OF
General Rosecrans has its peculiar forcs from
the Intimate knowledge that he may be sup
posed to possess Of the whole suhjcct yet we
question very much whether the War Depart
ment and General Halieck with not consider
that in the enunciation of this fact General
ROsecrans has committed q misdemeanoY of q
very serious nature. But, as the country should
know, the hero Of Cerinth and Stone river is in
this particular regard an old sinner. His
speech at Cincinnati did not contain his first
reflection on that criminal waste of time BY
which the War Department has made the war
outlast the hope for peace. He has spoken be-
fore this clearly and fearlessly in condemna.
ton of the paltry manner in which the war has
been carried on; and in that fact may, per-
haps, be found the real cause OF his
removal. He was removed, not for want
of ability as commander, not for Delinquent
cy in the discharge of his duties, not because
he did not have the confidence of the country
aud OF his army. but because he could not sec
with admiration or even patience that pitiiut
political intrigues were Of the first Importance
to the War Department and that the salvation
of the country and the prosecution Of the war
were matters Of secondary consideration.
General Rosccrans in 1861 laid before the
government plan by which he could operate
from Western Virginia upon the rebel position
at Manassas and flank it. Though practicable,
it was not acted upon. In the next year be pro-
jected a plan for the capture Of Lynchburg
which would have given us possession Of the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. General
Mcclellan and the Secretary of War both ap-
proved of this plan; hat "the clamor Of politicians
and the necessities Of military rank compelled
the administration to create the Mountain De-
partment for the benefit Of other generals
and thus, Ito please political ilction. prac-
tes, plan of operations which would have
protc,l OF immense advantage to the federal
ari,,s was thrown aside. and the season frittered
away in a campaign barren Of results" Had
Genepai Rosecrans' second plan been acted upon
StOnewali JacksOns advance down the Shenan-
doatr Valley would never have taken place; Nc
Dowe,l would have formed junction with
General Mcclellan, then in front of Richmond;
Richmond must have fallen. and General Lee,
instead of crushing Pope, and advancing into
Mary land, would have surrendered with Rich
monA or have been competed to retreat
through North Carolina, while that State would
probably have risen against him at every step
OF the way, Now, to have presented these
plans to the War Department would. inasmuch
as they were not acted upon be a great crime
in any man; lsut to present these plans and tell
it should be expected abat any general guilty
of il must die. II two " three secretaries Of war
and military adviser could between them
shuttle off his mortal coil. General Rosecrans
appears to have been guilty Of the greater
crime.
In the recently published "Annais of the
Army OF the Cumberland" there is n biography
OF General Rosecrans, in which these facts ap-
pear. and we give in another column some ex-
tracts from it that bear on this point. five may
Judge from appearances, the facts were furnished
by General ROseoreos. and the severe refec-
tions on the War Department which they i'm
ply, aud which wene thus assumed to emanate-
hat tka
Department could bear. General Rosecrxns
was removed,immediztely upon the publication
ol the book.
The QU0TA, OF NEw YORK.--There has been
n great deal Of dispute in regard to the quota
of New York under the present call for volun-