The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-30

General Bosecrsns was received by q
large crowd at Cincinnati, TO which he
spoke as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: | cannot fcr6ear TO
thsnk you most heartily for this mani-
festatiOn Of your sympathy. Of your re-
speot and Of your regard for my public
services. While accept the expression
Of your kind feeling as an evidence Of
your private regard for one of your own
fellow-citizens, cannot forget that the
great heart of this people does not come
up here for q private purpose, nor are the
motives those of private friendship.
cannot but recollect the fact that the
people of this country have been carry
ing on a struggle for their national life
against gigantic revelation, the object
OF which is TO destroy their nation aud
wipe out their government-ag government
which no man, not even the revolution
ists, has yet denied to be the best on the
globe. [Cbeera see that you have
been watching with the deepest interest
the contest with treason which has inn
peTiled the q vernment. And l say to
you, that while my heart beats with
yours for the preservation of the Gov
eminent under which we live, and under
which we hope to die, must remember
my duty TO that Government. | must
remember also, that you have some doubt
why the Government sent me here. Let
us ever bear in mind, my friends, that it
is our duty to yield ready and perfect
obedience to our Government at all times,
and grant it the privilege of issuing orr
ders for which we must presume il has
good reasons until we know the contra
ry. Cheers Therefore / hope there
is no disposition among you to question
the Government. | do not say to you to
ct He your feelings, but to wait for fur
Their light. To prevent any misunder-
standing, | will state here, that since the
battle of ChickamAuga, the President
has written me personally TO express his
satisfaction at what was done, Enthu-
siastic cheers
Some very kind friends, excellent
friends Of mine, of the cities of New York
and Washington, seem to be posted up
in regard TO my health. Laughter. !
The Army of the Cumberland thinks
differently--it thiuksI sm well enough /;
so l do myself. Laughter and cheers. !
0ne of my New York friends has pub
lished 20 the world, that Gems. McOOOk
and Crittenden have conspired against
me. Now, ! have the assurance from
them to-day, that they regret the use Of
their names in any such dishonorable
connection. [Cheers, AS to the guam
tity of opium have taken, you will have
to excuse mel refer you to my druggist.
Laughter.
arrived here one year ago, with Or
ders 10 report from Cincinnati to the
Adjutant General. have same orders
now in my pocket that then had
Cheers Now friends and fellow citi-
zens, suppose the Government does not
intend to attack the character of her
public officers; and presume that the
Government Is not responsible for these
attacks upon me which were made so
prominent in some of the public journals
at Washington aud. New York, which
were copied into the papers of this city.
lCheers. Ipresnme that our Govern
ment would not make such charges.
Whatever it does am willing to have
done. have nothing further TO say
than this that il any thiog gives me
hope for the future Of our country it is
the noble and self sacrificing spirit man
ifested by the people, who in spite of the
WEAKNESS of war of the loss Of frieh DIS
and relatives, Of children, fathers and
brothers, and all that wac entA,ls--ate
devoted and unyielding. lCheers.1 They
are still convinced that If there is any
hope for this country in the future, it is
in the unity and preservation Of our
Government. tOhssrs. Afs for abat I liVs,
and for That 4 ezpeet 10 die. Long and
continued applause.
GEN RosECRANs DEFORE THE MERCHANTS.
At half. past two o'clock Gen. Rose
Grams was introduced 10 the merchants
AZ their Chamber, by she President of
the Exchange, George F. Davis, as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen of thS Cha,a5sr Of C0mR.sree-
ROstCRANs a 3D. 81
Gen. Rosecrans: YOnr President is shoot
but 20 the point, il there we're any point
in It, Great Laughter.
Mr.. P, esident and Gentlemen Of tho Cham
Der Of Commerce;
don't know what / should say TO take
up your valuable tim except to thank
you and the people Of Cincinnati for the
cordial recepHOn gigen me this morning.
As said at the Burnet House, | do not
accept the gratifying expression as made
10 me personally, but as q tribute to the
great idea which Irepresent and the glO-
fious cause which is dear 10 every patri-
OF. | have but endeaVored 10 do my du-
" 10 that cause Ia which you and / are
equally interested. [Applause. The
cause and Constitution Of our Govern
ment, State aud National, and our army
and people, contrast most strikingly with
the indifference TO order aud recklessness
to law, on tae part Of the enemy that l
have been called upon 10 witness. The
people Of the South, whom we have al
way credited with certain good quail
ties, seem TO have been seriously depraV-
cd by the war. Oar experience is that
the effects OF the rebellion have been to
break up the high toned character Of the
S utheIn people ia respect to honor and
| truthfuness. have found them untruth-
fol aud INSCRIPTIONS. They take property
recklesslg aud wlthoutlaW They go TO the
planter and take mis- herds OF horses and
cattle at their value in gold, and pay Ia
their currency. he whole country pre-
sents . dull, blighted appearance, and
every W hers we behold only desOlation.
They are strongly impressed with the
fact that their prosperity is not Only gone
but even their business is giving way
drying up. One Of their Confederate
Colonies, Ia conversation with one Of my
staff ssid, 'You are prospecting Ia the