Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-02
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The victory Of Pea Ridge was celsbrat
'ed by q dinner at st. Louis on the lO.h. q,
which General Rosecrans and many otbel
Officers were present, and in the warmth
and freedom of after dinner talk discussed
all sorts of matters With lOoseness rath.i
western than soIdisry. We quote from the
St. Louis Demoerats report:
Gen. Mcneil, In the coarse of bis -.
marks said that hereafter the elective fran
ohtse should be extended to allgWho ff5bI
for the country, without regard 70 natiobi
altty5or color. Gems Gray and Rose.
cram rans-'sTha9sright, that's right9El sPht
ioreigners among rs who, in the hour Of
the country peril, took out their. eKeup
ton papers ohsthe plea Of lalienaRe, should
never be allowed 70 cast 3 vote ct AM
Gen. Rosecrans said he fully oono6resti
u y 5"nat mad been said about black soldiers.
Ten. Mcneil has told you that he though.
that every black man who forght for sS,s
country should have q vote; so do TssodoI 4
de said he had black man as .his setySn,i
Samqel marshall) J, who had Wonlhis fyee.
dom BY fighting for the country at Port
Mo1ltrte Ia South Carolina. So We have
the example of the South itselflin freefos.
etaVea who fight for the country. Gen
tsosecrans gave his views Of q. a.reconstFtiee
ton OF the Union. BE said that whenever.
STATE passes an act rsnouncinR itS ALE
8lAnce to the government, We are Obli0eds
70 recogniE9 Il as thesaet Of the gtst9,.sz3
tnat u has Rbdicated-and no two hundred
mea In such state can act for slhe whole
rue people still remain citizens of the
United States, and are to be governed, as,
sltiEens Of territory until thSre Is a loyal
population sufficient 10 form q state sno
oe re admitted into the: Uuiou. IiI an, NOT
In favor ots'central despotism, but of tn.
unity OF the nation and maintenance oftb,
general government When citizen wants
70 expatfiate himself, he eau do so BY the
consent OF the soVereiga. want Congress
70 pass "a aet 70 allow; any, citizen TO ex.
patllots himself, and to declare its assent
70 such repatriation, such cItiSens 55sysr
more 20 vote until repaturaIized.s' The
general spoke In RlowiueqteTms of$tb,
conduct Of the Missouri troops in the army
OF the Cumberland. frequently appealipS
70 Col. Conrad and other officers 10 ysrif.
MS statements. The Army OF the Cum.
oerland CROSSED the Alps of Tennessee, but
eid not Ind the river Pc or the fertile
pialos OF Italy 10 biVohGc upon. Previous
70 the battle OF Ohicamauga, he Telegraph. 4
ed to Gen. Hallsek to know Whethsr .sny
portion Of the rebsl army Of YifRiibia baS
been sent sonthward, and Gen. Halleck
replied that no troops Of Lees army had
been sent In that direction, exeapt 4 few
regiments for Charleston fCties Of
shame! shsmei fromi the ofieers. In con-
sequence OF this false Information, the ar
my OF the Cumberland encountered snps.
sloF 1 p1umll6ersi for Longstreet, from Lees.
army was there with over twenty thou.
send men, and the whole force of the en.
emy was AZ least nfnsty three tho1snnd !
while the Union forces we're NOT more ibffb
htty i've thousand. StiIl the Army Of IL. !.
uumbstland held its grohnd, and The DO.
sition taken is etill mainlained.