, 1864-12-18
u Card from Maj. Gen. Isosecrans.
From the Cincinnati Commercially
Eps. CoA.-Mv attention has been called
to the following in your issue Of this morn

EDS. CoM.-Mv attention has been called
to the following in your issue. Of this morn
ing:
"RosEcRASs AND STEELE.
The removal Of Generals Rosecrans aud Steele
from their late commands. In Missouri and Ark1n-
among the Missouri delegates here Psraaps t
ouxht not TO say .'discussfon, because when there
r general sc9nIcscence there can be 1ery little
plain Of the aetlou OF the President In either OF
these cascs. I hase conv1rsed with those who
was relieved, and learn that II WIS. In general
terms. because Of tho comparative tailure OF tha
Missouri camp2tsn. It is said that he kept Cen
three days when he should have sent 1t on in por-
euit Of Price in,mcafnseiE on Its arrival: liz scri
feed General Ewing garrison at Pilot Knob when
hc could have relieved 1t, and he permitted Price
to cross the Usage River when he had fifteen thou-
eand men At Jefferson City. and there were hu. two
.nce vas "a sf osred sd Except % BY w ea,alfy whic
were easily disposed ot. II charged, also, that
1osecrans bad been guilty Of The frequent dtsre-
n Missouri. Added to all this Is tho charge that
the Gencra1 has been addicted to the USE OF opium
te snsh sn sasni q at times to seriously Impair
submitted in silence to the aspezsions
which pursued me last year, on MY removal
from the command of an army whose cunfl-
dcuce and affection still enjoy. That silent
Submission, which had for its motive the good
q the country, h2 many, who did not Know
me. was interpreted as q tacit admission Of
The truth Of the slandcrs, to the injury of
my public usefulness and reputation. The
hope that it would benefit the country, then
.s we1l as the CERTAINTY That u tn,nnornrv
sLol,. Womb thrrehv 1e aIlnwe,s i, raj NJ,
nv rood name which / hone to ieaye Tho
nnstained, If the only, legacy to my children
But I EN- satisfied that If did not thcn,
should now, mistake the national interests,
- 49, ~ ;,;,st;ca and ei,n1c-s con+,fned IN
~, E t,rs oo;,,1 nnrarranF n ~ ,,nnot,c.6 and
s,n.a,+- st'e ~ a %
Falachood md Injustice iniurc nations ss
,,,,ch "a Shcr dor int,iyidnais 0nr conntrv
h"s . donhlc fntcrcst in IN i;n~ rarc nr th;s
n,,a ~ ,en,o NJ tie Ganerois TbG;r honnr Il a
Eat ~ f;fs ,r1orr th.,r caroc,rx for u.efafness
~, r.,,t - ~ ts.. 'wcotth and hc who iIctracts
rom c either ii niches q portion OF tic natlon'a
n,,n.1s
Wh;1e am not prepared TO say what NAV
| haEc bcen tho rcai rra-on for my ranooral
! from the command Of the Department OF Nr1s-
souri,. lam fully prepared to assert that It was
not not the "compaFative" Of any other kind Of
afailu1c,' Of The late campaign in Missouri;
for military critics and all SOM thinking and
riehy.iud.inC citizens Of Missouri, when the
| mcts are known. will arccc with me that It
! wan mt only one Of The most complete and
decisive, but, considering the fsress sna f,,;t at
asut ~, ~ aa ~ H. rou,,try ofany during the
] ~ ~ Ssvn wan - ~
! FHr ,,.n;x, .
of ~ nn G,rens 1nomn .s, me number and strength
NJ 10 ,sssSa .uulo 'T laEc satlshed the public
~ az suv, SWIM -. u. cautious movements;
uin,;tn ~. ts n.ht han u solsar love Of pop
LGnls 9 ana ;s .nS c.lmpalgn: assure the public,
M fnii s,n',,s"rn ~ ann@ t ut t!utu that had
an nci ~ @ a5 Gsns, Smith aud
McNa;,, rs ana ~ ns'S; liens. E~lns;, sanborn:
~ It1eaa t,.a ; ~ ano nso"n, IN me wisdom Of
~ ~ nv ilnp0Ftan. meaStrcs ~ the campaign
- h,'i Ia!. oG1. Nmto. nas eSpscsseo 10 me
~ ~ nSn t Etaensatlou tneseat, rs ven os Will
na R1 nan ,,,aneen. "' hnaifs n Missouri;
e1u Mqa9 nt'G, yen. .tM"lfnss-Lteut. Gen. Gnint's
En1ei ~ o. ssan|Wno fli was IN st. Louis, and had
tne !ices !Asu nelo.c nun, expressed his con-
s.tn t. ~. .aa. ssets tnnE nao ueen well dom
tnAt lew, any, coulo nafc managed mat
no doubt this will be the opinion Of the Cen
esal-ln-chief himself, when he shall have re-
! cetvcd and examined the official reports OF
| the campaign.
The alleged items OF military mismanngc-
mcut given in tue artkIe are, therefore, With
out foundation. This Will appear to the pub
lie from the facts Gfren in my General Order
No: sa5, published In yesterdays Commercial,
auu moro iully from MY Official report OF the
campaign, should TINT be permitted to be
published,
The stat-ueHt that there were fifteen thou
sand men At Jefferson City to oppose the en-
! emy's crossing OF the Usage Is not only no
torion: falsehood. but . base imputa.ion
against Generals McSeall,t Sanborn, Fisk and
Brown, who were there. aud arc not the men
, to skulk from fighting the enemy, when they
/ nre likely to fnjurr him more than the coun-
try.
But, eays the paragraph. 1t is charged that
| Rosccfans Ind been guilty Of frequent disle-
gard Of the Presidents order In regard to the
conduct OF affairs In Missouri This Is the
tsst time I ever heard, directly or Indirectly,
even the slightest hint of such a charge, and
do not hesitate to pronounce It, by whom
: eoeycr uttered, as to the Presidents orders or
,thc orders Of any other lawful supcrior-as
to nfIaiss in Missouri Or clsewhese-false aud
llniounde.l. Nor do believe that the Presi-
, dent or any other Of my military suprriors
ever made or seriously thought OF such a
charge.
Finally, comes the second, and It Is to be
, hoped, last, annual edition Of the Infamous
calumny that aul addicted to the excessive
!, use Of opium. never used opium, either In
excess or otherwise, In all tny life. I never
used any ofits preparations ns-morphinc, laud-
nnum, yc.-except as medicine, and this,
thank God, have but rarely needed or taken
This vile slnnder could never have originated
.. nor circulated among those who know me
the West through the Associated Press dis
patches'' from Washington, soon after nv
removal from the command Of tho Army Of
the Cumberland, in company with two sister
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