New-York tribune., 1868-09-07
GEN ROSECRANSS DEBUT

GEN. R0SECRANS'S DEBUT
Burns explains the superiority of the fair to
the unfair sex by its being later and maturer
product of their common Author;
"H' H. tl}cd RsSn5Gs dn Mas. ham,
And then he made the lasses o."
Cen Rosecrans, having forsaken the business
Of War for that of Diplomacy, concluded, be-
fore starting for Mexico, to try " his prentice
ham on the Rebel chiefs; so, after repairing
TO Utica and rehearsing the matter with llora
ito Seymour, he flies to the White Sulphur
where the chieftains of the late Southern Con-
federacy were enjoying their Summer reunion,
and addresses them in the interest of Dcmoc.
racv ard its kind of Peace. He is heard with
patience and answered with condescension
vet the published correspondence sheds new
light on nothing but the character of Gen.
Rosecrans.
ROsecrans and Lee were alike educated at
West Point at the expense of that Union, alike
taking solemn oath of fidelity to that Union.
! That oath, Gen. Lee deliberately broke to
| plunge into a Rebellion for which he at the
| time declared, in letter to his sister, that
there was no justification. He persisted in that
! Rebellion till more than Half Million of his
nearly an equal number were manned and
crippled for life. At least Five Billions worth
of American property were sacrificed in that
wantun, therefore wicked, Rebellion. Lee fought
for it till he and his army were taken prisoners,
and could fight no longer and has never limited
that he regrets having done so. Gen. Rose
Grams fought on the other side And now
RosecIans volunteers a certificate that he has
"undualiGed confidence" in Lees purity and
"patriotsm,n and in his reverence and regard
L" for the Union, the Constitution, and the well
" fare of the country" Such being the case,
it is very natural that Rosecrans should wish
to defeat Gen. Grant and restore the Govern
ment of our country to Lee and his cOnied
crates. His White Sulphur mission had that
express object
Gen ROsecrans wants the late Rebels TO
"evince chivalrOus and maenanimous devO-
"ton to restoring peace and prosperity to our
common country" by undertaking to govern
her; and they consent to make the sacrifice.
Give them complete, unqualified control of the
South first and the Union aftorward, and they
are quite willing to undertake the government
of both. In this, we recognize their frankncss
and sincerity; we fail to perceive the chivalry
or the magnanimity If they had been asked,
for the country's sake, to treat their loyal
neighbors and fellow citizens as equals accord
ing them political rights in spite of their color,
we could have cOmprehcnded the appeal to
their chvalry and magnanmty but when they
are asked to take everything and conccde
nothing, we cannot imagine where the mag
nanmty on their part comes III. Can yoa?
Cen. Rosecrans once professed to sympathze
with the Republican Union party. Hate of
Gen. Grant now impels him to brand that
party in the South as the poor, simple, m
educated, landless freedmen, and the few
whites who, against the public opinion and
" sentiment of the intelligent White people,
"are willing TO attempt TO lead, and make
"ther living off of, these ignorant inexperienced
"colored people, mostly men who must be
"needy adventures, or without any of those
"attributes on which reliance for good guild
"ance OF government can be placed" Having
thus caumniated and DETAINED that loyal ma
jority of the inhabitants Of the States lately
plunged by their arstOciacy into a needless
and uniustifablc Rebellion, and cOmplimented
that Rebel Aristocracy as "the intelligent White
people who are not "needy adventmers,"
since they monopolize those attributes on
"ernment can be placed" he compels us.
to ask why he fought against that in
telligent and capable aristOcracy in be-
half of so hopeless and wTetchcd a
faction as he makes the Southern Unionists.
Either he msjudges the two parties now, or he
was in very bad business from 1861 TO 1865.
But Gen. Rosecrans is not content with ex-
alting the Rebel and depreciating the Loyal
portion of the Southern people. He goes on TO
affirm that the power of the former over
their section ought to be exclusive. He pro-
ceeds:
"We are told that this kind OF government must he
continued at the South until SIX eight millions OF in
gcnt energetic White people give IN 10 IL or move out
Of fhe country. Now think, the Union Army thinks,
and Deople OF the North and West dare say believe,
there must be- there ought to be- shorter sarer way
10 got GOOD government for all at the south We kHOc
mi HSu trh0 Otp,tuized aud sustained me S0dheTt C0
J9erdcg Gor t0tI years against gigantic eGoris ogi 10 oe
ate Gire peace toc, order Gnd P.eectV 70 Hc Hn9e %
neote Of Inc South They have the interest ana the
noWcr 10 employ protect educate ana elevate me poor
frecdmen and 70 restore themselves ana our country 10
ali the blessings OF which have just spoken me cues
jon we want answered is: Are they Wiling 10 no iI'
Daniel Webster was once widely accused
of having said "Take care oil the rcll' ana
"thc rich will take care of the poor IL was
n monstrous fabrication, and was Indignantly
resented rs a calumny. But here is that pre-
else sentiment, put forth by Gen. Rosecrans as
.,o,b :. ucere renubIicau and patriotic,