New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-31
CIRfIEiD IND bosLca4Is.


PRESIDENTIAL hops DESTROYED AND = PEEsI-
DENTAL CAEEag OPENED 81 IHG AyESTs OF
1HE soE DAY.
Tot4e EdttOr ~ The Trtb nHe.
SIR: Politics, which are provcIbialy respon-
saIe 100. su.l- associations OF persons. are also to he
class ID with -ou. ,tIlls. s.par,ro-s oi old acGuaut
.aces ana tg.euis. Nothing, for stance. could have
been oolrI up.n ls less lac.y tIIu taat General William
EJsecraas Shout now as opposing. pes General OF sort
af Democratic. Grant Army ottnt u'.i"' tAe cleo
uoY,tu.s .Il clefOr s..H G,n..i lD.s 4. Carrie .i
Iuorclt not because ga re .art.1e improper or dis
lonc.t abau. i-, for General Ros.c,ans m'y Doe fully
credited i.l honesty IN such ml tiers, -i.ce @ . usually
Cine ease that men without Judgment gre almost iH-
yarabv honest their political predictions. But 10
- worth noting because OF us mprOhtbl4tF, 3nd De-
cause 10 recalls som. curious memories ~ he ume Nheu
.or a bref period oi six or seven months, Eo ecran5
danced bout vi.h the Presidential bee" ia hls bon
ef with lr.eld h.- Chief Of staff II not his political
adviser
TWAS fist after th, Bl.tle OF s.ona Rvar. OF Mur
fro.s1oro Tom. December 81, 1862, ana Jnuary .,
1868 that Gan.d came 10 R)-ccraus as chief OF
staff s former chei, Clonci Gar'schc-as gallant and
courteous and quiet soul ever lvcd-had his bead
slot OF 1y a cannon H. at the battle named. Garfield
BAD been Up report TO E'sccrans and having no
brigade 10 give the newly made Bri-1dier, Eosecran'
asked HIM % flke Glrrscle, post CARTE DAD so, aud
the two re soon intimate friends a. WI a4 military
associates We VINO were about headquarters came 90
think Garfield was also his political adviser but tins
doubtless grew out of the fact that the two men were
in most confidential and intimate reati MS.
Tie FIRST suggestion Of Rosccrln' Tor the Presidency was
one OF the late james Gordon Benefits grotesqures
Tie Suggested that Ro.ccraus the coming man that
ri-e.con would break down the prejudice against the
election u Catholic % the hchrst Office I'D The land
mat he could brngtnr Pope from Rome make h.m
his .rher C,n:ssor and adviser. and be-. Mr. Bennett
wopd give the Pope fine home at Fort Washington
Hardly less grotesqle the second suggestion OF
Eosecraus'4 candidacy. It came from Edmund
K,rk" VINO made E's appearance al MuTfreeshoro and
established himself at Kosecr,nss headquarters for
the n,rnose so 70 was given the Army OF studying
Ro.e,rans wi IN view 10 porting TO Tie Republican
rolifical manager his availability asa future candidate
Tdo n1t know tlat Krke was IN any degree respon-
ib, for this idea know that II prevailed % consd-
cradle * eat. AMI was not little laughed At. Rose
Grams vas undoubtedly badly stung; al the summer OF
1868 nc wa dreaming Of the Presidency, and posing for
H. Osco1~7e tho idea had never then entered the head
of Garfield taat be could be candidate; and DO not
know that RosecIans ever colGded lis aspirations 10
him. The only thing that leads 20 think that he
knew csus's hopes was the fact mat ~ several
Of . conversations political topics with captured
r.ne Of prominence ana which published al the
time Carl Id ALWAYS spoie as # he we're expressing
R.secraus's views instnad of his own merely This
wa, Of course not TO AVOID any responsibility, out as
matter OF form.
Rosecraus hopes rutlessy blasted on that sep
tenbcr sunday 1863 when ne defeated 1T Chcka-
manga an Il q TO Chattanooga to telegraph the Presi-
deutin haste that hr bitterly rcpented aiterward-ihat
his army was routed and IN full retreat. That same day
on, uel for his Clef Of stan the career when Is W
about eliminate in his election 70 the I4eSdchc}' i
is singular fact hat act of ROsecrnnS tndt daY
was to his own great disadva taCc; all OF GJIur I'D
the same action 10 his credit The battle winch was
defeat for both was downfall ot One the elevation OF
me other: the one cutched only disgrace, ~ otner
,r-,e0.d ONLY honor from the same events Rosecrans
nuh Dplv continued his flight 10 CHATTANOOGA earned
refused 10 - 20 the rear, AMI at great personal FISK re-
9i,ca the troops si fighting at the front kosec aus
sqt the dlv ont wrlnglug ms hands and teegraphn g
doefu, les Washington. " li" Carried ON thr ned
OF battle wrote cheerng dispatches which showed me
rur story mat Thomas held MS own and covered nc re-
rgaf and that al was not lost Rosecrt7 was renewed
from duty: Garfield was promoted MajOrGenerdl and
called Ia Washington. -, -,
lizard know whether these are matters worth recaI
i,. or If they are nerc,tn to others rs 10 HS sen
6ep led after the lapse of seventeen wears; hut
tbev are m least curious, aud illustrate me tac thau
,ft2r all circumstances and incidents over whlcn we
ve no control have much TO do with shaping ana lor
ing careers. w. - VI Dc
JSrOOEig1i Oct. l.. 1850.