Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

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that same afternoon" continued Gen.
Rosecrans, after n short pause, for the
purpose of lighting cigar. The Sec
ond dispatch was sent about two hours
after the first one, and was simple
chronicle of victory and of the fact
that we had undisputed possession OF
the field"
$50, general, you said nothing in
that first dispatch about being beaten
and demoralized,' or nothing of an
'armistice' and the advisabiIity of let
ting the rebellion alone to itseIfy"
Not |, said Gen. Rosecrans, proud
ly drawing himself up to his full
height mot |, sir. That's not me-
All that stuff is an internal calum.
ny. My dispatch breathed not a word
of any such things.
"What was Mr.. Stanton's motive for
thus slandering you, and what was his
particular connection with this affair p
"Well, now, let me tell you an incl
dent" said the general seating himself
in his chair, and preparing himself for
an anecdote. This incident am
about to relate will perhaps enlighten
your mind on the subject" The gene
raj then went on as follows: shortly
after the battle of Chicamauga, was
seated in my tent at head quarters.
Gen. Garfield was present, and was
reading to me the reports of the corps
and subordinate commanders. lie had
finished reading one report, and bad
arisen for the purpose of fetching
another. He suddenly stopped, stand
ing directly in front of me and with
his back TO the door of the tent, and
said apropos to the subject matter of
the report he had just read: Gene
raj, this army has been put in great
and needless peril, and somebody has
got to answer for it in history. at the
same time bringing his hand down
upon the table with great force. As
he began speaking Charles \. Dana
entered the doorway unobserved and
paused until | motioned to him to
come in. This he did without being
seen by Gen. Garfield. Mr.. Dana
heard this speech; as he did my reply,
which was as follows: Yes. general,
that's true" And now,' said Gen.
Rosecrans, stopping n moment in or
der 10 add additional force to what he
was about to say, the thing which Is
to be answered, is whether the Army
of the Cumberland was ordered TO
move on its perilous expedition across
three mountain ranges and great riv.
er, the narrowest bridge acros. which
was | pa feet long, why was that il
went without the cooperative sup
port, in any way directly or indi.
rectly, of first, the army of the Ten
nessee, which had then been lying idle
on the banks of the Mississippi since
the battle of Nicksburg, and without
the cooperative support of Burnside,
who with 10000 men was chasing a
/ paltry 5000 of the Confcderatcs tow.
ards Abington-while Beckner with
all the Confederate forces had gone
down TO my front. There was no help
extended to us from the department OF
! the Gulf, whose spare forces had been
sent to Texas under Herren, instead Of
/ being operated 30 create a diversion
of the rebel forces. All this-and the
/ Army Of the Potomac, which was so
weak that Gen. Lee was able to dis.
patch Gen. Longstrcet with his veteran
corps and send it by rail to concentrate
on my front.
These things were done when the
commonest military judgment would
have predicted that the whole availa.
BILE power of the Confederates would
be concentrated with the intent to pull.
verize the Army of the Cumberland.
So certain were the people of the Con.
| iederacy that this would be done, that
the Keutuckians, who were living in
the South, had assembled their fami.
lies and were making arrangements TO
return home. in the van of the Rebel
army, when it should carry the flag of
the Conlederacy to the very banks of
the Ohio"
when Secretary Stanton" contin-
ued the General branching off the sub
ject of the attitude which Stanton bore
to him. when Secretary Stanton gave
an order on the 4th day of August to
move the Army Of the Cumberland
and continue it in motion until it was
in Georgia, it teIegraphed him that
every facility had been strained to pre-
pare the army to make that campaign
a success. and il would be vet ten DAYS
before the preparations necessary for
moving could be completed ; that if
movement then would be in accordance
with the instructions, all good and
we'll ifnot, it would be necessary for
the Government to designate another
commander for the Army, and the
sooner the better"
"Aud what did Mr.. Stanton re-