The national Republican., 1862-07-17
General satlsr h1piaIns bis Eamous
"Woman Oxdsr.p

""0men Oxdsrs" .
The following is q private hotter from Cor
Butler b a friend In Boston, explaining Ii
motives WbEh induced him to issus bis famou
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HEAD.uARrERs DspARrNpNr or TINE Cr, 9
NEw ORLEANS, July Q, 1862.
My DEM SIR: l am ns JEALOUS Of tbe gooi
opinion VI my fried. as I am careless of m,
ISLANDERS 'fny enemies, and your kiDd exnres
sions in reRm 10 Order No. IS leads me 10 say
u word On tt fnhject
That II war could have been 40 misoon.
ceivrd % this been by come portions of tbs
Northern pc. is wonderful. and would lead
one 10 txcam, with the Jew, "Ob, Father
Abraham, wha lhsss Christians are, whose own
hard dsallIts teach them to suspect the yery
thoughts of)iisrs" CO... 70
What wa he state Of things to which the
woman orlr ipplisd,
We w~ro!w thousand five hundred men In
city sevatmles long by two to four wide. of
a hundred al ffty thousand Inhabitants, ali
hostile, sitei defiant, explosive, standing III.
sraliy on ngszins. atspaik only needed for
destruction. rhe devil had entered he bearts
OF the wonenf this town, lyon know tsyen of
them chose Ny hagdslen i0r . resdepc - to
stir up strIsin every way possible. Every
opprobriOus pithet, every Insulting gestura
Was made y ,ess bejsweled, bccrpSllned and
laced creatis, calling themselves ladiea. to.
wards my oilers and officers, from the Win.
| dows oi hotes,nd Ia The streets. How long
do you supOse'ur flesh and blood could hsvs
| Stood this Hthot retorlf ~ 49, -
That woud hd 10 disturbances and rIot
| from which VIZ iust clear the streeta With sr,
tillsry-.s and IN a howl that we mIrdscsA
these 6ne won. hSd arrested tho nan vho
hurrahsd for kurogard. Could arrest tbs
wOmsnr No. That WAS 10 bo donsY No
order could beade, save one, that would ex
ecubs itself lh anxious, careful thought /
BIZ upon this Women who lnsult my soidIsn
Ne to be rGded and treated as common
women plylnseir vocation"
Pray, how you treat common woman
plying her voion In the streets. You pass
hsr by unhes. Shs cannot insult Won nm | "A 4.
a gentleman,a a can apd will take no potics
Of her. II speaks, her words are NOT opprol
brOus. 1t Wy when che becomes 4 cortin.
uous and tive Nuisance that you caIi 4
watcbman sgive her In charge 10 him.
But some the Northern editors seem N
think that never one meets sucb a woman
ono must siher, talk with her, insult her. Oh
bold dallIs with her; and 80, from their own
conduct, tlconstrued my order.
The edipt the Boston Courier NAV 40 deal
with conn women, and out ol tue abun-
dance Of neart bis mouth may speak but
30 do not
Why, = she addsrs of New Orleans them.
selves wet once shamed Into proprlsty of
conduct be order; and from that dsy no
woman hther lnsulted or annoyed any live
soldier oicer, and Of q certainly no soldier
has insuany woman.
Whenassed through Baltimore, on the
2Sd OF 1lary last, members Of my staff vers
insultedbs gestures Of the ladies % there.
Not 70 Iw Orleans.
One q worst possible OF all these women
showed respect TO the remains of gallant |
young by, and you will See her punishment |
"a cy tbe order, which enclose, Is al |
once alicaiion and construction of nv |
order.
| cay ray that would issue It again
under circumstances. Again thanking |
/ you -four kind interest, | am, truly,
your D.
n BENJAMIN +. BUTLER,
I'll Major General COMMANDING