Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-20
AN IRISH VIEW nF TIE NEW ORLEANS
CAPTURE.
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AN IRISH VIEW nF TIE NEW ORLEANS
CAPTURE.
From the Dublin FrrGman May 2Sth.
The Roman General had instructions from
the Sol:ata 10 treat Tho yanquished with clem
ency. Private prGperty wss respected while
the public dGniain was enlarged. Tho Gus
toms, religions and habits of the people were
not snppiantad i.y the institutions of the con-
qnsrdrs. Tia Senate .aconcilcd subject States
10 Roman ;lie 10y respecting, rs much g pos
slb'e, Their institutions anJ manners. By this
wise policy the Rotuan consolidated his con-
quests. NJ poTer was ever less disturbed by
| nsurrectni.s IN its distant provinces. The
Federal AMERICANS are novices in the art OF re-
Cancellation. they hold cut the sword, and
only the sword General Butler, in New Or
eUns, remlht!a US OF the Commissioners Of the
French Convention, who is.'ll.d pincaIn1iinrF
| hnd prescribed c.L:d!;iOna i... .hGi. b. aiti'
any degrec Of porS"nal liberty. aid Ia.s.J oil
Europe in resistance. Perhaps city like New
Orleans, famed FOR its r0rdics, should for a
lime ba p!acoi. nndlr restraint. All ths ven.
geance OF tho South is cor c3rtfated in thst
city OF haif-brntds. The knife and the "toottl
pick" are thsre in constant requisition; and
there, too, the "Yankoe" is held in deeper
abhorrenca than in any other part of the
South. The Federal commanders kneH
what they had to expect from the demcanor
Of the Mayor and the <cowls Of tho populacc.
Then, General Buffers force wss comparatively
small, and tsreat enci hy Bcauregard if he
should ov2r:amr iIailfck at Curinth. 1t was
his duty tn raake e:erg provision for the Sc
curitg nf ina city and Inc salnty OF his army,
,I-rf .i1 a.
severity Of his irjunclUns. Tho Federal flag
is sarrcd Eympol which mutt be guarded
from all proinnatinn. Not to salute it as you
pass by il a crime to he severely pntished.-
WD wonder What docs the Sensitive Republican
mean in saying that "all persons must treat
tho Federal fl ,g with tho utmost difference
and respect p Are people 10 take of thoir
hats and caps 10 ii? Suppose m insolent half
breed laughs AZ he passes the agstaff, is that
evidence OF d!srespuct and to be punished with
the ire ola platoon; Much wser would il
have been To- let ihe i:g take Of tsnlf and not
raise into grave offence OF State want OF de
f.rence to Il scrap OF bunting
General Butler, like the Russian General in
Warsax, demands that the churches shall be
always open fJr religions scrvicc-not that his
soldiers a:o the most pIOus Of men, or care one
liz whether they are rhut or opnn-but to be.
guile himself with lLr belief that order regns
IN New Orleans, or, h. he phrases it in the
General Order, "Seryice is to be held in thu
churches al in times OF profound peace" A
fellow feeling diSpcScs the General to tender
ness for shin plasters. He could not we'll is
moro Confederate nous in the South when the
Federal Government issues its own cart loads
IN tho Norlh.
Ii would have benn wiser to impress tho
people with q feeling that The Fedorals came
as brcthc,G 70 r1Gnte North and South, not as
conquer0rs and enemies 10 render union i'm
possible. II General Butler sought to strike
terror into iho South, and divorca it from all
sympathy with tho North, he adopted the pro
per cou:s,. General Butler is evidently q
prig-filled II iIh Heise Of his own impor-
lance, snd ignorant CT the first duties of Il
Republican soldier. lie should have disturbed
as little as. possible The state of things in New
| Orleahs. llu was, no doubt, annoyed with the
delnaanor of the Mayor, and tho refusal OF the
citizens 10 organize provisional government
on Federal principles; but this refusal should
have inclined HIM rathor to Cancellation than
severity.
II the policy Of General Butor bo the policy
|
cities which may succumb TO tho Federal arms
tho army of sevon hundred thousand will moi
bo man too many to hold the conquered State:
il peace we're restored tomorrow. The Ser
vices OF General Butler should be transferred
elsewh here AS civil administrator he is moi
likely to be successful, Judging from his first
appearance in New Orleans. Gen. Mcclellan
or Mcdowell would be the sort OF person tt
calm the fcrocity which General Butler aggra
Yates by lis silly proclamation.
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATIVE To NE.ICo
A nninbor Of Official documents relative tt
Mexican atftirs has bacn Issued in L0rdon.-
The Daily News says CT them:
These Parliamentary papers establish IN
c0mtcstaby that our Government has, iron
first to last, ac'ed With decision, f'anknes
and consistency which cannot be suTpas 'ed. Or
the other hand it il impossible not to SEQ tha
The French troops were sent TO Mexico with NJ
less purpose than to overturn the existing
Government and set another in it's place.
"As late as the 4th Of tbs present month
Earl Russell expressed fear that the Frenc1
general, anxious for The cause of monarchy ant
Of Catholic unity, may lend the aid of tn
French army 10 thn.rcsctionary party in Mex
leo, and thus give fresh life 10 the civil war
which appears at present to have almost die
away Il is plain that France will DO left b.
England snd Spain to carry out whatever plan
she may think proper III Mexico"
The expenses of the French expedition t
Mexico are estimated at about sec, 900 pc
day.