New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-29

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q" have been conired at hard labor" &c.
Jof. does not say that these were 80 treated
for actively aiding the Rebellion while under
the protection of the flag and forces of the
United States, but We believe such to be the
fact.
THE soldiers OF the United States have been invited and
encouraged in general orders insult and Outrage the wives
the mothers, and the sisters Of our citizens"
This is a very wicked falsehood. 1t was by
the wives" "motbers," and "Sisters" afore-
said that tic insults were given; it was by
the "soldiers of the United States" that they
were received. No single instance is given in
which woman in Louisiana has been wan
tOnly insulted by Union soldier. But it was
part of the regular tactics of the Secession
lists Of New-Orleans to incite their women to
insult our unoilendng soldiers there by every
kind of contemptuous, provoking grimace, Jeer,
and gesture, trusting to their petticoats Tor
IMMUNITY. When he had borne quite enough
of this, Gen. Butler brought it to a sudden
and full stop by tie following orders
HEADeuARrERs DsPARrsEsT or III TrS , SrLE
A the officers and the sodr Of the United States have
boen subject to repeated insults from women cliNhg
Themselves Ladies' Of NowOrean, IN return or the mosl
scruuuous uonnterference and courtesy part, Is
ordered hereafter when any female shall by word gesture OF
movement Insult show conteu pit Tor any officer OF soldier
Of the United sae. sbe shall be regarded AID held i-be to
By command OF MeJol.Oeneral bUILER
Gro. C. STRONG. 4. A.
We hold this order most righteous, timely
and wise. The woman who seeks to attract
the special attention in public of men who are
utter strangers to her fixes her own position.
Gen. Butler did but state truly what That po-
sition is. If Rebel army should occupy this
city. and our women did not refrain from hiss-
ING, nouting and splitting ct the soldiers, we
would Justify their General in issuing just such
a Proclamation IA Gen. Buffers. No human
being has been harmed in mind body or estate
by il. and the abuse at which 1t was aimed
was wholly and instantly corrected by 1t. All
that JeiI really has to complain OF 10 that his
women can no longer insult our soldlers with
impunity.
The fines levied and collected on the In
habitants of the captured city " by Gen. Butler,
have been so levied exclusively for the support
of It's own inhabitants, rendered destitute by
tie Rebellion. Many OF the recipients OF tins
charity are the wives and children OF soldiers
now fighting for the Rebellion. No dollar OF
them has been diverted to any other purpose
This fact jeff meanly sappresse'.
Y.
Davis makes complaint that
1he entire population OF New.Oreans have been forcel
to ,ec, between starvation by ;h- conhscAion Of oil the
property and taking oah against conscience to bear ale
q nee 70 III, invader OF ,hcil country"
Suppose this were literally true, how dare
he object 10 It This is the very gcntlest
measure dealt out to Unonists under bis
sway; why should it be deemed too harsh for
Secession.sts under ours Every dollar Of
property within tie Coniederacy belonging TO
known Uuicuists is coDGscated by law: why
should this be right on their side but wrong
on oursl The fact u.s. the Rebellion is based
on the idea that Shareholders are a superior
order of beings. who may do what they Ike
with mudsills with perfect impunity. Nobody
supposcs that Parson Brownlow or Andrew
johnson or any other active Unionist has any
rights of property in Tennessee that Coufed.
crates are bound to respect such men are
thought lucky il they escape with their lives:
but let the tnionsts confscate Rebels prop
eriy, aud there is IN outcry as if prompted by
murder. Perhaps t1ls may be Justified by the
,ssue - tue war, and perhaps not.
Messrs. left. Davis Of Miss. ard Henl.
+. Butler Of Mass. have been we closest po-
ltica coniedcrates throughout their adult lives
up TO last year. Both Democrats of tho cx-
IRENE Pro-Slayery type, they both boltel tho
nomination of Douglas and went with all their
might for Breckenridge and Lane. The docu-
meut before us rather iutmatcs that co0lness
has occurred between them; SO that If jeff
should undertake to break mp the next Demo
cratic National Convention, benjamin may hest
tate before secondne the bolt In that or in
any case, we slnll 'insst that Jefi. in his a.
tacks ON his late ally, shall keep somewhere
near the boundaries Of truth.
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