The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-12-30

aud there fnmpeiIed to work under the bayo
NETS of guards of United States soldiers.
g Where this partnership was refused ARMED
kex2editions have feeu sent to the plantation.
1 II rob them o. everything that was suscep
f tible Of removal aud even slaves too aged q,
] infrfQ for work have. in spite of their entrea
! ties. have been forced from the homes trovid
/ ed BY the owners and driven to wander helm
les oil tie highway
/ Il1 BY recent General Order 90. ga. III.
entire prpIsSrty in that part of Louisiana wine
west Of the AiiFsissippi river hasibeen scenes
tfated fqf den6seation. and officers have been
assigned ID duty with orders to gather up
AID collect the personal property aud turn
/ Dyer TO helprdper officers upon receipts such
/ If said PROPERTY as may be required for the
/ tke Of the United States army to collect TO-
kether all the other personal property and
4 bring tbs same to New Orleans. and cause Il
] Il be sold ct public auction TO tile highest hid
I dkrs, an order which, If executed. condemns 70
! pnnishment by starvation at least q quarter of
/ al million Of human beings. Of all ages. sexes
and conditions. and of which the execution.
/ although tsfbldden 70 lniiitsry officers by the
orders Of President Lincoln. j. in accordance
Witk the coiitiscstion law Of our enemes which
be has directed TO be enforced through the
agency Of OWL officials. And finally. the
Afrie4n Slaves Ia re not only been excited TO
ilisnrfecti8ri by every license and encourages.
nlent. bat numbers of them have actually been
AIMED for sefvile war. a war it's nature far
exceeding "a horrors the most'merdiless atroei-
ties Of tho saYagesl
II But ohe sequel is necessary to this, and
that is Ht punishment for the monster Sc
APPLY described through lis deeds of intamy.
Mr.. paYislis prohEt to prOncun &c and de-
clare Benj4imin f Butler to be 4 fslon, de-
serving oflEapital punishmept, and to order
that he bf mp longer considered ortreated
simply as III public enemyof the Confederate
StatfeF Of America but as au outlaw or CON-
mon enemy of mankind, and that in the
event of his capture, the officer 10 command
Of tic capturing force do cause him to be
Immediately executed BY hanging and that
no c0mmissionsd officer Of the United States
taken captive shall be released on parole be-
fore exchange, until the said Butler shall
have met with due punishment for his
crimes" fi
Good, very good, and the verdict must
beIadhefed to. This man must die. 1t is
tile viii Of justice, it is the decree If human
nature, i Is the assent Of tn civilized world.
The Christian tnau would hold himself justi-
fled if he met wolf OF Tiger. 10 erapple
him and Kill him and yet this ksnd still
lives. he can scarcely be called 6end in
Hum an Shape for there is Iittld Of the bu-
man about hiui-Ha wretch whom to see is
tp despls8s- whose eyes NIT TIE sicklv
rAlot Of depravity and debauchE4around
whofe lips theIlines Of lust curl themselves
IKE poisonous snakes ID beds of slime
wrhklca all over with MISUNDERSTANDING
dion smqte his " sage when d child and guilt
has defpeneH the burrows ever sipce-a
burlk !, lpK crowned, leering fade-Ithe beast
All PyeT l'it-tthe sinister, the cruel, the
sow4rdly Ibeast-+such IS ButEerI his whole
lEfe has been aedi.ated to wicked leeds
The defamer Of his felloIw man, the political
thief and private plunde+er' the lsath.d Sc
dPcer, his career has bsen one Of crime from
btginnihg to eha Such a man deserves to
Ale, and that only BY vipl.p pee
Meanwhile, what is II lie done With his
pficers and men
For opr own part We could sheerfdlly as.
tent to the extension Or this is~I t.Elionis to
his entire arhiy. But Mr. Davis thinks
HtherwiHe The common soldiers are merely
Hegardes'ss Illuminate tools, and are 10 be
Frested as ordinary priEohers of war. The
hOre responsible satellites of Butler are to
be diHfrantly dealt with The pr.elama-
ton dedlaresF-+----
That al comnissioneJ officers in the com
riaiid ofisaid IeBjanin FL Bhtler be declared
pot ientiiled ID be consiliered as soldiers en-
gagged ID honorable warfare. but as robbers
and criit mails. deserving death and that they
dnd each OF thdin be. whenever ca ptured. re-
served for c1eeution.1
No pPwer in Europe will fail to recognize
il this State paper law, necessity and hui
nanity. The peOple.of that portion of the
South occupied by B utler's department
have endured hardshipF which would seem
10 BE past the endurance of frail mortality
and hafe been exposed to outrages phheard
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