Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-12-30
A HOWL FROM nEnELDom

Jeh. Davis, the traitor-president Of the
! lqen.fqrn-y -yahal -ennfadn~e -. ---- 0Ss an
otuer howl TO his mlnions, in the shape of q
Proclamation" in which all manner of
vengeance, annihilation and death is declared
unto Gen. Butler for having dared to hang
upon gallows a rebel who was caught in an
act OF treason to the government of the
United States. After a long string of
"whereases," the perjured villain who STYLES
himself President of the Confederate
States" thus declares;
Now, therefore, l, Jefferson Davis. Pre-
sldent OF the Confederate States of Ameri-
ca, and In their name, do pronounce and de.
clare the said Benjamin F. Butler TO be n
ielon' deserving of capital punishment. /
40 order that he shall no longer be consi-
uered or treated simply as public enemy of
Tue confederate states of America, but as
an outlaw and common enemy of mankind
unu that' In the event of his capture, the
officer in command of the capturin" force
10 cause him to be Immediately executed bv
hanging. "
And do further order that no Commits
stoned officer of the U. S., taken cantive
shall be released on parole, before exchange
until the said Butler shall have met with
due punishment for his crimes.
AND whereas, The hostilities waged
against this Coniederacy by the forces of The
U. =, under the command of said benjamin.
f. Butler have borne no resemblance IN
such warfare as is alone permissible by tbe
rules OF international law or tho nsoS,a of
civilization, but have been characteri2ed bv
repeated atrocities and outrages among tho
large number Of which, the following NAV he
cited as examples:
Here follows series Of the most atrocious
and wllful iasehoods which the English Ian.
gnage is capable of expressing. all tending
TO iasten upon Gen. Buffers administration
OF affairs at New Orleans outrages and crn-
elites which no civilized man outside of tbe
"coniederAcy" could be capable of commit
tlhg' and with the recital of which we do not
intend to pollute our columns. After NIL
this miserable trash comes the following
which concludes the extraordinary document
oil this precious scoundrel, who. one of these
days, will find himself dangling at the end Of
rope as many other less notorious felons
have dangled before him:
=" Now, therefore, l, Jefferson Davis Pro-
9iNSHN VI tue OouleueThte states OF Ameri.-
ca, and acting by their authority, appealing
to the Divine Judge in attestation that their
conduct is not guided by the passion of re-
ve!nge, but that they reluctantly yield to the
solemn duty OF redressing, by necessarv
severity, crimes of which their citizens ara
the victims, do issue this my proclamation
and by virtue of my authority as Comman.
der-ln-Chief of the armies OF the Coniede-
rate States, do order
First That all commissioned officers in
the command of said Benjamin f. Butler he
declared not entitled to be considered as
soldiers engaged in honorable warfare, but
as robbers aud criminals deserving death
and that they, and each of them, be when,
ever captured reserved for execution.
Second. That the private soldiers and
officers in the army Of
said Butler be considered as only the in
struments nsed for the commission of crimes
by his orders, and moi as free
agentsi that they, therefore, be treated
when captured as prisoners Of war. with
kindness and humanity, and be sent home on
the usual parole that they will in no manner
aid or serve the United States in any capa- |