Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-14
TIE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT ORGAN on But.
LERS PRO LAhATI0N.
[Fiom The London Post, June H.,

The condition Of affairs in the American civil war eI-
,bis DO prospect OF Improvement IL is merely that
the ycissiiuds 10 the military struggle destroy in
gle We The chances which zoe previous appeared
70 secure TO one side speedy triumph the other.
Thi il hy no the worst omiECus sign that
IN. cen est will be long protrac.ed. much
.armiug sympathy 10 be found IL the apparent reck
ssspe OF the Federal military chiefs 10 the
De pursusd respecting the Confederate populations
wIi,n they have conquered a nominA Sovereignty. We
bays heard 2 eat zeal about the inhabitants Of the
Southern towns bsing so 5ctci regn o! terror /.
has zen stated and agal that the revolution
,,y COMM tees had ovefaNed the lrity Of the
eyiizsrs; that numbers had been compelled TO declare
themselves in favor OF the Confederate cAuse wholly
s, thsr will and il was AsasrLed that with the rst
nnaArarce oil tie Sara and Stripes the yoke of this ".
rtnpic minority would be jJyluly thrown Ih II we
NAV ildge from the circums which have called
.oth Geu. Buffers late asoundi-g proclamation, this
can scarcely be the case.
The contents aud character of that document form
eertln!y the extraordinary episode in the present
American struggle. At first could scarcely bring
ourselves to believe Us eenulneness dated Nay 10, and
ourpo-tng to BE- issued the headquarters department
at the Gl ia TO the effect that The officers and sodiers
Of the UaiLed States have been exposed to insulting
treatment from certain women calling themselves "sdes
d, New Orleans" These inius, il is affirmed hlvs 10
iusR cation; the New Orleans women, calling them.
selves a iies have been treated with ngular difference
and courtesy by the Federal officers and solders To
punish this ngrattude and ecualy repress this To-
,oepce General BulleIs proclamation declares THAT
hereafter when any females ehal b.; word, gesture or
movement insult or show contempt for any officer or
soldier OF the United States abe shall be regarded and
held liable TO be treated woman of the town, ply
ing her avocatOn" This A.rocous document will cal
lorth from the public opinion of every civilized country
CRY of just and universal Indignation What insults
could possibly be heapei any officer soldier Of the
Federal army compared with the usul now offered to
by ,nersl Butler himseliy His language prtsunes that
they be LOST 10 all sense OF deceHcy and humanity,
of cbyaty and honor To tell ths federal officers and
sodiers that b the ladies Of New Orleans gave
vent TO the party feelings which they share with tier
husba1 de- and 'ahers tn r brothers aud their sons
ven though they do perhape, after provoking .emi
nine ashion-they may be degraded TO the level of the
most abandoned Of their SEX act to which it would
be difficult to fad parallel in the annals OF either
ancient or modern warfare. TIE cmiDslty Of me pros
lam is only qlaled by its folly. Il il designed by
such conCu 10 reconcile the nth to the prospects OF
the restored domination Of the Northy No wonder that
Gen. Beauregard indignantly calls on the men Cf the
South to arise man. and drive from their soil the
men who would treat their mothers and wives their
daughters and SISTERS tarotL IL matters little in what
precise this proclamation is to bs understood Ii
matters little whether il that ladies' OF BIRTH e6u
cLton and stainless character should be given
the laWess lust Of Infatuated soldiery, merely
rested and consigned to the house Of correction there
10 herd with, and undergo the discipline of common
social evils" We have heard much-Ws have read
much the amos: idolarous veneaion with which
Americans are in the habit OF treating women
Our uncigned hope is that the Federal Govern ment
will az once show its sense of the act BY recalling Geun
Butler placing him under arrest and SUI ing him to
the ordeal Of a courtmar,ial 1t is bouud to 40 in
astice to ITSELF TO The citzns whom it represents 10
the Federal army 50 foulIy outraged by the act OF
Federal General, the public opinion OF other
tes the national honor Of which it ia the guardian,
to the future generations Of its SUI cts by whom
this would be always felt ss herediary stain and
fraud. We have carefully abstained from laking any
part 10 the contest between the North and the South
Our neutrality has been more dictated by pIinci.
pie than suggested mpelled by interest. But Guch
au act as that of Gen BIer, il not promptly dsavou.
ed would soon turn the ale finally ana decisiVeiy
10 favor Of the Confederate cue We al remember
with what terrible "a. the late Couat OATour appealed
to the conscience Of Europs 10 sit in judgment upon
the Austrian General Urban when the latter ordered
whole family Of Pitduontese PEASANTS to be shot down
on mere suspicion P.esident hsrson Davis might ap-
peal TO the States OF both the Old and the New World