Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-04
Gen. BUFFERS PROCLAMATION BEFORE TIE
BRITISH PEOPLE.

In the House OF Commons on the same night Sir J.
Walsh rose 10 ask the Ulder Secretary Of State for For
eign Az IRIS whether Her Elsstys Government had
ceytd official information sitEenticlting proclamation
attributed neral Butter the Military Governor Of
New Oleaus, rracDg the Ct that city with the
degrading trea mcn punishment Tor any mark
u dsrespect offered to any ceT soldier Of the Uli.
ted States army, sud il so, whether Her NJ ssty's Gov
eminent bad deemed il right 70 remonsiTste with the
American Government sgains the issue OF slch an or
der. lie said lh4. when he placsd the notice on this
bisct upon tho paper, he hoped that the be
LIQUID receive wOi he that the proclamation 10 quss
don was only one Of those jabTjcGtiOnS which
had been 70 ingenC uiy cr,u.s during the American
war for il appeared TO him ilCredt - that military
officer bearir high commission, and invested with
responsible command in the s=rvioe Of a great Power
should have placed bis name TO document which must
entail so much oSloqdy. Tear, hear
Bu. he could not fail to observe from the journals Of
that morn ng and from letter written by the generally
accurate New ok correspondent OF the London Times
hat this matter had been long and eagerly canVsssed
At New York. and Il had excited great attention. that
was there universally believed; and he regretted to
add that there no report or ntmaion Of any formal
contradiction CT repula ion Of the Get the part Of
he Government Of the United ; ses, (Hsar, hear =
Uadtr thess circumstances tho hope ne had entertained
was 90, dsraby weakened but he still INDUCED tha
D alton that the oder Secretary for Foreigh Anlrs
Wtud By HE reply, De enabled 20 aiy the Deep indig
rant feeling which perJaded al tsses in this couatTy
a. the announcement OF go extraordinary p7cclana
ton, ery repugnaDt 10 the split Of the l6 h century
and to the usages of civilized war (Hear)
In the few observations he DESTROYS OF making,
he should refrain from entering into the merits OF the
great contest going the ohtr side Of the Atlantic
In that House they bad hitherto maintained impartial aud
strict neutrality and had exhibited prudent and wise
serve it was necessary a. he shoud make the observa
lion that in that unhappy civil war, IL appeared as all
accounts agreed In 5aDg, that wherever the Northern
armies penetrated INTO the South they uniformly
received invaders and there yet no evidence OF
the Of any party, or fraction oil party, or oil
auy individual scarcely who entertained in the Secs.
soni,t ates other feelings than these of the de-
ternined hostility the Northern States OF America
IL would apIeir that such feeling universal, aud
t,st the SluIhern men, rightly wrongly, ieentifsd
he cause with the sacred cause Of ind psDdercs and
lbsIty and with owe of country. II Wsno! Word'n u,
them that throughout the Southern States Ct America
tie women should parake of the sentiments which their
fathers, husbands and sons entertained
It might have bsen thought that the sentiments Of
honor which generally animated the members Of gal.
Int profession would have made Il impossible that any
thing Ike discourtesy insult should have been of r
I'd 10 women by the officers Of Christian county 10 q
civ liz ID age (Hear hear The Northern States hav.
log established q military occupation OF New O.leans
und might have been anticipated, bitter feeling OF
luminosity akened BY the CONQUEST OF that city That
feeling ought to have excited their generosity and for
bearance Instead Of that, however, GeneTal Butler
I'd ssued proclamation stating, that "as the officers
aud soldiers o. the Uoed States bad been suit ced TO
repeated insults from calling thems Ives the la
dies Of New Orleans 10 for the most tcruplous
oour esy it is ordered tina. hereafter when any female
shall by word gesture or movement insult OF show
tempt for any officer soldier Of the United States
army she shall be held able 20 be treated woman
Of the town, plying her avoc lton."
Did that language mean that the ladies' OF New Or