Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-05
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NOTES AM NOTIONS -CILIEU C"iHshIs
THE MrKDER nr.wlLLltM T.. MrMI"'D Il; MAJOR
GESEEAi. ErTIrI, COMMONLY CALLED "rn..
HEtsT."
MES$Es. ErlTnnS: An impartial world will,
with one CONSENT pr0nnunIcthc late execution
orWillinln E.l!umlJrd, in View OIlcan.,a DELHI
crate, cruel and want1n miIiTsr. Comparing
the offence imputed and the vengeance takrIr,
it, rnurmity las 10 parallel.
Demonstrations lay an unknown aS"aiianI,
however just, rarely receive or n'rIh "ltcn-
ti"n, particularly when the crIrsuIrr doe hot
conceal his Resentment for a wrong done, 81
!uncied In himself in his individual character:
or IL some cherished rriatu, private .! f''lt
liz. ! Profess Mn love Tor lie IGGH ~ :nr
country; csr' cn!Iy do nv"w irrcIrr-.lt !e
dia,lain and uhhUnrn,c of he nisrrralt whose
naInr my lcn is 10th 70 rrlral and III the u,-
start ani revolutionary outlaws of whom b.
is the slipcrScIyIcrahlc tool. | ;;hal! not,
therefore, ask arIr:lrHccnr: III any sentiment
| mRv cypress u h:s dvr,iS Or theirs, FOL Oh
viousIy just, unless sustained hy Tie iI:~
menss Of men generally known ana respect
cd, "r by' ri 9ui- VI unnrliiuhlc authenticity.
The declarations ami acts Of Butler Eer'l
No "ituess nor Ia tt'cy require the authCr-
!ty o. great narnc> [" I.iGrr their hrutailty.--
Tic" 81. nm.irr H., h"I,i and sen . ans .nrak
i;5r themselves. I"u LnGw "H.r Haasi' !,
his track.
i.i,eI, the might c"nqucror Of an unre-
sitting adversary made LIS entry intp :Nrv'
O-!eams, Ge issued p"!nI,"IIs manifesto, an
nonncing the purposes proposed by the nva-
drrs, und the rules whose observance Auuld
DE cilu3tcisirom tile dci.ncc'csS iHnah,tnnis.
Every line disclosed Tie dolnlnerrng insu.nce
anl cruelty which ir!in" tie coward AMI the
slave when IosSrG,rd u p"wrrS. Hal II not
fully l.rt the wishes aId Intentions III Il..~:
whose foul w""is hr VI: pledged H. ptrt,tIn.
it would have jn'urei IL. !i,>lan! dismissal! ~
IL las sealed his AMI their eternal iniainy.
When these nut,Ccs were published, l:utl,r :
2Gict h;id scarcely cu!GlIrncrI it, operations.
Il the p.rtrtice under 1t, an Il gI.cn TREE NJ 1t
'r:", wa, 81 rcliciiel,>ihi" What NIGH; not
he expected IN lie dyg.
w mar. IL lla> hrcu said. was ever tho
roughly I,asc Of = Snd,t"n. Eullcr Wa, born.
perhaps. with 4 human heart. To .iL him ior
The work he und"-lnrk, IL must Of necessity
heChiHc lihL Oh Il H"Iii- accordingly lie;
career mas been marked hr successive hca..S
ot'tyranny, less horrible indeed, bnt hot irs''
arbitrary than the murdered Mnml"r'!. Their.
rcm9incd but some "rlch damnS act l." reach
the lowcrm"st depth o. human drprayily.-
That he achieved in looming Il hcl pies and
guiltlcss prisoner 10th. "gonlaiig death Of II
fclon, aud rrci;l"s>ly PLUNGED nIa OWN sou!
into the flaming and hott"lnlrs.; pit, pass
over, withouta comment, his Su!''rrSS'0n OF
the liberty 81 speech. ct the PRES ana "
:ons"itn''i i'S luWlr"5 arrests imprisonment
amt r"lt'Sraf,on"; his 'n!r'cnt outrage on Tie
Dutch C"nsu!; h;; rude rebuke ana |u''ScIutnt
| incarceration al the Mayor ana Aldermen; us
order Of transcrndant ln!awy onrE:itnG Tie
lat:lcS %! H"T Orleans 10 III" tender Imrr'lr"
| vi his abandoned "o.i''ry. Compared nth The
atrucity prrgrtra:'ni On the sl'"'Iai victim OF
ms nnnanly vengeance, ri others "!n!; INTO
ilsignilicance. Remembering the I'"tIincss ~
the "il'.rce impnird, none hEI The brute hy
whom, and those for wh"'h tlrr decd was done,
can realize The murder, cyrnaa coidly narrsted
i2' Buffers own corrupted cream, without
alnazelnent and horror,
The proclamation Of General Butler, says
the London Times, "rca.xcS Al! that ha, ever
fScn tod 81 tyranny III victor over "dfliiEs'l-
ed The state Of slavery endured hv Il negro
i'll New Orleans cannot be more absolute than
that now suffered by the whites at that city.
Even this proclamation appears
10 he exceeded by tlic practice under it,
"tirmeraI Buffers naths of allegiance, bis
forced alteration Of tie Federal flag. his con-
iisrationS. h.: COMPULSORY onenirr Of shops
end thrn.rcr. his arguments, ms rIfEisi-
,nrni, and !Ils thrcaia Il death" are not only
regarded hv the "lnnea'' rs tyrmnical, but
as suhvcrsivc of thu true policy and Iprctend-
ed objects of the war.
The Dublin "frernI'n compares the pro-
cauatior to those oi the rrnch Convention.
(which raised all Europe III resistance"
Why does all Europe now pa$Slvely Wit
SO ontrases rcyo'ting to humanity, not mere
ly endanscring the liber;'s ana existence OF
brave and 'nd'pe''de" States, but lhlur'"''si!y
affecting Their own legitimate commerce, and
reducing millions OF the'r leo,ie 10 distress
and IIi;;rry Why tol' rate i'll BLACK E''rnbli-
cans eHreSSrS justly Iikrn"d ~ ta1Sr which
made "a" Re-; ul"'s rr"Yerh ANA al'y-wurd
among ali prople'
Advertili, To the rl"t'':e,rr" and respect eH-
;,at,"l Tor ~ SSTP II ha"''n3 '-"h1; the
"1inrs" cali, '.EGi'rr's forced alteration oi the