Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-26
BUTnER,s ORDER IN EUROPE.
Il, Bnsii.h opiafos Or tie Man.

Butler is getting full justice in Europe. His
brutal order is being denounced in England,
both by the British Parliament and the press, in
the manner it deserves to be. OF the many
criticisms Of the English press, we have seen
none so severe ard whitening as the following:
From the London Saturday Review, June IA
The proclamation of Gen. Butler at New Or
leans mas been read in England with a horror
which nO'other event in this deplorable civil
war hiss created. TIE attention it has excited in
Parliament inadequstely represents The general
feeling Of indignation among Us. It is difficult
70 conceive that g civilized man can have written
i, or that civilized men can have been found 70
carry it out. This is not q generation in which
men shUdder at the ordinary horrors and bru-
talities Of war. The experience of the last ten
years has taught US, as actors, as sufferers, and
n b~ys1snders, that war is net made with rose
Eatef. it is hard TO set a limit to the horrors
vlich rough, uneducated men, with their pas
sl0us strung to the highest point, viii commit
ia the first reveirY of success. But such ex-
cesses nave been usually confined to the hIss
sack Of o stOmed town; and they have always,
among civilized nations, been the result. not Of
a commanders order, but Of ungOvernable brute
impulses Of the men. They have been always
checked end disavOWsd by commanding ~CfIgerg,
not only as demoralizing to their troops, but g.
3 blot upon the flags under which they were
committed. In dealing with women, even the
sternest commanders have. as arulc, been gentle.
No couqUerer but hsd 70 face their unarmsd
hostility, all The bittarer and bOlter that It was
secure Of IMMUNITY. In some cases j. msy have
been firmly though mildly cheCked-in some
instances 1t has been contemporary passed by
Banl5bment from the p.uce5 where expressions
Of opinion might be embarrassing has usually
been the EXTREMIST measure Of rgJT 10 which
they have been exposed. Occasionally the ami
mostly Of some peculiarly brute officer has
hurried beyond this limit, and he has in
H.cted upon women the pCuIEbments that
are reserved for men. Such an ~iustazcs
Was the well known case Of Haynsu. But
the execTat0ns OF ell Europe pursued the
peTpetrat0T Of that outrage, and rest upon bis
namo even to this day. Yet his Ofense against
humanity was hght, compared % btGt Of ErhlcH
Gen. Butler has been guilty. lie outraged but
one victim and his cruelty left no stain upon
her fame. No commander Of any civilized ns-
ton IN the world, up to this time, has carried
his contempt for manly feeling so far as delbe-
rately-fOr the purposes of repression, long after
the excitement Of battle was OveE-tO let loose
the lasts of men upon the women who had
fallen into his hands. In this, as in other mat
teTs, the model republic has been the bearer Of
q new revelation to mankind. The Northern
ers are fond Of Boosting that they have to deal
with 6 larger civil war than ever before IN his
tory, started into being in the course Of q single
year, and that they have made themselves la
bic for a larger debt than any other State ever
contracted in ten times the same period. To
these just subjects Of aIultatlon they may now
add the gratifying reflection that they have, BY
far, the most U6ilnly commander the world
ever saw or dreamed of. II anything can add
to the GtroCity Of Gen. Buffers proclamation.
1t Is the slenderness Of the prOyOCation that
called It forth. Even if the ladies' Of New Or
leans had been detected cOnspiing in favor Of
the cause for which their husbands and brothers
are fighting, it would have left an indelible in
fanny upon his name shat he had attempted to
punish them By gubisctinE them.so the foulest
dishonor a woman can undergo. But they have
not been punished Tor c5nspiTing. Their only
oisnse has bsen that by gesture or word they
have expressed contempt for Federal offers and
soldiers" The Federal CEicer8 appear to be
thiu-skinned in the war Of wOrds-they find It
an unequal combat.
The sarcasm of quiek-wiited French women,
reinforced possibly by the suggestions Of their
own conscience, have made them feel more
keenly than they had felt before the bloodlAirssy
hypocrisy Of their leaders. They feel even that
derisive smiles ere more than they can bear. IF
they ere 10 continue to fight only with the same
weapons, they are conscious that they may as
we'll retire from the field altogether. But they
have a weapon sharper than w0rdS-mOre cut
tIrg than suae-IGg gi2Gcfs. They have an in
stTumeHt in their srm0ry which can tame the
most taunting tongue and quell the pToudest
wOman's heart. Physically, they are the strong
est, and therefore, it is always ia their power to
inhict dishCHor-that dish0n0r to which every
woman IL liable, Of which no words can measure
the hideOus depths, and which no latter rspars-
ton can ehace. True, it is a kind Of reUeHgs
iclich no man ADORE the TgFE Of q sgrgFs U0Utd
employ Bat what Of that The Federals have
already shown to the world that they have a
special Interpretation of The word freedom as
well as OF the word slavery" Il only remains
Fl them 10 show that they have also aspecialin-
expectation Of The word "honor." And it will
o. sweet repayment for all the insults they
hHv3 endured TO hear the tGuuting accents
change into sobs Of disPaTiDg suppication to
s r the disd2infUl cheek m8ntled with the blush
81 l~9peless, helpless shame. Accordingly, Gen.
b I-iar issues his edict-"Any lady who shall,
~ wo-d or gesture, express contempt Of any
FEDERAL officer OF soldier, shall be- liable, without
protection or redress, 90 be treated as common
prostitutes ere treated" Gen. Butler spares US
tao details of that treglment fer the Americans
are q very decent people. He IS, no doubt, fully
conscious Stat the insUlted officers and uen viii
need no special Instructions. It may be s=ij
this IS 10 stiair Of ours; and th25if Gen. Butler
aud his cficeTs chose TO treat the ladies Of & Clty
they have conquered Gs AlGric's soldiers treated
the nuns Of Rome, O. IS the Sep0ys were said to
have treated our c~0untTymen at Delhi, it does
not concern rs in England. L may o 50. Al
leags cur indignation and our sympathy must
be alike baTTen Of sae practical result.
VS. may be told, rs we have been told before. !
thatit we censuTe Americans with the freedom
that we have been wont to use toward English
men, we shall eE3bi;ter q powerful nation against
our c~0UntTy-that We shall be sowing seed Of
hatred which we shall reap In war. Il is very
possible. If generals IN sUpreme command are /
so t~lIn-sEinned that, to suppress a sarcasm or a
glDa, they are content 30 psITeTate an outrage
20 which the history Of modern warfare csn pre-
sent no parallel, it is likely enough that they
may vince st the outspoken language in which
English politicians and English journalists re-
cord their judgment against deeds Of infamy-
Yet it has not been the habit Of those who guide
opinion here to modify their censures of wrong
on account Of the seusitiveDess or the power of
the strong Goer. The cruelty Of II nsk, the hor-
rOTs Of the NeapOlitan prisons, the threatened
bOmbardment Of Palermo, all called forth q
prompt and powerful TeprobstiOu from English
writers and speakers. But none Of these out
RACES viii leave upon those who contrived them
so deep 8 stain as that which this New Orleans
proclamation fixes upon General Buffers name.
The crimes Of European desp0ts have either
been justified by some precedent Of state craft
or Of war, or were pallia.ed by the barbarism of
the people among whom they were committed
this republican proceeding was done among
the people for whom their maudlin advocates .
here claim. a special enlightenment, and q pecu-
courtesy toward women, and is justified BY
no precedent, in the horrible annals either OF /
repression or warlike excess.
lilly and WsIlenstein have not left in history
character for exaggerated tenderness but no
such disgrace as this attaches to their name.
The late Grand Duke Constantine was not 8
sentimental governor. It is said of him that on
occasion he sent to prison the husbands Of
sl the Polish ladies of rank who refused to