The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-02-14
PRECIOUS TRADE. AGAINST BUTLER
Ggk2EOSST'EES OF REBEL
LITERATURE.
THE GREELEY" of the SOUTH
ON A RAMPAGE!


DANIELS, Of the Examiner, must
have swallowed Dictionary, aud a
larger quantity Of bad whiskey than
usual, to have enabled him to get of
such an accumulation of big words
and bile:
from the Richmond Examiner
\ great hue and cry has been rails
ell at the South brranSr the spawn OF
Northern cities saw tit to PROSTATE
themselves before this new Hayuan,
this modern Wires, returned from
his cou1ne<ts this beast emerging
from his cave filled with dead men )
bones. Why this cutlery? Where
fore aSsail the brute cioitr, with
gore. or the cnimpanzeeS that dane
Ell and chartered ut his coming. and
heslobhered him with praise. What
had this hog-hyena done contrary to
his instincts, that We shonil So be-
rate him and his worshippers? He
hai hanged Mumforl Tina: was
true Yankee courage. He had issued
n hcllish order against the ladies OF
New Orleans. That was nnaiirctc"
Yankee gaiIantry. He had put the
Mavor and hundreds Of others into
dungeons. That was the lanke"
conception Of the proper method OF
administering the laws OF "the hest
Government the world ever saw. -
He had banishel from the city more
than 10000 people who refused to
periure themselves by taking the
oath of allegiance to the I. 5. That
was the Yankee idea Of justice.
He drove these people off without
a change of clothing ami with onIy
$50 10 money. This was the Van.
kee i,lea of humanity. He confSca-
ted property 10y millions. This was
Yankee honesty. He supplied the
rebels in Texas with munitions OF
war, and pocketed the proceeds Of
the cotton received in exchange. -
This was smart YankHe trick. His
troops were whipped AT Baton Rouge
while he was in New Orleans; he was
never under fire, and never smeIt
gunpowder, except at Hatteras when
the long range guns of his fleet open
ed upon mud fort which had no
ordnance that could reach him two
miles off and on the strength OF
this lie issues an address as ponpous
as Satan s speech to the leglons IN
the hottomlrss pit: This was ma
king material for Yankee history =
After inficting innumerahle tnrtNres
upon an innocent and nnarmpd peo-
pie, after ontraying the senslhI'tles
of civilized humanity by his brutal
treatment Of women and children,
after placing hay"nrts in the haEds
of Slaves, after POPULATIONS the most
nrnGiniunS and the most infamous.
he returns, reckinG with crime, t"
his own people, aud they receive him
with acclamations OF joy in Il man
ner that hefiss him and becomes
themselves. Nothing Is ont If keep
inr: his whole career and its rewards
are strictly artistic in conception and
in execution.
He was thief. A sword that hr
had stolen from a woman-the niece
OF the brave Twi.gS-wa> presented
to him as a reward Of valnr. H.
had violated the laws Of God and
man. The lawmakers of the L. S.
voted him thanks, and the preachers
Of the Yankee gospel Of blond came
20 him and worShippel him. He
had broken into the safes and strong
boxes Of merchants. The New York
Chamber of Commerce gave him a
dinner. He had insult-d womrn.-
Things in female attire lavi>hed har-
lot smiles upon him. He was muir
,lerer. And nation Of assasSins
have deihed him. He is at this time
the Representative Man of people
lost to all shame, to all humanity,
all honor, all virtue, all manhood.
towards by nature. thieves upon
principle, and assaSsins at heart, it
would he marvellous indeed if the
people of the North refused to render
homage to Benjamin F. Butler-the
beastliest, bloodiest poltroon aud
rickpocket the world ever saw.