The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-01-14
Farewell Address OF Gen. Butler TO the Git
liens OF NeNv Orleans.

sion. tnat ihere should be addressed 10 you
ie~ "oids II parting, oy one whose name Is 10
De hereafter iadissolubly connected with vour
civ.
shall spesk in 10 bitterness becaus- 7 am
lot CONSCIOUS OF single personal anir,osif,
Oommanaine the army u the Cult found YOU
captured out not surrendered conquered but
no. orderly relieved from the presence OF a.
amy, but Incapable Of taxing care Of yourselves
restored order, punished crime, opened com
merce, brought provisions 70 your staryiny n.o
pie, reformed your currency. and gave YOU quiet
protection, such ss you had NOT euioved for
many Years
hile doing this my soldiers we're subjected
10 % olly, reproach and insult
Aud Ao~, speaking 70 you Who know the
Iutn. here declare taas whoever has remained
quietly about uis business, sfording neither Aid
hor comfort 20 The enemies OF the United States
has never been interfered with bv the soldiers OF
The United States
The men ~ho had assumed TO govern YOU and
TO defend your city ia arms having lied some NJ
YOUR women fouIsd al the presence of tbos.
who came TO protect them. By simple order
NO. 2o), called upon every soldier Of thi. Ar
my. 20 treat the women Of New Orleans a. gen
uemen should deal with the sex with such g.,
feet that now call upon the just minded ladies'
OF New Orleans, TO say whether they ever en-
Joyed 50 complete protection aud calm quiet 10
themselves aud families, as since the advent oi
the United States troops
The enemies OF my country unrepentant and
unimplacable ! have treated With merited A.
verify. | hold that rebellion Is treason. and thai
when persisted 10 is death, AID any punishment
short OF that due a Ia tor gives SO much clear
gam 10 him from the e'emency Of the Govern
ment / pou this thesis have | administered th.
q .s-rfr -. TfrfrF.a
/ am not unconscious of complaint I do not
feel that have erred in too m ich harsnness
for that h8rshness has ever been exhibited "a
disloyal enemies Of my Country. and not 10 Iowa
friends. To be sure | might have regaled YOU
with lmmunitles OF British civilization. and vet
been within the supposed rules Of civilized war
fare. on might have been smoked 10 death Ia
caverns, as were the COvenanters OF Scotland b,
the command Of a General OF the roval house OF
England; or roasted like the inhabitants OF Al
gers during the French campaign; YOUR uive.
and daughters might have beeu gwen over 90
the rAvlshcr, as we're the unfortunate danes OF
SPAN In the Peninsular war; or YOU might beep
scalped and tomahswked a. our mothers wer,
at Wyoming, by savage allies Of Great Britain il,
our Own Revolution; your property could have
been turned over 10 indiscriminate loot" Ike
the palace OF the Emperor Of China. works Of
been sent away like the paintings of the Vatic
an; your SONS might have been blown from the
mouths Of cannon, ike the Sepoys ct Delhi; aud
Yet all this would have been within the rules OF
civilized warfare, practiced by the most pol
ished and the most hypocritical nations OF Eu
rope. For such acts, the records Of the doing-
OF some OF the inhabitants OF your city towards
/ the frienos of the Union, before nv coming. were
a different provocative and Justification.
/ But have not so conducted On the contra
~, the worst punishment inflicted. except for
criminal acts punishable by any Law, has been
Punishment with labor, TO a barren island. where
| encamped my own soldiers before marching
here
Il is true have levied upon the wealthy reb
els snd paid n@~-iy heif- -..;Iiiu. vr IUIiai~
TO feed forty thousand OF the starving Door Of sU
nations assembled here, made so by this war
+ saw that this rebellion was a war Of the ar
istocfa ats against the midiiing men Of the rich
aga nst the poor; war Of the land owner
gain>t the lAborei; that It was struggle for the
retention Of power in the hands of the few A
gainst the many and found no conclusion g.,
II save IN the subjugation OF the few and the dis
entnrallment Of the many. | therefore fet no
hesitation m taking the substance Of the veal
thy, who bad caused the wsr, 10 'eed the .nuo
cent poor, who had suffered by the war Ano
shall now leave YOU. with the proud conscious
ness that | carry siih me the blessings Of the
humble and loyal under the roof Of the cottage
aud ia the cabin Of the slave. and 50 am quite
content 70 incur the sneers Of the salon or the
curses Of the rich
found YOU trembling 81 the terrors Of servile
insurrection All this lave prevented bv :,
treating the slave that be had no cause to rebel
found the dungeon. the chain and the lash
your only means OF enforcing obedience in vcqr
servants. leave them peaceful labori,us. COZ
troed by toe laws OF kindness 2ad Justice
have demonstrated that the peslilence can be
kept from your borders
have added million Of dollars to your
wealth 10 the torn Of new laud from the but
ture Of the Mississippi.
havo clea's 'sed and improved your streets,
canals aud public squares, aud opened new ave
nues 10 un0ccupied land
have gwen YOU freedom Of elections greater
than YOU ever enjoyed before
have caused justice 10 be administered so
impariislly. that your own advocates have unan
imously cOmpImented the judges of nv appoint.
ment.
You have seen, therefore, the benefit Of the
Avs and justice Of the government, against
which yoa have rebelsd.
Why, then, vii you not return 10 your ale.
gauce - tnaf govern raent-uOt with liz service
but with the heat;
| conjure yo1, II you desire 20 see renewec
prosperity, give business 10 your streets aud 4
. your Wharves-if you hope 10 see your CITY De
come again the market Of the western world
T led by its rivers FOR more than three THOUSAND
miles, draining the commerce Of a coautry great
er Than the m'nd Of man hath ever conceived
return tc your allegiance.
II you desire to leave your children the inher
itance you received from your fsthers-staol
constitutional gOvernment-n you desire tha
they should in future be a portion Of the great
est empire the sun ever shons upon-reiurn .
. yogr allegiance.
There i but one thing that stands in you
: Wav.
There i but one thing tha; al this hour stand
: between you and the government, and that
slavery.
" Tne institution, cursed Of God which las take
J. re last ref1ge here, 10 His providence viii b
d rooted out "a the tsres from the wheat slthoug
the wheat De torn Hp with ii.
= I nave given much thought upon this subjec
came among you, by teachings, by habit
;. mind, oy political position. oy sOc.Al afinit,
inclined TO sustain ycgr domestic Avs II 0y Do
sioil',y they might De sith safety 70 tie Unio
Months Of experience and OF observation bs1
forced the conviction that the existence Of eli
q very i incompatible uita the safety either
in yourselves or Of the Union. As tie system hi
n gradually grown 20 its present huge dimension
il we're best i cOud be gradually removed; b
- il Is better, far better. that il should be tax,
= out AZ once than that IL shou 4 louoer vitiz