The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-03
NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1863.

your starving people, reformed your currency and gave
you que, protection such a. you had not enjoyed o'
White doing this my soldiers subjected TO oboquy
| reproach and insult !.
And now sneaking to you who know the truth, here
declare that whoever has quietly renamed ABOUT MS
business aodng neither aid comfort 10 the enemies
OF the Uued states has never been inerered WIN py
| Inc soldiers OF the United States.
The men who had assumed 20 govern you and 70 oe
fend your CITY having fed. Of your women
noued the presence OF those who came 70 protect
| chem By simple order mo 2S) called upon every
of this army to treat the women Of New Orleans
AZ gentlemen should deal with the sex, with sucn euecs
thai now call upon Just minded ladies' Of New or
say whether they have ever enjoyed so complete
projection and calm quiet for themselves aud their tam
iesas since the advent Of the United States troops
The enemies OF my country unrepentant and implaca
rebellion treason and that treason persisted 10 10
death and any punishment short OF that due traitor
so much clear gam TO him from the cemency OF me
government Upon this thesis have administered the
authority the United States because OF which am not
UNCONSCIOUS Of complaint do not feel that ha,e erred
m 100 mach harshne for that hardness has ever been
rhbited disloyal of my country and not 70
loyal friends 10 be might has RECALLED you oifA
Ae amenities Of British civilization, and yet bern Wi'hn
he supposed rules of ciriii.ed ,oarfayc You might
haze been smoked 10 death in caperns, az uere Me
coenanters Of Seoand BY command q general o. as
Agiers during the French campaign; your W1oes ana
daughters might haze been gire 10 the rapir as Oere
e unfortunate Of Spain The Peninstar tcdr; or
you might hare been scdd and tomdhdUked oAers
Weys at Wyoming BY e allies of Great Britain in
" "g 's TO- s' VSa'a lace y E
per Of China toors Of art Which adorned your buildings
oyr sons so. haze been blown from he mouths Of oannon
hs e Sepoys Dcli and yet this Oo,d hare been Uahin
The rules Of civilized warfare as pacissd By tAs most polished
and hgl0critical nations of Europe. For t'ch
the records Of s doings Of some Of the fnhdbadnts.f
your cv tooards Tie friends Of Tie Union before my coming,
uere aAliGeycnt provocative and justification
III some the nbabants Of your city towards the friends
Of the Union before my coming, wore different provoca-
tive and Justification
M, + h.ve mai en- conducted On the CONTRARY the
worst punishment inflicted, except for criminal acts
punishable by every law has been Punishment with labor
to u barren island where encampcd my own sOloierS
before marching here
is true have levied upon wealthy rebel and paid
nearly half million Of dollars TO feed 10000 Of the
starving OF all nations assembled here made so by
this war.
ganst middlng Of the rich against the poor
land against the laborer that 1t was
struggle for the retention OF power in the hands OF
the lew against the many; and found no con-
clusion 10 it the subjugation Of the few
md the disenhralment Of the many. therefore
.ot no hesitation in taking the substance Of the
wealthy who had caused the war, to feed the innocent
ioor who had suffered by the And shall now leave
you with the proud consciousness that carry win me
blessings OF tho humble and loyal under the roof OF
the cottage and in the cabin OF the slave and SO am
quite TO incur the OF the salon or the
found you trembling the errors Of servile insurrec
ton AL danger Of this have prevented by SO treating
the slave that he had no cause TO rebel. 81. s@
found the dungeon tho chain and the lash your only
Of enforcing obedience In your servants leave
hem peaceful aborious controlled by the laws Of kind
have demonstrated that the pestience can be kept
from your borders
have added million Of dollars 10 your wealth in the
form Of land from the batture Of the Mississippi
have ceanscd and improved your streets canals and
blic squares and opened new avenues 10 unoccupied
and
hayc given you freedom Of elections, greater than you
nave ever enjoyed before.
have caused Justice To be administered so impartiay
that your advocates have unanimously compimented
tho Judges OF my appointment;
Y have seen, therefore, tho benefit Of the laws and
justice ~ the government against which you have
rcbeIIed.
70 ,ny you WIN serscs with tho
hcaru
,erity giving business 70 your streets and wharvesW
hope city become again the mart Of tho
world, fed by is rivers for more than three
thousand miles, draining the commerce OF country
rcater than the mind Of man hath ever canceivedre-
you desire 10 leave TO your children inheritance
YOU received OF your tathersA stable constitutional
ovcrnment-n that they should In tho future
portion Of the greatest empire the sun ever shone
UPON return u your allegiance.
There Is bat one thing that stands In the way.
There but thing that at tins hour stands between
you and the government, and that s slavery.
The institution cursed Of God which has taken its last
refuge hore In His providence win be rooted out the
from the wheat although the wheat be torn up
with It, N ,f4 HArltf* mHf.
cauo among you by teachings, oy habit OF mind BY
ethical position by social affinity, inclined TO sustain
domestic laws, il bypossibiy they mghtb with
Months experiences and OF observation have forced
he COW ction that the existence slavery Is ncomrat
with the safety either Of yourselves or sf the Union
the system has gradually grown to Its present huge
dimensions II best II IL could be gradually removed;
but It Is better better that u should b. taken out ut
than that should longer vate the social political
md family relations OF your country. ! am speaking
18th phanthropc views regards the slave hut sim
pv OF the effect OF slavery the master See for your
elves.
Inok around you and say whether this saddoning.
icsdenng influence has not all but destroyed the very
FRAN vtifk Uf vDur
/ am speaking tho farewell words OF who has
shown hts country at the peril of his life
md fortune who In these words have neither hope
interest the good Of th whom he addresses
ud let me here repeat with all the solemnity Ct
appeal to Heaven tn bear witness that such are the
Views forced upon me by experience.
Come then To the unconditional support OF the gov
crnment Tnke into your own hands your own Dsttn
tons. them according 10 the laws II nations aud
God and thus attain that great prosperity assured TO
Won by geographical position, only portion Of which
was heretofore yours. BENZ +. BUTLER
Our New Orleans Corrcspondc nee.
NEw ORLEANS. La, Dec. "a, 1862.
csutson 0ih Gu<rlids the Msiss,ppt-7h CdsIduss
ofhe Occaso~-FareoeL Meeting Of General Butler NTH
he People-Trove,tng Within the Lines--Imp0rsant Or