Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-03
Grant and Butler.

Grant and Butler.
We must indulge in 3 lev more SOIdS, In reply 10
the article of tbs PhllsdslPhiA IHEuHsr.
We are charged with having eAasd Grant "arunh-
m Sustsrsrn Tue soArseHssS Of cur Language shocks
aha delicate ssnsbi1isS of she qSTs' although ths
Al. things themselves UAy snsct them In cur
a.spos vs must plead that have not that command
Of eopieus sad dsiOAts language which Ssunsaish's
tbs Engausr l. ought Ihsrsf'Ie 50 slOS ~ she hSeF-
~ Of expressing orr ideas IN eur oHn h0nSJ manner,
"A no. 10 % Gfsndsd ~ describe pSr'0ns ana
,Air =, in Ihs words which S s.Ss calculated . give
~, DDS If What - mean. I, Ws lsAEn from TIE
,.,.Op.l h ,,ory of man that - hSs sSss degrsdsa
from eis rark And Sxpssa iron she army, % AsoOaSs
OF AayioE 5ssa sseI oissn uaasT he knsaHeS Of
,rdsa. soriIs, ~ surely - Rs1 Sassd AGAinS, f''sh
he's Ssss sOsTsF nAy ain GsS'a'' ia ilssss ssa7
sn A. essd nAnaeTs vsss ssu ain, ia tAs p.Assss
Oss.,b,, E.g..sA, SrsaksfS. Nasa 30 Gss 'as SsGS
asn, ass G.assai. ssss,sS ss. Tres given pOis' to
Ike siJsu sity, aSnsias hsH sCs'a SECS s't's
20 sS.s,s ais SAS. ssVuE wR taoSs.Rs 1t bic incl
dad .as sabursd uFon .as ssld SAsdS, pASsiaS sI
iss deemed e,y -Ibsp5 PsOs ahiS 70 IASs is, lOsDs
n bis vsr,spi ss1oss 81 sac IJSS'' SIESAsS, ltoOOU
usn, Sighting ali tLs Use EiIh lOrsSs sArsS nnOs -
susa general GslsSrApaiGg, altar every Defeat that
be has gEnsd great victory, and Ai'sr every dsis.'
EhrssssnipE shat be means 30 smother time, maj
not be consistent wish YAIbsS ideas OF rd-'m'nt !.
describe him By the GontsG pluOUs phrASs u 'dfanE
On blustsrsr" but Ihs ds esiPion nGG lie Ices
eurags to- al thai
Again, vhea 10 see . neral making IN attach
along a whole Els Cf thirty uiley, aud sgHally ale
,svrsly repEls>d everywhere, VITA the oss o. IhCs
pands-When ttsi General ss!eETapAicg tea. As
has m.ds grand Reconnaissance and has SucccSdsG-
uhsn 1s zee his statement Stat be has lost bus tNO
hundred men in ali, az the very moment taAI ute, n
hundred CT bis prisoners are marching through OuE
strees-unen, few days after, the correspOu-
dents Of she papers on hls aide setting down his Oss
At thoussnds-sarely eAnno! be very far 0at uhtn
We call such = man fA!sif5r.
When ue read ths order Of Q Commander in Cai,i
20 q sEsrl uudsr bis command, % buss ~ tue nuiIl
barns, corn house, and Dwelling houses Of c,riSu
ai,rie.sO dss,TOy all tho provision, to clay all tie
ost,ls and horses, IS stArVs al the women and chi
d,sn-vhen &c remember thA, Marshal Tursnns, tcr
tina psrusra,oa OF sIcl crime net in this boAsted
century. but IN the bengased seVeussnsh, ssus down
a tha grave Si,h the 1ssIAiOns Of mAntind-He DO
no. conceive that 90 are very greatly inirr gpg the
,ulss of poiiteuess Nhen pronounce that Oommsu-
ds,-In.Ohisf "a hruAl foe"
When Us zee . man promoted TO the rank OF
General for qualities such as distinguished VidCcq
aud other oolsl thief .Aksr4-Nhen zoe that SAINT
General D Ipstrasng eclS-hloodsd murder BY hang
IN An unforsuuaD pri5Oner-Unen a large city
aha victim of his unbOuuded rspseisy-Whon vese
him rebbinz che IaprosJo cd Inhabitants Of ell their
valuAelss aud approPriltiag them to his OUn urs-
when ss zee him .issnr order to treat the ladies
of that oilJ - common Prosutu.ssWhen il Is ncto.
rious to the shos World that courage OOzes Out Of
the snds Of his nnEeFs son - he comes in pEss-
epes Of dADssf-ths iudis OF virtue itself fO-
bids Is to Dc choice an terms. aud uis exactly
suoa a. best describes him. B. AegsS Marx Medic
Jack Ksteh, JOAasIhsa Wid-ths QaaiIiss Asoribtd
70 Ill Of than By the sIi.srs OF fiction aGd bistor.
would sot compound Character 80 utterly hateful As
that Of Beast Ba.lsF. All that they could claim Ia
has, but ia G,ssles intensity Stsa any Of them.
If the Hg,irsr can justly sccase Us Ct wanting re-
sn,d taste, us cannot TescFt The charge. TIE Yam
KEGS all have refined tSstss" We know that to OFT
sorrow Refined ,aste delights in isseTy plate q i
Hns inon. The Yankees have not eneTtds house from
which they have stOe1 every spoon, every silver
fork every piece Of linen. Their refined taste /,
than to t,s' up she graves in NsSbsrn, aid tear fl
the bias OF silver upon te Collins, inscribed with Ibs
names Of the dead. L. caused them to steal every
picture AID every statue they have come IN tie
SOsthsru cculty. l. prom pts thsmSo tale Il rines
from every !ady's Tiger ard the necklace iT09 ktr
nsck. Il made the Yankee neral King steal plano
Ia fredericksburg aud ship 20 bis vile and dsuRS
Ger, IN Nss York. I; has filed this whole county
with desolaton. j; has led 20 muIdsTs innsssuTGbs
AGd We arc not is IseNs, to designate the psTpetTs
tore OF sueh jesds az "thisTsS' "outlaSS" nurdeT-
srs aud felons. To be sue thy do every ching, and
on large SCALE that persons thus ssDAtsd dc; but
these arc privileged PsoPls-sP'tPs uhOse pSsui'T
priv Il IL steal and murder, RGd thGroTors they
nos 20 BE- called by their right Names. Add tie Army
o she PotonIe-ih.t army. it Ge3ms, is not to bt
repro Sohed viii hSViI & been "siiTPsd' and "diS-
srssed," thosgS they have esSl whipped and dErAo
twenty or thirty times
In eoDoaOD, ls us sell the INqSi7sv that the nation
which has sac model Of taste and refinement Of it
head as Abe Lincoln has peieet right tO'turn ~
uose Ct The HhOls world. Let con6as itself 70 Ih.t
aud d seek GonJEcs the vi ole world Of Its "rs
hned taste" ty stealing EAto Inj silver O. Oors.