The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-04-07


of ffurniture-barns and fences DESTROYED,
the implements of husbandry have been
burnt, and the very clotl, of the poor wild
ow5 has been cut from the loom by the or
ders of Yankee generals In our cities it
has been worse.
The beast Butler came to New Orleans
a poor New En- gland bankrupt, with empty
pockets and lie upon his coward lips
lie left that devoted city with the male
dictons of all. for he bascly insulted the
women and robbed the men. The untold
millions Of wealth that this beast stole in
New Orleans are only known to himself
and his robbcr brother.
Benjamin +. Butler. of Massachusetts,,
[ arraign you to-day at the bar of the civ
ilized world. You told the people of New
Orleans, upon your arrival there, that none
should be compelled to take the oath of
allegiance to the Federal Government.
but that it was privilege to be sought af
ter by the citizens But just as soon as
you had them in your power you required
every man and woman in the city to come
forward and take that oath Many left,
and many stayed and registered theN
selves as enemies. Than began, by your
orders, the most outrageous, promiscuous
plumbers, that was ever witnessed on this
continent 1t was, indeed, the saturnalia
Of thieves, All wcr, robbed who came
under the ban Of your displeasure. \ very
respectable merchant Of that city non
combatant himself and Ills friends and
neighbors, would be robbed, sold his silver
plate, large and valuable set, to widow
lady to whom he was indebted This lady
put the plate on board Danish ship, and
took bills oi' landing ior same You heard
of it, sent armed Soldicry, took the ship,
broke open the matches and seized the plate.
Not satisfied with that, you sent this mer-
chant to Ship Island and kept him there.
at hard labor, for months. until General
Banks released him. You arrested anoth-
cr merchant and demanded his plate-he
informed you he had sent it off, Your re-
ply was, The plate or Ship Island. -
Finding that you could rot get The plate,
YOU released him upon his paying YOU a
large amount Of money. which money you
pockcted. These are facts sworn to and
sub;crbed in my Office. and record them
here to show to the civilized world how tie
people of Louisiana have been treated BY
one of the satraps OF orham Lincoln
Every Sabbath laornng the thieves met
at the den of the Beast, and the stc:,lin@s
of tbs past week were divided out 10
the jackals he gave the spoons and the
trnkcts. but reserved to himself the lion 5
share, the coin, the plate and the jewelry.
\ large portion of the movcable wealth OF
the city Of New Orleans and lower Louis
lana has been transferred to the pockets Of
this bleareyeI incarnate deyil--a greater
part of which he put into foreign exchange
and sent to Europe; and now he IS by far
the richest man on this continent lie
can loan money to the Rothschilis, and
can buy out the wealihiest citizens of New
York.
Cicero has given the name of Verres inn
mortal infamy and that of Bntlcr is now
known throughout the civilized world as
synonym for crime, cowardice and brutall-
~. When the Southern student shall in
future ages study the classics, as lie reads
that beautiful oraticn Of Cicero against
Verres he will inyoluntariiy pause, aud for
the Sicilian robbcr, will read, Butler, the
beast II ask now, Nerrcs, what hast thou
to say against thy dark and damning crimes!
At the dead hour of night, upon the false
accusation of a negro woman, you dragged
from a sick bed an aged man, one Of the
most respectable citizens Of New Orleans,
and thrust HIM into a cold and miserable
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wife, an amiable, well bred and lovely wo
man, went to you, and upon her knees beg
ged for her husband. You held a loaded
pistol to the weeping face Of that lady, and
drove her from your bloatei presence with
the most vulgar and obscene oaths. With
the fiendish heart of the hyena, YOU tore
open the tomb of Gen. Albert Sydney
johnson, and robbed the grave Of that gal
LIANT soldier You may live to old age, and
possibly de in your bed with your stolen
property around you. But day Will
come, the pies re' will come, when you
shall meet face to face the woman you have
brutally insulted, and the man you have
robbed and murdered, at the bar OF an
ayeneing God Beware of the fate OF
Verres. he died felon's death. Mare An
tony demanded portion of his illgotten
gains, he refused and was slain. When
led to death he begged for that mercy he