The mountain Democrat., 1864-04-23
Picture OF General Butler.


wonderful method and regularity.
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Picture OF General Butler.
The Confederate Governor Of Louis.
lana, Col. Henry W. Allen, in his inangu.
raj address, thus wildly paints the gentle
rule in New O'leanS of the Massachusetts,
angel, Major General B. F. Butler:
Benjamin +. Butler, of Massachusetts,,
arraign you to-day ht the oar of the civ
illzed world. You told the people Of New
Orleans, upon your arrival there, that
none should be compelled TO take the oath
"f allegiance to the Federal Government,
but that it was a privilege to be sought
after by the citizens. But Just as soon
as you had them in your power you re.
quired every man aud woman in the city
To come forward and take that oath. -
Many left and many stayed aud registered
themselves as alien enemies. Then began,
by your orders, the most outrageous, pro.
miScuuus plundtring that was ever wit.
messed on this continent. 1t was, indeed
the saturnalia Of thieves All were rob
bed who cane under the ban Of your dis
pleasure. A very respectable merchant
Of that city, non conbatant, finding that
be. like all his friends and ncighborS,
would be robbed, sold his silver plate, a
large and valuable set, TO a widow lady to
whom he was indebted. This lady put
the plate on bo,rd a Danish ship, and
took bills Of lading for it. You heard Of
it, sent armed sodiery, took the ship,
broke open the matches and seized the
plate. Not satisfied with that, you sent
this merchant to Ship Island and kept
him there. for months, at hard labor, un-
I'll General Banks released him. You ar
rested another merchant and demanded
his plate - he Informed you he had sent it
of. Your reply was, 'The plate or Ship
lSland! Finding that you could not get
the plate, you released him upon his pay
ing YOU large amount Of money, which
money you pOcketed These are facts
sworn to and subscribed in my Office, and
record them here to show TO the civil
wed world how the people of Louisiana
have been treated by one of the satraps OF
Abraham Lincoln. Every Sabbath morn
ing the thieves met at the den of the
Beast, and the stealings of the past week
were divided ont. To the jackals he gave
the spoons and trinkets, but reserved to
himself the lions share, the coin, the
plate and the jewels. A large portion of
the movable wealth of the city Of New
Orleans aud lower Louisiana has been
transferred to the pockets of this blear-
eyed, incarnate devil-a great part Of
which he put into foreign exchange and
sent to Europe; and now he is by far the
richest man on the continent. He can
loan Money to'the Rothschilds, aud can
huy Out the wealthieSt citizen Of New
York. Cicero has given the name Of Yer.
les immortal infamy, and that of Butler
is now known throughout the civilized
world as synonym Tor crime, cowardice
and brutality. When the Southern stu.
dent shall in future ages study the claS.
sizes, As he reads that beautiful Grafton Of
Cicero against Verres, he will involunta.
rily pause, and, Tor the Sicilan robber,
read Butler, the Beast! Il ask now, Yer.
res, what hast thou to say against this
charger ! ask now, Butler, the Beast,
what hast thou TO say in defense Of thy
dark and damning crimesg At the dead
hour of night, upon the false accusation of
a negro woman, you dragged from sick
bed an aged Cnan, one Of the most re.
spectacle citizens Of New Orleans, and
thrust him into cold and miserable cell.
lie died Of your treatment. His wife, an
well.bred and lovely woman,
went to you and, upon her knees, begged
for her husband. You held a loaded pis
tol to the face Of that weeping woman.
and drove her from your bloated presence,
with the most vulgar and obscene oath>.
With the 6endiSh heart Of the hyena, you
tore open the tomb Of General Albert
Sydney johnson, and robbed the grave
OF that gallant soldier. You may never
feel the halter draw in this world. You
may live to old age, and possibly die in
bed, with your stolen property around
YOU. But day will come, the dies irse'
will come when you shall meet face to
face the women you have brutaly insult
ed, and the men you have robbed and
at the bar Of an avenging God!
Beware Of the fate of Verres. He died
feIon'S death. Marc Antony demanded a
portion of his ill.gotten gains be refused
and was slain. When led to death he
begged for that mercy be had go often re.
fused to others. The spirits Of your
murdered victims say, beware! The liv.
ing friends Of the dead say, beware -
The patient search and vigil long will
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