, 1864-03-12
How the Ecbclx and Copncrhcnas
Ratc Gen. Butler.
Correspondence Of tue Phi.adclpbIa press.}

WA=nuso7oH. March 6, 1854.
There is no rcadlhg more interesting than.
the rebel newspapcrs. They are not only the
abstract and roy orief chroniclcrs Of the
fully diminished By the short rations Of the
war; but they arc the reflections Of that
Northern sentiment which, affecting to be
oTposed to the rebellion, is almost confessed
u in sympathy with it. I haye been looking
over md thinking upon . heavy file Of these
journalistic mirrors Of tho reb,l situation,
and find, in every number, that tho public
1acn hated bg the CopperEcads in the loyal
Statcss, arc hated With equal intensity BY tue
armed t1zlltors. OF all these men, none is
hated 50 bitterly as General Benjamin F. But
lcr, now In command at Fortress Monroe, If
tl,e Indignation Of the rebels could he dis.
titled into some volatile element, Gen
air without instant death; and nearly
the same intense hostility rankles in tie
hearts and breaks from the lips ofthe domes-
csc enemies Of the Republic asainst this re.
markable man. lure now before nc several
Richmond papers Of recent date, which rcek
vulgar illusions to his person aud Ids charac-
ter: They always call him "Beast Butler,'
and this term is, II possible, made stronger
ey more offensive allusions. The most i'm
possible stories are invented to bring him Iu.
70 further odiun among the Southern people
suits to ladies, and persecution Of the sur
rounding people. If had the time and spacc
to expose these ca1umntes, you would be as-
tooishcd at the rcckles6pcss that ipvcuts md
the desperation that circu1ates them. Mark |
well the men who repeat these SANDERS in the |
lorai Statet. Is there one whose loyalty Gnu |
be taken without heavy dlscounts Doyou,
who read these lines, know thorough Cop. |
perknad; or q halfinr nse1yatiTe, or a
Peace declaimcr, that docs not make Of Ben. |
Butler q text for abuse and IN excuse for |
hesitation: ~ Of this class a7e as obl1vious |
committed by the inhabitants Of another !
planet Now, what has Gen. Butler done to /
merit this uugratcfu1 and: shameless treat |
ment at the hands Of men who enjoy the pro- |
lection Of the Federal Government. He |
may have been energetic and stern; but |
who hns not been energetic and stern.
Every great failure in this war has resulted |
from rosc-Water End tdd-Eloyed treatment Of !
tEaitors who speak with poisonous tongues /
and strike with the iron hand. Butler saved |
Maryland to the Union; he rescued New Or. |
!eans from anarchy and b1ooashed; he gaye
to our civic code in war some Of its most
wholesome and elective interpretations. He
has spoken words Of gold at time when We
heard nothing but words Of dcspondency.
Prompt, bold, and wonderfully fertile Of ex-
pedteata, be has baflled desperate ar1stoc-
Iacy by What you'd have been called diploma
cr ifit had not been known and felt rs courage.
itis able, restless, ever~actIre, and iwonder-
10! Intellect ie now at Fortress Monroe,
Like IN eagle from Its cyric he watches the
movements Of The enemy, and checkmates
hem with sudden and with diplomatic
ldroitness. The much discussed question Of
exchange is. after all that has been said. to
be solved by this vlllidcd and intrepid states-
man. he has met the subject with equal
sklI, learning, and courngc, and the very.
him, dare not deny, because
Ehey cannot controycrt, his position But
Ills is only one OF the many lessons taught
BY the rebel newspapers and their echoes In !
The loyal Statcs+