The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-23

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The Butlerian System.
Major General BUTLER since his sd-
vent into the glories of military life has oc-
oupied very conspicuous position. Toa
great many people who have made them
selves familiar with BurLER's history, he
answers the same purpose that outlines OF
the gold market do. Which ever side Bur.
LER is on, is the best conditioned fnanci-
ally. Had our national credit fallen as low
and our currency become As worthless a.
that of the Confederates, there are many
persons who believe that BUTLER would
not be so valorous; and some may even 60
further and believe that if the Confederate
currency was at par, Major General BrT''
LER might be induced to dof the blue and
don the grey. Such an opinion may, how;
ever, be mistaken one, and General Ben.
may be Is patriotic Is the average Of men,
Iaa recent speech made BY General
BUTLER, in New York, that worthy indi
vidual made suggestion that the rebels
be once more invited to lay down their
arms and return to their allegiance, which
suggestion is worthy good, sensible, pa
triotic man, and one which Mr.. LINCOLN
might adopt with great profit to the coun-
try. General Butler, however, said, In ad'
ditiop, that if the rebels would not lay
down their arms by day to be named
then he was for adopting the system adopted
by the Romans, who enlisted soldiers not
by bounties, but by assurance that they
might have and possess the land they should
conquer. That was the way Caesar recruit
ed his legions for the conquest of Gaul;
that is the way Rome finally secured her
possession of Spain, and General BUTLER
proposes that if the rebels refuse the last
offer of amnesty, that then, the Southern
States in rebellion be offered as q prize in
fee simple, to those who will 80 there, con.
quer the people residing there, and have,
hold, aud possess the land forever. Gov
ANDREW, of Massachusetts,, once wrote,
that if Mr.. LINCOLN would only issue a
proclamation emancipating the slaves, that
the highways Of Massachusetts, would be
crowded with the young men Of that State,
fastening to the front to carry the procla-
nation into execution. President LrNcoS
issued his proclamation, but we have never
heard that the roads of Massachusetts, have
ever been INSTRUCTED by military going to
the front. Men are apt to believe that
which would influence them would int1u
once the rest of mankind; Governor AN
DREW being Influenced by his snti-slavery
sentiments, thought that the rest Of the
people of his State were also governed by
the same sentiments, and be was mistaken.
BEN. BUTLER belongs also to q clsss of
persons who believes that what would in
Huencs or induce him to do On act would
induce the rest of mankind to do the same.
BEN. proposes, not the anti slavery bait,
but the more substantial one Of plumber,
judging mankind by Butlsrisn standard,
he thinks the promise of plumber would
avoid the necessity for all future drafts,
conscriptions, TO-, &c.
Rome invited her "young men" not to
possess the states and the lands of their
countrymen but of the foreign barbsrians.
Let US be equally considerate, and let us
say to General BprtrR that, however
promising it may seem to him to offer to
legalizs stealing, still the American people
are not oil BurLER's; nor do they share his
estimate Of what is honesty or what 10
necessary to prompt the patriotism Of the
people to activity.