, 1864-03-20

.tTbe Butcher Of fredericksburg and ut
tempted assnssln. Of tho liberty OF spcect
! and Of the p1ess In the: North est is coming
to Chicago. on the Invitation of sundry Abo
u pnbl1c exhibition Of him some time during
this day. They arc ft parties for the perfof'
nance, and be ls 1T object for their adula'
tion. BE is not much Of sight, ho reVcr,
He was not the head butcher and MSS .ssin; he
was only the creature, the mean instrument,
pal butchers md assassins. Be did not con-
ceive the butchcry and assassination; be does
not rise to anything SO grand as that; lie was
the ruifan procured to do the crimes. than
which character none Is 80 detestable In the
eyes Of mankind. It Is this rutaan who will
be On exhibition in some public place in Chi
cogo to-day, surrounded BY even ncaraer rnf-
duns than himself He will have spectators,
as other monstroslties do, but It mnst bc
siprplnrly morbid mind that will enjoy tho
repulhfvc spectacle"
TIC above is the language Of sheet pub
llshed in christian and patriotic city, In ref
crcnce to one whose crime Is, that having
served his country on many battlc-delds.
with victory to his cause add with honor to
himself, he returns to our city. where he for
merly resided, to exchange greetings with
his personal triends. Can gentlemen fail to
be struck by it's decency Of expression. or Ia
dies avoid admiring It's refinement and pnri-
tys Can any who regard the truth fail to
commend its candor and freedom from all
exaggcration and falsehood? Will not good
citizens Of whatever party rejoice over its
spirit of patriotic gratitude to one Of our IA
tiondl heroes2' Must not Christians admire
its humane and moral spirit; and men Of
sense be struck with It's moral weight and
dignity!
: Is 1t not brave, generous, manlys Will
not good men everywhere wonder that =
journal which uses its freedom OF speech SO
wisely and patriotically, should ever have
been deprived OF it: The above article,
however, from the Chicago 7fnes Of yester-
day, proves, alas! how completely under
this administration the right OF freedom Of
the press Inns been destroyed.
:. w The Richmond papers rave dismaly
about the late raid and the new said in King
and Queen County. One rebel WIS shot after
he had "nearly stopped his horse TO surren.
der" This act is said to have been done by
1eayagcs," and it is recorded that the "sav-
ages did not even step to plunder him, an
omission that no j" Confederate" ever made.
They afterwards record. that one of the
Union "savages" had the wounded man
taken to house and cared for, held his head
in Lis lap on the Way, and offered to carry
message to his mother. SO much tor. the
sayages;" now for the chivalry, according to
their own record. After the oa.tle OF Gins"
tee, geut1emar, accompanied by Ills body
servant went over the field, looking at the
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saving that he was not dead. The body SER
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