Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-02-02
FIVE HUNDRED AND sIxrY.FIFI
TIL. HEhALD" on BUrLER.

The Herald thus turns on Butler n his hour of ad-
versitV. ALI good men, whilst acknowledging the US
lice of the Herads structures upon this outlaw, must
wonder at the perversiy that allowed even vile
sheet to tolerate the dlsgraced maman as it has
heretofore done:
HUT1NY IN HIGH PLACEs-A DUTY sMR: LINCOLN OWES
THE ARMY
Having shown utter anftn for military command
in his recent operations against Wilmington, General
Butler has been very properly relieved and ordered to
his home in Lowell, there TO 7at orders IN due course
through the Adutsnt General of the army This Is the
polite way aware Of informing incompetent Gen
erals that their services will never again. In all kel
hood, be put into rqusition and perhaps this punish
ment for Buffers faseo at Fort Fisher might nave
been sufficient had not irrepresslble lawyer soldier
of the Bay State seen ft to make his farewell order
70 his troops the vehicle tor direct and most DANA
gng attack upon the administration and bitter sneer
against the Generan Chet of armies we'll
lated to encourage munY and DISC ntent and positive
revolt among the troops engaged IN the attack
upon Richmond. have refused" " says Batter, to-
wards the close of his bombasc order to order use
less sacrifices of the lives OF such soldiers and am
relieved of your command THE inf renee here being
obvious that blood thirsty mnstraton, pa ting tor
slaughter of it's meu, has removed this
compassionate officer solely and wholly because he
| would not be party to these anguinary and unpro-
ductive sacrifices In the next the nsnuatlon
against General Grant is yet broad, paoe and
nsu bordinate where Butler says The wasted blood
of mi men dos uot stain my garments THE very
charge with which be reoe journals and orators, both
OF Richmond and New York, been endeayorng
poison the loyalty OF our troops in he field during
the past twelve mouths
We respectfully submit to the President that ne
punishment more severe than retirement to his home
Lowell and the society of the sturdy brcklayer of that
place should be awarded to General Batter for the
sodierke aud mutinous contained in the last
paragraph of this precious order For such failure
as that by the Massachusetts, militia at Cape
Fear Island any commander ia the French British
service woald certainly be court martaied, and
would be lucky to escape with simple cashierment on
the finding of his peers but for orgLal offence OF
grave character, when aggravated by the turbu-
lent and undisci pined spirit evnced in such an
order have quoted the more rigorous sys-
tens Of all old military nations have prescribed
an inexorable penalty, to wblcn We do not care
| at present more polntedly to refer. This how
yer we are assured OF that Mr. Lincoln it to h-
self and the country to eseo the mputation sought to
be upon General Grant by the flying of this
Parthean warrior aud that General Butler, having
ceved only the mild punishment Of being relieved and
sent nome for his ridiculous failure should
be summariy dismissed the service for having, in 30
high place, set example of mutiny ard insolence
net only prejudlcial TO-" but wholly subversive OF
"good order and military discipline, if suffered to pass
without some such scathing REDUCE 10 man et Gen-
eral Buffers cast of mind remaining at home and safe
of harms way s not likely to prove very insap-
portable infct'on He should be mustered out in an
order reclng the same language quoted as the
cause of his Dismissal.