Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-18
Butler and CrOlnw we'll.

the English colleges, recently made a
visit to this country. Belonging to the
Exeter Hall school of pseudo philanthro-
pists, he met with cordial reception at
the hands of the Republican party, and was
feasted, fawned on and fiattered, to the
top of his bent, by the Loyal League as
sociations of New York, Philadelphia and
elsewhere. He possesses all the charac-
telistics of an English Aboltionist and in
stead of attending TO his legitimate busi-
ness, rs all well bred travellers do, he
lnbored under the impression that his mis-
sion across the Atlantic, was TO preach
crusade against the institution of domestic
slavery. The otficious intermeddling on
the part Of English fanatics, not only with
the domestic affairs of this country, but
even with It's legislation, has become an
insutferable nuisance Nor is this assum-
ed selt-righteousness and pretended atfec-
tation for the liberty of the negro, confined
alone to the men of England We have
no doubt, that if that paragon of female
godliness, the Duchess Of Sutherland,
should visit our shores, she would at once
unSer herself, mount the Abolition stump
and discourse eloquently in favor of Lin
coin, liberty and negro equality During
his sojonrn in this, the =. freest country on
earth. Professor Smith wrote "A letter to
London newspaper, which has been re-
published on this side of the water.
Amongst other things, he describes visit
which he made to the army of the James,
and IN speaking of Gen. Benjamin f.
Butler, and besmearing him with the mos,
tnlsome adulttion, pronounces him to be
the Oliver Cromwell Of the army of the
North. We regard this comparison made
by Professor Smith between Cromwell
and Henry Ward Beecher's favorite can
dIdate for the next Presidency, as a very
doubtful compliment to the latter Crom-
we'll possessed certain traits of character
which have been s;rikingly para!leled in the
public career of our Massachusetts Gene
raj. The tflroes of the English Revolu-
ton of 1910, dill not cast upon the dis
turhed surface of society, more consum-
mate dema"ogue or canting hypocrite than
Oliver Cromwell, and in this respect But
Ter ls his perfect counterpart Cromwell
Was cruel AMI yiniictve, as is well es
tab!ished by his wholesale confscat,op Of
estates III ireland, "a we'll AS by his re-
morseiess persecution of those of her sons.
who, with courageous but mistaken zeal
clung to the fallen fortunes of the House
OF Stuart, and therein he was the proto-
type OF Butler, who. on a small scale. has
faithfully initiated his example. both in
Louisiana and Virginia. Cromwell was
greedy, and rapacious and kept an eve t.
she main chance Butler walked steadily
III his footsteps, and his Proteciorute in
New Orleans and Norfolk bears full and
ample testimony of how well the task
was performed. Cromwell cluaked his
imqultles under the specious garb of reIi-
slous zeal AMI love for the people. But
iers mantle, with which TO cover up his
relentless persecution of defcncelcss women
and his systematic plundering of private
citizens, has been :. hypocritical assertion
OF intense patriotism, which has been well
sand 10y DR.. johnson, is the last refuge of
scour'drel. Here the parallel stops.
Cromwell was soldier and possessed
more than an ordinary share of military
genius. He fought and won battles Hut-
'ei mas oeen the most stupendous failure
o' lie war Ii he ever took a for;itca
tIon or any work that bore a wariike an
Pearance, the history of this rebellion
when 1t comes to be impartialy written.
VIII i;iIl TO give any account of it. From
the Fatal field of Big Bethel down to his
late tasco at Wilmington, there is not =
single green spot TO relieve the deser, waste
Of his bungling military operations. If
any General III the army, of Democratic
procIivities, had met with the same c,,
tinuous reverses that have at last over
whelme Butler, he would have been sum-
MARTY dismissed the service lono .y,
But time at last sets all ihinys even and
president Lincoln, having complacentlv
borne with this Bombastes E'urios,. un,;,
patience ceased to be virtue, has re-
moved HIM from his command in the