Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-01-28
THE DOWNFALL or Thu BEAST.

No man in official position, Vas pro5a.
bly, a. much detested and ds.pised BY the
people Of this country Is Benjamin T.
Butler. From the date of the Charleston
Convention, where solitary and alone % .
Northern delegate he continued from bal.
lot to ballot to vote for JEFF Davis as bis
candidate for President, contrary to the
wishes and instructions of bis constitu.
en.s, he has until to day been prominently
before the public as the embodiment Of
everything false to bis party, loathsome
to humanity, and low and debased in every
attribute Of = man. His touch was lep.
erous, and people sbrahk from that inter.
course which the executive favor made
necessary to the discharge Of official duty.
At last, in mercy upon his fellow men,
Abraham Lincoln released them from the
contagious presence, and sent the monster
to private life at Lowell, Massachusetts,,
to reflect at leisure upon his sins and
crimes.
His military career has been marked By
failure everywhere. He failed at Big Beth
el, and = thousand Union soldiers were
sacrificed by his blunder. He failed At New
Orlesns, and was removed to another
command nearer Washington. Here on
the Peninsula hs issued his flaming bulle.
tins to deceive the people. One day he
had his hands upon the neck Of the rebel.
lion; again, he carried the key Of Rich
mond in bis brooches pocket. Now he
had penned ~ Beauregnrd within the de.
fences Of Petersburg, and Grant had only
to advance to capture Richmond. OF
course these statements were only the
lying emeua,ions from his corrupt heart.
At the same time, bis army was so badly
handled, that a night assaoi. Of the rebels
turned ito flank. captured a division Of
troops with them Gems Heck man aud
Wei,zler. The arrival Of Grant prevented
further disaster, and then no set about bic
famous Dutch Gap canal, still to delude
the people in the hope of speedy success.
This measure failed. His Wilmington
expedition proved failure and Ola Abe
finally acknowledging what every one else
discovered, long ago, votes him failure,
. played out bumbug and imposter, aad
orders him back to bis home in New Eng
land. The country will breathe freer
knowing that it is relieved from the iucu.
bus Of his authority.
The following from the Republican press,
show that the rejoicing over bis removal
is universal:
II true, it may be assumed that the 70.
cent Wilmington abortion has had some.
Thing to do with it. For, in tina, affair,
" somebody blundered most egregiousIy.
Erening Journal.
In the last edition of the Republican
yesterday, we announced tina. Ma or Gem
eral Butler was relieved rs con n.nnder Of
the Department OF Virginia aud North
Carolina. 1t 10 proper to add that this
was done at the instance and by the par
hcular request Of the Lieutenant General,
The General iu.chief OF the army of the
United States. Washington Republican.
The disgraceful failure of the expedi.
ton to Fort Fisher under Butler, disposed
of whatever claims he possibly had before
to be countenanced in command 1t is
question, now discussed freely ia some
Republican journals, whether Butler ia .
traitor or a coward Troy Press.
Admiral Porter expresses regret ,ba,
more Of the gallant fellows under Gen.
Buffers command did not follow their two
comrades in their raid upon the fort. We
vii! 60 step further aud say that the
conduct c: Butler aud Weitze! looks like
cowardice - Chicago Tribune.
The mischief that be, (Butler,j and
some others like him, have done to the
cause Of the Union is almost irreparabls.
-New Haeea Register.