The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-01-27

Friday. January p, Ises.1 ~


I, EDier. we doubt whether be Looks upon
military genius. Certain it
~ o. he has always been-VeFy uRfor-
tdndte in his campaigns, and We believe it
is an axiom ID military affairs that success
Is a te.t of geueraisbip. our memory
serves US rightly, General Butler was,
early in the war, somehow mixed mp in
the ugly disaster at Great Bethel. In
fact We cannot at present recallto memory
a single instance in this war in which be
bas led an army in the field to success
and We believe with him, that his failure
at Fort Fisher was the occasion, and not
the cause, Of his removal. We believe
that the sharp disoernment Of Gen Grant
discovered him to be, Totally unfit foE a
command in the feld.h Generals like
posts must be born such not every one
educated and t-lented can BE- a poet nor
yet can every one educated and talented
D atist ? 81 --.-r--
be a general. .37a Ts7s
But in a civil, administrative capacity,
General Butler has won name and a
fame, during the great rebellion, which
will last as long as american history ia
read. Byhfs perfect appreciation Of the
necessities Of the var, by his proper treat
ment of rebels and their sympathizers,
and By his faithful and patriotic services
for the Union, he has ehdeared himself to
all true Americans. ~.
Gen. Butler was born on the fifth day
Of November, 1915 in South DeerGeld,
New Hampshire. He is consequently now
forty-siz years Of age. In early life he
was distinguished for bis habits of study
and industry. At the age Of sixteen be
entered WatsryilIe. College, in Maine, fol
the purpose Of'studying for the Ministry.
In connection with bis stay at this insti-
tuition. the following anecdote is related
Of him f.T.-
One of the professors preached in the
College chapel a sermon in which he
maintained that the elect only will be saw
ed that probably not more than one in
a hundred of. the persons usually denOmf
mated Christians Will be so rescued and
that the heather. have a better chance d
being saved than their civilized brethren
who neglect to avail themselves Of the op
portuuitieg offered to secure their saliva
ti0n. 5r Young Batler, anxious to be re.
lieved from the necessity Of attending Di.
vine Worship, Immediately after he left The
church drew up a petition asking to Be
excused from prayers and sermons there
after, on the ground that.if the doctrine,
of the professor We're correct, he was only
iniuEing his prospeotsOf reaching a better
world by attending service, as the chapeI
usually contained about six hundred per.
sons, nine Of whom we're his professors
and tutors, and as only. one in a hundred
could be-saVed, three of the faculty must
be damned, and how could he expect to
be saved before his superiors. He saw
nothing but perdition in the future, and
to relieve him from the annoyance and
anguish Of having his sad fate daily point
ed QUITO him when there was no hope Of
salvation, he respectfully requested thai
bis. seat in the sacred edifee might BE-
vacant. The authorities to whom it WA
addressed failed tO1ses any thing amusing
/ in the dOeument; and publicly reprimand
ed its author for irreverence.
In 1888 be graduated in this college
and soon after began thestudy ofthe Law
In 1910 he was admitted to the BAR He
soon won aRigh reputation as a lawyer
and in 1861 be was supposed to have til,
most lucrative practice Of any lawyer il
New England. 10 BOZ
In politics Gen. Butler was always {
democrat. In 1860 he was delegate K
the Presidential Convention at Charleston
In. this year, lin the course ofa p6Iitica
speech, As said 'Let US proclaim to al
men that the Union, frst and foremost o.
all the good gifts Of Cod must and shaI
! be preserved In the Charleston Con
FentiOn7 he voted for JEFF. Davis tas hi
preference for the Presidency. After th,
split be at Baltimore voted for Mr. Breck
ipridge. Ell ai ss 5.a 81 5lH fs;v
At the breaking out Of the rebellion
General Butler visited Washington, ahC
sndeayoFed to PdFsuade the rebels tba
their Efforts to break up the Union woul,
! be futile. He told them that the peopl
of the North would fight for the UnioI
until their last drop Of blood had been ex
pended. Some rebel asked him if b,
/ would fight ID such cause. His repl!
was this: sTYesl and. by the grace o
God 1 will P''ia s.I5s5r,au5 III ;srl lai
In April, 1861, General Butler was ap
pointed a Brigadier General. With hi
career from that time to the present tn,
people are familiar.
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