Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-21
TIE "lERALD'' ON BUTLER,

Tie ILerai thus turns ON Butler in his hotr of adj
versity. All good men, whlst,acEnowledging the
justice of the HeraldS stfictures upon this outlaw,
must wonder at the perversity that allowed egen so
Vile sheet to tolerate the dsgraced " militiaman
as it has heretofore done
NrrISY * HIGH PLAcEs-A DBTY Mr.: 1IycoLS OWE
THE ARMY, .,sf -,
Having shown utteg nnftness for military com
mand This recent op2thiohs against Wimingtou
General Builcr.h has been very properly relieved and
ordered TO his home in lowell, there await orders
Undue course through the adjutant General OF The
army. This is the polite way are aware, OF in
forming incompetent Generals that thcirseryices will
never again, in all likelihood, be put .iato
reduisition; and perhaps tits punishment for
Buffers fGSco- at Fort Fisher might have
been sufficient had not the irrepSessiblc lawyer
soldier on tRe Bay State seen iii TO make his are
well order to his troops the vehicle for direct and
most damaging attack upon the administration, and
bitter sheer against the Generll-in-Cbief Of our
armies, we'll calculated TO encourage nfhtiny and
discomfort and positive revolt among the troops now
engaged in the attack upon Richmond. II have re-
fused Saws Butler, towards the conclusion OF his
bomhastic order ,to order useless sacrifices of the
lives of such soldiers, and f. am relieved OF your
command"-tEe inference here being obvious that 4.
OioGd-t rSty adninsIraon, painting for the useless
slaughter OF its own men, has renloveQ this compass
soTate officer solely and wholly because he would
sacrifices. In the next sentence the irsinuation
against General Grant is yet more broad, palpabe.
andinsubordinate, where Butler says She wasted
blood Of niy pen does not stain my garnepts'--i&
very charge with which e4ebel journals and ora
tors, both Of Richmond aud New York, have been
,endeayorng tOpOison the loyalty of onr troops in
tho field during the past twelve months.
I'VE respectfully submit 10 the President that some
punishment more severe than retirement TO his home
in Lowell and.the society ofhe sturdy bricklayer OF
that place should be awardcdE General Butler for
the unsoldier-like andmutnoM sneers contained in
the last paragraph ofthisprecions order For such a
failure as tilaC made by the Massachusetts militia
m9n at Cape Fear Island any commander in the
French oJeBritisb service would most ceftainlY be
cnuTtnartialedy and would he lucky To escape with
simple cashicrmenr the finding of his peers; hit
flr an original offence OF 50 grave character, when
aggravated hythe turbulent and untiscipied spirit
eynced in such an order we have quoted, the
rigorous ssste a nld military nations have pre-
scribed an ineX<Ale penalty, to which We domot
care at present cre pontediv TO refer. This how
ever, ave assured o that Mr. Lincoln owes it'to
himself and Ale country to resent fire imputaton.
sought 20 o. easl ui9u General GraBt' b. The ny ng
arrow OF this Parthean warriors, aud that IN al.
bong relieved and sent home for ms recent rnlcu-
lous failure should now be Sunmarily dismissed the
service tot. hayins in 50 high place, set an ex-
apple oi'IAutinS gal nSolpueP not only 'preudicias
IL, . hut VlGlig sdpWisiye OF, good oldef ana mili
tary discipline 't Suffered tapass without some such
Scathug Tpbuke To q man OfGeneral hutier,s cast
OF mind n mainng at home and safe ont oihams way
is not likely topruve avery iusupporta6le iptietQn
lie should be mustcre tout in an order reciting the
language We have quoted as the cause of his dism.
III. 500