Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-20

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ThD CedSu6srsAs rtno6ss Vim 1Snen vitk'
rsgrst that Major Gen. Dutlsr has bssn
rsslly = length relieved sf all command n
DE Yankee service, end ordered to repent
q Lowell, Mas, -tha$ Il to say, 70 report
70 his VIII. Il may - matter q TASTE; bat
~ envy t3at female gho exclusive posses
sion of her hero; hs was . greater favorits
with ConSedesates (as Yankee command
m than either Grant g Sherman. He
suited -; never since this War began has h0
dooe - he eligtteue harm in the Geld I;
though Ne admit he has stolen many val
uables from ladies In private life.
In Ill the record Of his military career.
from Big Bethd dewn 70 the blowing up of
Dutch Gap, he Il the mAn who always best
knew how not 70 do It. Who didn't take
Richmond By the south sidel Butler -
Who didn't 6esiegs Fort Fisher after CON-
| ing 90 far with % grand an army expressly
to DO it, Butler. Who didn't even land
| from his said armada to zee whether it could
be doosi Why, Butler. Who didn't blow
| out the head Of Dutch Gap? Butler again.
| who didn't kill Cock Robin, and didn't
strike William PAttersont Butler STILL
What trophies, then, does the Major Gener-
d bring home to his wife 1t Lowelli Tro.
phies Indeed, the most substantial not
tattered old battle flags; not faded Confed-
crate standards, hauled down from the tow.
ews of captured c,ties-the weavers Of
Lowell could at any time make him better
and fresher drapery for his house than such
lrags - those but gold and silver and
precious stones, the fruit Of keen trading
and speculation ct New Orleans and Nor
folk, the product Of much private and public
theft throughout those regions which have
enjoyed The advantags Of his government
These ars the genuine Yankee trophies
and she 10 no true lady Of Lowell who viii
not prefer them to glory, which does moi
Nov that he is actually shelved for his
failure at Wilmington, one begins to feel
certain partisan regard for him - against
Lincoln. How was he to be expected to %
ashore there upon that bare spit Of sand be
hind Fort Fisher, and await the attack o.
furious North Carolina brigadcs, who would
have been very sure to hang him If they
! had caught him? Does Mr. Lincoln please
to recollect that Gen. Butler was outlawed
among Confederates, and that the FIRST sol
der who could catch him would never send
him to the rear, nor report him a. = prison
or, nor embarrass the government in knot
" controversies on his account, but simply
kill him like = mad dogt Would Lincoln
hims, have come ashore that day upon sucf
footing!
But it is too late to plead Buffers cause
or to regret him. He IS gone from US now
and perhaps the Confederacy may in tim
have some consolation for his loss in tn
renewal Of the exchange Of prisoners, AM
the return to their country Of some forty o
; fifty thousand brave children Of the South
/ That, wo confess, would greatly mitigat
, and soften our regret for the loss Of Butler
, although he was assurcdly serviceable t
us, not only as the leader of expedition
which were sure to fail, but also as addin
I to the dreadful thought of Yankee domino
s ton . certain unimsginable horror an
loathing which had fine effect in giving I
: the inhabitantsof Petersburg, and Whining
9 ton, and Richmond, fierccr resolution
j. fight and perish in defence of their homes
rather than see them ruled by 1.-THE Beast.
In short, the Major General is . loss to US
and we could have better spared bette
/ man.