The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-12-28
ksltlcr Resigned.


Esltier Resigned.
The Richmond (Va.) inns has reh
article on the resignation of Butler We
make few extracts. as follows:
~ terrible calamity has plunged the
whole land in the blacklist depths of grief
aud despair. The nation is Keeling from
the effects Ola fearful loss Massachusetts,,
with streaming eyes, is clothing herself
with sackceth and preparing to sprinkle
ashes over her sable ha5iliments OF incon-
solable woe. Ben amin, reasonably called
Beast, but surnamed Butler. her well
beloved and greatest warrior, has shot like
Il rhetoric stone from the military irma-
ment OF lesser suns, planets and i!yed stars,
and has ceased to be ma or general. lie
rendered his res snation he oyher, dav. and
as republics are proverbially ungrateful
the President. forgetiul of the blazing glo>
rics Of Big Bethel" Of the Immortal h0n-
ors OF 'the Gap" and OF tho Gaming renown
OF the fire ship" acceiieg the mighty
warriors resignation. The newspapers
with Indignant emphasis assert that it was
promptly accepted. and one Goddess journal
viciously hints that the profiercd retirement
OF the mighty Boabdil was snapped at by
the war-Ofhce authorizes : x
g III the moment when Benjamin
the well.beloyed of Massachusetts,, Is taking
leave Of a weeping country, and when Co
lurnbia, with a we'll moistened mourning
handkerchief at each eye, seems TO say,
''dpat 90 Den," it is TO be regretted tia.
General Grant should have alluded in his
report to the hero cf Big Bethel in such
significant and sarcastic terms as to show
that he great Y contemns and despises hi,
Pretentsions TO military skill.
Ii will be remembered that on the l4th
OF May, 1861. Butter telcgraphcd from
Bermuda Hundreds to Washington that
he had pat himself across pretty much
every thing. and added. General Grant
will not be troubled with any further
rcintorccments 10 lee from Beauregard -
At THAI moment Eeaure@ard. as General
Gran, Informs us, thanks to the time wasted
by Butler, had drawn in all his loose
forces in North and South Carolina and
was bring ny them to the defense Of Pc
tersbur, ,nd Richmond Two days alters
ward, on the 10th Of May, lie fell upon
Butter and forced him back between the
forks ofthc James and Tic Appomattox,
where. as General Grant, with somewhat
uniistorieal, but by no means diSagrccabe
mali e. observes his army. though in a
position CT great security, w-s as completely
shut cat from future operations against
Richmond as if ne had been q bottle.
strongly corkcd.'
General Grants quaint picture of Gen
Butter 'corked up IN Lo1!., will live in
history, and furnish splendid theme for
the painter and the poet With his char
acreristic rertinacity, Gener. Grant
having Theoretically bottlel Butler. leem,
it no; uGadviSable TO shake hm up Il little
as il II WAS a sort OF prescription. which
required such treatment before disposing
OF him altogether lie pounces down
upon him for his Fort Fisher" i co, and
asserts that Butler went there With The
army and feet which WIS sent to reduce
thit place without permission. lie pokcs
an iniinre amount Of dry fun at HIN whe /
he says in his report, L rather formed the
idea that General Butler was in going to
North Carolina ac;uated by desire TO witt
ness the effects OF the cxpio,ion OF hs row.
Ger ship. Pies we call that cruel hit.
And Genera! Grant rcnewS the raar OF
laughter which followed
the explosion of that remarkable ship by
'ayin", with the mos: delightful alaliciou,>
ness, ti,at 'ri'e aforesaid ship blew ~ So
harlnlessiy that nobody in the Confederate
States had the rcuiotest lea what the
exriosiod meant, until the North OK
panied the mystery In this opinion OF
General Grant he is strictly correct, for
we really thought that ltishtful disaster
had betallen an iron-clad, until We were
Nil convul>cd with ncrrlnicnt at the result
of the ingenious Buffers plan for blowing
up Fort Fisher