Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-06-07
kind of pluck with good deal of relish
just now The issue should be Joined at
once"
Ben Beast Bottled Butler.

Ben Beast Bottled Butler.
Such is the heading of an article which
we publish below from the La Crosse Owls.
consin) Democrat, in relation to Maj. Gen.
Benz F. Butler, late of the United States
Amy Wi7mington Dispatch.
"During the Summer Campaign Of 1854
in Virginia, Gen. Butler was entrusted with
the duty of capturing Petersburg and Rich-
mond, while General Grant was fighting
Gen. Lee from Spottsylvania Court House
down to the James River.
"After making his advance to the neigh.
borhood of the first named city, he found,
very Unexpectedly to him, Confederate
force Under the command of Gen. Bssure-
gard-which force after fight, compelled
him to retire in the direction of Drury's
Bluff. Being followed, he was again defeat.
ed, (snd very badly too) when he fell back
to Bermuda Hundreds
"Those who are familiar with the geogra.
ply of the country in that locality, will re.
member that by the windings of the James
River, the ground he occupied was very
much iu the shape of bottle.
sGen. Grant in making his official report
of the campaign says, in substance, that af-
ter Butler retreat be took position wherein
Gen. .Beauregard had him so completely 'bot.
tled that be was of no further use to him dur
ing the campaign until he came across the
James and relieved him.
"Hence his title-the Bottled Imp
sWe have seldom read more bitter arti.
Gle than the one below, yet, certainly think,
that Mr.. Butler deserves every word it con.
tains. It was written on the occasion of
his resignation from the army Of the United
States:
From, the La Crosse Wisconsin, Democrat.
cat last this great American thief and
blunderirIg murderer has resigned and is no
more an officer in the army he disgraced.-
Grant has 'bottled him up forever and in
few words proved the truth Of our oft ex'
pressed opinion of this natural thief, and
coward and military ass. What he will do
now is more than we know. Most likely
go to shop lifting, grave robbing, or insult.
ing women At heart traitor-by instinct
thief-by education robber-Bepjamin
F. Butler has won q name for infamy, ven.
ality, and incompetency, second to none IN
the world. He was one of the peculiar tools
of x X a' the Republican party, and has
been nightmare on the American people
for the past FIVE years. An original seces.
sionist, b. never had a patriotic motive in
bis heart He never deserved position in
the army--he never fought a battle--he
never won victory-he never lost an op-
portunity to steal from and pluuder tho
defenceless-he never made the Union flag
other tnan signal to mark The depository
of stolen goods, and should have been dis.
missed the army long ago.
The greatest curse mother could put on
child would be to wish it the heart and at
tributes of Ben Butler, whose sun has at
last sunk in the deepest infamy, and whose
eternity we trust will be spent in the home
of his employer. Thief, robber, abolition
patriot, military blunderer, woman insulter,
grave yard robber, soldier murderer, egotis-
tical ass, pet Of Republicauism, child of the
devil, cock.eyed abortion of humanity, bot
tied braggadooio, played out politician: dis.
honored general and traitorous citizen
FAREWELL.
Thus one by one Of the political generals
and causes of our national troublesome by
one the cotton .thieving, pluudering scoun.
drels who have strutted their hour on the
bloody stage, drop infamy here, as We trust
they will in hell hereafter. Bottled Blum
derer, Big Bethel Butcher, Bigoted Bragga.
docio, Ben Beast Butler-FAREwELL!