The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-03-07

Ben Beast Bottled Butler,
At last this great American thief and
laundering murderer hasiresigned and is no
more an officer in the army he disgraced.
Grant has bottled him up forever, and 51ia
few words proved the truth of our oft ex-
pressed opinion Of this natural thief, coward
and military ass, s What he will do now is
more than we know Most likely 60 to
shop lifting, grave robhing or insulting wo-
men. At heart q traitor by, instinct q
thief-by education arobber-Benjamin ! !.
Butler has won q name for infamy, yeniali-
ty and incompetepcy second to none in the
world. g He was one of the, peculiar TOOLS
of Lincoln and the Republican party, and
has been,a nightmare on the American pe0;-
pie for tho past five years, An original Sc
cessionist, he never had a patriotic motive
in his heart. He never deserved q position
lin the army--he never foaghta battle-he
never wonA victory he never lost an OPP
[portunity to steal from and plumber the de-
fenecless never made the Union flag
|other thanA signal to mark the depository
of stolen goods, land 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
attributes of Ben, Butler, whose sun has OF
last sunk in the deepest infamy, and whose
eternity we trust will be spent in The home
tof his employer. Thief, robber, abolition
patriot, military lblunderer, woman insullter;
grave yard robber, soldier murderer, egotls'
tical ass, pet republicanism, child Of the
devil, cock-eyed abortion of humanity, bot
| tied braggadocio, played out politician, dis
honored general and traitOrous citizen
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Thus one by one Of the political generals
and causes ofour national trouble--one by
one the cotton thievipg, plundering scoun
drels who have sstrutted their brief hour on
the bloody stage drop into infamy here as
we trust they will into hell hereafter. Bot
tied Blunderer, Big Bethel Butcher, Bigot
ed Braggadocio, Ben Beast Butler, fare
weN!,-lThe La Crosse wisconsin, Dem
crat.
SENSIBLE Hr-We are told now thai
all must be equal before the law; that the
same penalties for crime inflicted on white
man must be inflicted on a negro, and nc
other. Nothing could be more severe OF
the race to be regarded as freel Take thu
vices of stealing and pilfering. All know
1.-THE habit of the negro, and the opportuni
tiles he has had and temptations. HI
knows little of the rights of property. HI
has been accustomed to pick up what h
wanted. The utmost penalty was 'littl'
whipping, and mostly q rebuke and . re
lease on a promise not to do so any more
Now, apply the law to the negro which il
made for the white man. Is itjust? How
many penitentiaries will it take to hold tn
number that will be incarcerated? VIVA
I've have said Of stealing is applicable tt
other crimes that might be mentioned.
1t is zeai5usly urged that the negro b
allowed to give testimony in court. shal
he be subjected to the sans pains and pen
alties as white man, if he swears falsely
Where the negroes are few and have lone
been free, in the States, an enormous pro
portion of them get to the State prison
How will it be where the numbers Of thiI
class are very large, as it is in the South
When races are SO different physically, in
tellectually and morally, is it not absurd t.
consider them as alike responsible to law
and subjected to the same penalties TO
crimes? In state Of slavery, the inirmi
ties of this race were overlooked and for
! borne with. They suffered but slight pun
'lishment for crimes that would have sen
: white men to the penitentiary. They ar
now no more fit for the responsibilities tina
the criminal law imposes on white men tina
they were before, and the law that makes
: them SO is more cruel that just Louis
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