Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-11

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Fowler, Of Tennessee.
The following ia the conclusion of Mr..
FoWler's defense in the Senate against But
ler'5 charge that corrupt means had been
employed to secure his vote against i'm
parchment 1t is the last of long speech,
and terribly severe as it ia, it is not worse
than what precedes ii
THE INFAMOUS ORDER NO. %.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF GULF,
New ORLEANS, May l5.-As officers and
soldiers Of the United States have been sub
iected 10 repeated insults from women call
ing themselves ladies of New Orleans, in
return for the most sCrupulous non-interfer-
enCe and courtesy on our part, IL ~ ordered
hereafter when any female shall, by mere
gesture or movement, insult or show con-
tempt for any officers or soldiers of the
United States, she shall be regarded and
held liable to be treated "a woman about
town plying her vocation.
By command of Mai. Gen. Butler,
GEORGE G. STRONG, A. A. G.
In all the oulrages and crueities of this
fearful contest, | venture the assertion that
nothing can be found SO dishOnOrable as
the above. Other men committed acts of
cruelty SO startling as 10 cause humanity
to shudder, but this abandoned assault upon
the virtue of the women Of New Orleans
appalls all who dare look at Its depravity.
This order was issued upon the trivial
provocation given by some Of the earnest
women of the South TO show their devO-
ton to the cause they had espOused with
II - g. oh how
willing TO sacrifice all that they held
dear on earth. This devotion, although
erroneous, only elevated these women in
the minds of all noble officers and soldiers
in the Union army. 1t endeared them the
more as American women, although in the
wrong, still honest and faithful to what they
believed their sacred cause. This master
in the arts of Mephistophiles, struck home
at their honesty and their virtue. 1t was
not in detail but in the Wholesale. He
commanded his army to tear from their
souls all respect for the virtue and purity
of woman. 1t was an assault against the
sex. 1t stands out the monument Of de-
pravity sublime in its cold atrocity. Let
the civilized world read it, and let one
man attempt to apologize for it, or to miti-
gate Its worst than barbarous spirit if he
dares. 1t has already met among all civil
LIKED people Its just condemnation. 1t is
folly 10 say that the man who was trading
with the enemy was moved to this by any
sense Of respect for his officers, his soldiers
or his country. It was cold revenge for
moAi6ed vanity. This man was met with
deserved contempt, and he sought his re-
venge and used his power for that purpose.
If, after reading Order No. %, there are
any men that would credit word that its
author would say on any subject, do not
| envy them their disposition.
/ have mentioned only few points con-
| nected with this individual. The records
are full Of his atrocities. 1t was not my
/ wish TO assaiI. / sought not this contest.
! Ii was prepared for me, and l could not
avoid it hence | will 90 no more than
deem proper. | have tOiled through too
many years OF honest conflict TO suiler my
reputation TO be aspersed without an effort
to vindicate it, / shall not zee myself
stricken down in passive submission TO a
being bSoaled by his own corrupt and dis
| honorable passions. Nature says it is SO.
She has stamped her impress upon him.
He is The last and highest expression of
treachery and mendacity that has made its
presence.
/ shall not further pursue this theme.
will trust my action on the trial to The just
Judgment Of my countrymen, conscious
that obey will do ample justice to motives,
aud that they will inhict ample chaslise.
ment upon the wicked men who sought to
defeat the ends Of justice and convert the
Senate OF the United States into political
guillotine. | have bat one wish on the
subject, and that is the harmony and peace
Of my country and the preservation u its
institutions. These, / cannot but believe,
We're endangered by the unhallowed effort
made TO oyerawe aud eoerce the Judgment
Of Senator's.
In iess than ten years the returning
sense OF Justice Of my comlrymen will eK-
punge the articles of impeachment from
the J ournals of the Honse. Passion, am
bition and vengeance cannot long iaflame
the masses of men. To their solemn and
revered decision / will submit with the
I zane cheerfulness that have been aCcus-
toned TO meet all the duties Of life.