The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-17
Brown. of Kentucky.

Some curiosity has been excited by
reason of the fact that Mr.. John
Young Brown denounced General
Butler as an outlaw. Now an outlaw
is lone excluded from the benefit of
the law, or deprived Of its protection
Whatever else General Butler may
be, no one has hitherto deemed him a
person deprived of the protection of
the laws. Wherein, then, lies the
significance or rruthfulness of Mr.
Browns remark? We have discov-
cred the secret As vas attested by
his letter read in Thursdays debate,
Mr.. Brown was, and no doubt is still,
an ardent Confederate. Whether he
was a military chieftain in the rebel
army, we shall not attempt to say, be-
cause, like as not, he may have been a
warxior Of pronounced attributes and
prowess, without any person on this
side of the line being aware of the
fact, and our experience with Gordon
of the Senate teaches us to be careful
how we speak of men who may have
achieved distinction in this stealthy
manner! But whatever may be
Browns military history, he was GER
tainly a very enthusiastic rebel. AS
such, he no doubt believed In the
Contederacy, and in the proclamations
of its head, Mr.. Jefferson Davis. Re-
garding these as law, Mr.. Brown had
no difficulty in arriving at the conclu-
sion that General Butler was an out
law, for Mr.. jefferson Davis pro-
claimed him such in 1862. and it is
questionable. in view of the recent
elections, whether Mr.. Davis is not to
be regarded as authority.
1t will be remembered that General
Butler did a number of things in
1868 that greatly incensed the good
and great men of the Confederacy.
leans, and when Mr.. Mumford, after
being warned against such an act, tore
down the United States flag and tram
pied it under his feet. General Butler
quietly ordered that Mumford be tax
en- out and hanged. No more flags
were torn down! The ladies of that
city had pleasant way Of splitting in
the faces of Union soldiers on the
tiently for several weeks, Gen. Butler
saying that women guilty OF such gross
conduct in the future should be treat
ed as women of the town, plying
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this character were offered These
ing fugitive slaves reused the rebel
thing must be done. Something WAS
done, as is shown by the following:
RETALIAToRY PROCLAMATION BY JET
FERsoN DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE
fONEEnEp ATE cTATES
Whereas (etc., ETC., reciting the
above facts); now, therefore, [, Jeffer-
son Davis, President of the Confeder-
ate States, and in their name. do pro-
nounce and declare the said Benjamin
f. Butler felon deserving capital
punishment. / do order that he be
treated as an OUTLAW. and that In the
event OF his capture the officer in COM
mand OF the capturing fierce do cause
him to be Immediately executed by
hanging And whereas. the officers
under the command of the said But
Ter have been in many instances active
and Jealous agents in the commission
known of their refusal to participate
in the outrages above narrated, there
fore, l do order that all commissioned
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Benjamin F. Butler be declared not
entitled to be considered as soldiers
engaged in honorable warfare, but as
and criminals deserving death,
and that they and each OF them be,
whenever captured. reserved for exc
cution.
In testimony whereof l have signed
these presents. aud caused the seal OF
the Confederate States to be affixed
thereto. at the city of Richmond, on
the 23d day of December, 1862.
BY the President
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
j. II. BENJAMIN. Sec'y of State
What more natural than that an
ardent and unrepentant rebel like Mr..
ohm Young Brown should regard
the proclamation OF Davis as still in
force against General Butler, and
take occasion to remind the country
of this fact ?-Inter-Ocea
President Eliot, of Harvard Col
lege recommends an enlargement OF