The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-06
BUTLER AND THE observation-disclosures.


can citizens, who could choose such man to
express the sentiments and vindicate the
claims OF the Irish people to the sympathies
OF that large class OF the American people
who regard and ksoD Butler as the most au-
dacious and heartless demagogue on this
continent or III the Christian world.
Such selection would appear an indorse-
ment Of Buffers claims to Irish blood and
stock Such claims he has frequently set up
during his career Of demagogism Id New
England. We regret to say that the political
circumstances Of the Irish-born people resi-
dent In New England have frequently misled
them into the recognition Of these absurdly
false pretensions.
There Is no man, bearing name which has
been associated with that Of family that
carpet-bagged from England into Ireland
about two hundred years ago, and which has
always ragged war OF prejudice and bitter hos
tility against the original Celtic inhabitants Of
that island, and always taken the side Of
England In her expressions and prosecutions
Of that race, who Is less worthy Of such
tokens Of the confidence and respect Of the
true sons Of Erin than this demagogue Of
Lowell.
And 1t is on this name alone Butler bases
soever may be his title to the family name Of
the Ormonds, even his lawful possession
thereof ought not to commend him to any
such recognition, in the absence Of single
one Of the honorable qualities which have
been exempllhed by many Of the Ormond and
Saxon stock.
No name or stock ever produced more an
tagonistic characteristics, or was ever as
sumed or claimed by persons OF more dia-
metrically opposed traits.
There have been In history Buffers who
shed 1uster on the name. Alas! there have
been others who disgraced humanity. His
tory and Poesy have recorded no baser char
acter than the Butler Of Schiller's immortal
tragedy OF Wallenstetn. He was the paid
assassin Of q foreign government, hired to
murder the most splendid character and
chieftain Of his age, and his own benefactor.
The other was the Tory leader Of the bloody
savages, who converted the loveliest valley
on this continent into smoking waste, and
slaughtered male and female, OF all ages, Of
the peaceful dwellers therein.
Fortunately, the genius Of the two most re-
nowned OF modern poets has immortalized
the unparalleled infamy OF these two Buffers
Doubtless Of another Of the same branch
of the Ormond or Butler stock came the
Butler OF our age, who In his career
Of murderer and despoiler OF our people,
and by his numerous deeds Of lawless
outrage and insult Of defenseless people,
rendered his name Infamous. These are the
Buffers who always have been, and always
should be. execrated by the brave and honest
OF all races and stocks, and by none with
more vigor Ut hate and deteet ation than by
the generous and brave sons of Erin, not be-
cause OF the claimed descent from the Saxon
invaders of Ireland, who established them
selves through the power Of England on the
smoking ruins of the rightful owners and
true sons OF this lovely island, but because
they were men Of the most detestable lack Of
all the manly virtues Of either Saxon or Celt.
"Look on this picture and on this" This
trfte quotation from Hamlet never struck
us with such force, as when turning from the
contemplation OF these Buffers we peruse the
honorable records of the Buffers of our Revo-
luton, to whom Washington, on the occasion
OF the last festival Of the survivor OF our
revolution, offered toast as the heroes of
that grand struggle Of freemen against Eng
lish domination. There were no less than five
Of these Buffers who bore prominent and
heroic parts In that war and won high re-
nown as patriots and soldiers. And their
descendants proved worthy Of their slres, and
In all the subsequent contests of the republic
have illustrated the highest virtues of their
race. Two now survive In extreme old age, but
Still In their ashes live their wonted fires.
They are Gen. William O. Butler, who COM
manded, as the senior captain, the Seventh
United States Infantry at the battle OF New
Orleans and who, forty years afterward, sue
ceeded Gen. Scott In the command Of the
army which had conquered Mexico. A noble
veteran, who still fingers in his modest old
farm house near Carrollton, KY. as true
In patriotism and devotion to Democracy as
when the chosen nominee Of that great party
for the second Office In the gift Of this people,
There is, too, of the same family, our old
fellow citizen Col. Z. q. w. Butler, of Iber-
vile parish, now residing at st. Louis with
his son, who led a gallant regiment from this
Staten the Mexican war.
| These were the recognized representatives
Of the Ormond family Of Ireland In this coun-
try, who might justly claim to have Illus
trated the acknowledged virtues Of that race,
free from Its hateful political and race preju-
dices.
| They we're Of Protestant and North of Ire
land stock, who had engrafted on the native
qualities Of that stock the Celtic virtues Of
ardent patriotism and intense hatred of every
form Of oppression. ..m....
Such men deserved to be honored by those
sh-Americans who assemble to give express
sion to their undying hostility to British rule
over their oountrymen.
| No such honor or recognition should be
given to him. whom truthful history will re-
cord as baser and more cowardly oppressor
Of free and patriotic people than even Eng
land ever imposed upon subjugated Celtic
Ireland.
The Irish-born citizens Of Louisiana may