The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-01
BEAST BUTLER.
) CAREER AT NEW ORLEANS.
-estnaent the Southern People Re-
ooived at His bands During the
Wor- Two Famous Orders
Life Sketches, Etc.

lThe Southern people, even during the
/. kr, respected such Federal soldiers III
liant, Sherman, Hancock and Rose
+ ans because they showed that human
y and magnanimity toward the cor
Gered which ennobles the life
nathed and despised b. +. Butler, be
Iuse he adopted "VR Victis'
his motto, and his rule
As characterized by the robber-
y aud cruelties of the petty tyrant.
II strociOlls were his crimes and usurpa.
bns that he was outiawed by the Con
Nerate States Government, and the
ay,e looked upon him as a hideous
ASnsteI. He won the name of Beast
hitler by crueltits which were shock
Il TO the civilized world. Like Hanau,
4 did not even spare defenceless
bmen. We give below two general
hers which may be regarded as sam
u OF his rule in New 0rleans:
NOTICE.
Moral Order No. %, Headquarters Depart.
N mt of the Gulf, New Orleans, May
f. |. officers and soldiers o! the Uni.
n ) ates have been subjected to repeat
a insults from the women calling them.
Ives ladies, of New Orleans, in return
ID the most scrupulous non-intorferenc
ad tesy on our part, it is ordered
1it hereafter when any female shall BY
trd, gesture or movement, insult or
abw contempt for any officer or ldier
( the United states, sho shall be re-
fded and held liable to be treated az
oman OF the town plying her voca-
|on.
by command of Major-Goneral But
n. GEO. &. STR No,
asst Adjutant General Chief Of staff
And then read this:
Exclamation General Order No. 1873:
Having heard, on good authority, that
h Jhe pun pose OF the citizens OF New
teans ana vicinity u sell the cotton
Nv on thelr hanus with the intent OF
ing tho proceeds thereof for disloyai
lrposes, proclamation is made that The
|Iiiery are hereby authorized to de
boy all cotton that can DO found in the
v or vicinity after ~ O'Clock this
0rning.
Il has been charged that under this
DER Butler and MS crowd stole all the
tton in New Orleans. BY robbing anu
the south he accumulated q
|st fortune. Butler has as little claim
the wor ingmen of the East AZ he has
>on the Southern people, whom he per
euted and piundered. Between him
~ the horny -n..uueu sons OF toll there
20 sympathy. AsBuLlor has added H.
a wealth ALulen from the Southern PEG
q AZ The hired adviser or Professions.
|torney OF rich corporations, he has Nc
Alm upon lho wOrklnSlnen To whom
tappeals, simply because he recognizes
them tho Uniy class that could De
Ode available 70 give an irregular can
Gate respect bic support " does not
nom possible that working
IN Can consistently sup
0ft Gen. Butler Tor President
bile Governor OF Massachusetts the
Nters of the state had II bill before tn.
tEisldture rep al,ng the act under
|hich convict labor was used by John
!. WarinB III notwithstanding hats in
lAte prison. The contract had expired
10 bul nau pas -ed one house, and was
% Jme up i'll the other house the mex,
~. That night Butler signed con
nj WIN John 4. Waring 70 continue
ID convict labor contract for five years.
p next day the bill passed.; but it was
X late. To-day John 4. Waring is
Nlutacturlng hats IN that State BY
Sict labor Memphis Appeal.