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General Butler Recommended To Be Shot

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Day
27
Month
January
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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(sdmiaistratiau) coucludes an artiule on tile removal ofGeneral Butler, us follows : Hisfarewell order ehown so unmilitarj spirit, and is so nearly mutinous, that 't niay be well queationed whetber be 'tould nót bo ehot for it. He unid : "Koowing your willing ohcdienco to 0"der, Vit'iessing your ready devotiiin of your blood in your country's cause, I nave boen chary of tho prccinus churre contided to m"e. 1 hava refused to' ór(ier Meless saorificeH of the livesof fifclj sol'18f8, and I am relieve! fiom vourcom aiaad." To the èxtent of General BtlUer'i influanco, thát order must dcrniralizo the 'fray that he comraandgd Fortuuftelj we troops were not enamored of hicn íq 'oe intense degree that he siys he was f thom. Ho tella thern he was removed boMuae he woud not order them to the f'aughter, therefore some body is put !a'ommand who will see that thetr blood ! "asted. Does he cali himself a militar.v nn, and a patriot, and write such "w as this ? He wou ld havo no diffif'y, ehrewd and sharp logician that , ls show that any one else in his P''asa Uaiior .

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Old News
Michigan Argus