...umanity, all honor, all virtue, all manhood. Cowards by nature, thieves upon principle, and assassins at heart, it would be marvelous, indeed, if the people of the North refused to render homage to Benjamin Butler — the beastliest, bloodiest poltroon and pickpocket the world ever saw. I was called to Washington, and the question of my taking command on the Mississippi River was again discussed betw...