to be bottled up in Lowell?
Seneca Falls papers during the Civil War seemed to lean strongly Democrat. Here one of the publications has no criticisms of President Lincoln for firing the political General Butler. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in January 1865:
Exit Gen. Butler.
Decidedly the event of the week is the removal, by the President, of Ben Butler, from the position of commander of the James and the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. He is relieved of his command and ordered to report to Lowell, Mass., where it is hoped he will remain for some time to come. His military career has been a series of blunders and failures from Big Bethel to Wilmington, bringing disgrace and disaster upon the Federal name and arms. His failure to co-operate with Porter in the recent expedition against Wilmington, is probably the cause of his removal. Butler is a thief, as well as a coward, by nature, and he has caused the country many lives, and many millions of dollars besides the amount he has directly pocketed as the spoils of war. Let him now enjoy his ill-gotten gains.
