New cathedral bells blessed

thebostonpilot.com ^ | 10/23/15 | Gregory L. Tracy

[BBell]

SOUTH END -- At a solemn Vespers service Oct. 18 at the chapel of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley blessed five bells from closed Holy Trinity Church that will soon ring once again in the cathedral bell tower.

The bells, which will be the first bells installed in the cathedral -- the sound of bells at the cathedral until now have been created by an electronic carillon -- have a storied history.

Markings on the bells identify them as having been made by Naylor, Vickers and Co. of Sheffield, England.

According to the archdiocese, the bells came to Holy Trinity Church during the Civil War. General Benjamin F. Butler, former governor of Massachusetts, was military commander of New Orleans after its occupation by the Union troops. Displeased with the unfriendly attitude of a certain section of the city he punished them be confiscating the old bells of their parish church. These bells were shipped to Boston and offered for sale. Father Ernest Reiter, SJ, the pastor of Holy Trinity Church, bought them in 1863 for $1,500 and put them in the tower.

[BBell]

So General Butler stole the Bells and sold them. Yankee thief.

[sparklite2]

Blood diamonds, bad.
International trade in antiquities, bad.
Stolen church bells, good.

[Albion Wilde]

So General Butler stole the Bells and sold them. Yankee thief.

Yes, that took bells.

[PAR35]

He was variously known as ‘Beast’ Butler for giving his troops permission to rape southern women, or ‘Spoons’ Butler for all the silverware he stole.

The fact that he’d steal church bells for profit really shouldn’t be a surprise.

[jackibutterfly]

"He was variously known as "Beast" Butler for giving his troops permission to rape southern women,..."

I looked up several articles on Butler, but could find nothing that said he did what YOU said. Could you tell me where you got that info? Thanks much.

[Falconspeed]

Thank you, B. Bell, for the good news about bells in Boston.

Catholic monks of war, also known as knights, successfully defeated Islamic jihadists with pure bravery and a constant ringing of bells and gongs.

Every city in the world should encourage all churches to have bells and to ring them 24/7 in order to get rid of the pests of Islam.

Simple solution and sadly, unknown today.

[BBell]

I’m sure if we did that now the muzzies would take us to the world court for violating their rights. And win.

[PAR35]

Your historical research skills could use a little polishing if you weren’t able to turn up anything about “General Order 28”

Any woman deemed to not treat any Union soldier with the respect he wanted could be treated as a prostitute plying her trade. General P.G.T. Beauregard properly understood the order as permitting union soldiers to “the right to treat at their pleasure the ladies of the South as common harlots.”

See the order and the Confederate response here:

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/T-00666.pdf

[jackibutterfly]

"Your historical research skills could use a little polishing..."

To be honest, I don't have any research skills. I just put his name in, and clicked on a few links. Anyway, thanks so much for the answer - I don't think I would have ever come up with General Order 28.

[Graybeard58]

So General Butler stole the Bells and sold them. Yankee thief.

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As bad as George Armstrong Custer, the horse thief.

[353FMG]

Oh the bells, oh the bells! And what about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so98K6crSec

[353FMG]

Perhaps Germany should ring all their bells before they are all taken down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so98K6crSec

[sphinx]

Butler’s famous order about the “ladies” of New Orleans was not “permission to rape.” It was a calculated insult to the women of New Orleans who had taken to very bad behavior. (E.g., pouring their chamber pots from New Orleans’ famous balconies onto the heads of passing Union soldiers. Not to mention chronic verbal insults.) Butler was saying that women who behaved like whores could be treated like whores, which is fair. But that doesn’t mean approval of rape. Whores, after all, are not raped; they sell their services. Butler simply used rather pungent language to indicate that Union soldiers no longer needed to treat such ladies with the elaborate respect that was the norm for an occupying army on its best behavior.