Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-06-06


Impeachment Of Col. J. H. Lane.
The efforts Of the old line party 70
have Col. Lsno removed from the
wisness's stand. or to impeaeh his tes-
'timony. muss meet with the unquaIi.
lied Reproduction Of all honest men
In this erisis. honest men Of all parties.
AK csndidly and sincerely, "What are
the real facts In regard to this Kansas
movement?" 'lstsa question that
arises above all party consideration.
and the people will so decide. in spite
Of the Vaccinations and seheminss Of
Iparty leaders. Hence honest men are
investigating the subject. They are
reading and thinking. and they will
act Ia due time. The masses are hon.
est and will not long be deceived.
Common sense would say that no
better testimony could be introduced
Than The testimony Of an acquaintance
whose character we know. who had
been on the ground, and taken part in
the conflicts. Such witness Is Col.
Lane, whose teslimonyis being listen
ed to by countless thousands Of his
former fellow citizens aud former con-
stituents in Indiana. He comes
amongst US to testify as to the wrongs
Vt Kansas. a. he has seen them and
felt them. In many respects he is a
witness. entitled to unusualrespect and
confidence. His former standing in
this state. gives him. primo faeie, SUI
perior claims on our attention and re-
spect. Both his reputation as SOL
der. and his subsequent endorsement
BY the peopIe,as statesman. give him
a commanding position.
After returning from Mexico. he
WIS elected to the Office Of Lieutenant
Governor in i849 by about {, ZOO ma.
Ijority. and in 1864 he was elected. on
The Pierce electoral ticket as senate
rial elecfor by near $4,000 majority.
and the same year. be was elected to
congress In this district by near 1000
majority. These testimonials Of pub
lie confidence are too important 10 be
overlooked in estimating the cred bill
lily Of such witness. lie must be
proved guilty Of some subsequent Of
Tense that will make him unworthy o.
belief before the people will scout him
from the stand and disregard his testi
mony. But, in addition to ell these
asa member Of congress. he voted FOL
the bill under which Kansas was or
ganized, and under which the mos
cruel and bloody outrages have been
perpetrated that modern history re
cords. He did it, as he assures US. il
. good faith that il would afford the set
tiers Of that territory unusual privile
ges in moulding their institutions. /
was claimed that the effect Of the bill
. would be to secure Kansas TO freedom
and establish the right of the people t
govern themselves. He then went /,
Kansas. and has seen the practica
workings ofthe law. He finds that il
results are evil. and he returns to In
diana to testify TO his old constituent
/. and friends the results Of the law. HI
appears before the people not as can
, didate. nor as an interested party. bu
as witness upon The stand to tell tn
. truth, the whole truth and nothin,
u but the truth, to tell not what he ha
heard about, but what he has seen an
what he knows.
Buthow is he received? An indici
mentis said to have been found agains
him for high treason, and the friend
Of slavery are hoping to have him al
rested by the U. s. Marshal. Blu
meanwhile he speaks to thousands up
on thousands Of those who knew hir
and loved him. as their votes testify
: and the common people hear him glad
= ly. But his exposure Of the fraud
9 which are perpetrated under that Law
I whose endorsement Is test Of part
fellowship. enrages the leaders Of n
party, and they array themselves 1
! gainst him. Finding the writ for b
4 arrest slow in coming; they have .,
solved to impeach his testimony. An
= how is this done? The County Coz
vention Of the pro slavery party in III
n county, gravely puts it upon recor
!, that his testimony is not to be recel'
ed, for he has abandoned his form,
friends because they have lost conf
dence in himI The papers that a
: devoted to that cause ipsinuate that
u is coward. and withal very bs
man. Yet he Is identical in habit
= and manner Of life, with that he WI
I four years ago, when so overwhelr
y ingly endorsed except, as has been =
:. ported, that he is now a member
!. the Methodist Episcopal Church..
change by no means favorable to
If crediLiIity. in the minds Of most
- those who wish to fasten slavery up,
a Kansas at all hazards. -
:, But Col. Lane will not be impeac
T. ed. The people will flock to he
him by thousands, and they will he
/ and will believe. any thing W
..o,fs.< a. c1,vt,oo H. Lo.o.t :.