The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-11-26
SPEECH or GEN. JIM. LANE.

In Camp at Springfield, Missouri, ia re-
SponSe 10 risit and serenade from Me
/ 2kh Indiana Regiment, Thursday night,
1 October 3 lsf, 1861.
GENTLEMeN: 81 shall not conceal the
fact il.ai Ia one respect ! differ from some
81 my eompeers in command, as 10 the
mode OF warfare which is best calculated
to bring this wrctched contest to speedy,
durahlc aud honorable close. The polnt
OF difference refers, of course, 10 slavery
the cause Of all diilerences--the Pandora's
+ box from which have issued all our ma.
+ tional troubles Ny creed is, Let .Sidrery
take care u ITSELF II it can uryiyc the
shock Of the war. let il live, but If between
an upper and neither mill Il me it be
ground TO powder, aud the winds drive it
away, It is not for me 10 gather up The
dust again. do not propose 10 make
war upon slavery. but upon rebels, and in
I the meantime to let slaves and slavery
take care OF themselves. An oligarchy
more cruel and proscriptive than ever
scourged AID cursed nation, ancient or
modern, has brought on Tins war for sla-
very aid il we are required TO protect,
or IL any way help slavery, then We are
required TO cooperate with the enemy, 10
/ hep lnm, to defend hIm, aud work for the
same end. Can We place ourselves thus
! in alliance With OR deadly aud barbarous
! foes, and al the same time conquer them,
subdae them, crush them? When lesser
contradictions are reconciled, we will think
i az harmonizing this. War, at least, is a
terrible calamity 10 a nation. In all the
country through which we have pa sed,
mails are stopped, schools are suspended,
churches are turned into hospitals for the
sick and wounded, and general demorali.
zition prevails Protract The war one
year, and desolation, morsi aud materia
alone would mark re rack OF armies
Justice, humanity ana mercy require thai
The coniIct shoIlsu he terminated AS soou
as possible, with the least practicable shed
ding Vt blood. Astonishing as it may
seem to jou, gentlemen from Indiana, il
is fact we have repeatedly demonstrated
that heavier bios is dealt to the realm
Of secessia in the abduction or freedom oi
a slave than in the killing OF a soldier IN
arms. Yes, and | may put tl,e truth in d
still stronger light; abduet from the same
family slave, and kill son in arms. and
the loss Of the slave will he regarded a:
the greater misiortune-the calamity ior
which there Is no healing balm. could
bring up more than Thousand Witnesses
whose observation aad experience qualify
them to speak ot the truthful candor ot
my remarks. II, then, BY allowing ,layt
TO fall iulo the wake OF tic army, aud tinc
the priceless loon Of freedom, we avoid
bloodshed, save property from destruction
and strike dealh-deahng blows upon the
head and front OF this rebellion, does mol
every good and just consideration requlr,
that this policy be adopted? This war il
for slavery; lei Us make il the mighty en-
gine for slavery's destruction, and the reb
els vii. soon cry enough" cheers.
They vii, see that, like Saturn in The ia
BE, they are eating their own cDlldren
Snd ~iii consent to cut short the repasr
Every guaranty that - gwen to slavery
by the government, strengthens the rebels
! IN tiicir course. The Kansas Brigade hai
met tie enemy in battle, ard routed lin
in every conflict We hayc destroy q
0sc, osa--asort Of halt toxn and half mil
itary post-Lu, all these things combined
have tot brought The rebels 50 qniekl, Il
their knees as the escaping Of few bun
dred slaves By following The lack trac.
4 the army. Cl,erns.l Genslemea, ,nl
iogic ieael.es ilas we cannoi offend ans
make war upon the same foe ri the sam'
time and i h is llsspur'ose Of the Gov