The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-11-14
What Elm. Lame has D0me-s.s Depreaa-
tions on Our Friends.o
CAMP LINCOLN, Southern Kansas,

lions on Our Erlends.'
Correspondence Missouri Democrat.
CAMP LINCOLN Southern Kansas,
November 3, 1861.
Con Lane very properly mentions Kansas as
| "the most warlike of the several States" With 9
population of one hundred thousand, we have al
ready raised six regiments, and have thfe9 more
nearly ready for the field. The personnel OF one
of these does not it is said: rank very high moral
lv. while its fighting" and '.jayhawklng excel,
lences are universally acknowledged. Time VIII
make some astounding disclosures in the Kansas
army.
1t is alleged by Adj Gen. Thomas that, in his re-
cent military manuevers, General Lane Is guliity
effect are already brought to the notice OF Ane
''powers that be- am myself cognlzant otmany
of the evil effects of Lanes unconstitutional style
of treating rebels. There are IN Linn county, III
this State not less than thousand Missouri re-
fugees. ali of whom might today have been enjoy,
ing the sweets of slavery, had Gen Lane marcneu
through the rebel country with an eye single TO the
Compromises ofthe Constitution" Not that Ten.
Lane with his army of treebooters ASSISTED lnese
chattels to escape but, what is deemed much
worse, he caused such general panic and "skee
daddling" among the secesh chivalry, as TO leave
the astonished darkeys without silken letter 10
hold them to their ancient allegiance. The slave
holders and not the slaves are the fugves,-a
dissolution of the 'patriarcha institution without
| remedy in the Fugitive Slave Law.
But Lane is also charged by the said Thomas
with having committed depEedations on "our
friends in Missouri. The only mootable question
here is, Who are "our friends" in Missouri for
true it is that Lane has COMMITTED depredations
within the territory named above. He commit,
ted depredations" at Butler, Papinsville, West
Point, Jacksonville, and at Osceola, even to the
extent of shedding blood, and capturing ana
turning over to the Government twelve or fifteen
hundred head of horses, cattle and mules together
with q vast amount of other property. He ordered
the destruction of several buildings in Osceola,
simply and only because their opponents found
skulking places therein from which to fire upon
his army AT PapinsVille he ordered five men to
be shot, and only because they amused themselves
three OF four hours previously by hanging three or
four Union neighbors. But were these "depreda-
tons committed on sour friends r. This brings
US back to the original inquiry again-TVhO are
"our friends" IN Western Missouri? If not no.
torious traitors and hloodyfingered banditti then
is Gen. Lane wholly guiltless Of the offences OF
which he stands charged, HUnion men have sui-
fered at his hands, toh0 are they and 9cAere are
they? Why do they not come forward with their
bills of grievances?
Lane gave offence to the said Thomas and our
friends when he declared in his Leavenworth
speech. that:
''In my opinion this war will never be success
fully carried on so long army marches through
slave states boat oes through flock OF ducks
They fly up on its approach, and nestle down as
soon as it has passed. When you march through
u State, you must march so that traitors will feel
the horrors of war;"
And this fully explains the vituperative criti-
cisms of his recent military services. But am
GLAD to know that he bears it all with composure
worthy of the man and the cause to which his heart
and sword are devoted. He well afford to
''kee p his temper" for he knows the people are
with him. The people know and trust him. They
have watched his recent ''words and works" and
find that far more of gratitude than censure is due
TO him.