Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-25

O thief But Kansas would have been invaded
had not these two thousand men been armed with
those guns.
am a robber because I am guilty Of the ter
rible crime of taking arms belonging to the gov
eminent and giving them to Kansas men. don't
believe Ihavc done a thing that old Abe Lincoln
will find fault with. The President viii say,
" Wen done, thou good and faithful servant
But ] took clothes Co.'s. Johnson, Ritchic,
MONTGOMERY. and Wecr cant 10 mo ono even
inc when il was ~raiuinE-oh, great God, how 1t
was raining, The men had no tents, no blank
cts, no clothing. Fighting Is hard enough even
when YOU are wen cared for. And l told those
colouels. iii there is anything there that Will
make your men comfortable, take It." l didn't
ask whose boots they We're; l thought they be-
lonped to Uncle Sam, and they did. And here
a Kansas paper calls me a thief, because took
clothing that otherwise would have fallen into
the hands of the enemy.
We ask YOU to stand between Us and the vile
traitor slandcTcTs in the rear. The higher the
position the greater the treason. tChGers. l
arraigu before this people Charles Robinson as
a traitor to his country. Last SRday. Robin
son and Prince were conspiring % destroy the
Kansas b~rigade-sOeking TO do that which
traitors cannot do.
The officers at this fort have thwartcd me every
step. l begged them for one piece of artillery.
| could not get it. If We had one l2-pound
h~owitzer, we could have whipped Prime and
Rains at Drywood, and thus have averted the
disastrous defeat at Lexington, and prevented
the shedding Of rivers Of blood, but we could
not get it.
How would you like to see the Prince a major
general What has he ever done TO deserve 1t
on an inclement night he refused to let twenty
six sick Ohio soldiers into the fort. And yet
Gov. Robinson Is to reward Prime by making
him O major-general! Never" " never. J
Prince told the Ohio sergeant that the soldiers
ought to be sent to the guard house. l"hang
him. " hang him. l am speaking from the
rccorl-from afidavits-and as Jim Lane lives,
those afidavits shall go before the government,
and drive the iuhuman scoundrel from his posi-
ton. t" Good 80" good."1
! have commanded seven armies, and / have
found that officers succeed when they treat sol
diers as men; do that and they will fight for
YOU. Why, my soldiers would follow Inc right
into the middle of hell. And let me tell you
that if I wanted to make a sure job of capturing
the Old Fellow, Ia take the Kansas brigade and
I'd do II though he had Robinson and Prince to
help him. Terrific applause
Kansas Is the jewel Of the West 1t Is all
there is between Missouri and the Rocky noun
tains. 1t is the Jewel in the cap of freedom. In
/ q department VIII us utduQudltCIS ih o. LOuA9'
Kansas is not as secure as she should be. 30
| difficult is it to convey intelligence across Mis-
SCUM that it is not safe for US to receive our or
| ders from st. Louis. The true interests Of Kan
sas demand that she should be in a separate de
partment, with Fort L~eavenwOrth as its base
Cheers. 1t is a military necessity.
The appointment Of brigadier-geneTal was Of
fered to me and l intended to acceptit when the
brigade was organized, but I could not be dTiUeH
to take it. Although not a brigadier have
been playing If all over and pretty big-betting
high on small cards. [Cheers and laughter
For all my labor, hardship and expense l have
not received one dime. Now don't You think
Robinson and Prince could have afforded to let
me serve my country for nothing
Ifthe government viii make a separate de-
partmeut here, l VIII resign my Senatorship and
accept It. This department ought TO be com-
manded by a Kansas man. Then we can save
Kansas, restore the Cherokee country and a good
deal south Of it.