The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-30
JII LANES SPEECH IN KANSAS
hEe Defends the Kansas Brigede-Just;fes
Negro sfeaiing-0biec.s of the War p.aiu-
ly s.ated-Msi. Princes Opinion Of Lame.
&c.

From 4 In te number of the St Iouis y,-,,-
tr0t, the Lincoln organ in Missouri, vAici,
publishes it with evident approval. we copy
the following report of u speech delivered ri
Le&TenWorth, Kansas, by the notorious and
infamous Gen. Jim Lane, the Kansas L. ),
Seaator and Brigadier General Lane very
plainly aYows his policy, which is to steal
and turn loose all the slaves lie can; and al.
though it now endeavors to conceal if. The
people viii soon be enthusiastically convinced
tnat such is also the policy of the Lincoln
Government AT the meeting which afforded
Lane the opportunity OF delivering his ba
rangre, on coming forward he was received
with rapturcus applause. He said:
VIC months ago the Kansas brigade WAS
organized. was put At the head Of ii with
L1e respect, the confidence. ave, the Ioya of
every man i'll that command Fyarrr Ia
since ii entered the field it has been activaIy
engaged Ior the protection Of Kansas and ths.
government. 1t has nos been whtpDed-it
mas not surrendered. Why is il th4f tbesa
creatures at the fol sleer at itY They ahusa
the hanst;s brigade because it has not sur
lti'dtth0 10 the enemy. TEfT suppr AT tina
h;thsaS brigade becaGSe W. have never en-
GaGed t4e enemy without whipping them Iika
the devil.
Go to Nevada. where 81 of the Kansas
SHsade met and defeated 210 rcbeIS; go IS
bali mu!, where i,G kGnsans wbipned 300
traitors, - 10 Dry Wood. where 400 m o., nm.
der montgomery for two hours fJRght = 600 OF
The rnelny, and drove them back from your
soll go to MorristOWn, the dea bed Of cur
gallant johnson, where t0n OF the Kansas
brigade drove b0o traitors from their
entTenchments 90 to Osceola. one of the
strongest natural points IN Southern Mis-
sobri, where, after eighty miles narcI;
lhFo1Sh the eremy's country. we met Il
greatly superior force, beat IT, and took and
destroyed more than Il million dollars worth
Ct properly. 60 TO these fields. and tell me
why the Kansas brigade il srerrpd at
''OuT sin Is that Ne have never been whip.
PED. iAat brigade i cpnsDir1S AGAINST
rms last Sabbath WAS decorated by a CON
slIracy at the Fort, between Robinson and
l'rince, 70 destroy the Kansas brigade. Chas
hooIhson and Capt. Prince conSpired 10 de-
stroy II. They Were guilty of treason b3ser
than that OF Price FGreat Cheering 7
nave come here 10 talk plainly To vcu TCries
OF 'Ilttt right Let US have it'll " mat is
the charge they make against the Kansas
brigade We are layhaWkers
Il stated in Washington rhesthe jnstttutjo,
0t slavery coutd not survive ths march OF The
federal arug-;3at there sroUif 6e ar ayzsv Of ogs
c3!or "rcht1g l"'0 Ire stare Nf1tes and az aray Of
1Hothsf c0ior mayctjag 0ut. l stjt further tbu't
confocaton must follow treason. as thunder
follows the iightniu2's uash.
''IonAscated property goes 10 The Govern
ln~ht, ana TINS rule has been adopted by nv
brigade. Ii we are iayhawkers. we are ;av
stwaIug for the tioyerumenI
"EoW if--oh! the dirty puppy-if that crr1 .
t'tre Prince, OF that still cirtier crcat tnre Ro-
binSon, can fInd an instance of q violation OF
Thu rule in my command, the -uil " man shal!
De hung.
II have commanded seven armies. and :
have found thai officers succeed when thew
treat soldiers as men; do that, and they viii
tight for you. g hy, nv soldiers VpuId joliou,
me right into tle middle OF hell And len Ioa
tell you, if l wanted 20 make a sure iob nf
capturing the Old fellow, d take the Kansas
brigade. and q do it, though he had Robin
son and Prince 10 help him. [Terrific cheer
ing
" kansas is the Jewell of the West Iti al,
there Is between the Missouri and the Rocky
Mountains. Il is the Jewel in the Gun o I free
dom. In department with it's headcuar-
ters atSt. Louis, Kansas is not as secur. a
she shonld be. So difficult is il to convey in
telhgen3e across Missouri that il is not safe
tor us 30 receive our orders from St Iouis
The true interests of Kansas demands thut
sne should be III separate department with
Fort LeaVenWUrth at = base TCuAars I
II is Il military necessity
The appointment Of Rrigadier- Geueral
was offered 10 me, and intended % accent il
when the brigade was organized, but couId n
not be dr{reR 10 take il Although not q
Brisadier, | have been playing il ali Over and
pretty big-hetting high on small cards
TCheers and laughter
"for all my labor, hardship, aud expanse
L have not received one dime Now don I
you think Robinson and Prince could have
afforded 10 lei me serve my country for moth
ing?
"lf the Government will make 4 eenarata
department here, / will resign my Senator
ship and accept il. This Department ought
to be commanded by 4 Kansas man Then
we can save Kansas, restore the Cherokee
country, and good deal South of 1t.
ASK The Government to give this army n
sufficient supply of artillery. They have
lately ordered two thousand five hundred
guns. Can't we have six Of them They arc
needed for service, and / tell you nothine.
gives the soldier SO much courage as the siy n,
OF those big guns. | would like To hava Vo,,
get this department SO that We can clean an
that thing {the forD up ycnder Let US turu
out the heartless scoundreis who have Insult
ed us for years. (Cheers.
't0r the first time | coiAA here ara,,n,T for
Kansas. Alarmed, not because the enemy are
upon US. 1t is because we are in a 1enart-
ment that cannot receive conn, n nications
from ST. Louis, and cannot be safely com :
mandea oy any one man. No man has a
greater ADMIRATION for tren. Fremont than
have, bat bis own letters show that the De
paFtmeht Is beyond the control of our Gen
erai. ~ Is ior you 10 ack.wa4f you will act,
Will follow II up. or thing YOU c;,n be
assured, and that is thai Will caaselessly la.
bof for your welfare and ior the defence and
protection of Kansas"
A person who has not heard Lane sneak
cannot form an opinion OF his Sfy 10 by reading
MS reported speeches. About one half Of his
harangne is made up in gyMsasfics. He strokes
his pious breast with meek humility, and
Calls 70 Heaven to witness the ruth Of hts A..
ssriioHs. Then he Wildly taars his hair
madiy TinSs Ris arms Into the air ,a,stoyts h,s
sHnutaNNAty. afl ai8 st,ts ~ xt u