, 1861-10-15
A 1PREUH FROM GEN. LANE.
How tho Kansas brigade Carries on
the War

1t A~meeting called In LeavenTorth, last
'ednctdsy evening, the 9Th, to urge the sep.
ate Military Department Of Kansas, and soma
;ber reforms for the better defe0ce Of tho
order, Gen. James Il. Lane made N elaborate
Id characteristic speech In defence Of the
:aneas Brigade. He said:
Two months tgo the Kansas Brigade wss
rgsnizsd. WIS put 1t the head ofit, with
very man III that command. Every day stnce
entered the field it has been actively engaged /
pY the plotectfpu of Kansas aud the Govern
lent. # has not been whipped, 1t has mol
u1rendered. Why is it that these creatures
t the Fort sneer at It? They abuse the
0 the enemy They Bneer at the Kansas
Brigade because We have never engaged the
,uemy without whipping them like the devil |
10 to Nevada where Sc Of the Kansas Brigade !
net and defeated 200 rebels; go to Bal's
Nu, where 1S0 KANSAS whipped $50 trattor5; |
20 to Dry Wood, where 400 msa @ Under Mont
;ome1y for two hours fought, ,00Oofthe enemy
lnd drove them back from your soil; go to Pa.
plnsY1ue, where-200 Ct our men conquered
800 rebels killed five Of. their captains, and
1rove them back to their den. Go to Norris
town, the death bed Of. our gallant JohpsI1u
Whtre 400 Of the Kansas Briga1s, Grove 690
Traitors from their entrerc.s erc.suaents; 60 to Os-
eeela, one Of the Erarorgest natural points IN
Southern mlsseurI, where, after eighty miles
nareh through the enemys country, We met
greatly superior force, beat it, end took ani
destroyed more then s million dollars worth
Go to these fields, aud tell nc why
the Kanfas Brigade Is sncered at.
Our Elm is, that ne have never been whipped.
Tbat Brigade is c3nsplred against This last
Sabbath was desecrated BY conspiracy 1t the
Fort between Robinson and Prince to destroy
d n1T~ Inc nT
Capt. Prince conspired to destroy it. They
were guilty Of treason baser thsn that Of
Price. [GIeat cheering.l I have come here
to talk plainly to you [Criea OF HTAat's
light" Wet US have it."t What Is the chsrge
they make Against the Kansas Brigade? We
But they esy re steal slavas-great God!
Lieut. Col Blunt, OF Montgomerg's regiment,
has Just returned from the interior OF Nilsson
II, and they tell me he comes back With mora
slaves than white men. {" Good" "Good,"
fRa and Wg got no 9a 5gss om
comes to Dy camp to recover slaves, I tell him
to look upon the camp As naked ground. IRE
sort to the sane measures that you would if
I we1e not here" Il he tails to recover his
slaves we give him certificates voucher
to the GoveIIment-that such man lost
Euch slaEe By The march Of the Kans25
Brigade.
Slavery disappears before mJ Brigade. Zap
p]ause. I guess that's true. Renewed ap.
p1su6e. But it disappears Oh the principle I
have laid down. l venture to say thas if
were to tell Montgomery OF Blunt OF Stewart
OF Williams or Bow1es, q you saan't take thoss
slaves" the reply would be- slaves are men,
sid you ahaa't make me nigger catch=r for
traltcrs-" Great cheeTing]
Is there man here "ho would oct al slavs-
catcher for Price? wonder if that dirty dog
Prince would do it! This is the sin, this is
the charge against uE. He march to crush out
treason and let slaeeTy take ears Of itse.f Hthey
their arms-or Go the other thirg-kesp
Lanes Brigade out Of Missouri. [Raptufous
AZ p}ause.1 In my opinion this war will never
be successfully carried ont SO long as an army
marches through slave States a5 boat goes
through flock Of ducks. They fly up on its
approach and nestle GpWn as soon as It has
passed. Tie boat is safe anu SO are the ducks
| When you march through State you must 81
march that traitors will feel the horrors ol
| war. Take the Union men by the hand, but
1ly waste the property Of traitors. Why is so
| much sympathy shown for tral tors and none
for Union menl Hundreds and hundreds o.
| Union men have followed the KaGsss Brigade
to escape the clutches Of traitors. Not WORD
| ef efs1npathy for such men. But let slave
holder lCse a niger and the very air Tesou1d
with cries for the return Of the fugitive
{" Shame,"" Shame,"l Nov I'll tell you wha
/ want Of you. Well do your fighting. Vel
try and not surrender. We a=k the people o
Kapeas to stand between Us aud the eoWardly
traitors who stand in our rear,
But the Kansas Brigade is to be dissolved
| because it built forts and organized forces 4
Humboldt, Leroy, Neosho Falls, Ver3igr!s
Weln1t CTeeE, Fall River, Turkey Greek
seven forts on your frontier, WHARF the people
the State, can rally for their defence. Is
because Matthews invaded Humbolda? Fon
days before that raid I ordered a fort to b
bnilt there, but fur some reason it va
not Gone. But who followed Matthew's So
ki!ISd him? Ny order book will stoH tha
to Arkansas, and he did pursue him till b
elew him. Blunt marched down into th
Cherokee country; he followed MattheTs
his den and killed him.
What is the reaEor Price and Rains did no
march into Kansas Did Prince keep off th
12,000s Did Robinson do it Did Blood, wh
went in pursuit OF herd Of cattle and ran t
PIXIES Peak. did Blood drive away the II 001
Did Sam. Smith do 1t? Bnt they cay PEit
| and Rains had no intention Of invading Ka1
ses- Price marched 1900 men to with
eight miles Of Fcrt Scott He intended
tsEe it. The "peace" men all left, and q toW
is always IN danger when the traitors III
AWAY. There were more valuable stores
Forts Scett and Lincoln, at that time, tbs
there were at Lexington. But ne get no or
dit for driving back the traitors because y
lost sixty mules. II I am charged with tho
for what have captured from the enemy. q
took $50 at one haul at Morristown and
wasn't much Of o day for mules either.
, We are thwarted In obtaining troops b
cause they are wanted in New Mexico.
= should like to know what NeW Mexico
; worth with Kansss lost. That New Mexi1s
project vas got up t. prevent the organic I'll
Of the Kansas Brigade inadvertently, ha
!, 10 doubt, By General Fremont, but iatentio
:, ally by Robinson.
! What hiss the State Government done
: the protection Of Kansas How was Soutle
.. Kansas faved2 called the people to
: rescue. They eame. found arms belongi
: to Uncle Sam. took the responsibility
= opening the boxes and giving the arms to
. people. Now you 30 to the Fors and they II
:. tell you Lane is thief. But Kansas Wo1
J have been invaded had not those two thousa
y y men been armed with those guns. BueI to
. clothes! Colonels johnson, Richie, Mo
when it was raining great God, how
= HES raining! The men had no terts, no bla1
- cts, no clothing. Fighting is hard enou
- even when you are we'll cared for. And I t.
. thoee Colonels, "lf there is anything tn
a that will make your men comfortable, take
y y tt ey were; I thought they belonged to Tn
q u Sam, and they did. And here Kansas pa
- calls ME thief, because took clothing T.
- would otherwise have fallen into the hands
~ the enemy.
- - vile traitor sleIderers In the rear. Poslt
>, don't excuse treason. The higher the ps
- = ton the greater the treason. [Cheers. !
-, arreign before this people Charles R3bini
q as traitor to his country. Last Sunday R
iIaop and Prince were co1spiEing to dest1
the Kansas Brigade-seeking to do that WI
h{ L.
II, have thWarted me at every step. beg
:. them for one piece Of artillery. could
- get it. If ne hsd had ope twelve-pound hi
ae itZer, We could have whipped Price aud r.
n at DrJToc6, ard thus have averted the d:s
If tIous defeat at Lexington, and prevented
=: shedding Of rivers Of blood; but We could
III get 1t.
he How would you Ike to see Prince H.
10 General? What has he ever done to desc
it, On IN inclenent night he refused 70
Al tFenty-si1 sick Ohio soldiers into the E,
AZ And Jet Gov. Robinson is to reward Pri
,e- By making him Major General! [" Nevt
ia "Never.'1 Prince told the Ohio Serge
- that the soldiers ought to be sent to the gu
q houee. e. Hang him" "Hang him."l I
lie speaking from the record-trom affidavit
Of and ss jim Lane lives, those affidaYits q
a. go before the Government and drive the
human Ecoundrel from his position. .I'Gos
er "Good."
have commanded seven armies, and b
in. found that officers succeed when they t
l.. eoldlers ag men; do that and they will
~ for you. Why, my soldiers would follow
~ right into the middle Of hell And let me
you that If wanted to make sure io'
"a capturing the Old Fellow, I'd take the T
ef sas Brigade and I'd do it though he had
NJ inscn and Prince to help him. 1Te1ihc ch
is: hg1
at, .s KanEas is the jewel Of the West It Il
~ there is between the Missouri and the Ri
~ Mountains. It is the jewel in the cap OF T