Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-12-28
JIM LANES BRIGADE.

worth to q large audience on the 10th
inst, in defence of his Kansas brigade.
1t seems that Gov. Robinson and Capt.
Prince, who are rather conservative
men have not approved all the actions
OF the brigade. Lane comes to the
rescue i'll rich style and pours hot shot
into his assailants. Here are some ex-
tracts:
Two months ago the Kansas brigade
was organized. | was put at the head
Of it with the respect, the conf
dence, aye, the love of every man i'll
that command. Every day since it
entered the field it has been actively
engaged for the protection OF Kansas
and the government. 1t has not been
whipped--it has not surrendered.-
Why IS it that these creatures at the
Fort sneer at it? They abuse the
the Kansas brigade because it has not
surrendered to the enemy. They
sneer at the Kansas Brigade because
we have never engaged the enemy
without whipping them like the dev-
ii.
Go to Nevada where Sc of the Kan
sas brigade met and defeated 200 reb-
els, go To Balls mil, where l3O Kansas
whipped $50 traitors; go to Dry w ood
where 400 men under Montgomery for
two hours fought 7, 200 of the enemy
and drove them back from your SOIL !;
90 to Morristown, the death bed OF our
gallant Johnson, where 400 OF the
Kansas Brigade drove 600 traitors
from their entertainments, go to Osceo-
la, one of the strongest natural points
in southern Missouri, where, after
eighty miles march through the enc
my's country, we met greatly suPerl-
or force, beat it, aud took and destroy
ed more than a million dollars worth OF
property. Go to these fields and tell
me why the Kansas brigade IS sneered
at
Our sin is that we have never been
whipped. The brigade Is consplred
against. This last sa bbath was desc
Grated by conspiracy at the Fort, be-
tween Robinson and Prince, to destroy
the Kansas brigade. Charles Robln-
son and Capt. Prince consplred to des-
troy it. They are guilty OF treason
baser than that Of Price. (Grea1
cheering). have come here to talk
plain to you. Cries Of "That's right, .
Let US have it." What is the charge
made against the Kansas brigade? we
are jayhawkers.
I stated in Washington the instltu-
ton Of slavery could not survive the
march of the Federal army-that
there would be an army of one color
marching into the slave States, and an
army of another marching out. | said
further that coniscation must follow
treason as thunder follows The light
niny's flash.
Coniscated property goes to the gov
ernment, and this rule has been adopt
ed by my brigade. 1--WE are iayhawk-
ers, we are ,iayhawking for the govern,
ment
Bat they say we steal slaves-great
God! Lieut.. Col Blunt, Of Montgom-
ery's regiment, ha., just returned from
the interior Of Missouri, and they tell
me he comes back with more slaves
than white men. ["Good," "Good,"
and cheers. Secessiorists get no
slaves from the Kansas hrigade.-
" hen Union man comes to my camp
to recover slaves, [ tell him to look
upon the camp as naked ground
"Resort to the same measures that
won y-n11i1 if I ,,n.,, ,,,+ l,,r, IfI,o
fails to recover his slaves we give him
a certIticate--as a voucher to the gov
ernment that such man lost a slave
by the march Of the Kansas brigade.
Slavery disappears before my bri-
gadr, Applause, I guess that's true,
f'ene"ca appIause But it diSap
pears on the principles | have laid
down. l venture to say that if L were
to tell Montgomery, or Blunt, or Ste
Wart, or Williams, or Bowles, ''you
shant take those slaycs,' the reply
would be, ''slaves are men and you
shan't make me niger catcher for
traitors" Great cheering.
/ there man here who would act
as slave catcher for Price ? I won
der if that dirty dog Prince would do
it. This is the sin-this the charge
against Us. We march to crush out
treason, and let slavery take care of
itself. 1t they don't want slavery to
perish, let them lay down their arms
or do the other thing-keep Lanes
brigade out of Missouri. Rapturous
In my opinion, this war
will never be successfully carried out
as long as an army marches through a
slave State as boat goes through a
flock Of ducks. They fly up on its ap-
preach, and nestle as soon as it has
passed. The boat is safe, and SO are