The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-11-01
Gen. Jim Lane Makes q Speech.

Gen.. Jim Lane has q quarrel, we
should judge, with the regular army
people at Fort Leavenworth. Lane snd
red tape are natural autagonisms, and
the way be blazes at the people in the
Fort is perfectly Characteristic. He took
alas p! without au,hori,y--a matter Of
two thousand federal muskets and armed
the Kansas Brigade with them. That is
one grievance. He has also certain pc.
culiar ideas about the method OF conduct.
ing WAL, which are not in favor at the Fort,
and there is another grievance. So they
quarrel Gen. Jim raising the mischie!
all the time with the beloved institution o.
slavery, which this war. il we are TO be-
lieve the New York Express and Buffalo
Courier, is waged TO conserve and per
peluate the red-tapists in the Fort de
nouncing him as a jsyhawker, sbolitionis
and plunderer butt is only fair tc
add-Gen. Jim doiu; all the fighting
Perhaps he is no better than one OF the
wicked /; we are not sure but that we are
very indignant at him. but be has a righ
to his defence. and SO we quote little
from his speech:
TIE BRIGADE NOT JAYHAwKERs.
Confsca,ed properly goes 10 the Gov
ernment, and this rule has been adopted
by my Brigade. II we are Jayhawkers
we are Jayhawking for the Government
Now if-oh! the dirty puppy-if tha, crea.
lure Prince. or that still Girtier creature.
Robinson, can find AN instance Of viols.
tion Of this rule in my command, the
guilty man shall be hung. ...
But they say we steal slaves-grea,
God Lieut.. Col. Blunt OF Montgomery,
regimen, has just returned from the 10,
terror Of Missouri. and they tell me hs
comes back with more slaves than white
men. "Good," Good" and cheers.
Secessionists get no slaves from the Kan
sss Brigade. When Union man come,
TO my camp TO recover slaves, | tell hin
TO look upon the camp as naked ground
"ResOrt to the same measures that yor
would Il were not mere" II he fails L
recover his slaves We give him certi6cat,
AS a voucher TO the GoverDment--tha
such man lost such slaves by the marcl
Of the Kansas Brigade. Slavery dissp
pears before my Brigade. Applause.
| guess lha,'s true. Renewed applause.
But slavery disappears on the principle
have laid down. ] venture TO say that il
were to tell Montgomery. or Blunt o
Stewart, or Williams or Bowles, "Yol
shsn't take those slaves" the reply woulC
be--"Slaves are men, and you shan
make me niger catcher for traitors
! lGrea. cheering.
Is there a man here who would act q
a slave.catcher for Price ? wonde
il that dirty dog Prince would do it ?
This is the sin--this is tho charge agains
US. We march to crush out treason ant
let slavery take care OF itself. II the,
don't want slavery 10 perish. let then
lay down their arms, or the other thing
keep Lanes Brigade ont Of Missouri
[Rapturous applause. In nay opinio
this war will never be successfully csrrie
out so long as an army marches throug
slave States ss 8 boat goes through
Aock Of ducks. They Ay up on its ap
proach. and nestle down as soon rs il ha
passed. The boat is safe, and SO are III
ducks. When you march through
State. you must 90 march that traitors wi
ieel tho horrers Of war. Take the Unio
,aan by the hand, but lay waste the prop
sriy OF traitors. Why 10 so mnch sym
pathy shown for traitors and none 70
Union men? Hundreds and hundreds O
Union men have followed the Ksnsa
Brigade 10 escape the clutches Of traitors
Did you ever hear this puppy Prince say