Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-24
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p takeIit. Although not Brigadier, have bsei
playing Il all over and pretty big-bettiDg high Of
snnali efrds. EJheers and lsughter.1
~Fo1l al my labor, hardship and expense. L hsvV
: lnotrecbived one dime. Nov don't vou think Rob
ison sd Prince tould have afforded 10 let me serv,
my couIntry for nothing.
q the Government VII make separate Depart
ment hire. will resign ny Senatorsbip and &C.
: cept il This Department ought to be commarSsI
. BY k|ansss man Then we save Kansas re-
9 sore the Cherokee country AMI good deal South
g OF it.
: @Ask the Government to give this army = sufH-
elent supply Of artillery. They have lately ordered
two thousand five hundred gucs Can't we bYra
sixnf tbemf They are needed for service snsl Ell
you nothing gives the soldier 50 much courage as
the slght OF those big guns. I would ike 70 have
you get this Department 90 that we can clean out
that thihg (the Fort) up yOnder. Let Us turn out
the headtIess scouudres who have insulted r,e fo
years IlGhsers-l - ll-s
For inc tirst time come here alGrnsf for Kan
! sas' A arm d. not because the enemy are upon us
Isls BECAUSE we are N 8 Department that casuot
receive communeations from St. Louis, and cannot
De safely eommanded- BY any one man No man
has gr eater Arbitration for Gen Fremont than
have, btt his Own setie show that the Department
is beyoHd the cODtF0i Of our General l. Is for YOU
to act. ~ Yen VII act, viii follow It up OF one
thing yc U can be assured and that is that viii
eeaseles labor for your welfare and for the de-
Tense an protecuon-Of Kansas
A per on who hrs not hecTd Lane speak. cannot
form az ppiulon Of bis style BY reading hrs reported
speeehesE About one half # his harangue Is mace
up IN g, aaoStcs he strokes his pious breast With
meek HUMILITY, and calls 70 Heaven to witness the
truth OF his assertions. Thea ne wildly tears his
hair, ma Ply filings his arms into the ar dstOrtl his
countensn and systematically Kisses out bis sar-
casm on the devoted head Of some one be disHkes
Now he 1vinks one eye at his audience aad now Ia
| Winks bcth. Atone time he stands perfectly erect
and AMIDST whispers,his words, at smother makes
terrific dive at the people and yels like an Indian
he sssuE hes more shapes, makes greater variety
Of gestGres, sRd has more tones TO his voice thrn
any othef orator in Americs.
MsJ5- PaACE appeared In card in one Of the
daily pspbrs. 4snd denounced Gen. Lane as a mali
eious liar What effect this had on LANE am unable
to state. This morning Gov. ROBINSON comes out in
a two col Ima card in the Daily Times, and reviews
Gen. LAM 5 speech. he chgracte=izss LANE as
bar, thief and murderer. quote from il to show
what PRETTY quarrel these public funetionaries
have got INTO
-"When General Lane says that my visit to Leav-
enworth, pn Sunday last was for the purpose Of
breaking llp his brigade, and making Capt. Prloce
AsJ0r Geeral, he, usual. states what thsre znOt
4 word Of truth in; and if Geo. Reynolds says 40
be simply Lies, and knows it better than him
self IL ID well known thar my business TO LsaFen-
worth reted to the protection Of Kansas. and was
made in cPnseQueSce of message from Generals
Fremont snd Prentiss. II is true that, lille at the
Fort, dhIpateh was read from COlUnel Judson, Of
Fort Scott to the effect that from reports OF his
pies he feared that Southern Kansas would,
oon be invaded. for the purpose Of ret1lia-
ion for the thieving, rohbing, ard burn
ng that had been done BY men from
Kansas I'D It is also true that took OCCASION as
DO az al times, when appropriate, to denounce
heft, robbery and arson in unmeasUred terms.
iiso crit ed some what freely Government thas
would tolaFate such proceedings were reported
o Be praeEiced by the army under Gen. Ls0e-such
3 laying waste the whole e0u TRY through which
hey pass, whether settled by UniOn men or Seces-
i0nsts saekiDg Fort Scott, burning towns stealing
orses, mules and beet cattle, and selling them 20
&c QlartPFmSster Of the army, &C., &c. II de-
ouncIng shch conduct or te men WAC permit il, is
reason, tlen shall always &c a traitor Severe
oSeyer, d my dennneiaiicns have been, they have
Dt equslldd those of Hon d. PARROT Lanes
-djutant, 'Eho denounced, in my presence, General
ane and IBIS force as highway robbers deserving Of
eath, and urged me 70 prefer charges against them
} Gen remont, that they might be put down.
however, respectfully declined % interfere with
hat was ais business, and The business Of those
Jnnscted With the army.
If one BID lf the reports are true relative to his
roceedingB- the Government has rendered itself
able for aure property since lane took tie field
10 play G neral all over and pretty big, betting
gh on sm M cards than all the other expenses Of
e war wt Dld smOunt TO. All this he has been
BE TO acc mplish in his private capscity. for be
Us he is t General, but Is simply, Mr.. Parrot
id, an irT spOnsible freebooter. What could he
1t Do as MbjOr General Of divisions But he says
le knows PRESIDENT Lineoln. and he knows Old
be will say veil done thou good and faithful SER
mt" There is too much reason TO fear that this
correct A President who will permit - Is pro-
edings ispresumed to iBstigate them, and Is bus
accOrdaT Zee with the old rule. that he who has
en- SUCCESSFUL thief withOuts commission should
promote and made thief on a larger scale ard
ore proc iinent basis. As 1 have no means
reaching President Lincoln directly, a. /
n told be believes nothing from Kansas IN
50 it is firkt endorsed BY General Lane. will say
r the benE fit of the people Of the nation that the
en- who hive property % be stolen, and the men
eharacttr and integrity who desire Govern
ent Of law, and not OF highwaymsn. would gladly
,chRnge s me Of the instruments and aDpointees
FrVsideht Lincoln for those Of ex Presidents
cree or Buchanan. There never has been time
Kansas lFhen robbery, theft, and murder run
i as sinc1 the big General playing OF Lane with
all cards p Until Lane took the field, property
Is respected in all counties except few immed-
sly en- the border. but now it IS unsafe every
lere Thb thieves are protected in, and are part
. parcel of the Lane army. and nearly ell the -
iAsees of the President ssy amen People viii
iure this state Of thnss but little longer, and if
Presidett psrsists in this proceeding cIvi. war
II inevitably result in Kansas rot between
liOnists add SecessiOnisls, but between thieves
d their Wet ms. But I have done with this
tter. 50 fIrr as the public press is concerned.
end TO pursue the course Of law. and protect the
lple to the extent of my power, and leave the
of anarchy. tl.eft, robbery and muir
where Il belongs. It may be thought thar I
We not trlated this subjsct With the dignity be-
ming my position. but how such TRADE as Lanes
.e h parIIorts to be be spoken OF with digni-
is more Than | can comprehend know Of DO
ter way Than to call = man who steals, rObs and
riders, thief, rObber and murderer, snd take
responsibility. The worst that can happen at
hands oil suclrmen, TO person who stands by
, and jubtiee, Is assassination, and that is pre-
able TO eh alliance with such crimes are per
rated on our border with the pretended sanction
the President. -.1- "a.
The Rspul Eican calls on LINCOLN to 'examine into
charges thus boldly made BY Gov, ROBINSON,
dismiss the recreant from the place which 10
rpa7
letter I'd the Baltimore RspubHcGs, from Kansas
5. that nli,her life nor property is safe there.
Federal troops are gang Of nIurdsrers and
ves, of W bonn jim Lane is chief.
he same writer gives the following account Of y
battle of IElue MILF, fifteen miles below Kansas