The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-16

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g "a November s. 1851.
s Gen. Lane very properly mentions Kansas as
esthe most waFlike Of the several states" With
population of one hundred thousand, Ne have
already raised six rseimsate, aud have three
more nearly ready for the 6eld. Tho psrssssei
Of one of these, It is said, does NOS rank very
high morally, while its "6ghsingr and ..jay
hawking" sxcsllencies are universally acknowl-
edged. Time will make some astounding dis
closures In the Kansas army. 9eTsa - an
Ills alleged BY Adjutant General Thomas that
in his recent military lnaneuverA Gen. Lane 10
guilty of divers irregularities, and that charges TO
this effect are already brought to the notice Of
the "powers that Be-" lam myself cognisant Of
manyo of the evil effects Of Lanes unconstitu-
tional style Of treating ths: rebels. There are In
Linn county, in this state, not less than one
thousand Missouri refugees, ell Of whom to-day
might have been enjoying the sweets of slavery,
had General Lane marched through tho rebel
country with m eye single to the "compromises
of the constitution" Not that Gen Lane, with
his army of sfreebooters." assisted those chat
tells 70 escape, but, what is deemed much worse,
he caused such . general panic and '.skeedad
ding" among the secesh chivalry, 40 to leave
the astonished darkeys without asilken fetter
to hold them to their ancient allegiance. The
slavsholders and not the slaves arc the fugi-
tives-a dissolution Of the 'spatsiarchal insti-
tuition without remedy in the Fugitive18 laveLaw3
But Gen. Lane is alao charged BY said Thorn
a. with having committed depredati0ns ON tour
friends" in Missouri. The only mootable ques
ton here ia, Who are tour friends" in Missouri
fn~ "a al L. kAA
dations" within the territory named above. He
Committed depredations" at Butler, Papinsville,
West Point, Harrisonsville, and at Osceola, even
to the extent Of shedding BLOOD, !" and captur-
ing and turning over to the government twelve
or fifteen hundred head of horses and mules,
together with vast amount of other property.
He ordered the destruction Of several buildings
in Osceola, simply and only because their oppo-
ncnts found skulking places therein from which
to ire upon his army. At Papinsville he order.
ed five men to be shot, and only because they
amused themselves three or four hours previous
~ BY hanging three Or four Union neighbors.
But we're these 'depredations" committed OH
''our friends?" This brings rs back to the orig
inal inquiry sgain-Who are ''our friends" IN
Western Missossri? If not notorious traitors and
bloody fingered banditti, then is Gen. Lane who'll
ly guiltless of the offences of which he stands
charged. II Union men have suffered at his
hands, scho are 0ieys aud scleye are Meyf Why do
they not come forward with their bills Of griev-
ances
Lane gave offence to the said Thomas and
our friends when he declared in his Leavenworth
speech, that: f
I'm my opinion this war will never be success
fully carried on SO long as an army marches
through slave States, as q boat goes through
flock of ducks. They fly up on its approach,
and nestle down as soon as it has passed
The boat is safe, and SO are the ducks. When
you march through state, you must march
90 that the traitors will feel the horrors of
war"
And this fully explains the vituperative criti-
cisms Of his recent military services. But
am glad to know that be bears it all with
composure worthy Of a man and the cause to
which his heart and sword are devoted. He
can well afford to "keep his temper" for he
knows the people are with him. The peo-
pie know and trust him. They have watched
his recent swords and works." and find that
far more of gratitude than censure is due to
him.