The daily Gate City., 1861-10-18
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why the Kansas Brigade ID sneered at
| Our sin is that We have never beer
whipped. That brigade ID conspre,
against. This last Sabbath was desecrate,
| by d conspiracy at the Fort, between Rob
inson aud Prince, to destroy the kansa
Brigade. Charles Robinson and Captain
Prince conspiredto destroy it. They wer
guilty of treason baser than that of Price
[Ira cheering.l ] have come here /,
talk plainly to you. Cries of "That'
right 'Lct us have it'll What is tn,
charge they make against the kansa
Brigade We are jayhawkes.
stated in Washington that the insti
tution of slavery could not survive th,
march of the Federal army---tAat Mer.
,couid be ON army Of one color marching
into the stare States, and an army of an
other color narchfny oSt. / said further
that confiscation must follow treason; al
thunder follows the lightning's fash.
Confscated property goes to the Gov.
ernmcnt, and this rule has been adopted
by my brigade. If We are jayhawkers, we
are jayhahawking for the Government.
Now if-oh the dirty pnppy--if tina,
creature Prince. or that still dirtier crea-
ture, Robins IN, can find an instance of vio.
lation Of this rule in my command, the
guilty man shall be hung.
Blu they say we steal slaves--great Cd
Lieut. Col. Blunt, of Montgomcry's regi-
meat, has just returned from the interior
of Missouri, and they tell me he comes
back with more slaves than white men,
["Good, good and cheers Secession
lists get no slaves from the Kansas Brig.
sde. When Union man comes to my
camp to recover slaves, ] tell him to look
upon :he camp as naked ground. Re
if were not here" If he fails to recov-
er his slaves we give him certificates
voucher to the Goyernment-that such
man lost slave by the march of the
Kansas Brigade.
Slavery disappears before my brigade
[Applause ! guess that's true Re-
newed applause. But it disappears on
the principle | have laid down. / ven
ture to say that If were to toll Mont
gomery or Blunt. or Stewart or Williams
or Bowlcs s'you shan't takes those slaves, y
the reply would be--'ssIaves are men, and
vou shan't make me nigeer catcher fol
traitors. Great cheerin..
| Is there man here who would act al
slaye-catcher for Price, wonder if tha,
| dirty dog Prince would do it This is
the sin, this is the charge against US. W.
march 10 crush cut Treason and lei
S2acery toke care Of dself If they dc
not want Slavery to perish, let them lay
down their arms-or do the other thing
keep Lanes Brigade out of Missouri
[Rapturous applause.l In my opinion
this war will never be successfully carried
out 50 long as an army marches !hrough
slave states as boat goes through flock
of duck. They fly up on its approach
and nestle as soon as it has passed The
boat is safe and so are the ducks. When
you march through a State you must de
stroy the property of the men in arm.
against the Goyernment--destroy, deyas
tote, desolate. This is war.
Take the Union man by the hand, hnl
lay waste the property of traitors Why
IL so much sympathy shown for traitors
and none for Union mem Hundreds and
hundreds Of nion men have followed the
Kansas Brigade to escape the clutches o.
traitors. Did you ever hear this puppy
Prince say a word about Major Dean whC
was robbed and driven from his home b,
4 traitors
Not a word of sympathy for such men
But let slaycholdcr lose niggerand tn,
very air resounds with cries for the return
Of the..fugitiye. T"Shame, Shame. f.
Now I Il tell you what | want Of you
Wen do the fighting. Wen try not t,
surrender. We ask the people of Kansa
to stand between VI and the cowardly trai
tors in our rear.
Why, here 3 pe per-great God, tina
it should come from Kansas-tAe Stat
Journal-what pity it is that it ahoul
be published in Lawrcnee-it says tina
my Adjutant, Marcus j. Parrot, is get
ting up petition to dissolve the Kan
sas Brigade = to dissolve the the only fore
that can protect Kansas. / venture to sa
that if Mark is Industrious he can ge
every secessoinist in Missouri TO sign i,
cannot believe it, but if he has, pit
him. Laughter. But | do not believ
it. Besides, the evidence is against it, fo
never knew this Lawrence Journal I
publish ons truth.
! But the Kansas Brigade is to be dis
solved because il built forts and organize
forces at Humboldt, Leroy, Neosha Falls
verdigris. Walnut Creek, Fall River
Turkey Creek-seyen forts on your from
tier, where the people instead Of bein
stampeded and driven from the State ca
rally for your defense.
i Is it because Mathews invaded Hun
boldt Four days before that raid / OF
! dered a fort to be balt there, but . f.
some reason it was not done. But VIII