Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-04


from Kansas, on his way to Washington,
stopped in Boston, and on Saturday last was
called on for a speech. He made III and we
give a few brief extracts from it, as we find
it in the Boston papers:
He said that he felt embarrassed at address.
ing the assemblage before him. When he set
out in life, his mother said there was nothing
to prevent his success in life but his uncon-
querable modesty. He thought he had got
bravely over that but still he was embarrass-
ed where he now found himself.
Born in a slave State, and nursed by
slave, he had now got rid of what reverence
he ever had for slavery. Ny memory run
meth not to the time when slavery did not
threaten the Union. Wher ballot. boxes
were stuffed, and it was attempted to force
Constitution on a free people when he saw
the officers of the Government trying to
overthrow the Government and even the
President used his power for its destruction,
can you reverence slavery2 You all desire
to have this rebellion crushed out, and an
honorable peace, but he is a coward who
would wish this war ended, with the knowl-
edge that our children would have to fighti it
over again.
He would ask how many American SOL
diers are you willing to kill to preserve
slavery ["Not oneI'] We are fighting to
avoid bloodshed as far as possible, and to
bring the contest to an end as soon as pos
1 sible. do not deem it dishonorable to look
around and see if there is not a bruise of
which we may take advantage. say il we
| are to carry on this war to kill our own peo-
| pie instead of the rebels, let us stop now If
it be inhuman, they have the means to pre-
vent it. Let them return to their allegiance
and they shall be kindly received. But, if
the war is TO continue, we will use all the
means in our power to conquer them. This
var shall never close while the shackles re.
main upon one slave.
Here the speaker detailed q humorous in-
cdent, owing how the slave owners cling
TO their human property. A lady, large, fat
and forty, had two sons in the Secession
ranks. She also had two slaves, which had
escaped from her clutches. This woman
came to the Generals quarters to look after
her property. She was informed that the
slaves were beyond her reach, and that Lane
was in pursuit of her two sons, and he should
| hang them if he caught them. "Whatever
you do with my sons" bubbered the wo-
man, "be spT9 and return my niggers."
Laughter. Isne said he did not promise
TO do any sr5h thing, as he disengaged him
self from her embrace.
General Halleck says we can't admit fugi-
tives in our lines, for they will betray us.
That's liel All my experience contradicts
it. have had five hundred slaves in my
camp, with but twelve hundred men, and
, we received more valuable information from
, | the slaves than from any other sources. They
! would die thousand deaths rather than be.
tray one secret that would tend TO the injury
of their liberators.
, If the rebellion is to be crushed out it mus
, | be by crushing out the cause of the rebellion
i | Last week the Indians in the Confederate
!, army took three of my men, riddlei then
, with balls, and hung them after they were
g dead What should be done with these In
= | diaps? T voice-"Swear them in and le
. them goP'1 He defended the Kansas Brig
+ sde. He had been with them three months
a and had never seen man intoxicated; ant
q if they were "Jayhawkers," it was for tn,
= Government. II was said that Lanes brig
3 ade had been plundering our friends. de
+. manded an investigation. Let them maxi
it good. They will find thousands of sack
| of salt and provisions taken from rebels ant
distributed to the loyal families.
f In regard to the statement that the brigad
: bad appropriated women's and children
f clothes, he observed that the number o
slave women and children took it into thei
! they furnished themselves with portion O
| the clothing of their former owners. All th
n Kansas troops did was to see that the white
. did not deprive the blacks of all the cloth
q ing which had thus come into their pos
h session.
\. he WOulu oppose DOWle kulle 10 DOWle
q knife, Indian to Indian, "nigger" to "nigger,
d and Freedom to Slavery. They have writ
4 ten Slavery upon every banner; "Freedon
# 10 all" be written on ours. [Applause]
h we can not adopt this plan, then furnish
d substitute equally powerful for closing tn
/ war. Our present policy will drag the wa
!. along for years. You can not with the sam
=. army crush out treason and preserve Slavery
That would require two armies, and th
In Slavery.preserviDg army would have to
n very careful how it struck, as the institutio
i. was a very delicate organization, and cou
y not stand war. In Missouri the policy thi
as had been pursued had enabled the disloyt
nj masters to use their slaves against the Go,
v erDment. If we were fig biting the war
le whip the South, let us make use of all IL
le means that are placed in our power,
lt The speaker concluded by remarking tn
Ie the war could only be made short conte
" by striking at Slavery. Meet the issue tel
q dered by the South fairly. Place the wol
Al Freedom" on your banners, and the spir
of the old Crusaders will animate your a
mics, frmness and steadiness will be in
parted to the troops and victory gained, ar
tv permanent peace secured.