The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-11-06

States shall rear themselves, an impenetra.
BILE barrier aginst which the western waves
of this curse Of slavery shall dash in vain
Until that time I am crusadsr for free
dom.
These last words express the spirit in
which the men Of Kansas are entering this
fight. 1t also tells the secret of Lanes pow.
er over them. They know that whatev-
er else he may or may not be, he is
true to the idea which has grown with the
growth Of Kansas, and which may now be
expressed in popular slogan thus-"Dea
TO traitors and freedom for all mankind"
Again in the State Convention which NOM
mated the present Governor in 1859, Lane
is reported as saying in one ofhis indescri-
bable sensation speeches. while speaking Of
what Kansas had taught him, that ut
was with shame that he acknowledged it,
but when he came to Kansas, he cared MOTH
ing about this question of slavery. The on
ly point with him was wheter the soil would
grow hemp or not; but, Mr.. President, Che
continued) the seed which, since then, Kan-
sas has planted in my heart, and watered by
the blood of her matyrs, has grown! and
groom AMI GROWN! until the tree is large
enough now to make ties for the Under
ground Ra;lroad." This is Jim Lane
When in the United States Senate Chamber
during the extra session, he did not shirk
from this position, as the files of the Globe
will prove.
GOV. CHARLES ROBINSON
is Massachusetts, man and came to Kansas
as the agent Of the New England Emigrant
Aid Society. He is man Of energy and
executive capacity. possessed of undoubted
physical courage, but lacking IN many Of
the elements of moral stamina, more espec-
ally in the quality eff persistency except in
so far as related to his personal feuds, where
he never loses any opportunity of striking
blow, no matter what public interests NAV
suffer thereby. He is Humane and kind to
but let any one differ with him in public
matters, and his egotism, which is almost
boundless, takes offence, and he will crush
the party remorselessly. His position in the
early history Of Kansas was gained by his
supposed devotion to the radical sentiment
When the struggle was over-so far as the
physical contest was concerned-anl the re-
suits did not come in as speedily as he desi
red. Robinson became an advocate of con-
servative measures. 1t was principally
through his influence that the policy Of Gov
Walker was adopted by the Free State peo-
pie. Controlof the Territorial Government
enabled Robinson to speculate. He is the
reverse of Lane in this respect The Gen.
is careless and profuse-the Gov. speculative
and rather avaricious. He went to Wash
ington during the Lecompton contest, and
has been accused of having made an agree
ment to sustain the English Bill in Kansas
on condition Of receiving certain grant of
land for railroad purposes. He had town
on the Missouri river named Quindaro, and
his pet project is railroad to Lawrence from
it, across the Delaware Reservation. Wheth-
er he made such bargain or not, he found
the temper of the people in no condition to
receive it and judged it prudent after the
first day or two not to express his views
When nominated for Governor, i. was by
combination of railroad interests and the fac
tons opposing Lane in the convention
Since '55 Robinson has never lost an oppor-
tunity Of striking at Lane The latter more
subtle, seldom makes an attack but always
draws his last and arrogant enemy into the
field. When Gen. Lane shot Mr. Jenkins,
in the unfortunate dispute about the Gener.
ais claim, Robinson and his friends denoun-
ced Lane before his examination as MUIR
derer, sought to excite the friends of the G.
ceased to lynch him, and otherwise made t
apparent that the punishment of
Lane was sought not for justice, but for the
sake of political effect and personal hatred
So when the Harper's Ferry Senate Commit
tee was in session, Robinson went before
them and voluteered testimony is corr
sidered and denounced in Kansas as wiful
perjury. This testimony charges Lane and
others with conspiracy to make war against
slavery and the Union. Thus the hatred be-
tween these two men has gone increasing in
virulence.