The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-02-06
GEN. LANE IN KANSAS.
SPEECH AT LEAvENwORTH.
Bsfor. a. M:reuntils Library A'.oeiation.
what Lane Proposes to Do.

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PAeo'rPSie'y s:PoT'Sa ssPP e. as9a .1G .s' c0'''''veOy
LADIES AND GENTLENEB | hopo my voice
may always be commanded aod my efforts
Giryoted to the encouragement Of Socie.
" like tho one am speaking fer To-
night. TIE proceeds Of this lecture or
speech go to the filing up oi tie only
public Library iu iha city OF Lssvenworlh
"A Library which is Irre 10 all persons
visiting the city. The Objects an impor-
tant one. a most worthy oGe.
T. is is the subject have selected, up
on which | venture to address you with
out any leisure for preparation, without a
moments time for though. or reli6ction--
it is, The duty we owe 10 our Government
in this her hour OF direst ex remity.
This Government OF ours cost more
than any other Government; more b'ood
ard treasure were spent ic establishing it.
A handful OF men, only four millions, un
provided with arms and munitions Of war,
undertook 10 fight the first Power Of the
world. and but for the fact thai God smil
ed upon them. encouraged and aided
them. they must have teen DEFEATED.
In examining this question We should
inquire, where is tie Government on
Garth that has more fully protected the
persons and property of its subjects than
ours? Now, any Government is entitled
to all the Efforts that its subjects can put
forth. While tho citizens OF other Gov.
ernments give all. We should give more
than all. The American citizen should
b. willing to offer himself and everything
upon the altar oi bis country.
This Government that has 81 blessed
US is now threatened; the danger is imi
nent, and where does i, come from? Who
threatens the existence Of this Govern.
menl? / wish 10 God / could say to
night that il was threatened by foreign
foe. No; it is threat, ned hy the very
people whom it has most projected and
blessed
When think who caused this war ]
feel like fsnd. When | think that the
men who have been Cabinet officers, the
Senators, the Congressman. the Generals,
the Colonels; when | think that the very
men who, for twenty years lave fattcneG
on this Government. ARE now raising their
hands to strike il down. feel like TAX
ing them all by the tLrost-lile thro,tiing
and strangling them all
For a quarter Of century l have been
an actor in public affairs, and during ali
that time | have seen twenty millions al
the North governed and controlled by six
millions at the South. And no matter
how ex.ravagaot tho demand made by any
Of these lords Of the lash he had only to
rise in his seat and say: "Mr. Speaker,
unless this request is granted we shall SO.
cede,' and the Hotspur gained sub
misslve acquescence.
saw day before yesterday a speech.
said 10 have been delivered in !he State OF
my birth by man called Abraham Hen.
bricks, iu which he said this war was
caused by The radicals in the Northern
States. Great God! l wonder the earth
did not open and just let him lhroughi-
Such speech at such an hour by man
protesting 20 be loyal ci,izenl
What did Immediately produce the
wal9 ] hope there are Douglas Demo
Gratis here, and | want to say to them
thut tho Douglas Democrats at Charleston
brought on this war 1t was they who
had the nerve and courage 10 stand up for
the principle that the people Of the terri.
tories had right to govern themselves.
If they had consented TO give up that
principle the Charleston Convention would
have nominated Stephen A. Douglas, he
would, in all probability have been elect
cd and alive today
The South having failed in con9uerine
Kansas, IN making it Slave S,ate-rail !
ed. Just a lille. having failed to proteo
Slavery inside the Constitution. dtlibe
rately and coolly went to work TO cstab
lish its empire outside the Constitution
II any one should say 10 the South, 1--WE
will acknowledge your independence,
would it secure peace TO us for day.
Never. But | will tell you what it woult
; do. 1t would write "co,Oard' in burning
letters on the forehead of every fre,
man and hand over TO our children a wa
which we ought TO end ourselves. NJ
children may call me everything e,se, bu
they shall never call me coward. War
war petually, until the North is conquer
cd by the South, or the South is conquer
ed by the North, There are a class o
persons who want to close this war, an,
permanently. but they want to fight il
! such a way that the slaves shall not b
r free. TO carry out this policy, yol
/. must fight without killing anybody. =.
For if you Kill! master the slaves will
rscape. Until the last ten days the poll
, cy has been to 6ght go as not to hur
Q Slavcry,
The only way to close this war is I
6yht, and 10 fight everything that stand
, in the way. Cruel! remember we'll
shortly after the battle Of Buena Vista
report came into the camp tha,a party 0
. Mexican men, women and children ha
been butchered in the Mountains. wa
: ordered Out with n detachment OF Poen
and brought 10 fuIty or City mutilats
s bodies. and reported to Gen, Taylor ,ha
. they were butchered by the Camanches
! No one ever questioned Gen. Tay lor'
\ goodness Of beart. or his skill as solt
, Ter, but he replied: "Ihe Camanche
: seem TO be lighting On the same side W
. are. We won't interfere with ,bem."-
' Now, barbarian Of the most ,erribl, char
4 acter has marked every step of this wa
t as waged by the rebels. ! don't cay
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