The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-01-31
Gen. Jim Lane


Passed throug gh our village on Tues
day last, the 2lst, accompanied by part
of his staff, on his way to Kansas, where
he will Immediately take the command OF
his division of the army, and put in mo
ton that wing of the great army of the
United States whose destination is Texas
and the Gulf. On his arrival at Chicago,
ON Wednesday, he was enthusiastically
received his parlors at the fremont
House being crowded with visitors He
made aeall at Camp Douglass, where he
addressed the troops. In the evening he
was serenaded, and made a speech, Of
which we take the following extract from
the Chicago Tribune:
"The uppermost fact in every loyal
mans mind was, that this rebellion mus
be crushed in scme way. For eight long
months the North has been contendinc
against the rebels, and what have we GO
accomplished-what advantages obtain
ed For eight long months the Govern
ment has been prosecuting this war SO as
to hurt nobody. 1t is time some one was
hurt. We were willing enough to kill
white men in the South, and to allow
them to be killed in the North, but we
were afraid of committing sacrilege if We
touched the sacred negro. Cries Of
that's So Yes, afraid to touch the
sacred negro, who has caused the whole
of this trouble. But let me tell you, the
Government has got over this notion the
people have got over it; and | think |
can certify that this crowd have got over
it. [Applause, and cries Of yes, we
have. We have been permitted to dis
cuss all questions, human and divine-al
questions of society, Of morals and reli
gion to canvass the character of God and
the nature of his laws, but have been for
bidden to say Il word about the viper
which has stung us III our bosoms
g 1t is no time for talking now, but fo:
action. We have consumed eight months
in inactivity, have wasted three hundred
millions of dollars, and sacrificed twenty
five thousand lives, and turned this coun-
try upside down in our insane endeavorS
to put down this Internal rebellion and
save Slavery. tell you it can't be done,
and the Government has come to thai
conclusion Let me tell you, confden-
tally that on Monday last they opened a
new set of books, and came to the con-
clusion that if the Union cant be saved
and Slavery saved, then down goes Slave
ry. The rebels have either got to submit.
to die, or to run away. [ tell you the
time has come when play must stop. The
rebels must submit, or be sent down
forthwith to that hell already yawning to
receive them.
tThere are in the South 69O, 900 strong
and loyal male slaves who have fed and
clothed the rebel army, and have as good
as fought upon their side. Government
now proposes that these loyal slaves shall
feed and clothe our army, and fight upon
our side. The other day, while was
talking with the President, Old Abe said
to me, Lane, how many black men do
you want to have to take care of your
army?' I told him, as my army would
number thirty-four thousand, proposed
=,
in addition to my teamsters and wagon
masters. l consider every one of my
soldiers engaged in this glorious crusade
of Freedom a knight errant, and entitled
to his squire, to prepare his food, black
his boots, load his gun, and take off his
drudgery. Vanity and pride are neces
sary adjuncts of the soldier. and do MOI
propose to lower him by menial offices
nor compel him to perform the duties ot
the slave. So, while | shall elevate the
slave by giving him his freedom ane
making man of him, | shall also elevate
The soldier, and leave him no work to d,
but fighting. A voice in the crowd
What are you going to do with the mig
gers 2
"The General, singing out the owne
of the voice, and pointing his long filtge
at him, replied 'Ah, my friend, you ar
lust the man have been looking for !.
will tell you what l am going to do witt
them. am going to plant them on th'
soil of the gull coast, after we have go
through this war, let them stay there ant
cultivate the land have Government ex
tend protection to them, as it does t
the Indians, and send superintendent
and governors among them, and pay then
wages for their labor. There could b
no competition between black and whit
labor He believed, whether the rebel
liked the idea or not, that the blacks 9
no distant day would have possession {
that Gulf country, to which they WEI
acclimated and physically conditioned
lie proposed to establish free State Go,
aruments MS he went along, and he coul
promise his hearers that either he or I'll
rebels would be cleaned out.