Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-14
GEN. LANE IN KANSAS.

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subject was, The Duty we owe ou
Government in this her hour Of dires
extremity" Having proved that tn,
direct cause Of the war was the unhol,
ambition of six millions of Southerr
men to control and govern twenty mill
ions of men at the North, and having
also showed that there Was 10 Legitimate
end to this war which did not include the
naturalization of this assumption, he pro
ceeded to speak in his own peculiar style
of the organic cause of the war-slavery
He then said
We have just men enough for the
preservation of slavery, have made wild
ows enough, orphans enough.
Go yonder to that fierce fought battle
ground at Springfield. There, out of
twelve hundred, five hundred and seventy
killed and wounded Kansas has offer
ed up enough blood to this Moloch, and
so has every other state. And l thank
God our Government is satisfied that the
war has gone far enough in that direction.
Who feeds this rebellion -Four million
slaves. Who clothes this rebellion p
Four million slaves. Take them from
that side and put them en- this side. ZAP
plause.) If they were mules you would
do it in a minute; and yet | think man
is worth more 20 the enemy than a mule.
One of the Cabinet Ministers asked
me the other day how many slaves
could proftsbly use in column Of 3d.
600 men. told him | wanted to see
every soldier a knight errant, and behind
him his squire, to do all his work, SO that
| may use the soldier just to shoot trai
tors. and send them to that home prepar-
ed for them from the beginning. ! would
like to have the rebels killed by gentle
men. Let the soldiers 90 on with their
killing, and the squires go or with their
burying. And if the squires get guns, |
don't propose TO punish a negro if he
kills traitor. Now | may lose my
standing in the church, but l tell you ]
take stock in every negro insurrection,
and l don't care how many there are.
If they don't want to be killed by ne
groes, let them lay down their arms.
The new Secretary of War has turn
ed over new leaf A healthy public
sentiment, created by God himself, com
PEELED that statesman to publish to the
army, 'HenCefor;h your business is to
attack, pursue, and destroy the enemy
No more taking of the oath no more
swearing in the rattlesnake. Why, to
my certain knowledge, the rebels over
here in Missouri have been sworn over
i've times, and they are rattlesnakes yet.
The true way to close this rebellion is to
letach the four million slaves. A man
ays, Lane, if you do that won't you
make them free?' Great God what a
errible calamity! Every slave within
his government is destined to be free
sod has so determined. (Applause.)
The chains are to be stricken from
very limb freedom is to be the battle
ry from North to South, from East to
Vest
The negroes are much more intelligent
han had ever supposed. | have seen ,
hem come into camp Occasionally look .
ne down as though slaves. BY and by
hey begin to straighten themselves, throw E
ack their shoulders, stand erect, and
BON look God straight in the face. They
re the most affectionate, impulsive, do
lestic beings in the world No one loves
lother, wife, children, more than the ne
70, and they are altog ether smarter peo- q,
lie than we give them credit for. mean -,
,e democrats.
After long days march, after getting
upper for the men, after feeding and i.
leaning the horses, have seen them out
lst back of the tents drilling. And they II
Ike to drill as child takes TO its d,
other's milk They soon learn the step, 7
ION learn the position Of the soldier and II
Ie manual of arms. You can see that :.
the innermost recesses of their souls h
e devil is in them Gen. Washing -,
n did not lie when he said his negroes r.
ught as well as white men. General a.
lckson did not lie when he paid that n,
bile compliment to his black soldiers at ii
ew Orleans. Give them a fair chance ;r
put arms into their hands and they .,
III do the balance of the fighting in this 8,
ar IL
So terrific is the crime Of these traitors
care not who involves them in ruin and N
ath. Let us teach them treason against W
is government is crime against God, as q
I'll as man. care no. whether the -
Inishmcnt is inflicted on the battle field, Z,