Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-02-05
The Conservative Var Radical Means 10 be Tried

/ tisn at list and is DESTROYS CT allowing 1i'-
radical var pump to play On the south
He is willing for the county to be saTed
by the aid Of negroes, rather than let the.
Union slide, and willing for the negroes
to turn in and help clothe, feed and sup
poft the Unoils men and cause, inasmuch
as the rebels have been making the negroes
clothc, feed and support the rebels and
their rebellion. He begins to think that
negroes are not any more sacred than white
men, and that the negroes may as well fight
for their freedom and country as not, es-
pecially as we can't very well get aloAg
without them. We copy the following
from the speech Of Senator General Jim
Lane, delivered to the soldiers stationed at
Camp Douglas, Chicago, Jan 2sd as it is
we'll known that Lane really and truly
represents the latest position of the Presi-
dent:
sThere was no resolution, so strong,
among all true patriots as that, demanding
that the rebellion must be put down 50 as
to stay down. The curse Of slavery has
been agitated long enough, and it must
now be radically cured. For eight long
months the North has been eontending
against the rebels, and what lave we got
to show for it? What results have been
accomplished advantage obtained {!
For eight long months the government has
been prosecuting this war so as to hurt no
body. 1t is time some one was hurt
We were willing enough to kill white men
in the South and to allow them to be kill
led in the South and to allow them to be
killed in the North, but we were afraid Of
committing sacrilege if we touched the sa-
cred 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, aud
think / can certify that this crowd have
got over it. Applause, and cries Of ''yes,
We have We have been permitted 10
discuss all questions human and divine,
all questions Of society Of morals and re-
ligion, to canvass the character of God and
the nature of bis laws, but have been for
hidden to say aword about the viper which
has stung MS in our bosons.
1t is no time for talking now, but for
action. We have consumed eight months
in inactivity, have wasted three hundred
millions of dollars, and sacrificed twenty
five thousand lives, and turned the country
upside down in our insane endeayors to put
down this internal rebellion and save
slavery. | tell you it can't be done, and
the &C yernment has come to that conciu-
sion. Let me tell you, confidentially, that
on Monday last they opened new set Of
books and came to the conclusion that il
the Union can't he saved and slavery saved
then down goes slavery. The rebels have
either got to submit, to die, or run away.
/ | tel you the time has come when play
must stop. The rebels mist submit or be
sent down forthwith to that hell already
1 yawning to receive theai.
The desirable consnmnsstion was effect
cd by a compromise. The radical men
agreed that the conservative men should
carry on the war according to their notions
FIR eight months, provided they were al
lowed the next eight. The time is up for
the conservatives, and they now hand the
war and its CONDUCT over to the radicals
and every conservative man should now
extend the same encouragement and sup
port which we gave to them in the prosecu-
ton Of their method.
There are in the South $4,000 strong
aud loyal male slaves who have fed and
clothed the rebel army and have as good as
fought upoa their side. Government now
proposes that these slaves shall feed and
clothe our army and fight upon our side.
The other day while talking with the Pres
ident, Old Abe said to me, "Lane, how
many black men do you want to have to
take clre Of your army' told him as
my army would number $4,000 | propose
to have thirly-four thousand contrabands
in addition TO my tearnsters and wagon
masters | consider every one Of my sol
diers engaged in the glorious cause Of free
dom a knight-errant and entitled to his
squire to prepare his food, black his boots
load bis gun, and take off his drudgery.-
Vanity aud pride are necessary adjuncts Of
the soldiers, and do not propose to lower
him by mental offices, nor compel him to
perform the duties Of the slave. So, while
4 shall elevate the slave by giving him his
freedom and making a man Of him, shall
also elevate the soldier and leave him no
work to do but fighting. A voice in the
crowd--"What are you going to dowith
the niggers?01
The General singing out the owner Of
the voice, and pointing lis long finger at
him, replied: ''Ah, my friend, you are just
the man / have been looking for; l will
tell you what am going to do with them,
am going to plant them on the soil Of
the gulf coasts after we have got through
this war; let them stay there and cultivate
tra land; have government extend pro.
tec.ion to them, as it does 20 the Indians,
Ind send superintendent and governors
among them and pay them wages for their
labor. There could be no competition be-