The national Republican., 1862-01-07
THE TIME ANn PHr MAN.


The subjoined article from the Chicago 7ri.
bune gives expression to opinions which are
rapidly becoming unanimous In the loyal
States. The same approval which the Admin
i-tration deserved and received, for the assign
ment Of General Lane to On important and in.
dependent command in the West, would greet
bis tranAr to aider sphere Of operations.
Prissipaes, sot men" has been . hstkneyed
phrase 70 politics. Principles and men - Il.
an improvement upon It. But better still, ,s,
men as the enbodiments Of principles.
The people know General Lane. They want
no proclamations from him, or platforms con.
structed for hin to stand upon. When he is
assigned 10 military command, they under.
stand that ~ means that the war Is to be
ended y J
From the Chicago Tribune Of Jan. 4.
Send Jim Lane to south Carolina.
The President has appointed James II. Lane
brigadier general, and assigned to him the CON-
maud Of the Kansas troops. but he will really
wield the powers Of major general. As jim
Lane Is q man Of action, 1t Is difficult 10 see
where he can Hnd sufficient work along the
Kansas border TO keep his division properly
employed. The rebels are pretty effectually
subdued In thecOuntry assigned to him. If the
President would turn the State Of Missouri over
to him to pacify, he would have work enough
for bis troops TO keep them from rusting. 10
a few montbs there would not be slave In the
state. nor rebel In arms. A permanent peace
would be conquered, first, by removing the
cause that made men rebels and second, by
shooting or chasing out Of Missouri every in.
s,rUont ho raf,, aoA In lav dntun M
submit to the Union.
But as this job Is not going to be entrusted
to Gen. Lane, and AS he Is too valuable al
officer to be exiled to inaction, what better use
could be made Of bis talents than 10 give him
command of our troops in South Carolius. and
recall that lamentable failure, Sherman? There
is feld that would suit Lanes genius, exactly.
He would there be in bis glory His presence
at the head Of our troops, would spread terror
and dismay among the rattlesnake traitors of
Palmettodom. The twenty thousand Northern
soldiers at Port Royal, into whom Lane would
infuse his magnetism, would become endowed
with the sighting power Of $4,000 men, led by
such an officer - Sherman, and the rebels
would rather encounter 100000 men under
Sherman than 10000 under Jim Lane. Ono
fights for Freedom and Union and the other for
Slavery and Union. That 10 the difference be
tween the two men.
Old John Brown, with sixteen men aud an
ttled, struck more terror into Virginia than
does the great army OF the Potomac, destitute
Of that idea" General Sherman has been
two months On the soil of South Carolina, and
has not ventured beyond the guns of the fleet.
Had General Lane commanded the expedition
he would have had the rebellion put down
throughout the State, before New Years day.
Many people would be reluctant to hava Lane
command q division In Kentucky, on the GROUND
that his peculiar system Of warfare Is too rough
aEd energetic for the delicate nerves of Ken
tucky Unionism. But khey have no such ten
Or regard for the wicked authors of this
atrocious rebellion. The appointment of Lane
to command In South Carolina, would elec,rify
the country and make the people shout for joy
Hope would spring in every breast, and men
would be convinced that the Government was
in downright earnest at last, and determined to
Iqueich the rebellion speedily and effectually.
Give LShs u few Of the Western regiments
lying idle Al Wasbington--the soldiers there
from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, in.
cludiug Farnswofth's big abolition regiment
OF cavalry. Let him also have Jennisons and
Mon yinery's X ,nsas " jayhawkers;" and then
send aino i ca'go of the condemned Austrian
and other old muskets for the contra b ands -
to Use, and u few batteries of field artillery.
aud the Governmrht need not give themselves
any further uneasiness 10 respect to the rebel
lion In South Caroline. Lane would tamr he
chtvalry as effectually az ever Rarey tanned a
vicious, kicking horse. He would make the
war support itself, and net fifty thousand bales
of cotton per month, clear profit, besides.
If we had q few generals of Lanes stamp at
the head Of our colue ans, Secretary Chase would
not be driven to his wits end to raise money :
nor would the war cost the loyal people of the
Union two million dollars day to carry It on
two millions day consumed, and nothing
done. But why dwell on this subject, which
only causes the peoples hearts to ache at the
wreiched way in which the war is conducted.