The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-01-30
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4 CnaracGsr:sslc Speech.

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Gen. Lane, "the coluing man" OF the
Great West, delivered speech to an i'm
mense multitude al Chicago, the other
day. 1t is bold, pertinent, and to the
poirt :
"GENTLEMEY-It is no time Cor talk
ing now, bat for action. We have CON
suIned eight months in inactivity, have
wasted three hundred millions OF dollars,
and sacrificed twenty-five thousand lives,
and turned this country upside down in
cur insane eadeayors to put down this
Internal rebellion and save slavery. L
tell you it can { be done, and the govern
ment has come to that conclusion. Let
me tell you, confdentially, that on Mon
day last they opened new set OF books,
and came to the conclusion that Ii the
Union can't be saved and slavery saved,
then down goes slavery. The rebels have
either got to submit, or die, or run away.
/ tell YOU the time has come when play
must stop. The rebels must submit, OF
be sent down forthwith to that he'll al
ready yawGing 10 receive them. This de-
sirable consummation was effected by
compromise. The radical men agreed
that the conservative men should carry
on the war according to their notions for
eight months. The time is up for the
conservatives, and they now hand the war
aud its conduct over to the radicals, and
every conservative man should now extend
hesame eencouragcmentand support which
we gave to them in the prosecution of
their method. There are In the South
6S0 900 strong and loyal male slaves, who
have fed and clothed the rebel army, and
have Us good as fought upou their side.
The other day, while l 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 amy p ] told him
as my army would number $4,000, pro-
posed to have thirty-four thousand contra
bands. in addition to my teamsters and
wagon-masters. | consider every one of
my soldiers engaged in this glorious cru
sada a knieht-erraut, and entitled to his
squire to prepare his food, black his boots,
load his gun, and take off his drudgery.
Vanity aud pride are necessary adiuncts
of the soldier, and l do not propose to
lower him by menial offices, nor compel
hiai % perform the duties OF the slave
SO, while | shall elevate the slave by Civ
in. him his freedom aud 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 10 with niggers y The general, sim
Cling out the owner of the voice, and
pointing his long finger at him, replied !:
:Ah, my friend, You are just the man l
have been looking FOR. | will tell you
what [ am going to do with them. | am
going to plant them on the soil Of the
Gulf coast, after we have got through
this war +; let them stay there and cult
vate the land have government extend a
protection to them, as it does to the In
dians, and send superinteudents and gov
ernors among them, and pay them wages
fer their labor. There could be no COM
petition between black and white labor. y
lie believed, whether the rebels liked
the idea or not, that the blacks at no dis
tant day would have possession OF the Gulf
country, 20 which they were acciimated
and physically conditioned. He proposed
to establish free state governments as he
went along. and he could promise his
hearers that either he OF the rebels would
be cleaned out.