The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-01-31
Gcoerni Lane In Ci,icapo-- what
Ifc ioid the President and
what uc Intends 10 do.

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IBc toId the President and
what Irc Bnfcnds 10 do.
General Lane, who arrived IN Chicago
on "Wednesday, was enthusiastically re-
cciyed, his parlors at the fremont House
being crowded with visitors. lie made
call at Camp Douglas, where he address.
cd the troops. On his return to the hotel
in the evening, lie was serenaded and
made aspeeeh, of which we find the fol-
lowing extract IL the Tribune;
The uppcrmost fact in every loyal
mans mind was that this rebellion must
hc crushed in some way. For eigbt lonp
months the North has been contonding
I sgainst the rebels, and what have we rot
TO show for iti What results have been
nccomplishcd--what Advantages obtain
ed For eight long months the Govern
mcnt has been prosecuting this war so as
20 hurt nobody. II is time some one was
/ hurt. We were willing enough TO kill
white men in the South aud 10 allow them
10 be Killed in the North, but we were
oira Of committing sacrilcge if we
touched the sacred negro. Cries of thnts
so."J Yes, afraid TO touch the sncrod ne
| gro who has caused the whole of this
trouble. But let me tell you, the Gov
ernmont has got over this notion the
people have got over il, aud think | can
certify that this crowd have got over it,
! Applause, and cries of eyes, we have
We have been permitted TO discuss ali
questions, human aud divinc-all qucs.
tons OF society, of murals and religion !:
to cnnyass the character Of God and the
nature Of his laws, but have been forbid.
den TO say u word about the viper which
has slung us in our bosoms.
II is no time for talking now, but for
action. We have consumed eiyht months
in inactivity, have wasted three hundred
millions OF dollars and sacrificed twenty
five thousand lives, and turned It's coun-
try upside down IN our insane endeoyors
To- put down this Internal rebellion and
save Slavery. ! tell you il can't be done
and the Government has come to that
conclusion. Let me tell you, conlidenti.
ally, that on Monday last they opened n
new set of books, and came TO the con-
cluslon that IL the Union cuu't be- saved
and Slavery saved, then down pocs Sla.
very. The rebels hayo either got to sub.
nit, 10 die, or 20 run away. | tell you
the time has Gene when play must stop.
/ The rebels must submit, or be sent down
forthwith TO that hell, already yuwning to
receive them.
There are in the South GSO.OOO strong
nnd loyal male slaves who have fed and
clothed the rebel army, aud have as GOOD
as fought upon their side Government
now proposes that these loyal slaves
shul feed aud clothc our army and iight
upon cur side. The other day, while I
was talking with the President, Old Abe
said to me, "l.anc, how many black men
do you want 10 have to take care of yuur
army !" told him as my army would
number thirty-lCur thousand, | proposed
to have thirty-lOur thohsand conrabands
IN addition to my tcnmsters and wagon
masters. ] consider every one of my sol.
dicts engaged in this glorious crusade Of
I Freedom a knight-crrnnt aud entitled to
his squire 10 prepare his food, black his
boots, load his gun and take oil his drudg-
cry. Vanity and pride are necessary nd
juncts of tho soldier, and ! do not pro-
pose to lower him by mcnial Offices nor
compel him TO perform the duties of the
slave. So, while shall elevate the slave
hy giving him his lr cdom aud making O
man of him, shalt also elevate the sol
dicr and leave him no work to do hu,
fighting. A voice in the crowd: "Whal
are you going TO do with the niggcrs p"l
The General, sing ling out the owner oi
the voice, and pointing his long finger nj
him, replied: "Ah, my friend, you arc
Just the man have been looking for
will tell you what um going to do will
them. am going TO plant them On The
soil of the gulf coast, after we have got
through tlis war, let them stay there ans
cultivate the land; have Government TX.
tend protection to them, MS II does 10 The
Indians, aud send supcrintcndcnts ant
governors among them, aud pay then
wages for their labor. There could bC
no competition between black ard whit,
labor" lie believed, whether the rebel,
liked the idea or not, that the blacks al
no distant day would have possession o.
+ the Gulf country, to which they were ac,
climatcd aud physically Conditioned
lie proposed TO establish free State Gov
crnmcnts rs he went along, and he coult
promise his hearers that either he on tn,
rebels would be cleaned out.