, 1862-01-04
&END JIM LANE TO SOUTH CARO-
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The President has appointed James H.
Lane Brigadier General, and assigned to
him the command Of tine Kansas troops,
but he will really WELD the powers Of a
Major General! AS Jim Lane is man Of
action. it is difficult to see where he can find
sufficient work along the Kansas border to
Keep his division properly employed
The rebels are pretty efectuaIy subdued
IN the country assigned to him If the
PRESIDENT would turn the State Of Missouri
over to linn to pacify, he would have work
enough for his troops to keep them from
T1:sting- In few months there would not
he slave in the State, NOT rebel in arms,
"A permanent peace would be conquered,
first, by removing the Cause that made men
1e}'cls; and second, by shooting or chasing
out of Missouri, every insurgent who re-
fused to lay down his arms and submit to
The Union.
But as 1his job is not going to be entrust-
I'd TO Gcn- Lane, and as lie is too valuable
IN officer to be exiled to inac6on, what
better Use could be made Of Ills talents than
10 give him command Of our troops in
south Carolina, and recall that lamentable
tai1rrc, Sherman? There is a field that
would suit Lanes genius, exactly. He
would there be IN his glory. His presence
ct the head Of our troops, would spread
terror and dismay among the rattlesnake
traitors Of Palmcttodom. The twenty
thousand Northern soldiers at Port
Royal, into whom Lane would infuse his
magnetism, would become endowed with
The fighting power Of $4,000 men, led by
such an officer as Sherman, and the rebels
would r11her encounter 100000 men under
Sherman than 10000 under Jim Lane.
0ne fights for Freedom and Union and
1hc other for Slavery and Union. That is
the difference between the two men.
old John Brown, with sixteen men and
an idea. struck more terror into Virginia
tha11 does the great Army Of the Potomac,
1cs:itute Of that "idea.' Gen Sherman
has been two months On the soil Of South
Carolina, and has not vcnturcd beyond the
guns Of the fleet. Had General Lane COM
nlanded' the expedition lie would have had
tic rebellion put down throughout the
State, before New Years day. Many
people would be reluctant to have Lane
command division in Kentucky, on the
ground that his peculiar system Of warfare
is too rough and energetic for tie delicate
nerves of Kentucky Enionism. But they
have no such tender regard for
The wicked authors Of this atrocious re-
bcllion. The appointment Of Lane to COM
mand in South Carolina, would electrify
the country and make the people shout Tor
joy. Hope would spring in every breast,
and men would be convinced tllat the Gov
ernment was in downright earnest al last,
and determined 10 squclch the rebellion
speedily and cfesaua1ly.
Give Lane a few Of the Western regi-
ments lying idle at Waslsington-the sol
dicrs there from Michigan, Wisconsin and
Illinois: including Farnsworth's big Abol-
aion reg lmcEt' Of cavalry. Let him also
have Jcnnison's and MontgomcEy's Kansas
t'j:yhawkers; and then send along a
cargo Of the condemned Austrian and
other old uluskcts. for the contrabands'
to Use, and 4 few batteries Of field
:'rti!l'Ey, and the Government need not
give themselves any further uncasiness
in respect to the rebellion in
South Carolina. Lane would tame the
ehiSalry as efEectually as ever Rarey tanned
Il vicious. kicking horse lie would make
the war support itself, and net 50 900 bales
OF cotton per month, clear profit, besides
five had a few Generals of Lanes Stang
al the head Of our columns, Secretary Chase
would not be driven to lis wits cad to raise
1n"ney; nor would the war cost the loya:
people Of the Union two million dollars s
Gay to carry it on-two millions day con
sunaed, and nothing done But why dwell
On this subject, which only causes thu
peoples hcarst to ache at the wretched way
IN which the war is conducted