Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-02-17

Pablo opinion Is dong 's WON
thoroughly with this personage-'s 'a''
eorsiening him to the position which he
richly mcri,s. His blow and blus'er
.bout his Western expedition has
amounted to nothing, and the people are
beginning to take him at his true ,"'"e'
and nothing more. At nome "s
reaching hi. proper level as we deter
mine in part, from the following para
a,.,h taken from the Wyandotte
Go,ette. which supported him for the
senate and the editor Of which voted
for him in the Legislature. Head;
.James Henry Lane you have ,yted with the
.,,.I iu,.,es,s Of your country. For this you de-
SO The exccrstion, not only Of your own coun-
800 but Of the friends Of freedom all over the
sn,Isce Of tho broad earth. While your country
has b. en ged in desperate struggle Tor It's
very existence, you have been making ounc' moe
speeche. telling how you had ''commanded seven
armies" what great things you had done and what
other great things you we're going 70 do instead oi
which you have not only done nothirg, but nave
prevented others firm serving their county ~
standing directly in their way E
Il. YOU act as il you not, but II Is neverthe
less true that the United States have been ehgsg
for tho last ten months IN detpe'Ato WAT A'
their national existence. 1his being so - - 70.
the mart Of the true patriot 10 devote MS oes'
sner9, % and almost his whole time, TO the difv
trics, Of the low demagogue, as you have zone
sincs the commencement OF tins war. james
Henry stand aside. Sheriff, remove the friso"ei'
A Leayenworth correspondent OF the
st. Louis Republican, states that there
has been no quarrel or misunderstanding
between Gen. Hunter and Lane-that
there il no official information at that
noint Of the existence of any such per-
son as General Lane.
Orr readers will remember that the
telegraph was employed a few weeks
since, to retail over the country the an.
nouncement that Jim Lane, out OF tue
benev olence Of his heart, had presented
the widow of his murdered victim
jenkins, the sum Of fifteen hundred dol
lars. As the Abolition papers had it
"a free. will gift from the warm hearted,
generous, contri.e Lane" How it was
heralded through the country-and
how his friends here and there lauded
his magnanimity to the widow whose
husband he, without proyocation shot
dead. Editorials were based upon the
act and the Gazette Of this city grew ex-
.,l
trem,iy uac,ious over the ".ree-wili
Offering" The Geographic report said
that q. the commencement Of the year
the General presented to the Attorney
Of Mrs. jenkins, 81 500 as a frec-w..
Offering Of Kindness and sympathy
The following is a strange document to
accompany "free-will Offering in
duced by kindness and sympathy
Read
Received Of J. II. Lane fifteen hundred dollars
70 be paid to Nrs Jenk ns upon he, suTrenderinj
To said lane the Possession ot to tract OF lam
now occupied by her, being the northeast quartz
of section 81, near La grence, Kansas The Ios
session il 20 be surrendered 10 sad Lane OF tn
eastern tract, without any injury To the orchard
treeDktences, houses or other Improv ements don
or suffered ~ Ms. Jenkins, or any member of he
family; and provided that the above sum shall
not te !, t. or until the patent ,or The sal,
lana -h,u ,ssu, to said ! ane and this petect
understood that all the fences, houses, buildings
trees, and every hing il the way OF improvement
upon the land shall be surrendered US 1t now il
and any Oul stantial non compliance with tn
above conditions by Mr.. Jenkins or any person
by and through her. shall forfeit her right to tn
moiey and the same shall be returned to sal
Lane. J. /. USHER.
January lst, ls62.
lSigned IN trpicate.
Was there any thing in this act tt
entit!e the murderous scoundrel an,
trickster to be bullctined over the lane
and made the subject OF such extreme
newspaper audalions The money wa.
given for an object, and the telegraph
was employed to herald the act abroad
for al object, also. Let those who tool
20 much pleasure in chanting the pra
ses of this adroit knave, take all tn,
comfort they can from it. The objec
Of their alteration is the most miserabl,
trickster 10 the land.