New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-06
GEN. LANE AT THE COOPER INS7I
TUTE.

The Hon. JAMES II. LAM, Senator from Kansas,
gave lecture last evening upon the Question Of the
Hour.
Tie Rev. DIR. TYING, who presided, made shot
preliminary speech, in hch he gave an account OF
his recent interview with the President in relation
to the closing of the colored schools of North Car
DINA. and expressed his full confidence in the final
emancipation of the slaves, by the Commander-in-
Chief of the Army, the honest President, Abraham
Lincoln.
Col. J. NJ. McKAyE presented the Constitution Of
the Emancipation League and the lst Of its oicers
Senator LANE was received with very great ap-
pause. He said that he recognized no ince here.
lie was stranger, born and reared upon the borders
of civilization He had been in the habit of speak
ing from the drygoods box or tue stump and he felt
extremely embarrassed. There might he present
some one person who had not yet lost bis reverence
for the institution of Slavery. Laughter. If
there was one, let him not be- alarmed 10 know that
be (Gen. Lane was nuIsed By slave. Had they
been there they might have seen Inn III one END OF
cradle, and another baby not near ~ WIRE at the
other end. iIaugh;er.l He WIS born also and
brought, up in the bosom o. the Democratic party
and was an eector at large who helped 10 cast tie
vote OF the State Of Indiana for Franklin Pierce. II
there WAS anything which to him was more disgrace
full than any otter thing II was Northern reverence
for Slavery. lie did not forget where lie WAS. lne
City Of New-YoIk WAS 10 this Government
power behind the throne greater than the throne
it,elf Could he, by giving up his lie. induce a
corfec, oIiuion in the City OF NewIork on the
great question Of the time, God knew how willingly
be would give it. Had this city said to the Pre-i-
dent on the 18th Of April, 1861, You must issue
proclamation commanding the Rebels to lay down
their arms in thirty days, OF Will proclaim your
slaves free" the war would Lave ended year ago.
why was the still ia existence To protect
the cause of the war. 1iis war began IN ls,J IN
Kansas. Every Slave State except Delaware aud
Mary land cent An army 10 subdue Kansas. hand
tut Of men, with few Sharps rifles, rolled back
the tide OF war. II "A came and wanted To Dgit
for Freedom, they didn't ask bin bic color, but gave
him a Sharps nfe. That was the way Kansas was
saved This war had been N dreadful calamity upon
u.s. and he looked upon il cowardly 10 entail upon
his Children any thing ike this CONTEXT. In y few
days it would be clos,d far rs the organized ar
mics were concerned. II We lett vesiiee OF Sia'-
cry we insured "a civil war upon our children Aye
a ve,tige. There were but thousand slaves IN
Delaware, but WINS not the Slave Power as po-
tent there as in any State in tbis I'm on Look ut
Bayard and salisbury. Go to West Virginia There
were S,000 slaves in West Virginia, and they had
voted in favor Of emancipation ten 10 one. They
framed Consiiuiion and yet they aid no, dare III
sert provision in that Constitution permitting tie
inauguration Of emanci patton, however gradual.
Look at this SIanly case. He did not bell We in
snecial provdences but did TO HIM tina, when
that man penned that proclamation, il would have
been better for him had the ground opened and taken
him in 90 TO Washington, and rec what yon
would find. Find a DaD who chimed be was
Democrat and you would find a man who sad
S,anly was right. There WAS "a Glars OF Democrats
who loved Democracy more than the Union. He
supposed every man would frankly ADMIT that
Slavery was in diroct conflict with the oyerwheui-
ING maiory OF the people OF this country. Emanci-
patton wa. a necessity; we might Just ne well come
,ouare TO il. The slaves had snu!!ed freedom, and
,bey could not longer be held in slavery. People
asked what we were going 20 do with them. They
had apsw cred that III Kansas. They had about
recently emgrated from Missouri and Arkan-
sss into Kansas. They were getting along together
us God intended them. AL The children went 10
school, including the Sabbsih-SclOOl on the Lords
Day. II al ut hurt his children. He bad learned
that the negro race bad much more capHbiy than
we gave them credi, for. Wien children, they
would compare with our own rnce in sprighiliners
and activity. Why did they sink when grown
Because OF the masters lash. He had had IN op
portunity TO aid 1900 slaves 20 emgrlie this yeAr,
and i; was not very good year Tor slaves either.
When they first came into camp, their leads were
cast down, but when they learned that they were
free they stood erect On the surrender Of Leling-
ton be and Gen. Curtis received an order 70 burn
the Government stores in Lenvenworh, and retrea;
across the Missouri River. Before that order "as
carried out, slaves informed them that Pricc Was
marching due south, aud that order was dsobeyed.
TO slaves the existence Of tho,e cities was due On
their marches, and when tbs white soldierr
were wearied ont at night, the saVes
would go through with the nanual OF arms,
He thought we should separate the two races bu. not
till we had fitted the blacks 10 govern themselves
lie vonld devote the State Of South Carolina 10
them. loud applause. People asked If we should
yet cotton The product Of cotton would be quad.
rupled Give the slave bis freedom, In3 be would
work as other peoplo worked. Withina iortnightthe
armies Of Secession would be scattered, distributed
in email bands M guerTil@. There had not been an
organized army in Missouri for three mouths, out
Mlssouri was suffering now IN much as she ever had
done from the war. Guerrilla warfare was every.
where denounced and punished 40 murder. How oio
We propose to meet il. lie would meet 1t by settng
the slaves of those free, and setting them 10 hunt
them ont. Cheers. Let them feek shelter IN the
swamps of Florida md send regiments OF en-
ancipaled slaves after them, aud would out
live them. Instead Of sending his son o.
his brother into that warfare, he wonid seno
those whom they had taught 10 follow them. Du.
the war not lost ~ make this Government anu
people what God intended 1t must he shown that we
had pluck. We did not gain great deal of military
reputalion in tue war Of 1912 or Mexico, but
now We had not only taught the world that we couid
beat the world at making money, but that we couiu
whip the world. in few years we should Fats
Tax bill. Ii did not seem to hurt anybody very
much, but be thought it would, with tho tArii, pro-
duce 500 900 0OO. He did not see that was going
TO hur, anybody, except man who took more than
one glass Of liquor day and who smoked two cigars
wheff they should smoke bnt one. When we get
these guerrilla bands closed out by the use Of inc
slaves he would like to REQ every traitor that mas 70
die die BY the hand Of his own slave. TRAITORS 70
,hs bert Government on earth, man who would 90
stroy the oply light to human freedom ought 10 90
thankful that be 10 permitted to die. The Tories Oh
ihe Revolution lived 10 hell upon earth, suffering
ali tho pains Of the condemned, and the Northern
trsitor-the miserable slave Of Slavsry-he wisno0