The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-21
SPEECH OF SENATOR LANE IN
NEW YORK. .Eaa .IN
From the New York Times. 1

1 y
Emancipation League" of which William
@. Bryant, Esq, is President. held its first.
public meeting on that occasion, and Gen.
Lane inaugurated series of Thursday night
lectures on the themes suggested by the
present aspect of the rebellion.
Col. Mckay, who read the By Flaws and
Constitution of the Emancipation League,
| proposed number of gentlemen as its off,
GERS, and made way for DR.. Tying. who pre-
sented Gen. Lane to the audience.
| After the great appause with which he
was greeted had subsidized. Gen. Lane spoke
| as follows:
There is no face here that I recognize. I
am stranger to one and all of you. Born
and reared upon the borders of civilization,
unused to addressing such an audience, l
can but feel embarrassed. From dry
goods box at the corner, and the stump,
have always spoken, and naturally feel
some embarrassment t..ss ~. 1876
| Born and reared in the Democratic Party,
l was taught to believe by fond parent that
| Slavery was far in advance of the ordinan-
ces of God himself and that its sacredness
was of such a character that it was not 30 be
discussed either in or out of Congress. For
years urged with all the energy of my ma
ture the exclusion of negroes from Indiana
and from Kansas. voted for the Kansas Ne
4braska bill, and even went so far as to vote,
as State elector, for Frank Pierce. Laugh
ter. So you need not be alarmed if there
is one of that sort here. If there is any
thing that to me now is more disgraceful
than all others to manhood, womanhood and
childhood, it is Northern reverence for the
institution of Slavery. Applause- do
not forget the place and the people to whom
I speak. The city of New York, that 10 this
| Government is power behind the throne
more powerful than the the throne itself, and
| if here l could, by giving up my life, incul=
cate fair candid spirit concerning the in
stitution of slavery, God knows how will
ingly would die. Had the people of New
York year ago declared TO the Government.
| or to the President, ''we instruct you to is
sue a proclamation to the Slave States, say
irg: You must within thirty days lay down
your arms. or will we free your slaves" that
proclamation would have been issued, and
the war ended a year ago.
| Why has this war been SO long kept up?
| That it might preserve the institution of sla-
very that inaugurated it. Il commenced in
the fall of 1856 on the plains of Kansas.
Every Slave State, save Maryland and Della
ware, had an army on the plains of Kansas,
that liberty might be killed. How did we
save Kansas? A handful of men. weak and
| feeble, with few Sharp's rifles, did it. We
said to slavery, ''You have brought this
trouble upon US, and you shall cease to ex
ist in Kansas"
| look upon it as cowardly to entail upon
our children an intestine war such as this.
It's upon US now, and in a few days it will
be closed so far as the operations Of armies go.
GApplause. II We permit vestige OF Sa-
very to remain within the boundaries of the
Union, we insure civil war upon our chill
dren. Go with me to the State of Delaware.
There are 200 slaves in Delaware; is she
any nearer being free State than if che had
! 100. 900? Look at her Bayard and Sauls-
bury I have nothing to say about them ez
cept that they would sink thousand Unions
like this rather than peril their institution
and their political party.
In Western Virginia the people voted ten
to one in favor of emancipation. They franz
ed Constitution, and yet they dare not
embody a resolution in favor of emancipa
ton, however. gradual Why? They are
afraid.
How about North Carolina? am not a
believer in special Providence. but do be-
lieve it would have been well if after Stanly
had put his hand to that order the earth had
opened, and he been sent-down. Laugh
teri Look at it in all its deformity. A
President appoints Governor Presi
dent who has repeatedly declared that no
slave once within our lines shall be sent back
to Slavery, and this Governor declares that
he is compelled by the laws of Slavery to is
sue an order so repulsive to every sentiment
of humanity. Il
Find me Democrat in Washington who
was born such, and he is one who declares
Stanly's order is all right-a Democrat in
New York does the same thing. There is a
class of Democrats who love Democracy a
great deal better than they do the Union.
/ suppose there is no man who will deny
that Slavery is IN direct conflict with the
civilization of the age. Emancipation is
now necessity. You may as we'll come
square to it, because the slaves have snEffed
freedom, and they are worthless after thai
as slaves. It may have occurred To you.
while I am speaking. to say, What viii you
do with 'em? It is upon us. and we must
not blink. What will you do with 'em?
We have in Kansas II, 600 families. Four
thousand slaves have recently enaigrdted from
Arkansas and Missouri into Kansas, and yet
we get along. EApplause.
Now, if we have answered it In that proper
ton, guess you can answer it as well. The |
negroes adapt themselves to the whites; the
whites to the negroes. The children 90 to
the Sabbath school on the |
il don't hurt any child, or
anybody else's child. that l know Of
have aided $500 slaves to emigrate this |
year [laughter], and it has not been very
good year for negroes either. TLaughter.1 |