The New York herald., 1863-10-17

sccordancs with what deom strict jssies esvs 70 ~
savecwners who came 70 recover thsir slaves receipt
o. James Jones thirteen slaves named and valued a. FOL
Iows-saiy, $500; Jim, u 900; sam, 81 ,0oo" A. the
that have Sssp able % sssssS he o~o:r @ Ssss
slaves ID traitor to his country signed IL oacaIy.
Tor she reason that .he gov ermens should ever deem
That was the rss Zine was 10 the state Of Missouri
Missouri with armed mea Was in July, and ho remained
there TN November. II there Ii hero any man from
0;nsn Ouna ne can e you nas %n y
families destitute Of % food and cothng-thsir hus.
your humble speaker furnished with transportation
TO Kansas, and In many cases mot oaly TO
Kansas but 70 tho Middle and Eastern states vas in
Hissouri few days ago, for second time In pursuit Of
vocs--Bully for you.
General LANE-I marched there in command Of sixty
men. remained there part OF ono day and part OF
another, when found General Ewing, and we marched
together out Of the State QaugLter) There act
Having marched into Missouri second time, ] marched
out again. Qaughter) Fellow citizens there no nero
made uponm me- And this Is ali tha, tho people OF MIS-
souri, have TO complain Of me in acts. have been unor
tnnate once IN my life, and that misfortune is the only
foundation that these have their assats upon
There rs no man this house but these charges be
male against as sgaitt your humble speaker. lived
10 Kansas upon contested claim. Many you border
ers know what pre- emption claim Is. Another man,
who lived upon the same claim with myself toge-
reviewers, a sharp's rife and an axe, camo to
my house, breathing oaths OF vengeance against
me; J met them e. the &c fercs. s,,, ! essccchsd % be-
vanced upon me retarned 70 my house, got single
barrel shotgun III had been loaded several days before
that with brdshot) met the four men on the open pra
ric!our TO onethree reyolvers, sharpsrile and
against single barrel shotgun and one man.
attempted again TO besesch them TO commit act OF
hostility. was answered with shots from their pistols
The FIRST drew blood there (rhe Senator raised his
leg and placed his band upon midway between tho an
~ md thQ ona foQk OfYt tnft M
my hair The third one went through the window OK my
house. between the heads Of two Of my children standing
within foot OF each other Tho fourth struck in the
knee and Is there yet Thcn and not tn then did fire.
board Of justices called aud examined the case,
that the shooting indispensable to the Of
my own and tho lives Of my family; and no one has
claim has since been decided mine. and am
now living upon II peaceaby and quietly. After
the claim was decided TO DO mine ] presented 10
lars and sho retained II until Qlanre At Lawrence rob-
bed her OF it, (Cries OF Shame, shamc Now, this Is
the first time ever had the opportunity OF speaking
you, and challenge contradiction. Take my life, my
official conduct Lieutenant Governor OF tho State Of
member OF Congress for that Satc-an eector
TO the state at large in the Kansas war, and defy
any establish single charge dcrogatory to the
character Of Jim Lane for integrity and gcntty, except
friends, that the head and bloody bones speeches
made by me immediately subsequent TO the Lawrence
made whle the smoke ascending ruins
Of the houses OF my neghbors aud from the ruins Of my
own. The baked bodies Of my beloved neighDors were
still in my vision. Tho wall OF tho widow and the orphan
still sounding In my ears The knowledge that my
wife had been almost sainhat my Oldest had been
fred upon within a few fcct-that my daughter had
been bruised by tho bloody hands Of Quantrcls ruff
nans in wrenchng from her fingers the rings that
/ say il is cruel 10 quote those speeches against
me- when IL is known that they were published for
tho purpose OF soaring bushwhaekers from our borders
Tho depopulaon OF the border counties OF Missouri Is
made the subject OF assault against the people Of Kansas
Cen Ewing s arraigncd and charged with depopulang
test for the Senatorial chair with Tho mind and
heart that could conceive hidoous crime Is the heart
and the mind OF man totally deprayed General Ewing
was not candidate for the Senate against me- On the
contrary ne was my supporter for that position But the
order orsooth was as bad ns an act Of retaliation as
after the burning OF Lawrence This just unfounded
as the other. bold in my hand statement Iwi read
TO you
sRin answer your note OF s day we eau state that
we knew Of the determination Of Generals seholeld and
raid L.ws9sc =, ne the orsr 20 sIpe ne nhabnIs
order no secret among his 'eAd' N y 2Hii shskSxs
The order agreed upon between Ewing and scho
field from ten days to two weeks before the raid upon
lawrence Let mo say one word about thai. 1t would
depopuate Jacsson, Cass and Bates counties meets tue
appreciation Of the loyal men whom represent in Kan
and want 10 give their reasons for N. They believe
they believe any c,hor tuhtney bocve thar every
who not reliable rebel was driven from those
"They have right TO- lhey believe that the coun.
ties Of Jackson Cass and Bates had not been depopuated
short Tine thai The var Was getting 50 snso that s
would inevitably deronnlae the border counties OF Kan
;Ss and Missouri he o,a. was , ssr upon es nse
bshwhackers could not be driven from must be depopu
lated aud occupied BY armes troops n Missouri to pro
sss. am great story teller made one of these
raw head and bloody bones speeches to whoS
refer; and 10 u faid that there class OF men
who IrO.eescd 10 be uLlOn men. 4 had COnvcrfa-
ton with Of them and hope you have not any such
Union men In 81 LOUIS. He is Union manof that class
known in the border counties who arc Union men prov
vded they have their slave property restored TO
them bat they cannot have Their slave property re.
stored 20 them, they In favor OF Jcr, Dnvis pro
slavery government. let me tell you thai conditional
Union tho poorest supporters Of the general gov
government, exciaim, "in Gods name, save me from
such friendsrp daughter and cries OF "Good "Goodr)
Your soysrnment IS ihro.,llns rebellion which with
blood red hands, IS striking at iis very ie In such
struggle any and every government should command the
sympathy and united service OF al us citizoDs But
peciay should this American republic, whose nstitu.
tons accord With me progressive IDEAS Of every enral
led oppressed nation on the face OF tho gobeeoci.
Justly adm sdmn,erea, hold ID the ssec,ons and combined
Support OF every citizen Treason against II s treason
against human liberty and The inalienabb rights Of
man. In such time as this-in such a crsis-therc
are no degrees to such crime. Southern sympa-
thizers and the vile brood OF coprWberds all stand
armed traioraye and that guilt IS cyen dcepencd and
darkencd by tho black tsint OF confessed cowardce.
The penalty Of treason s death and That pcaaliy should
be most slerny administered. Al should be willing 70
orer up everything they possess TO make every sacrifice.
needs be, upon tho altar Of their country 10 secure
succcss II city stands n the way OF restoring the
county II should be destroyed; II any institution.
should give way 10 tho paramount necessities Of the
case Since my recollection institution, that OF slh
very been threatening tho peace OF the country In
1920 war was postponed by compromise IN 1882 u was
arrested by tie iron will OF aJacksoD. In 1850 u was
AGAIN deferred by compromise In 1858 tolls war OF ala
very upon freedom was actually commenced upon the
pralries Of Kansas Net by the hardy pioneers Of that
state retired, defeated al every point, % gather now
strength for contest Of 1Soi usng mere e,ext
the constitutional election Of re- abican candidate
fer the Presidency, baying fer bis sole am the
supremacy n th6 oonstltliion and tho unity OF
our great couulry lie who denies the aggressive
spirit Of tha, institution, aud iu long meditaeJ par
pose 10 overthrow the government whom II ceased
10 be able 10 control II, has read the history OF has
country 70 little purpose II v arir,ocrac IN is chsrac
tar and therefore inconsistent with repuo an form
Of government, and has IN u tho clements that demore
i1e ard utterly corrupt s dcvotoestLcy VIII pcfetrte
any crime FOR us promotion In kansas 10 tie contest o.
1855 they stuffed ballot bo1cs made false election flTns
Indicted botcs and printing orce, destroyed towns ard
murdered defenoelcss unarnei citizens when u wnbe-
cessary 20 obtain maintain power for the INSTITUTION
Ia tho halls OF Congress Il controlled legislation hy Tie