, 1863-09-02
GENERAL LANES SPEECH
A RESOLUTION TO THE POINT
THE PEOPLE FAVOR IT.
Immense Enthusiasm

THE PEOPLE FAVOR IT.
Immense Enthusiasm
From the Learesworth Coneeryatlye,1
An immense crowd assembled on the corner
Of Fifth and Shawnee streets, Last night, to
Mayor Anthony vas called to the chair
Gen. Lane then came forward, amid the loud
est cheers, and said:
FELLOW CITIZENS OF KANSAS: am here
ogain to address you. In the first place !
desire to read to You q resolution, and
afterwards to explain and discuss it. Here
1t is:
.Retolr<d, That 70 many Of The loyal men Of the
requested to assemble at Paola on the 8th day Of
September, with such arms and ammunition ~
they can procure, orsanlfed 3 a1d supplied a. fol
bring With them wagon and one blanket each,
and fifteen days subsistence.
Iask you not to adopt It until after the Va
Tious opinions upon It hare been: heard.
They may differ. A. voice" Adopt 1t
now."l One hundred and dtty OF the citizens
Of Lawrence have been massacred, all unpre-
pared, martyrs to mistaken policy. had
hoped the people of Kansas understood 1t all.
It has afforded me- pride and pleasure to be-
1ieye that the people Of Kansas knew what
the policy Of the Government ought to be.
The entire State OF Missouri has been in pos
session Of the United States troops for nearly
two years. There has been no regular Con-
federatc force In that State for nearly two
years, and vet the defense1ess citizens OF Kan
tas are maasacred by scores By guerillas from
Missouri.
You have decided that there can be no safe
ty TO Kansas except through the extermina.
-F &E4 hal n
.uulties Of Missouri. Te have had officers
at the head Of tie Department Of the Mis:ou-
II who believed In . war Of determination
against those buahwhackers. Gen. Curtis
was In favor Of it, but man clothed With q
little brief authonty-and that's Gamble
satd TO the President, these b9shwhackers arc
they will return to their allegiance. This
same man pledged his word to the President
that If he {the Presidency would remove Cur
tvs and appoint Schodeld, there would be
peace. The President did remove Curtis
and appoint M conservative, Ia order to restore
guiet. The blood shed u. Lawrence Is charge
able to the fact that o conservative policy
rules this Department..
have Eald that Kansas Is In tavor Of extcr-
mination. Upon whit Was that opinion
based? Upon the fact that they well knew
tht eney mnn who mat S 1n
rebel, was driven ffou1ste border connttes Of
Missouri at the co,nncncement Of the war.
In my first 'eIpedltIulA through Missouri, I
Travelled miles! and milss Of road, thick with
people who we're obliged to fee the State,
I travelled the border there, and elw, as the
people of Kansas saw, that II the ba=hwhack-
e1s we're allowed to live In thosc woods on
the Missouri side, Kansaa would have to give
up her pratries on this t8dc.
We captured some Of these citizen bush
rs $hn,, tl.o
Of allegiance by scores, and protection papers
BY dozens. Those men were bushwhac ckers
/ one day-cItiztns tho next. We know It ALL
kan:as knows from the history Of 1900 years,
that gueri]las could not exist Ia any country
| without the aid and ecasent Of the inhAbi-
tante Of that: country. Therefore, not Tor
mere butchesy-not for tho qualification Of
mere prejudice, but for eelcpFesergation, we
believe In a war OF exte1nliaation. Our opia-
Ions ana Judgments were deliberately found
cd. Extermination-l repeat hare that for
selfpreeetva'fon, there shall be extermlnation
# the first tier Of counties In Missouri. and
T that won't eecure u, then the second md
luproa!ions cheers.1 Oaths Of allegiance
Great God.
When was In hfi.eauri the other day, I
tsok particular pains to inquire for the best
Union man in the county: vas directed to
man named Hook. rode over to his
AouEC3 ANu AAA Il NlufHfsHl4ul WILL Lul3 VtAa&
tdea1 Of Union man. 1a+ked him hts poll
tics. He answered very quickly that ho was
Uhlon-my men close BY 1t the time. asked
him what he meant BY 'sUnion - He said he
Was in favor Of the Un1os. as 1t Was and the
Constitution as it is. asked him what be
neant b. that: He said: ~ own niggers. If
We have the Union ss 1t WAS, aud my niggors
rnn II, can recover them If we can't have
the Union IS it VAS, tle,sI an In favor Of the
Southern Conftderacy." Il then asked him
how long tince he bad seen any bush hack
e,s. He said Mr. Wooaworth was here to-
dsy to dinner. saw yons soldiers and told
him Tint he had better not 60 near them. I
night. never interfere with them.- Quan.
trelt kcsne Lsre the other morning on his way
to Lawrence, and ordered breakfast for fifty
and cot It." Avolco 'whcre is Hook now?''l
IL he'll. left him in the hands Of ths exc
cutioner.
There is no such thing as Union men IN tho
border Of Missouri, where thcee busllwhack-
The people Of Kansas III The past fsw days
have lost $2 cor, 900 OF property, which has
gone to Jackson, Bates 'a:1d Caas counties.
Ar order l'as been made. p .Ake eject on tue
Of ttfse counties to le-r; thetu for certain
points. Those who nre loyal are ordered to
move into the priEci pal, ,towns. That will
leaye our captured proper = In the brush The
re.olution proposes thas 80 meet at faolh on
the eth-the cay osiofe tnat order expires
ready with our Wits OF :vIAeSln 70 recover
our property: Says one, tae military Won't
let you in The Constitaioa Of the United
States provided that alasholdess could re-
cover his elaves wherever .puou, Under the
Constitution We have 1ieattb recover our
property II met eJ military, propose to
carry tne question to ne highest authority OF
the Government. Let him interfere who
fares with the 1}ecute of Kansns in tha neare.
able pun atd recovery OF their pfopertV..
don't belieyea loyal General lives but will
&c glad to have us asslst him IN It. tell you,
In ny opinion, It vii take the people Of Kan
fas to destroy aud eztermiuate these BUSH
whackers lam willing to take the issue Of
The military, IN my opinion, will gladly ac-
cept our services. It will cost the Govern.
nent nothing, and 1t most certainly will grant
ue The privileges Of recovering onr property.
HtstaSy can be searched In vain for paral-
lie! TO the Lawrence massacre.
Ihe people felt secures I felt secure. Do
yon sup, osc your humble speaker would have
been asleep in his own home If he had be-
lieved there WAS danger! No; would have
had company Of men readyto whip the muir
de1ese to their satisfactfon, as soon as they
entered kansas. We relied on the military
authorities Tor protection. 1 don't propose
to blame anybody. DO propose tosay, hoF-
eyer. that tue Peltcy Of schodcld brought on
the massacre at lawrence.
Wat Wxa schodeld doing while the flends
were numbering the cltlzsps Of Lawrence?
Ne was administering oath9 Of allegiance to
.h lneE Gon5panaons u N altesonri, trying to 'soo
.hem oack 70 t9eir alesiance, instead Of Kill.
ING them: Eighteen months Of this war have
been wasted oy t4e same system.
Another Thing desire to ask Of you. aak
you TO naEs resolution, before you adjourn,
demanding The removal Of schoheld, and the
placing OF NAN Az Of heart aud determination
IN MS eteao. Whe! tthe oush~nackers Of Mis-