, 1863-10-18
GEN. .EIR1. LANES SPEECH
Al ST. LOUIS.


6sy6.
The largest political meeting which St.
light ut Turner's Hal. It had been an
roppced In the morning that Jim Lane WIS
to speak, ard the people turned out By thou
eanda. Turner's Sail Is one Of the most ca
holding probably not one-llfth Of the pcraons
ii Ut came. The hall be1rg packed at an early |
our, The Iuter a11iyaia we're compelled to |
tn away uper.tiasd, With they old BY hun-
Of The speech, it must be said that 1t p-o-
Juced decidedly favorable impression,
Gen. Lane 1tftrred &tlepgt1 to attacks 1nade
Upon him, and eaid
taye @ hssn nnfortunass !. ,ss onse @ n ny l!fs,
these atsaiiau1s have for these assaults upon
me- The,e ls no MN IL t.: house bnt these
cla1ges car be rnade hgslnEt as well as against
3our hnmbln speaker.
live In Kaneas, upon L conteated clatn1
Fe-tmption claim IL. Another man, who
lived on tic eane csA:m With myself to!;ether
with three other men, arutd with three re.
yol7erf. sha1p's rilo, and an AZ, c,me to my
houte, bEeathiug oatts cf veugeaccc a2aitlst
nee, md met them at I3e ftnce, beseeched
them, uDar1ned, to commit no oct Of hostility.
Thry advanced upon me. returned to my |
house, got single barn led shnt-gun. Il had
teta 1e4cet. ssstEs1 ds3s before th:: With bird
t shtt. met the four men on the open pr1i-
1ie-fonr Een to onezz:hree sey5iycrs,
starp'a rife aud aH sxc, agaIDst a strgle-hAr-.t
relec tEot.gnn, aud oRe lnaa- Iattttapted |
egsin to b* ssech them to commit no act CT |
hostility. ! Was anawt rid With shots from !
t their r!stolg. Thu flrEt drew blood, there,
| t1Le Stta.or raised lis leg aau placed his |
hlnl uI on It. midway hetmegu the ankle ard |
| the kGtc Tha second took eli this tufs Of |
m5 Lair; the tLlrG went through :ha WINDOW
lpy sch:ldrtr. tt.nding 1i.lin 4 foot ut el:a
| other. The f0ulfh struck 1uc in tie knee,
| ard Is there 3es. Then. and not till then, did
TIRE, ,tApllAuse.1 i Boa.d Of J1stice waa
TWO grand juriee afterwasl, and nil three de-
cidec that The Shooting was Indispensable to
The rreEerC:s.tcn Ut my o*n and the lives OF
Mt fan lr, h2d no eac has a:oalzed oSer that
! s.rce btca decided 1rint. aud .m uoE lly-
l1g upt'u IT taccahly aId quietly. After tais
| CtciE1ol, tre-t,tca 20 the wtloT Of the
n IN who fell, 81, ,st1. and she retained It I'll
tEarttela, At L.w1etce. robbed her and her
children It It.. tIr:e, of'' Shame. Shameful
Now ;his Is Tt tlss: ~ c I've eyer hM the
opportunity Ct s!cshltE - Eou, sc chal-
1engc contradieii~n. TAX. ,4s HE, lny o1lcsal
ccucuct Is Lisasco:s.. Go;e:2or of tad.aEa,
US men bsE ct CorEre.s frc11i that State. IS
elcctoz tor tie S.a:e at large, or in the Kan
sas war, and DEFY any l.an - establish QUO
Il single charge deruga.o:y 10 the character Of
jim Lsne icr Integrity aa2 geutl!iy. =.
ceem i cruel, 1hy fs.crds, tia: tie raw
LEAD ard bloody boncs' sl!cerhes made By u:
Immediately suhsequeat to the Lawrence raid
shen]d b. quoted to my prejudice. Tee:e
| tpetehce were IEa19 White the smoke Was As.
i cgEdiuc from the ruins OF tla honses oi my
, rtjghtets, and f:om the ruins Of my Own.
The chaI,td bottles Of my Believed nsighacrs
widow and the orphsn were Jet soundtu5 in
MY cars. Tie tt recollection that my Hife had
| heen veil cjgh slain; that my little son had
l lecn dted upon within few teat; that my
; hnlds Of Qo.ntsc!l's ru1llans in wr1acaing
). frcm her fingers the rings TINT her parents
: and husband hsd conferred upon her, and
that my own lie was preserved as BY / mira
:. Gle, was still vivid in mr meuaosy, sag 1t Il
;. c.utl 10 quote these speeches against me-
;. purpose of aea1ing bushwhacke1s from eu1
d | torders, aud especially by any portion Of ths
d | Ieople Of the state Of Mlseouri, Fl ON shene'
\. The coHa1aly eBsashins came, and to Whicl
:. they returned Tor safe refuge after thei
~ british work was done.
The depopulAsion ct the border counties 0
IS Missouri is made the subject Of assa alt agains
, the people Of kanEas. Gen. Ewing is II
= laigned and charged With depopnlating IN
d border counties 70 make capital for himsel
o in contest for the Senatorial ch1ir with NE
The mind and heart that could coucoct such
charge are the heart anl mind Of man te
ID tally depE4sed: fApplaase-] Gen., E"in
not eaIaiaaty tor tae senate agai9st =,
that position. But the order for the depopr
y 1ation OF the border counties wa7, forsoott
IT IN net Of retaliation, as bad as the burning I
c, Lawrence! AID that it WAS conceived afss
~ the burning Of La~Teccc Is JUS: as uufoun3e
y u the other. hold In my hand statemcn
II Will read 1t to Jou:
ID HoN. J. Il. LANE:
SiE-In answer to sour note Of this date. q
q cfn ttate that we kEew Of the determination
be G.nesas Schofe3d ato Ewing :.omc ten day o. tw
H. wtcks btfor. the cuantle' fail in Lawrence,
IN ~ nf
e. ron. Bates ard Csss eou1ties, in Mi:touri.
~ Gtn Ewi,4; made the order no secret among h
~ friends in st. 1orls. lie. c,tally.
~ ~ HAwk1ss TA1Ion.
ly Tic order was bEreed upon by Ewing 4.
air Scho1eld from ten days OF two weeks bsfo
the raid u On Lawrence.
Lit me ss. one wor. about that. It Won
le' be dfsipgenuous In me not to admit here I'll
nd the order to depopulata J1ckkon, CAss II
M Bates counties, where the tno States are Sc
-. ar.ted only b; an imaginary Inc, la:e:s Il
10 appreciation Of the loyal mtu whom rcpE
tcnt In Kansas, and want to gire you tce
&C. rasc1s: First, leg believe, as they hs}ie
,as ic.iallc rebel WAS driven from those c3u
oS ties two years ago. 1hey believe that Il I
bic coultits If jackson, Csss and Bates had Il
-et heen deForplated b7 tha: order at once, II
-, ~, would have been in ehnrt time. That 7
os war wss getting 50 ,intease It would inevi'
bly tltropulate the bordcs counties Of ksus
.ts' ard Slissousi. The osce- mas made upon !:
,,a ,tec1y HAT thtte counties, ccata:o!1g tisEb
~ faftarsfee, wberr bu.Awlacke.s could not
r.. driven from, must he Gcpopu1ated and ncs
I'll. tonsi east tf thelc ecu..tles, ard in cor;
se1 spondinE line Of kansa7 and in X tceas.
rs The nisetirg At tao!i does not seem to
las ccrrect'y u"!sts!eoa; rrsyious te t4s !
Is: g1nthed to General EwiEg that the movcme
ny, WAS designed to rinf:rceand strengthen h
ol9 in Ills operations srainst tho bandits and
1no easelub that ftfes1ca position Of Ills d!str
Lee The 4 ceting was h.id. T1tntY.two huud:
,m- asned ste1n slid rtsolv.d citizens Of kaus
hut c. uycntd together. Tie order If :ec Dcra
1ntntnl Con'1nntcer Ta' received, fcr5lddi
IS: aimed bodies Of meu, Lot In The regular nj
TO- DIR, And 60 erea: vas itc respect OF Il
great body OF 1icelneu for Law AID military
ess, thotity; 70 sincere their regard for the b
om Interests cf the border; 20 honeat their #
de- Il avoid ary cnntlltt that might jeopa
rec disbanced IS silently ~ they had assemble
;gs 1 1.lolyed to look for that justice and ze.:E'
lsh. they 1elt 10 be their right, from the hlGa
lcrc authorities IL Washington.
l,in m But whlls aa.ocsted ard endorsed 7
INK | proceeding on the Part Of my. noble com
cx- t,io1B Of kansaF, j,i.tiee to them and to 4
etIf demands that should state i. as uy
Trj cmn conviction that if tue services Of /
hsnd Of patllots lad tccu duly accepted
I
: would not be dera4:a.e,. ner hasaescd By
nsa ia. Shelby tnvadctf, who arc uow rcrcllue
w., Tapinc md blood through sorno Of tho fair
ma portions Of the State. 1t is gratifying
~ ~ know that In this oof1inn I an icdot
~ by tho beat citizens OF both Kansas and y
"; eottfi.
ali But I am 4 great story teller. IN the sre
Tf55 ! wherein the Conversation with Hook hgu!
TN TN l wak ep1argIng On n class Of conditional
w ION men who intctt tho Missouri border
~ mcrs II day, gMer1 to-'nos1ow ,andtFait
;,,.. I'll the time. There lJpocsisical oAhtats .
9ls. to cover THEIR crinrs and their treason by
,lng 1rofcssi Ions ct;njellty 10 the Union rs it !
!'n !aac They sustnln n U1lon only that gives all
s'"8 slayc,y, Failing In this, they Iaso cvea
give nj cfcrt pcr to tho htteuus usnr1auou
'aGo Vii ieiT Davis IL th Iaahters k1Ei'. tEIu
1a 1s.n ttd,y for slavery-qun}1aediy Tor the Req
~. ~. lie, I)rIuns,a,o of our highest and pu
11os stntt u,en, at o!ok ists for the southern
~ ca:chs. nth late IN their h.at1s aud b!oot
~ their hands we'll may tho Gn,oa hope ~
~N satcd fscm such hitnas. 49,,
oa1t which. with blood rcd hands, Is striking Al
,eIy life. IL such II struggle any aud e.
/. .aSte 81; Government should command the synps
o ana rnited sexy1ec Of all It's c. .t.zeus, bpt G
u ot riallv ehould this American Republic, vt
ALEU- instiiutione accord With the progressive l,
- Of eyerv entAr,lled or oppressed ra!!o.
h.rs n.y. The face Of the globe; especially sh:uld
~ ~ great free Government, 20 mildly and u
.:su,ts administered, hold The ad;ctloas ana c
tined support Of every citizen. m ife:
aeainst It ietresEon agatns! 3ntnsn liberty
tHe ina1ifrable rights Of tran- II such
istip- as taiS-a a;rn suea Southern tsrapathizer:
IoE- the vile hrood Of Copperheacs all stand
aooh ylc,ed before ID ant Man, OF Equal {