The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1864-08-20
LINCOLN & JOHNSON.
Lane-His Speeches Character.


We do not oppose Lane on personal
grounds. AS a man we wish him well
Neither do We oppose him as U. S. Sen
ator. strictly speaking. II he would
con6ne himself 10 his duties as Senator
he might remain in that capacity as
long as B.nton did. for aught We should
care. But We oppose him on the high
ground, that as most base and profit
gate corruptionist, he is an enemy of
the State. In this position We are fully
sustained by the facts and his own ad
missions and boasts. We have already
given our readers MANY facts in the
premises, but we propose, briefly, TO
group some of them in this connection
AS POLITICIAN.
He says of himself, that no man can
hold Office in Kansas who opposes him,
and that he had Fielding Johnson re-
mored as Indian Agent because he
made up his mind he wanted man
for Indian Agent who was in favor OF
him.
These statements Of his own. with
hundreds like them, which We have not
room to quote. settle the matter. He
does not look at tie good Of the State, but
to his oWn personal interest He secures
men in Office who are like himself, cor
ruption;sts. 4 few facts only or this
point.
At Fort Gibson some hay is wanted.
Lanes friends are in Office an have the
letting of the contract. 1t is taken at
$50 per ton, and re-let 10 sub-con,rac-
tors at SO per ton. There is loss to
the government on each ton OF hay of
$50. Beef is lei a. from 2 to cents
per pound and procured at frou, one 10
two cen;s-a loss of from 6 10 cents
on every pound of beef. What is the
result? Men are getting rich stealing
from the government under color of law; /;
and the war drags along. More than
this. The money thus stolen from the
government is used to conduct Lanes
political campaigns. We are told thai
one man-who was not worth anything
when the war broke out-gave S25, 600
for This purpose. ONE MAN, remember
Can any government live where such
corruption exists? -? Never! Light and
darkness, truth and error cannot exist
in the same place at the same time, ,neiili-
er can corruption and free government.
Virtue and Liberty are inseparabIy con-
nected. Liberty dies without virtue.
Look at Greece and Rome. They
flourishei and grew great while virtue
existed among their rulers and people;
but the moment corrup,ion-just ex-
acily like this We are describing-man-
ifested itself, these ancient republics be
gan 10 fall, So i, will be with oars.
JEFF. Davis is not as bad an enemy OF
our Government as lhe man who instills
the poison of corruption a, the roots OF
she tres Of Liberty. which mus. sap ii
a, the fountain head Of life,
T. is because We love our country
anu would perpctuate is freedom and
virtue. that We oppose all corruptionis,s.
Lane among the number. Behold the
work they are accomplishing! See the
profligacy that prevails Why. il has
become proverb, that ii men were not
making money out of the war. it would
have ended long ago. We believe it
AS A NKABER OF SOCIETY.
1t is well known that Lane never
makes any one better by associa,iog
with him. but the very reverse. Socially
he is blight upon the community in
which he moves. He even disgraces
his own family by bis conversation,
which is entirely too indecent TO be re
pea ed. let alone being put in print. l.
is of the grossest and mos. disgusting
character.
MORALLY AND RELIGIOusLY.
On this point little need be said. We
have already said quite enough 10 show
that lie has no regard for decency, let
alone morality. His religious record is
full Of disgrace. He has joined ile NJ
E. Church repeatedly-we believe he
says seventeen times, but his evidence
is worihless-yetLa has never reached full
membership. so far as We know. He
has been dropped before the expiration
of his probationary relation as unwor,hy
Of pIacs in the Church. The las, time
We heard Of his joining-tbough be
joins so frequently it is hard TO keep the
run Of lis movements-wasj just prev;
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