Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-02
From The N. Y. World Of Thursday last.l

Walls vi blle CITY anu vi SillalleT pOSIeTS up
on the curbst0nes, announcing an address
from General james III. Lane, United States
Senator from Kansas, before the Central
Union lincoln Campaign Club, two hun
dred and eighty-seven people were assem-
bled at the Cooper Institute last evening at
8 o'clock. The enumbcr was somewhat aug
mented during the evening". Ten minutes
after about sixty persons emerged from the
committee-rOom and took their seats upon
the platform. The band then played sever
al airs, after which Mr.. Charles s. Spencer
entered upon the platform, having in his
company General Lane, who was received
with applause. The Glee Club then sang a
campaign song, the burden of which was,
"For Lincoln and Union we're marching along"
They were encored and replied with con-
traband melody.
Mr.. Spencer, the chairman of the Lincoln
Campaign Club, made few remarks on
the plans of the club, and introduced Gen.
Lane, who was received with six cheers.
SPEECH OF GEN. JIM LANE.
He commenced by thanking the audience
for their kind reception. Probably some of
them had heard of him; and if they had
they had heard also that he was an anti
slavery man. He referred to the time when
he first went to Washington at the COM
mencement of this rebellion. Some men
wanted to move the archives of the Gov
ernment to Philadelphia; some wanted to
recognize the South. There was one man
calm and collected through it all-that man
was Abraham Lincoln. cloud cheering.)
LANES DISGUST FOR THE SECRET CIRCULAR.
He met a gentleman in the cars the other
day who said to him that there were con-
siderable party Of politicians rather against
the election of Lincoln. He had replied
that that politician, or set of politicians,
who seek to thwart the will of the people
in the determined effort to re-elect Abra-
ham Lincoln President of the United States
will fall as fiat as If an elephant had step
ped on them. [Great applause.] They
have issued secret circulars with intense
scorn. Laughter). To attempt to thwart
the stern, intelligent people of this country
by issuing secret circular! If had q
boy, said he, nine years old, that would un-
dertake to issue a political circular expect
ing to keep it secret, would disown him.
daughter. "Iow are you, Pomeroy Ply
And so each and every one who attempts
to raise his puny arm against the determi-
nation of the people of this country, SO will
he travel the same road.
THE SOUTH MUST COME UNDER LINCoLN's
YOKE.
The speaker said it was the right of Lin
coin to have four years of peaceful reign,
as he had four years on the rack. Our VIC
tory over the South was not complete until
they are compelled to bow their proud heads
beneath the yoke of Abraham Lincoln.
(Applause.) In Kansas the people say,
when they see man who is determined,
'''his eyes are sot" (Laughter.) So the
eyes of the people are sot on Lincoln. He
thought the South deserved the retribution
Of Second term of Lincoln-to compel the
wretches to live under his administration.
He liked the way this war was being car
ried on now. So far as he was concerned,
he was willing to make this war perma-
nent institution. (Cheers.) He referred
casually to Mr.. Seward, and said it was his
pleasure to say that in his opinion there never
was government whose foreign affairs had
been managed so delicately, so sagaciously
aud so successfully as the foreign affairs
under Old Abe and William IL. Seward.
(Three cheers for Seward.) .rrr
FEW QUESTIONS OF ExpEDIENcY.
Hereferred to the charge against Mr.. Lin
coin that he did not issue the proclamation
of emancipation soon enough. Why, said
Mr.. Lane, we lost the elections of Ohio and
Indiana, and came nigh losing the balance
of power In Congress because that prOcla-
nation was issued too soon-do you know
that? The public sentiment of the South
had to be agitated up to the point of prepa-
ration before that proclamation could be
issued. tell you that Old Abe's heart was
just as deeply involved in the desire to is
sue that proclamation rs Jim Lanes was.
(Applause.) But sagacity induced him to
postpone the issuing of that proclamation
until it could be done safely. And when
he did issue 1t, it was something like when
the nigger caught a snipe under his hat,
and in trying to get him out the bird flew
off CRYING, 'sca-a-a.n ayes" said the Mig
ger, .'it was the narrowest escape you ever
had" Naughter.) We came near losing
the balance Of power in Congress by it.
s., CONCERNING MscEGENATIoN.
It is asked what Is to be done with the ne
groes after they are freed. l have asked
myselfifsome of the politicians who say that
Mr.. Lincoln was not fast enough with the
emancipation proclamation would not like
to have him issue proclamation declaring
first, that the negro is the superior of the
white man, and that every white man should
take black wife, and every black man
white wife. Uaughter.) am the radical
of radicals, but believe that white man
if he behaves himselfis is the equal OF thenig-
ger. Let any political party write the adj
mixture of the two races on their banner,
and they will be crushed as by an avalanche.
No, attempt to admix black blood with ours
is a crime against our race. (There were
here some evidences of disapprobation,)
I am responsible alone Of myself for suhat say;
dndthough I think 10 ve,y likely that that opi,l-
ion toiH not meet the dpprobation Of every one
here. ] believe that the mingling of the
blood OF the colored and the white races
will fail.
ail A DIVERSION IN FAVOR OF FREMONT.
Mr.. Lane went on to say that he would
support the nominee of the Baltimore Con-
vention, whoever it was. He had heard
the names of Chase, Fremont Cloud cheer
ing), Butler, Fessenden, and Others and to
either, If he was the regular nominee, he
would give an energetic support. GlI
Three cheers were called from the plat
form and given for Lane and Lincoln; and
three cheers called from the audience
for Fremont was received with mingled
cheers and Kisses. w i6ii f~r.a.
During the meeting bust of Lincoln oc-
cupied the front Of the platform.
General Lanes speech was remarkably
free from oaths. A large portion of 1t was
written for publications, and had probably
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