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The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Jim Lane performing in New York. (search)
Jim Lane performing in New York. --We have lately perused portions of a speech delivered in New York by General Jim Lane, of Kansas notoriety. It would neither benefit nor amuse the Southern reader to peruse such a conglomeration of villainous stuff. The following comment, from the Cincinnati Enquirer, we consider decidedly good: General Jim Lane has been playing oratorical tricks at the Cooper Institute in New York city, where he seems to have climbed pretty high and to have exhibGeneral Jim Lane has been playing oratorical tricks at the Cooper Institute in New York city, where he seems to have climbed pretty high and to have exhibited himself in proportion. He appears also to have found an audience with tastes suited to his performances; for the higher and more ridiculous his flights, the more vehement was the applause. When our parsons turn politicians, they may be known by the free and easy way with which they treat the name of God and dispense his providence; but General Jim--who thinks little of God, and is "not a believer in special providence," hopes to die, and expresses great willingness to encounter that event