Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-10-10
The seauestra,ion Act

AS some misapprehenson exists as 10 the O,.
of the Sequestration Act passed by the Provision,
gress of the Confederate States, at its sesaio, w
Richmond, we here quote the sixth section Of ,b.,
as its provisions bear directly upon the point IN
10 which the most serious misapprehensioD e,i.a ~
present and around about here:
SEQ. 6. The dutea of the Receiver are to take
and consrol of the property CT alien enemies f s"@
plishing the purposes of the act he sue for on %
s3ch property in the of the Confederate eC
the form of petition to the Court for decree ~ ,
ton. All orders of seizure necessary to secure thu
matter Of the suit from danger of loss, niury d. M
wsste may be made by the Court but when snos
sty does not exist in the opinion of tie Court tb l
credita may remain in the hands of the party in sg
sion, except that bank and corporation stocks Et"
and real estate shall be delivered uD and
further condition TO other property or credits ~ s
party in possession ahal pay all interests and net n6 '
crued sBce the 3lst of May, 1861, into The hands
ceiver, and at annual periods thereafter, en- IA n H
of failure, for judgment against principal AMI s,n
which execution shall be issued in the name CT the P
1t is proper to premise that this is seoue,,,,;.
not con6scation act, and that it is a retaisorv MO,
rendered necessary by the seizure of the pns,
of our citizens by the Lincoln government The n,,,
arising from the sequestraton of the PROPERTY If ,r
enemies form fund for the Naturalization Of On, ~
zens who may be despoiled of any property by helm
cOlnite authorities whether civil or military.
This misapprehenson to which we especaIV roll,
has arisen out OF not understanding of the chss,r
of tie law and its objects. 1t has been thought fl,
the law was one of absolute and immediate confsst,
and sale.
Among the matters under the designation of orph
or Credits" belonging to alien enemits and rouiei
be returned to the receiver, it is understood that d,
owing to such alien enemies are iucud,d beclpas
debt owed by one party, is certainly cred OWeib
the ether party. If such debt is owed by A, Of VII
mngton, to b., of New York, A will we suppog
Ike return to that effect to the receiver this crvd
remaining in the hands of the party possession 1.-THE
ing 10 the power of the court no doubt to require te
curty to be given against less the interest oa being
required while the sequestration lasts Thus debtor,
cannot be pressed for the principal of any dbt under
the opel alton OF this law.
Where they hold credits CT property North, whidm
seized. there is. a mode provided for their indgmhia
lion, TO which We will refer tomorrow.
The way that two men were caught in Randolph
County, was thus "A volunteer company was ra8n,
along the road bound for High Point where their rg
iment was to be organized and they saw two youugns
in pretty large field pulling fodder Some a
members of the company hailed the young men mi
asked why they did not turn out to defend their CONF
try, telling them to SCENE along" The young men aa
they would, just as soon as they got through viii
field. As by one impulse, the company, to the chgl
of the fodder puers, jumped the fence, to the anG
of hundred, and went to work, and in an iDoDeiT
ably short time, tie field was finished and the n@
swore that their young friends had now no ezcns1
not going, but must go. Finally, they didnt g%
sent John in their place-demJohn. The scene, gas
ally, was rich, The compsny decided that the J'H
aforesaid had more spirits in him than the two young
men of fodder.