The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-07-27

The day OF compromise mas gone oy.
LET ruE REBELS PAY rHE COSTS.
It'll rule ef Law that the heaten party
shall nav the easss-nat only hi. own costs.
hut these of the other party. criminal
il bennd bv the sam. general rule IN regard
20 cns's, that li,isants are in civil actions.
A horse thief NJ hu-slar mon convection,
IL nat only sent to the penirentiary. but his
property. il he ka. arv. ia taken to pay the
expense Of the prosecution and trial. and
10 reimburse n. individual who has sns-
'sinfd damage By reasen OF his criminal
acts.
The snunaness 81 this principle eannes
he controversies. I,s jos,ics has commend
Ell it {" universal adoption in modern ja-
risp-udcnee.
Why should not the snms rn's be applied
- the secassinnis.s who r~hriled asainss the
Union and staked their ease On the wager
Of hattie? They are criminals and are
guilty If the crime af treason. which ia
far wnrse isan burglary or horse stealing.
as il embraces all other crimes, murder in.
cluded.
Why should not the rebels be made to
pay the expenses Of the war? They have
abundance If propertv which can be reach
ed, both real and person Il. Congress has
the Constitutional right to confscate every
dollar belonging Ia every ira tor in the
South. The crime Of which they are guilty,
is of ire mast h-innus character. The t.ai.
tor tn his country fortsits his i,feas well as
his posse. sions. In this mereiful age Cav
ernments hesitate before inh,cting the full
MEASURE of the penalty attaching to the
CRIME Of treason. IL is very doubtful
whether our Government will hang more
than few Of the ringleaders, such rs JET.
Davis, Floyd, lwigcs, Toombs, WigfaIi,
Beaursgard, Johnson. Cialb Jackson and
persons Of that disrriptinn. But there are
tens OF thousands Of heads Of masses, DEM
agngues Of neighborhoods and leaders II
counties and precincts, equ lily guilty,
though not SO conspicuous from want
of opportunity CT ability. Every one Of
these should be made - pay smart money
To help indemnify the National Government
for the immense expense To winch il will be
put in restoring obedience to the Cous,itu-
ton and the laws.
As slavery is tn" Cause of the insurrec-
ton, and Shareholders are the chief actors
aud fom.nters of the rebellion. slaves
should be taxed to reimburse the Govern
ment. Let the axe be iaII ut the root Of
the tree.
A moderate tax could be levied on slaves,
the proceeds If which would pay the inter-
est on the debt incurred in supprsssng the
instruction; and We submit for CONSIDER
alton The following outline or substance Of
n bill, which might be entitled:
An Act TO reimburse the expenses incurred by the
Fee;ai oveintn III supp: cssins the shareholders
in>urreetiop
SIC l Be ii enacted etc: That every person held
as slave is the laws OF ATTY State aud be-
IL oveg the axe Give years shall DC subject an
liae annual tax III tweuty dollars, tu be paid by
he Bdiy Juai or eorptfati II claiming To The
oil said person; AMI a. pc SONS he q 10 Itbor
slaves under The of Twelve years shall be assessed
and taxed the VI ten duitats per 1he said
take. shall be ,iecied by the uniet District
slals aud their depuie, aIid the oeecis less
per ont ~ be eaiEed ior Cost 81 cectt"n shan toe
paid by such teasur shiii be DESIGNATED by law
The sand lax shall be a lien all pc sons hc as
slaves twenty after The passage I'll this act
and such pes shah be- liable be hired therefor
pubtic due 10 whouseeyer viii pay sad tax aud
aceruis tor the shortest pei scrite
the person aie e hire and The iker rhaii have
pesccsble and uadistu bed pos essnn ii said pc
during said time AZ the expi, attn vi which he she
sttaIi IeScit to the former 'ssessr OF cta.aut.
SEC. .. Thai any eieizen claiming possession of
persous Aforesaid heidas slaves the laws Gus
81 suy State whb shall make oath. atd Iasn, n
err satisfactory prof before the D,tfct ,uft by
the testimony It royal snd cfesiiabie Witnesses that
re MAS 10y the Unia and beept 10 tie Cons
tutlon and the laws aid thai be gave aid and mlurt
tho Faie al vefu cut, aud ACTIVE opp sed its
during the cntnuAu,e OF the seeess ION .ehc-
II the shall dec that The men IHetI in
he preceding section uf this act, shall he eitted to
him and sha not thereafter be ssse sell upnn any 81
per,ous in his posesian and eiaimcd oy him be
nj slaves pr'viuei chat the saves ct citizens who
have been rebellion against The United Siae. shah
be exempt from said FAX b. their sale transfer
to a citizen whu ,iicd iyal during said rebcIuu
This take eject and be Ia force iron the date
OF it, passage
The foregoing is the srri, and m outline
Of Law which we would recommend 10
Congress for enactment. The slaves of
those who remained loyal to the Uniuu du-
ring this struggle. should escape special
taxation. ] be tax would be strictly Con-
s'nutInua|, n it would lie in he nature of
penalty against the traitors, and he assessed
and collected To repay the expenses which
they have subj 'ctei the q .vernrnent t.
IN queliing the rebellion aud restoring l.w
anu order.
About three millions If Slaves wonld fall
under tn. provisions Ut thus act, and Fl ten
,iailar$ u head would be the average taxa.
non. Hhk'g I've gross rum OF Iuriy mil
lions Per aunum. This am ,unt would paw
The interest on n debt II three hundred
millions "aIch NAV accrue from the rebel.
linn. and create II sinking fund for III. H..
qu,iat,on Of the principal within twenty
YEAR,.
The enactment Of such law would give
unbnnndrd sa'isfrctin To lsvnl eI:tz,ns in
the South as we'll ~ North. Oniv the gull =
rebrls aud ,hrir Northern sympathuzrrs
would OH CT. And they are the last per
sons tn BIZ consulted III the premises. The
whole matter Resolves itself into this plain
AMI simple question: shall the gmi'y or IN.
nncsnt he made tn pay the cost To Govero-
mrn', Of qnrlling the rebellion? Shall
The traitors foot The bill .f casts v hrch fhry
have created, or shall the ioyalists have 10
DELAY II?