Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-12-13
Slavery is Doomed.


that brought it upon US was Slavery, ant
That the only thing that can restore peace i
ytodc away with the cause of all our troubles
On this point the mind Of the North has un
dcrgone great change in tho last 81,
months. Men, who only last spring woule
have been Mortified if they had once though
that Slavery would have been interfercd with
: in the efforts to put down the rebellion, arc
now calling upon the Government to throstl.
the peculiar institution as the only way te
restore the supremacy Of the Government
Men, who through long public lives have al
ways stood by the South and her interests
now demand, that the very state Of things
they had always apoligized for and defended
Z be overthrow. On taking charge of the
Government the present Administration was
careful to have it well understood that it did
not intend to interfere with Slavery, and
this was in obedience to the wishes of the
great mass Of the voters who placed it in
power. But as the mind of the people has
undergone change on the question, so have
the views Of the Administration been enlght.
encd, and for the purpose Of showing this
We give some extracts from officia docu.
..ments. .a a r8} ~ s-E ha. ~
Secretary wELlEs says that if slaves are
free nom any voluntary participation in the
rebellion and sought the shelter and protec-
ton Of our flag, then they should be cared
for and employed in some useful manner,
and might be enlisted to serve on our pub.
lie vessels or in our Navy Yards, receiving
wages for their labor If such employment
could not be furnished to all by The Macy,
they might be referred to the army, and If no
employment could be found for them in the
public sercice they should be alloued to pro-
coed freely and peaceabiy without restraint to
Geek a likelihood in any loyal portion Of the
country. This have considered to be the
whole required duty, in the premises, Of our
naval officers" 49, mi. .-., '....
BY order Of the President, Secretary Sew.
"AsD, recently issued the following order, d.
ERECTED to Gen. McCLELLAS: . .4
Persons claimed to be held to service or
labor under the laws of the State Of Vir-
ginia, and actually employed in hostile ser.
vice against the Government Of the United
States, frequently escape from the lines of
the encmy's forces, and are received with
in the lines Of the army of the Potomac.
This Department understands that such
persons, afterwards coming into the City
Of Washington, are liable to be arrested by
the city police on the presumption arising
from color, that they are fugitives from SER
vice or labor. BY the 4th section of the
act of Congress approved August 9th, 1861,
entitled An act to confscate property
fused for insurrectionary PURPOSES such
employment is made full and sufficient
answer to any further claims to service or
labor. Persons thus employed and esca-
ping are received into military protection
OF the United States, and their arrest as fu-
gitives from labor or service should be i'm
mediately followed by military arrest Of the
parties making the seizure. Copies Of this
communication will be sent to the Mayor o!
the city Of Washington and to the Marshal
of the District of Columbia, that any coils
ion between the military and civil author
tiles +nay be avoided. ..
Secretary CAMERON in his report says:
The xerincipal wealth and power of the
Rebel States is a peculiar species Of prop
crty, consisting of the service or labor of
African slaves. or the descendants OF Afri-
cars. This property has been variousy cs-
timated at the value of from 800, 900
to 81 1000, 100000. Why should this prop
'crty be exempt from the hazards and con-
sequences of rebellious war? =
Those who make war against the Govern
ment justly forfeit all rights of property,
privilege, or security, derived from the Con.
stitution and laws, against which they are
in armed rebellion; and as the labor and
service of their slaves constitute the chief
property Of the rebels, such property should
share the common fate of war to which
they have devoted the property of loyal cit
'ixens
Secretary CuAsB has issued an order in
reference to the slaves of rebels in which
1t is directed that they be employed and
compensated the same as other employees
of the Government r ..= ...
In his message President LINCOLN states
that any law that Congress may pass relative
to the confscating of the property of rebels,
Xincluding their slaves) will be duly consid-
cred, and says: .-. a...r
1.-THE Union must be loreserrcd, and hence
all indispensable means must be employed"
That the present Congress will pass law
contiscdting the property of rebels and free
ing their slaves Is without doubt. In the
the Senate on the 9TH inst, Senator Trum-
bull, Of Illinois, in mastery speech intro
duces bill to this effect.
He said it provides for the absolute and
complete forfeiture torecer to the United Sta
tss Of every species Of property, real and per-
sonal, wherever situated, within the United
States, belonging to persons beyond the ju-
risdiction of the United States, or beyond
reach of civil process in the ordinary mode
OF judicial proceedings, in consequence of the
present rebellion, who during it's existence,
shall take up arms against the United States
or in any way aid and abet the rebellion
this forfeiture to be enforced against proper
Hy in rebellious districts through the military
power and all property of other persons of
tue United States, where the judicial power
is not INSTRUCTED by the rebellion, through
the courts; and that the proceeds of the
property Of each individual seized and for