Smyrna times., 1861-11-28
The splrit n ths southern IlsbellIon.

above head thus pntstbe state of hostilefeelIng
between the two sections. and though it mag
have beeu9rsad by some Of our readers, The
state Of the case is so clearly portrayed that
nothing will be lost by its reproduction:
"From the very first outbreak of The rebellisn
1e facts have been msre visible than the ten
derRess Of our Government on the one side and
the bitterness and the rage of the disloyal
States on the other. For time il seemed un-
certain whether the Administration could force
Itself to deal earnestly with treason; for the
rebellon was really so insane, that we hoped it
would before long die BY q natural process OF
exhaustion. This contrast between the Union
and the dislOyal South, though everywhere ap-
parent, is nowhere more strikingly displayed
than in the legislative proceeding of each in
relation to the capture and forfeiture of proper
~. The carefully guarded ConfscatioH Act
Of our Congress has limited Forfeiture to the
properly Of rehAls actually u.s.: u;-1 hr fAs otsr'
thrO,O Of the United States Government. The
rebels are restrained by. no such nice discriui-
nation. They are determined to strike when
ever they can deal an effective blow; whether
that blow be dealt against the persons or the
estates of our citizens.
Upon declaring war the Confederate Con-
gress authorized their President 10 issue letters
of murque and rePrisal "agaiuss the vessels,
goods, and effects of the Government Of the
United States, and of the citizens or nhabi,
tahts of the States or Territories thereof" To
Ihie authorization Ofa general foray. was ad-
ded q reward for prisoners taken. The Act
provided that bounty Of twenty dollars
armed ship or vessel belonging to the United
States which should be burnt. sunk or destroyed
by any privatesr," aad a bounty Of twenty FIVE
dollors for each and every person by them cap
tUrsd and brought into port Of the COnfedera-
cy. Following this was the passage Of law,
that all persons in any manner indebted to
to individuals or corporations in the United
States, (excepling the States Of Delaware,
Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and The
District of Columbia } are prohibited from pay
ing the same 10 their respective creditors pen.
ding the war"
But the sequsstration act passed in reialia.
EtioR for theSery gentle con6scaIion law of our
Congress has q cOmprehensiveness which goes
far beyond all other rebel measures BY this,
all the property of alien enemies (meaning
thereby all inhabitants ofthe United States)
is sequestrated and directed to be sold, and the
proceeds paid over to the Confederate treasury.
Every citizen is required to give informa lion
. of the property Of "alien enemies" and part
, ners, agents, or trustees of such aliens are
obliged to give information of the property oi
their Northern partners or principals, and pay
the same over to q receiver under penalty ei
: $4,000. Grand juries are commanded to make
: presentmenI of property of Northern citizens
n affected by this act; receivers are to sue for
and recover il; district attorneys to prosecute
the causes arising under the act, and Writs ma
" be issued to attach credits due citizens or even
j. inha bitants OF the United States. In a circulai
letter the Confederate Attorney General in.
structs receivers appointed under this law, that
il applies ito all who have domieil within
the States with which the Confed crate Govern
. ment is of war, no matter whether they be citi
+ zens or not Thus the subjects of Great Brit.
ain, France, or ether neutral nations, who have
domicil or are carrying on business or traffic
within the States at war with the ConfederacJ
are alien enemies under the law"
i These are the measures Of bold, bad mel
who are terribly in earnest, who will stop a
8 neither public nor private robbery, and who ar,
. determined to win victory, il by any possibility
: it is to be had. We will not say that thsl
10 must be met in like spirit far from it but i
o is our conviction, sOd we think the conviction
u OF ihousa ands -four fsllow-citzens that nothiul
&c short Of the exhibition Of q stern determination
D. 10 measure out TO the rebels exact justice vii
70 meet the requirements Of this crisis. II seem
~ strange 10 us, in the face OF the sequestraiio
10 act, which we have cited, that the equitabl
y awards of the Provost. Judge Of Alexandri
70 should be set aside. 1t is likely that technics
= difficulties intervene II 60, il 10 TO be hope
y that by a suitable law Of Congress, technical
Is ties may be brushed away. and that justice
20 sure and swift, between rebel and loyal citizs
'n may be duly administered.
e. AT this moment Col Corcoran is held in sol
10 tary confinement, and Colonels Wood, LIE,
~ CegswAll. Wilcox, Woodruff, and other officer
are in the common jail Of Richmond, as tn
equivalents Of privateersmen, who went upe
O. the seas with a commission to capture unarme
,s- citizens Of the United States, at twenty. fiV
nm dollars per head. We are warned by the Coz
: federstes that, selecting from these officer
they Will take life for life. The proceeding
moEstrous. but is perfectly illustrative OF III
sr, spirit OF the rebellion, a spirit which stops
E. nothing to compass its ends. Bot we ask,
no what temper such a spirit should be met!
We are glad that the procla matsns OF Gel
y erals Sherman and Dix announce so distinct
IN that it is not the wish of the Government
e. interfere with any constitutional rights guaTsl
teed to citizens of the States. Thus would "
. have the Union ever present iiselfto its erin
m, members. and hold the door open wide for the
return 10 fealty and duty.
THE MISSISSIPPI ExPEOITION.-The