, 1861-11-21
WORK FOR CONGRESS.

Congress meets on the first day Of the
coming month, and it will find several
large jobs Of work cut out for it since the
special session adjourned in July. Most
prominent is the business of enacting a !
sweeping confscat:on Of the property Of |
rebels. When we look back at the
measures adopted at the special ses-
sion, four shert months sgo, we
ere amazed ct the Quaker inodensiveness
and simplicity there displayed and put
into the forms Of law. Two acts were
adopted, and two only, looking to the COZ
hseatlon Of rebel property-one providing
fol. the seizure and condemnation OF res
sels sWned IN Whole or IN part by citizens
Of seeded States, and the other con6scat
improperly, such as guns, sabres, cavalry
horses and munitions OF war actually en-
ployed tor lnsurreetlonary purposes, and
declaring all "psrsons held to service or
labcr,' who shall have been employed
sin or upon any tort, navy yard, dock, AZ
mory, ship, entrenchment, or in any mill
tary or naval service whatsoever, against
the Government or lawful authority Of the
United States" to be discharged from
such service and laoor' These are abso-
lutely al INC penalties 1or rebellion now
on the statute booR felatlng to the properly
OF me insurgents ana even tnese were
adopted with many oouDss, aud signed
with extreme reluctance ~ the PRESIDENT
Mean"h1le the feoeis themselves nave
not been IDLE teng thoroug1y IN earness
IN 1aei1 %ofS' sno pef1ecuy unsczupulous
as 70 the means OF composing their unia"-
1m anu unno'y enos, tney nave passed what
1hey call q seqaes1ra1on act and have
bansheo all cltlzens VINO have the courage
and pataotsm TO adhere to the Union, its
Tag and It's laws. Under this act they
have coshscated t1st, al debts public or
private, due to citizens OF the 1eya1 States,
and second, all property, real or personal,
IN the rebel States, owned BY citizens ofthe
loyal States, including houses, lands, bank
stock, railroad stock, mortgages, merchan-
d'se' and chstte's Of every description
The whole estimated by jeff Davis himself
at eight handred nes11so7s q dollars! They
nave also sent pr1Vateers 10 prey On the
vessels and cafgces OF loyal citizens
on Inc h1gn Eeas The Sumter has
been absent all summer, scizing uoarmed
vessels, and in msny instances wauton1y
burning them to the water,s edg., Tn ad
dition to these gigantic piracies. there is
still the unsettled account OF forts. arsena1a
and sub-treasu1ies p1l1ared7at the heo;n.
uinr Of the war amountino tn roanv NH
ions Of do1la7a The ranacitv of tha;- 1a.
islation haz heen eona11ed o,,,- ~ tk,
1heronphnesa nf ;ta avec1t;nn ,oa+a -
exile ard stnnes+r.+;o,, how, ,,oon - ,~..,,
all the season- driving o,7t tba 1o1a1 c;t;.
zens and confscat;no The oooaa of r1or+h.
ern 1esidentz Thev ca1I II u1evv;nr +he
costs Of the war an the enernvn y
1t is the clear dutv If conorees +,
enact q law Of cont5scation aoainei
The rebels as sve,n;na 60 that Es,,;ns
thev have already carr;aa it, % &c., ~ ~;
tomala it snn1;ca h1a - IN 49, 49, $500 e4s
Maine n Te1os rhs f,rs. NV Nv l.s '<asIa asa- .1o1t
er.vn n -.aa;-a ..1'1 a1u@ y. p1of'
hecar.a 49, :. 49, s'-@l . =. .:.,S o.1 p-oPeA%
tn1,~ as.e,o eos - .lle laoss e's .1nu use
~. .aa9a ~ - t.a1pe 'n0 :, .se4non-
a. 49, @1tput.ng sens3os so aue
s,r~ - ~ 49, susa ~ ~ Nv We support =. VI
a,o.n 49, I - -.'0- Ane'e are no lote. ).
in1 tooether sn5 ~ 49, a.:,s ~ "'..1sn wv :
5rran ~ tha 6e1a ~ 49,. - e4se ne.n