Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-01
From the Cincinnati GaEsfts.
From washIngton.
wAsnISoToS. June %.


coSFIscATToS PRACTICALLY KILLED.
Confscation was practically killed yesterday. +
by union OF portion OF the Republicans with
all the anti-conhscation men IN the Senate. on
the milk and water, trial by jury bill. The House
having previously rejected the same BILL by
vote OF two 10 one, settles the probability OF
their accepting il now. Il Committee of Con
terence may result. and il may agree on some
thing that will harmonic the House and Senate.
and yet have some virtue in it; but there Is little
chance for anything half so practical as the
House coniscation bill. which a portion Of the
Republicans. aided by Salisbury. Powell, Garlic,
and others OF that school, succeeded in defeating
The debate became exceedingly animated. be-
fore the final vote was taken, and the matter
assumed the form Of family quarrel among the
Republicans. the Democrats remaining silent,
but highly gratifed spectators. After the first
vote Was taken and the minority of Republicans
aided by the Democrats, had substituted the Sen
ate for the House bill, a last effort was made to
secure something effective by moving to amend
the substitute by striking out all after the enact
ing clause, and inserting the bill known as the
House Emancipation Scheme. which il regarded
as securing a stringent cOnfscation almost as
well a the bill the Senate had just rejected.
On this motion OF Mr. Trumbull, Ben Wade
made an exceedingly earnest and animated appeal
To Republicans who had been voting with the
Democrats. This emancipation bill was not what
his side wanted, but they were willing to yield
something and compromise. Why could not the
minority OF the other side yield something to
those who had labored and toiled long years for
the success of Republicanismg The present
course of the minority would secure result
which the rebels would regard as greater vic
tory than If they had taken our army before
Richmond. Their bill was just weak enough to
attract the opposition vote, while he and his side
regarded il a. practically almost worthless. lift
came 20 the worst they would unite with the mi
nority rather than let all cOntscatiOn be defeated
but he appealed to them To yield something also,
and unite on the House emancipation bill Mr.
Nadc's speech succeeded in stirring up the Sena.
tors thoroughly. very excited debate followed.
Fessenden made an able, but rather III tempered
speech, the substance of which was his side
wanted to agree on some compromise la the coin
mittee or caucus but that Mr. Nades side had
persistingly refused. He had insisted on bringing
the matter to an open rupture IN the Senate, aud
had even threatened that they would see whether
Senators would dare 90 before the country az the
opponents cot stringent coniiscation measure.
Mf Wade denied having made any such threat
or insinuatiUn. and other Senators did the same.
Mt Clark protested against the language of
Mt Wade and others towards thOse who differed
nom him
Mr Trumbull made vigorous and crushing
reply tu Me Fesspnlen lie reiterated that a lew
friends of eonHseaon had niiitel with the enc
hies 0f oil tUhlispniOii tU defeat practical bill,
and HOW they asked the earnest friends uI puhtis
cation ~ lutte 90 theif compromise bill Com
promise with whumi Why compromise with the
elemy ~ III eUnisutiluh lIehai heard no such
threat ~ Me fessendeh had alluded 10, bat he
wondered that Fessehdeh should he influenced by
such things ans way
Me iiumbuii VIA frequently interrupted,
bat hls replies wpte always ready and 0tetWlpm
Ing
ln ihe debate, helple HE adoption Vt The Sen
alp bill as a substitute NJ browning male iva
mora speeches Ito said ha had no authority 10
speak int ,he President, but had The heat reason
IA knuw Tho l'lpilpni agreed with Hin Ito htd
been launlpi With nat representing his epnsllu
anls, iie believed HE constituents w hu a people
vi Intelligence.
Me puean madu annlhe, speech against What
be- called ullfalsn, and ~ h,nr vt tho senate
bill
Nj. Wllmal made 40 exceedingly happy though
seiY hliei reply, saying more Ia lpNer words than
ans nlhnr participant n llln debate Ito said ha
differed from NJ, cowan wholly and entirely, aud
hp spoke lnl Tho great state 0l fnnnat lNanA
quite ~ much ~ hla colleague We could never
crush this lehuiliun except hy laying hands CA
ala,phodlng property, They must be mida
pnwerless ~ va would have no lasting peace Ito
believed that tho loyal men of the borief States
would 20 even inrlher than himself W demand
ing oonilsoallun'
NJ sumner also gave Mr Wilson the strong.
osl endorsement ~ ~ The Nlaws NJ liurder states
men, by raading a couple al letters from loyal
Iennesseeans, urging oonlisoallon Ia the strong
est possible terms, and saying the unlnn men Oi
the south would Endorse the must stringent meas-
utes,
Mr, Powell declared that those letters did not
express the sentiments OF one Ia tive thou
sand loyal people. either In Kentucky oF Tennes
zee
Mr., Lane declared they were fair index 10
the sentiments in Missouri The couhscation
amendment VAS proposed by Wilkinson when
Pomeroy wanted TO further amend 10y providing
Tor the colonization OF reDel masters with their
slaves, Loving IN their lives, IN their exile they
should not be divided,
Sumner tried To get an amendment allowing ne
groes 10 give evidence IN the jury trial provided
for, the ground that without il the rules of ey.
idenee would render the proceedings nugatory.
The amendment was rejected Sumner offered
another amendment that all persons found bear
Ing arms against the Government should be for
ever disqualified for citizenship. and explained
that it rebels were still regarded as citizens un-
der the ruling OF the Senate in the late Stark case.
any of them could come back and take their seats
in Congress again. This was also rejected on the
final passage OF the bill.
Sumner said he voted aye not because he
thought the Senate bill amounted 10 much, but
because il would 20 To the other House aud TO
their iirmness he trusted for chance for some.
thing better. Lane voted aye, adding: "but the
things damned humbug" Some ol those who
opposed the Senate bill nevertheless think more
iayor.sby of il than Lane aud say IL is much bet
ter than none. There is little hope however, for