Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-10
A Republican Senator on the Confis
cation Bill.

Senator Cowan. Rep, of Pennsylvania. on Tues
day made able speech against the confscatiou
act recently introduced OF course the TRIBUNE
class Of journals are severe upon him. We quote
a portion OF his remarks
The Confscation Bill proposes to 60 forward
anu strip the whole population of the South OF
their property. and reduce them TO poverty--and
while only 4O0.00O OF them have arms in their
hands. 1T there Is anything calculated To make
that entire people our enemy ALWAYS, it will be
the PRONUNCIATION OF such an act a. this
No such sweeping measure as this has ever
been enacted. Even IN the DAYS OF William the
Con9ueror. the proud Norman and his baron-
were content with the heis and castles OF the Sax
ON leaders They did not dare To strip the peo
pie OF their property, nor eve.. much increase
their burdens.
The English. in their contest with and bills OF
atfainder against the Irish. never attempted t.
touch the possessions of the common people, but
only property OF the mobiles
ooNFi>cArIoN or SLAVES AND FORCED EMIGRATION
or THIN
This bin goes further and attempts to coufs
cate another species OF property which cannot lie
put into the Golfer ct the conqueror. | mean the
property IN slaves. | don't intend 10 stop 10 dis
cu>s the question of property of this kind Ii i
South seem 10 agree a. to this kind OF property
with wonderful unanimity. and 20 resent any in
reference with 1t. This bill proposes to liberate
3.u0H UjO save>-truly the most stupendous
stroke tor universal emancipation ever ATTEMPTED
la tie ~orld Indeed. | think il virtually liber
ates tue whole / 0U1 OU0 What is 10 he the e.
feet OF this upun the war; Shall We ne stronger.
n Shll. Vt hud thdt sc have have only doublea
the number OF those in arms against W They
~
bill furnish them one! Let the loval men OF that
section. who know them, answer the question
vii ABIDE then answer. l submit gam that no
deli6erative assembly IN the world ever before
sat IN Judgment ON 50 stupendOus IN issue \ e.,
a. Il - blind still more. this bil. has propO-
stion Of still greater magnitude. and. II possible
oi still greater difficulty; that i, to take these
millions and transfer hem 90 some tropical cline
and 10 protect them there with the rights and
guarantees of treemen And this i all provided
for III 81 gle section and in single sentence of
ninc line,
Truly We must have recently transported our
seses from The practical domain Of facts and set
do~a IA tie ronlanue regions OF Eastern fiction
Do the advocates OF this measure propose 10 con
fer ulon the President the gold ma king touch of
Midas Nothing short Of the ring aud lamp of
Aladdin. NTH their attendant genii, would insure
the Of such scheme UNI ss il l. belle, 81
that Tie Treasury note possesses tins magic DOW
er And even under that srppOSition | think
t.4e ogAegs oi those Southern cliules and the
Transportation Coml .Bles eught 10 be consulted
ia regard 10 tie al tender clause presume
II : not Supposed that thls modern exodus viii
be supported on the way hy quafs and mama:
and yet ain Tree To SAY that u will require some
such miraculous interpositi0n a that Which IA
N0seSi Tic lsraelites IN their journey oaG oi Egypt
NOr wAE or conquest
We have here ia Congress made a solemn de
clarAtion that IL j, not war of subjugation, but