Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-04-26
CONFmCATION.

COMPLICATION.
TIE question Of the copdscatios OF
he property Of rebels il at present en-
Ragisg the attention Of Congress- but -
far q We are able to learn, no definite
conclasios has been arrived ct in the
matter. There are those whs are blind
enough 10 assert their belief tbst The
property Of every person engaged 10
the war against the government ought
TO be coniiscated. We cannot zee it In
,ha. light. What ought to be done IN
al cases il that which will bring about
the most good. So in the case 10 ques-
tion, nothing ought to be done that will
prolcog this war-nothipg that will tend
to disp.rage the cause Of tho restora.
ton Of the Union-nothing that will
cause the people Of the Southern States
to unite still more perfectly in their op.
position to the Government.
II such . law % fanatics ak for ID
passsd-alaw that oon6scatss the prop
erty Of every man engaged in this re-
belIisp, it will probably reach nine
tsushs Of all the property either directly
or indirectly-in the Southern States.
What must the people Of those States
do in case such . law 10 passed. Their
only means Of evadiog utter poverty and
starvation 10 to unite still more firmly
ADD 6gh', every man IS one, desperately
and unAiuohiogly for the cause which
they have espoused. Such law might
not come smiss with some leadere, but
to make it general thing or anything
approaching it, would be like declaring
war sfresh. We can end no sympathy
in our heart for = traitor, but we do
sympstbize with the Union and this
Government, and hence we believe that
the loss there il done about confiscation
the better. Let 10 not make the diff
culties any worse than they now are.
General scoas's OpiaAoa Ut Mcclellan.
The enemies of General Mcclellan
must vince under the hearty and honest
expression Of confidence which the vet
eran General Scott has Just delivered on
the skill and loyalty Of the young COM
mandsr Of our army at Yorktown. In
speaking Of Generate McC lellan and Hal
leck to bis friends at Elizabeth, on Sat.
urday, General Scott said:
"There are two men who can be de-
pended upon under all circumstances
and in every emergency-I mean Gen.
eral Mcclellan aud General HalIeck.
There 10 no doubt they must take things
~ they meet them, and they have great
opposition to contend with; but McClel.
lao is At this moment at the very work
his heart loves, and which will call forth
al the abilities Of his powerful mind
that OF trench'ng, engineering and be
sieg'ng. Aud in regard to Genera
HaIleok, he will do bis work like q sol
dier.7 There can be no fear Of thes,
two able soldiers doing any base or dis
Eyal act. They are honest to the core
and will never betray their country"
We do not see how the cowardly
abolition sssailants Of General Nc Clel
Ian are going to get over this, unlc.,
they impugo the judgment and expert.
encs Of General Scott, and begin now t.
attack the war-worn and honored vet.
eran himself.
UNION FOR TaE UN1oN.-The Repub'
licans and Democrats Of the New York
State Legislature, Who voted the Union
ticket last fall, held = caucus on Friday
light and adopted an address and ,eso.
latioos with great unanimity, aud 40.
pointed State Committee to co operate
With other organizations in calling q
State Convention at Syracuse nsxt fall
To mich Assembly District will send
three delegates. The deliberations o
the caucus were characterized bv bar
n',y aud good feeling.
FRANK BLAIR, JH, says that the pre-
ser. il not a shareholders rebellion, a.
TIE Republicans 50 loudly declare it ,o
b., but that 1.-THE rebellion originated
chiefly with the n.slaveholde:s, resi-.
dent 10 the s,rongtods of the institu.
ton; not spriug'ng, however, from any
love Of slavery, but from antagonism O.
race and hostility to the idea Of equal
~ with the blacks, involved in simple
emancipation"
STEEL shot are now being made 70,
government use in the army and navy
i" the late attack upon Fort Pulaski
ko'i1 balls were driven through wallis ii,
ct thick, from guns 700 feet distant
apartments in the use OF new steel pro
] otiles lave succeeded 10 driving them
s'rongh eight inches Of solid iron. Van