The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-07-02

E..919oaY nonHrse. July -. lsss.
FAs Ena.elpansa nail.
The bin Ssr freeing the slaves Of rebels ana
Iisassni,iag rebel lssdss ftea hs'elns smee'
,.a.,A bv The Hesss Of Representatives. pro
- - he ensscipation Of slaves OF al the
lsIosiss siassss:
Ia OF every person Who shall act - an ON
81 q ths rebel army or navy.
ID. OF every person Who shall oct - presi
d..t vice president, member Of Congress, judge
q any court, cabinet officer. foreign minister
e,.niss;oosr, or consul Of the so-called Co'sed'
sssss States.
ID. OF every person Who shall act a. governor
q State, member Of convention or legsla' |
tsrs, o. Judge Of any state court Of the socalled
Cssssdssats States.
IL. OF every person ~ho. having held an Of.
Acs Of honor, trust profit in the United States.
shau hereafter hold an Office in the so-calsd Con-
lsdsrsss States.
ssA. OF every person who shall hold any ofice
O aesscy under the se-callsd Confederate States,
~ o000S any Oh INC 0teSeo tueIcVI.
IBus persons in the third and 6ftL classes must
have accepted their appointments since the date
Of he secession ordinance Of their States, or
have taken An oath Of allegiance to the Csnfed-
seaas essses.l
Oh. OF every person not vithia the above
elassss. Who after the passage Of tine act, being
vilfally and without compulson engaged IL arm
q rsbslios, shall not within sixty days lay down
HI arns and return 70 his allegiance.
The bill also disquali6es said six classes from
holding olRcs under the Usitsd States govern
neat The President is authorized 70 negotiate
Ies ~ seqsission, By treaty Or otherwise, Of
lad or countries in Mexico. Central America or
0sash America, or 10 the Islands in the Gulf Of
Msxiso, o. for the right Of settlement upon the
hnds Of said countries for oil persons liberated
under this act, to be renoved with their own
essssns For the purpose Of paying the expense
q the purchase Of lands and the removal, the
President shsll sss such money - Congress n ~
from time to time direct, arising out Of the sales
q The property formerly owned BY rebels, and
shAll have been cou6scated to the use Of the
United SsaseA
The ether sections naialy relate to the ma
ehisssy By which the provisions Of the bill are
- b enforced.
This bill has been rendered necessary in con
- -s 'h~ .eh.lIiA. The slaves Are an ell
Tie rebel army can not Do subsisted. They arr
the bene and sinew, aud the muscle upon which
alsas The rebellion ID sustained. They prsdscs
the iood for the secession hests, and without
heir labor, those hosts could not remain togeth
= Sss single day. But this is net all Thu
slaves have been, and still are employed direeti,
agaisss the armies Of the Union, in digging rife
pin. shlpwisg up entrenchnents. erecting fsrsi
1satioas, mounting cannon, and in short doisl
n Ne manual labor which 10 done within the
ssbsl lines. The number Of them thus employ
q should in eli our calulatioas b added 70 the
Asses arraysd against ~
In view q these facts, Why should there n
aay tenderness o. tmidity on the part Of thoss
Who prefsss - stand by the Union, in deprivisl
~ enemy Of this element Of power, any more
than in taking away from him his cannoos or hi
essa dsdgsrs! They, the rebels, claim these
ilavss - property. Meeting them upon their
eva ground, these goods are jsss - liable "a
ssisars and con6scation, - the horse that carries
NJ Il0er o. parade. Of u DaIIie. We can Pee
- difference, and We believe. in legal point d
visv there i nsne, and al this ersakisg of the
big frog il the Ds.ocrasic puddle, absst the
enthusiastically Of con6scasion, s.pse;sl!y Of
he slaves, j. downright dishonesty. When they
assset, that the Government has not the Coasti.
tstioaal power to cou6scats or smaaciPats (fos
vhsa applied to slaves, oon6scasion d nothing
nses q lsss than emancipation, q Govern
neat easaot appropriate to ito use the slaves
esoAseassd) the slaves, - well - other property
- rsbsls, they state that which they either
hsv - b untrue in point Of law and common
ssass o. slss their political prejsdices and their
pssslavsry proclivities have got the better Of
tAsir knsvlsdge Of law, and their common sense.
In either case hey are "blind leaders Of the
Mid" They should take heed, lest they both
togeeher fall into that last ditch.