The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-06-05
THE CONFIsCATION BILL,

The House yerterday passed one of
the confiscation bills recently reported
by thespecial committee, with an amend
ment offered by Roscoe Conklin, of
New York, providing that all persons
who have accepted appointment and
taken tie oath Of allegiance under the
rebel State Governments si.ce the pass-
age ofMe ordinance Of secession, shall
be included in its penalties. An amend
ment giving freedom to all the slaves
was rejected, receiving only 81 votes.
The measure in its present shape ap-
pears to be satisfactory, though some
Of the Republican members voted
against it, on what ground we are not
informed. Some Of the more radical
members probably opposed it because
/ it did not go far enough 10 suit them,
and some OF the more CONSERVATIVES
opposed it because it went too far to
suit them.
| The bill provides that all the proper
| ty Of all persons hereafter acting as
officers in the rebel army or navy, OF
any persons Hereafter acting as Prcsi
dcpt or Vice President, member OF
Congress or Judge under the so called
Confederate States Government. of any
persons hereafter eacting as Governors
or members Of Legislatures or State
Conventions under the rebel State Gov
ernments, of any persons who, having
held any Office Of trust, honor or profit
in The United States, shall hereofte,
hold an Office in the rebel States. of Ill
persons hereafter holding any effic, or
accepting any employment under the
general or State Governments OF the
Confederate States, and Of AL persons
who in any way assist the rebels, hav-
ing property in any loyal State or Ter
ritory or In the District Of Columbia.
shall be forfeited u the United States
and declared lawful subjects of prize
and capture, wherever fonnd. for the
indemnity Of the United States acains,
the expenses of suppressing the present
rebellioG.
The bill also provedes that the Pies.
ident shall by Proclamation warn al
persons who are engaged in the rcbcll-
ion, or who may, in any way, aid or
aket tho same, that unless they cease 10
aid, abet or conntcnance the rebellion
'cithin sir,y days iaftcr such warning.
all their property shall in Ike manner
be declared forfeited to the United
States.
Such confiscatcd rebel property
found in any Of the loyai statcs, o. dis
tricta where tho Federal Judiciary is
established, shall be legally proceeded
against, before the proper Judicial tri-
bunals, aud that in those sections
where no Federal Judiciary exists, the
property shall be held until such Judi
ciary shall be re-establishcd but all
perishablc articles shall be used OF sold
under certain rules.
The bill provides that the proceeds
Of al! property sold In pursuance Of
this bill, shallbe deposited in the Treas
nry Of the United States, and that the
property Of disloyal persons who are
indebted to loyal citizens shall be appli-
ed to the paying Of such Indebtedness.
The bill will now have to pass the
ordeal of The Senate, and we sec no
good reason why it should not become
q law. The sixty. days warning to the
privates in the rebel army, and to 9TH
ers not acting as leaders or officers. is a
'ssaving clause that obviatcs the OBJ
iectionable features OF other measures
proposed in the Senate. The bill, in
its present shape, onght to pass and
become law.-Chicn9o Ereni,g Ionr.