Washington telegraph., 1862-04-09
SEoUEsTEATIoN.- When thing Is in

SEoUEsTEATIoN.-W When thing is in
evitabe, il ccascs to be Questionable
Foley dictates that we take it as stub
born fact, and adapt ourselves TO it as
wisely rs we can. SO VIC think of our
act prohibiting the planting Of more than
two acres of cotton to the hand There is
no longer any use of discussing the right
or the wrong of it. We could not coun-
sci disobedience. unless assured of its an
coustitutionality. We are not assured of
that, and we say to all, obey the law, and
| lay your plans TO make the balance OF
your lands as much available rs po.sibl,
Whatever steps are re;racoablc arc open
| for discussion The more earnestly de-
mand discussion before it be too late
| When We take the wrong fork Of the road
the sooner we begin to question orr course
the safer We had better begin at once.
1t may, perhaps: be our case now, with re-
gard 10 the sequestration act OF the South
ern provisional Congress. Nothing liza.
been done under it If on further rcilec
tion, by the light of further experience,
we should conclude the sequestration act
to have been unwise, we have nothing TO
/ do but abolish it, and everything stands
ia stdfu quo.
This act never gave satisfaction to the
entire body of the Southern people Che
only people whose views are to be con
suited Very many people Of dellcnte
aud perhaps overwrought conscientious
ness, have been gricved By it. Some he
roic moralists have strictly obeyed the Law
given in their Northern indebtedness to
be charged upon them BY the Southern
Coufederacy, and hare P1id Meir N1rih-
ern creditors also. We have personal
knowledge of cases where men have done
this, vino are at the same time contrlbu
ting thousands to support the arms OF the
Southern Confederacy, and whose wh Jle
hearts are in the cause. law ~hlch
taxes SO heavily, the highest moral sentI-
ments of the soul, must not be taken for
right, on slight investigation. suppose
the sentiments overwrought and exnggera-
ted. They are noble nevertheless, aud
should be carfuily considered.
Sequstration is unusual in modern war
| fare. The law of nations fortids, during
the war, that alien enemies shall sue ~
! the courts. Everything remains suspend
ed onlv. After the war the rights ot tile
citizens of each country are restored again.
| Seauestratiou is almost unheard ~. III j.
bad policy for us To - counter tO thc en-
toms of those nations whose sympathy W.
would attract.
Sequestration operates opprcs,ivcly upon
our own citizens. Cumpels them ~ ray
vast sums of money tc t.c government ivr
no crime or dereljctiUn Of theirs, but b..
cause they happrl t. haze dsllt with
Northern men. Their own creditor, a.
home are ab~olvef from paying them -
They cannot collect cent II what they
! relied upon TO pay the Norlherl debt. -
The Confederate Government req l'rcs OF
them bricks aud refuses the straw
Sppncsir1tion !. bnt pD'r Wy uf in
demuityiug our ci'izans f1r their properly
conf seated or d.,truyc at ;hr Nrril u
to any one and con~uie D IA wi-h hi- plit
IN the scquesr,airon acr, and YOU wiIi nrr
relieve hIm greatly HI sees run iuug n
process of red taprI-m ahead. lnI vrry
misty road 10 tue r,ii-. ,tcalurt ot hi-
rights lie hos simpler rcmrdy, usual
ancrg-t nations -whlcl NJ. have uijeu
u-cd When peace h m4dr, l,t hi> Cow
/ crnment rcqalre imLl.nutucillum ana D.
/ sume Iis los.
Sequ->tra;ign dos VS. no COOL. o !.
citizen w'o en- .ut ply "a d.bt to n!.
! ueignbcr, cannot 10 ruc Coated rlcg. |
can take his property ani ruin The pror
/ feiiuw? Nh,i to-! Ihe "a nip au,s nI
| good unless yuu can >qne zc b!opi pur IF c.
S,qu,stiariIn H.iis.Je- a.. inst OIr
arms and pr ,lon.s tue var Inc Z ca-sa-
at the North who trade with ih. o4u' u
| have been the Urpussrs No lh- MAR In hc
enemies of biucu.n Their % hIercr al
hcrne ia bringing bout pa4os urii cIo.
Ing the wheels o. their uwn government
by opposition, would be 4 mighty alliance
The prospect of 4 restoration MI their
rights III their contracts when the war
might be over, would aiI the intense
stimulus Of private interest to their incli-
nations. LlncOln's c.bIuet would find ID
a terrible foe In the rear. Now their IN
.erest is all thrown the other way. We
have assured them that it is 3uy b. our
subjugation. that they may have their
private rights Six hubdred millions of
| Dropertv, the influence of which might
be thrown for Us at the North, is thrown
against US by this act.
If Congress would reconsider and re-
peal it. it would be the wisest and most
patriotic thing. All would still be az they
were No debts could be collected during
the war; After peace, what harm in
paying them?
sas- Mrs. Il. II. McE.en, il a Nash
vile lady long known for her public spirit
and enterprise, besides having been ~
the oden times, an ardent politician. She
leads ina great many christian enterprises
and always acts from pure conscientious
ness. She was devoted Union woman
to the last, and kert the stars and stripes
floating from her roof long after secession
1t was taken down at last, many supposed,
only in Difference to the clamor of the