The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-04-24


! In the collection which we end in the
Baltimore SIM, Of Monday, of news from
the Richmond newspaper, wo find tho
following:
+ "On Friday, in the Confederate Stat 5
Court at Richmond. $4,000 or Gu, 600
worth of property, owned by a,ien enc
mics, was sequcstrated The average
amount seluestrated daily is about 24O,-
NUU.'
II ever there was case whore is is
right to be taught by our enemies, this
is one, and tho wonder is tina. the lesson
! has been taught in vain so long. 1t is
now nearly year since the Confederate
Congress passed The most sweeping con-
Gscation laws, ard they lave been enfor-
cod ever since. in the same spirit Of III.
yelertns severity in which they were
conceived Blu, as yet the national Con.
gress has adopted no countervailing
measure, and it is thus left to be the in
terest Of every nan at the South who
has property exposed, to 90 with the re-
bellion
The confiscstion of th. estates Of per-
sisteut traitors is demanded by the uni
ted voice of loyalists North and South,
and woe be to those IN Congress who
! shall vote against 1t, upon any pretended
scruples of legal or constitutional con-
science. The people of this country
know very well what that sort Of thing
means "Noco ver,' says the old Span
ish provcrb, sis large enough to corcr IT,
self'
/ The real hitch in this matter of con-
fsca;iou is the effect upon the slaves of
rebels, necessarily emancl pating them,
because the Government of Christian
nation can neither hold slaves nor sell
them. For ourselves, we are in favor Of
coniscutou, whether applied to slaves or
not We greatly prefer that it should
be applied to slaves; but if the opponents
Of such an application are strong enough
to vote it out Of the bills which are pen
ding, be it SO The measure, in any
form and to any extent, is valuable.
We do not believe. however, that an
exception III favor Of slave property of
persisten. rebels can be carried by ma
iority in either branch Of Congress-
That it will not be yielded to tactious
mnoriiies is certain.
The people are watching this matter
with lynx eyes. They know well that
the men are not few who symps,hize
with the rebels, are determined to let
them off scotfree, and hope ultimately
TO rule the country by bringing them
back iuto the Union with their personal
AID political power unimpalred. The
tax payers who are to be saddied with
war debt of one thousand million dollars,
are in no humor 10 let this rebellion be
treated as a political frolc. They know
we'll that mistaken lcnity bow will only
insure fresh rebellion, and before long.
The deluded masses of the South may be
pardoned, but the leaders Of the crime
against free government must be punish
ed. Governor johnson in Tennessee, is
carrying out the ideas Of the people up
on this subject There is no installing
what they are. National Republican.
A REMovAL-N Ninety seven contra
bands arrived at Philadelphia on Fri
having been sent there from Gen. Banks
command They had been employed by
the Government on tho Baltimore and
Ohio railroad Three Of them had been
the slaves of ex Senator Mason at Win
chester, two of them had been the slaves
Of Hon. c. J. Faulkner at Martinsburg.
These "contrabands' were received and
taken care of by the colored people Of
Philadelphia, many of whom are wealthy
Some of the "contrabands" had money
which they had earned working for the
Government One of them had upwards
Of one hundred dollars. Some lewd fel
lows Of the baser sort in Philadelphia,
endeavorcd to get mp an excitement
against their being brought to that CITY,
but without much success. /
When Floyd is hung, he will be,
III. al H.. statements he makes. without