The New York herald., 1862-04-17

viewing great length the legal obectiors 10 the Con
lis alton bill con'snding that u was Dill OF attande,,
quoting Justice Story the constitution ana English
ursts support tho position that il deprived man
vf his property by legislative enactments Without due
process OF law as provided by the constitution OF tne
ned States Hs stated that contscation had been
adopted by any nation for seven centuries. -
Mr. rRrMnuII; (rep) OF Ill inquired 4 the Senator did
not know that the colonies OF this country passed laws
forfeitrsg the property Of disoyalists.
Mr.. POWELL replied that he aware that eome o
them had So that led to the very clause
in the federal constitution prov dng under this gov
ernment should be deprived Of his property WIN
out due process Of law.
mistake in the Senator's remark that there had
been niscation for seven centuries.
Mr.. POWELL quoted from Wheaton, one Of the great
writers his authority for the statement he had
made He then procee cd to denounce the Conhscation
bill as inhuman, stripping women and children OF their
means Of existence and causing perss nal suffering
The section particularly referring TO slaves assaied the
constitutional guarantees respecting slavery in the State
II insdious attempt to do what they would not
do directly He would prefer that they march up the
great work speedily and free all the slaves at once IL
would be more manly than the manner proposed by the
bill. He regarded the colon nzaton clause Of no ac-
count whatever Every knew that tho negro, when
eed would remain just where he had been let unless
compusory removed and 1t was only intended TO get
votes that could not otherwise obtained IL would be
hard TO make Southern man believe that interference
with slavery was not intended IN spite OF general
declar ations when they had passed q res ,luion
10 induce States to emancipation, had abolished
slavery this district, had repealed disqualcatons
OF color for carrying the mails, and had adopted an
article Of war prohibiting those in military service from
delivering fugitive slaves There was great complaint
il negro was returned his astcr but the military
might take OF hundreds, and there was no complaint,
though they may be taken from loyal masters. Under
the biz any lieutenant petty magistrate was empower
cd Of all property OF 1000 900 OF people,
No dictator Of Rome ever had such power. He loved
the Union but he loved for it's constitutional liberty
What him others who loved liberty an empire
bounded comprising this whole continent without
the constitution Of the republic, which endowed them
with Its privileges and was the shield OF
their rightsP Mr.. Powell denied the powers claimed
for the Executive under the war power, by
which tho will Of the President rather than the const
tu became law, and under which Congress might be
visited Parliament by Cromwell. and as the French
Corrs Legis,aR was by Nap leon. The danger of the
ext az this assumption Of the power striking
y the Of the military commander Gene
raj Hileck who In spite OF the constitution OF that State
defining the qualifications Of voters had imTosed, by
military order other requirements In the recent election
The in which General Hleck had levied conti1-
buttons upon the inhabitants alluded to- which,
II could be done place. could be in another, and
Ho commented at length on martial law and its
rule and argued against it, and denounced as Illegal and
unconstitutional the arrests that have been made.
On motion Of Mr WILSON, tho bill was postponed Til
Friday at one p. II.
ExEcu1zyB DISTRICT COLUMBIA KMANcI
PATTON BILL.
The Presidents special Message si~nng the bill for tho
abolition of slavery In the District oi Columbia then
read. Ths Message may be found in another column1
message from the House announcing the death Of Re-
preventative Cooper Of Pennsylvania received and
read.
Mr. wnMor delivered brief tribute to the deceased,
and oile ed the customary resolutions Of coincidence
Whereupon the Senate adjourned