The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-20
Confscation.

IL form in which it has passed the House OF
Representatives,, by the large and decisive vote
of 50 to 81. This is very important measure,
one which strikes telling blow at treason and
rebellion, aud gives encouragement that Con
gress has concluded to strike at the roof Of the
evil tree. There were found only twelve North
ern hunkes to record their names against this
Bill. They will be found below in The table
OF yeas and nays.
The bill, as pusse4, provides for the emanci-
| patton Of slaves OF al the following classes -
FrSt-OI every person who shall act as an
officer in the rebel army o. navy
| Seeond-Ot every person VINO shall act as
President, Vice President, member OF Congress,
j Judge OF any court, cabine, officer, foreign min
lister, commissioner or consul OF the 50 called
Confederate States.
1hrd-Ot every person who shall act as Gov
ernor OF "a State, member of Convention or
Legislature, or Judge Oh any State Court OF the
so-called Confederate States.
Fourth-Oi every person who, having held
an Office Of honor, trust or profit III the United
States, shall hereafter hold an Office III the 81
called Confederate States.
Ftth-Ot every person VINO shall hold any
Office il the so called Confederate States, or un.
der any OF the States thereof.
But persons In the thlrI ana fifth classes must
have accepted their appointments since the 0Ate
OF the secession ordinance Of their States, or
have taken an oath OF allegiance to the Conicd-
crate States
SArth-Ot every person Lot within thc above
Glasses who, alter the passage oi this act, being
williully and without compuslOn engaged III
armed rebellion, shall not within sixty days lay
down his arms and return to his allegiance
The bill also Inequalities said SIX Glasses from
holding office under the United States govern
mcnt The President is authorized To negotiate
for the acquisition by treaty otherwise, Of
lands or countries in Mexico, Central America
or South America, or in the islands in the Gulf
OF Mexico, Or for the right OF settlement upon
the lands OF laid countries, Tor all persons liber-
ated under this act, to DE removed with their
own consent. For the purpose Of paying tho
expense of tie purchase of lands and The reno
val the President shall use such money as Con-
gress may from time to tine direct, arising out
of the sales OF the property formerly owned by
rebels, and which Shall have been contisc ted To
the use of The United States.
The other sections mainly relate % tho mn-
chinery by which the provisions OF the bill are
to DC enforced.
The bill passed by yeas 81, nays 81 fol-
lows -
Yeas Nj essrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ash
ley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Blng ham,
Blake, BufintOn, Campbell, Chamberlain,
Clark, Coltax, Frederick a. Conklng, Roscoe
Conklm, Covede, Cutter, DAVIS, Dawes, Dunn,
Edgerton, Edwards Ehos, Ely, Fcnton, Fisher,
Frank, Gooch, Goodman, Gurley, !a.e, uanch.
cit, Hickman Hooper, hutchIus, Julian, kel-
ley, Kellogg, of Mich, keIlinger. Lansing,
Loomis, Loyejoy, Lowe, Mcknight Mcpherson,
Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill, of VI, Nixon,
DIN, Pike, Potter, Porter, Sergeant, Sedgwlck,
Shanks, Shellebarger, Sherman, Spaulding, Ste
yens, Stratton, Tram, IrimbIe, Irou bridge,
Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh Verree, Wallace,
W ashburne, heeler, White OF Ind, W ilSon,
Window, Worcester,
NAY:-Messrs. Ancona, Bddle, Blair of Va,
Browne of K. l., Brown of Va, Calvert, Glenn
ents, Cobb, Corning, Cravens, Crlttendcn, De-
lano, Dunlap, English, Granger, Grinder Hall,
Harding, Harrison Holman, Horton, johnson,
Kellogg of Ill.,, Law, Lazear, Leary, Lehman,
Mallory, May, Maynard, Menzles, Morris OF
Ohio, Norton, Odell, Pendlelon, Perry, Phelps
OF Mo, Price Robinson, Rollins Of Mo, Sbef-
field, Shcl, Steele OF n. j.. Thomas of Mass,
Thomas of Md. Vallandigham, Woodward,
W ard, Webster White of Ohio, Wicklifie,
Wood, Woodruff.