, 1862-04-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WASHINGTON, April q, 1862.
ltno# seems almost certain that the con
nscatlon Dill WILL pass both branches Of Con-
efess. twenty-five Senators are counted for
IL and Inc NUMBER Is more likely to be ln-
creased than diminished, since the House, by
jeet away from the pro.slaYery judiciary Com
mittee aad lodge it in tie hands of, select
COMMITTEES, clearly Indicating purpose to pass
some Kind Of bill edecting the object. Sen
ator shermanss amendment to the Hrst sec
tlon Of the bill, which Was adopted yesterday,
strikes ont the words, "any person or per-
aous," and inserts the fDi1o#ing:. IT:
rlrst. Pelsons hereafter acting as officers Of the
arms aga1nsf the Gnitsd Slater aecond PaTaona ~
hereafter - %@esasng a., -P5eaident Vice-PIesiaeut,
Consul, OF Cou1m1ssioner o7 The so.cae;1 fsonted,
crate states; Ihlfd; Persons hereafter acting as
State or ertory who 6y TIC Gonstisnin y, ~ 1hs ~
eoailed Confederate sestee Is required to take an
sons bo bpaTfi,o heif an fra ~ bonnr trs +e,
profit under the United States shall hereafter take
ssns ho gMnin .n nTnnepiV n fhn arai sfatea r.
Territories, or The foysl Of di.loyal States,
aesle1 of hlo anu TO the
The effect Of the amendment IL In limit t;,e
contiscation of property. tn ncrsons nour bo1d.
ing office in the rebe,1iou6 States or who have
,n-..~r ~
ueletoIore he1o onlcc unoer 3ne United ss1ies,
instead Of applying to al persons taking part
in the rebellion. As to the Slaves of such
nersone bo1rarar +ha Nm .t,,1a .a t;.st
Frana7 +1s.a 1's;1. .-~s N.a.. 49,. ..'.u n7.
.,Al4eo~lseie :, oelns ~ eAee4'llon Ii iasot u
the common herd Of traitors. Before the
amendment was adotted Judge Trumbu11 re.
- ~, 7la 'os1 asAn,, %,
IT, ne should Sill De ap1e 70 support the Dill
if it we're adopted.
: Judge Collauer. groundIng himself upon
.,st s3s - 49, $500. -, -.
tnal eiause u tne CONSTITUTION WHICH says
~A4A"~ ~ N"s~tf+NNs W %AN*>o~AA
ruption of blood OF forfeiture, beyond the Life
If the person ott,intcd ), N no ~ no,d an ~
~ wv eoisou A...a'no' nt''o' ~ eo9u sAn =. =.
gument as could be made against the bill
But is it not obvious that an "attaindern O
treason is something which follows trial ami
W. 'tc't0u ~ ''eAs'a- -7oius.aus - .uaet'a1aoaS
1foh INC Juogmeht of court? what Is to II
done with these who cannot be tried and con
v;cted. upon whom 4 iadpeme;t ran meyer h,
+-o,or1daa t,ooa--ro +,,s ..s--1.s7 - .s,.:s
p1oA"ouesu' oeesueo tue inalsnn VI SHE'LL
can never lay hands upon them? There can b
10 attaiuder Of treason where there il 10 tria
for+reascn ana thcre ran hc M t-;.1 a. +,.,a
-sea ~ - - -et4-, ~ 80. ~ - ~
son Tnefe the operataon OF the 1aW Is obstruc
&c. inetelote tue anoTe cause Of the cor
ao stlIuI,on nas no apPucaoi1t7 WhateFer 10 LII
qussuon. ...
Ssnatol GoNau, o. fenn5Jlqanla, has appar
| entiy eeen nlonght 70 n1s marro"-6ones, to
ne lnl1ooueen conAsGal1on pln to-oay o11ef
gg more "ldely lfom p, ms o#n speech asyalns
! J1dge i[uMoutIs oll than y ooeS 1fom Iha
| gu ltseu. for msaaacS' II. to"an ho7
. PROPOSES Pp;s 70 eonnscats aiI caoses N ac5lon
| OF Ieoeis, he4aasa7 ee0sas 70 sef77cs or faoo,
and to declare the persons, from whom sqc]
| sflslce o1 hper Is cialneo, 10 De 1ree anu ois
cna1Eeu lAsIe'foH1. u Ais ePeegn !eH "eeS
ogo ny selo tn!s To4A @ ee ~ lue o'gaess oe
| glee meapeulenl! p the iaet Is apPaIsnt tna
" an!is4selJ ieae!1on "a, nas SET Il IN s1ncG e. th
enths - and n.; Pssto. "a +, !hfe IRE
der states have gone By, prooabl
never 70 letufn; nhen congress met i
| december last lnt[e Vas regular Eeedon
rampage IN both honEcs onc would lIav
thought that ne canse Of the rebellion vas t
be sponged out in less titan thirty days. II
lot resolutions WILL DC remembered. Ihe
were IKE the cayorttngs Of herd of cattle
the early sprlng-a great deal OF noise an
dust, ground paved up, horns locked, hee
exhibited, ct estera; but nobody hurt and notl
ing dope. Alter these innocent and diver
ing ganbols we're over, we went straight int
slough OF despond, regular old-fasf1lone
/ dGughtace back cEsliding: We we're more b.
K1tched than the 1oolsn Galatians. Before tt
GHf1s1uaas EonnaIs came on VIC hau become
"eopsefEat1Ve THAT i, as pro-slaFery1 I
old Mr. Crlttenden could hare the heart to d
sire. Ihe Admlnlstraion vas supposed to I
encouraging the IetIograde = movement, and
bc Wholly converted 10 the kentucS5 school
politics. VI Hhctherlt vas true then or not, it is
no longer. The returning tide bears eyel
thing along with It. Even the kentuckiar
have been brought to confess that "sou
thing as status quo for slayery-that the
must be progress in one direction or anothe
| Some Of their most influential men adm
: that without any additional legislation fni
| one Wlll0n slaves VIII acquire freedom dl
1nE the progress OF the war, aad that fhey ca
NOT oe rs-e11slastd.
The debate in the House to-day between 81
Dawes and others On the subject cf the lnvt
r tiga1ion Of Government Contracts, has led
great deal Of coWardly and Indecent objr
I Cation concerning SSipjury to the party
I | though any party couia be as much injur
| By exposing and Furnishing frauds commit
:, BIZ ptrEons who have fastened themselves t
1 Oh it, as by attempting to defend or conci
1 | themt Dir. Dawes intimated that Gamer
, was remaining in the country, instead Of goi
to St. Petersburg, to fight the Committee, Il
: that he was even now e4pcndins portion
= his l1~gotten gains in efforts to overthrow t
: individual members Of the Comfnitte at hon
= He faid that Dir. Stevens speech and Alex
: der Cumming s letter had been published
( advertisements in newspapers in his own d
c lnded to it 90 evidence that somebody +
j. spending money to defeat him because Of
. connection with the exposure Of some Of
|, transactions Of the ex-secreta1y OF War.
7 story is HOW in circulation here that Gamer
e is trying to induce President Lincoln to assU
b all the Responsibility Of the Boxer arms c,
= tract and let him {Camerou1 out This in
= cent effort will probably fail. The Boxer ta
|. action would bIacken the fame of the TIVE
s apostles If they should be weak enough to
sumo it.
e n, Mercier. the French Minister has hrou.
+ back quite : fund OF interesting facts #
4 Richmond. He agrees that all thought q
l. compromlse> OF armlstice, or any cessation
: nostlAtle5 un1A one slue Or the other Is 9!
u quelea, - WIG and ueiusiqe. Ho says :
- 'he leoels arc very desrerate aua very Vlclt
l. the Eonen particularly spltef1l-tnat j
E I CFS0Q IL. is Quite enthusiastic abOnt dFinr