Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-18
From the Cleveland Leader.
The Break OF Day--The ConfiscatiOn
Hlll Passed Both Houses,

From the Cleveland Leader.
The Break OF Day--The ConfiacntiOn
NH Passed Roth Houses.
AT length, after much wavering and amend |
ing aud hesitancy, both the House and Senate
have passed the bill that is to do more for the
suppression Of the rebellion more to restore the /
dominion of the Flag and 70 provide against any |
repetition of the rebellion than any other meas
ures of this eventful year The Committee OF
Conference upon aConfiscation bill have report
ed TO the two Houses bill stronger and better
than any that has before been offered, and
thanks aud honor 20 the members of those
Houses, u passed Me House on friday and Me
Senate on Saturday by triumphant maiOrtics.-
Here is great, an immense step and we can now
look forward with renewed hope and confidence
TO the speedy suppression of the slayeholders' re-
bellion. The bill, as reported aud adopted, de-
clares death for treason, and the freedom Of
traitors slaves; or he shall be imprisoned FIVE
years, fined $4,000, and his estate, except slaves
shall be seized. For melting rebellion or Civ
ing il aid and comfort forfeiture of personal pro-
perty, ten years in prison, $4,000 fine, and
slaves set free. The President is authorized,
for putting down the present rebellion, to seize
the properly Of all such persons and convey the
proceeds to the Government He s to proclaim
that if in 60 days rebels do not return to aleg-
lance, their property shall be forfeited. Slaves
Of persons engaged in rebellion or who give aid
and comfort to the rebels that take refuge in our
lines shall be held as captives of war and be for
ever free from slavery. So also shall be all
slaves deserted by their masters and coming un-
der control Of our Government, also all slaves
found at places occupied by our troops. No
slaves escaping from one State to another State
shall be delivered up except for crime or some
ofense against the laws of the United States un-
til the claimant shall make oath that he has not
borne arms in the present rebellion, or given aid
aud comfort thereto. No person engaged in ma
val or military service shall decide on the valid
ity Of the claim or surrender such slaves on
pain Of being dismissed from the service The
President Is authorized TO employ as many per-
sons of African descent for me suppression Of the
Re5ollion as he mar think IT, and use them IN such
manner he mag dccm hest for The puJlic ccttro,
and he is also authorized to make provisions for
colonizng the blacks beyond the limits of the
United States. The President is also to extend
to prisoners pardon and amnesty as he may deem
expedient.
has the matter in his own hands and is not only
authorized but expected to push it forward with
all the vigOr which he used when he went to Ft.
Monroe, took Norfolk and blew up the Merri-
mac, The benefits of this bill are incalculable.
They, as yet, only partially disclose themselves
to our vision. Our children and chillren's child
rem. will see, even clearer than we can our
selves do, the national reformation accomplished
by this one bill. The members of the Commit
tee of Conference which framed and reported
the bill will leave a rich legacy of honor TO their
descendants, as being the immediate instru-
ments by which great reformation is effected.
Letus all thank God and take courage that this
rebellion, entered into by the Southern traitors
for the basest purposes, has been so signally
turned upon the heads of the great conspiracy,
and that the monster that instgated IL has been
smote with sueha deadly blow,
As an incentive to enlistnents, this bill is in
valuable. The people will have the assurance
that they are not called upon to fight so as to in
fiict the least pains and penalties upon the reb-
| els. There will be no more guarding the prop
erty Of the traitors for it will now be the proper
| ty of the United States, or enough of it to pay
the heavy fines put upon treason. There win
be no more returning of fugitves from the army,
for all who take refuge there viii be forever free
as captives of war. The strength of the army
will now be left TO do hard, vigorous fighting
for it will not be diverted either in slave-hunt-
ing or in doing the drudgery and manual labor
\ that will now be done by the slaves who flock Ia
the federal lines. The whites will fight, and the
negroes will work or fight as they can best dc
the country service.
BY this Act, the Fugitive Slave Law is amend
ed SO that no STAKEHOLDER, who has borne arms
in this rebellion, given aid and comfort to the
rebels can recover fugitive. This bill is in
deed fitting climax to the noble record which
this Congress has enrolled upon the nations his
tory
The following is the roll of the House 1t is
an humiliating fact to loyal men ofthe Buckeye
State that the principal obectors to the bill were
Messrs. Cox and White of Ohio. Vallandigham
was absent or he would have joined his colleagues
in opposing it,
YEAs-Messrs. Aldricb, Alley, Arnold Ash
ley, Babbitt Baxter Beaman, Bingham, Blair of
Virginia, Blair of Pennsy ylvania, Blake Buffing-
ton, Campbell, Casey, Clark Colfax Roscoe,
Conkling, F. A. Conkling, Covode, Cutler, Da-
Wis Dawes, Duell, Dunn, Edwards Elliot, Ely,
Fenton, Fuessenden, Fisher, Frank, Gooch, Good
win, Gurley, Hale, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian,
Kelley, Kellogg of Michigan, Kellogg of Illinois,
lansing Loomis Lovejoy, Lowe, Mcknight
Nc Pherson, Maynard Mitchell Morehead Nor
rill of Maine, Morrill, of Vermont, Nixon, Patton
Phelps Of California Pike, Porter, Potter, Rice
of Massachusetts, Rice of Maine, Riddle Rollins
of New Hamshire Sergeant, Sedgwick, ShanIs
Shellabarger, Sherman Stevens, Stratton, Trim
BILE, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Veiree, Wall, Wal
lace Walton Washburn, Wheeler, White of In.
diana, Wilson, Window, and Worcester-S2
| NAYs--Messrs Allen of Ohio, Allen of Illinois
Ancena, Bailey, Biddle, Brown of Rhode Island
Clements, Cobb, Cox, Crsfeld, Crittenden, Dun.
| lap, Foulke, Granger, Grider, Haight Hall Hard
ing, Holman, Kerrigan, Knapp, Law Lazear
Lehman, Mallory, Menzies, Morris, Nugen
Odell, Pendleton, Rollins of Missouri, Segar
Shiel, Steele of New York, Steele of New Jersey,
Stiles, Thomas of Massachusetts, Thomas OF
Maryland, Ward, Webster, Wickliffe, and Wood
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The following is the vote of the Senate:
YEAs--Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Doolittle,
Foot, Foster, Fessenden, Grimes, Hale, Harlan,
Harris, Howard, King, Lane of Kansas, Lane of
Ind, Morrill,, Pomeroy, Sherman, Simmons,
Sumner Ten Eyek, Trumbull, Wade, Wilmot,
Wilson, of Mass, and Wright-27.
NAYs-Bayard, Browning, Carlisle, Cowan,
Divis, Henderson, Kennedy, McDougall, Powell,
Salisbury Starke, Wilson, of Mo, and Wiley
| Ia.