Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-06-27
"CoNFIsCATIoN." &" d"

The conhscatiOn bill, which should be
styled the emancipation bill,--providing for
the emancipation Of the slaves OF rebels
which was at first rejected by the House Of
Representatives, has been amended and passed
by that body by % majority. The following
is a synopsis Of the bill;
That all right ude interest, and claim whatever, Of
every person oomprehendcd within the following emu
merated classes n and to the sfrcc or labor u any
person persons held fo service labor n any state
under the laws thereof hereby declared fDrctod and
such ptrsons held service labor, commonly call
ed slaves are hereby declared forever discharged from
such service or labor, and be ftecnlen, 70 wit
fWsfiV OF every person who shall hereafter act
officer " the army navy o The rebels In arms against
the government n the United States.
conafy. % every person who shall hereafter act as
President, Vice Presidcn' memhcr Of Congress Judge
Of any court cabinet officer, foreign minis commits
sioner consul of the caed Confederate states Of
America.
Ihirdy. or every person who shall hereafter act as
governor " state, member Oi cnvcuu1u or Lcgisa-
ture judge ol any state court Of - SO called Coufed
crate states of America 49,.
fotrfhiy Oi every peison shf having hen an Office
ol honor, trus profit the United States. shall here
after hold an office m the so called Confederate States II
America
FVfdiy. or every person vho shall hereafter hold any
office agency under the government Of The 30 called
Confederate States ui America. under any of the
eral states OF the said confedcracy the laws thereof
whether such office agency be- uatona state,
ncipal iu is character Poritca That the per-
sons thirdly and hfhy above desched shall nave accept
ed their appointment election succ the date Of the
pretended ordinance secession Df the state shall
have taken an oath OF allegiance TO the so called Confed-
crate states.
Nirih@. OF every person, not embraced in the fore
going classes who, after the passage of this aci beine
actually, willlu y, aud without coercion or compusiHn,
engaged ia armed rebellion the government Of the
United States, shall within sixty days after public
warming aud proclamation duly given aud made at his
discretion 10y The President " The United States, lay
wn hs arms and return his allegiance N the United
states
This is the first section Of the bill, very
nearly Uerbaina. The second and third sec
uons provide for tho appointment by the
President in each slave state, OF commission
ers to enforce the act, and prescribes their
duties the fourth section provides against
the reinstatement Of persons liberated by
the act; the fifth requires claimants Of slaves
not only to establish a valid legal claim, but
to make affidavit that they DO not belong to
any Of the above enumerated classes. The
last two sections are of so much interest that
we give a full account of their provisions:
The sixth section authorize. the President Of The
United states o. negotiate Tor the acquisition, by treaty
OF otherwise, Of lands countries Mexico, Cenusl
America, OF South America or in the islands Of the
Gulf OF Mexico Tor the tight Of settlement upon the
lands Of said Countries and whenever any lands shall
have been SO acquired, whenever the right uf settle
msnt shall have been so secured in any Of said lands
then the President sha all the persons shall
have liberated under provisions of this act 70 be
removed with their own consent at such times and un-
der such tgulapus as he may deem expedient the
countfes acquTcdOf in which The right Of settlement
has been secured, and shall reasonable quanu
~ Of land not exceeding forty acres % any individual
or eighty acres 10 the head Of family t0 be set apar
hr the use II such LIBERATED pesas and shall guarsn
zee 20 all such persons removed l the civil aud poll
go ~ .II ..t fsf
chase Of such lands or countries aforesaid f the
same cannot be acquired by treaty and the removal Of
said pefsons, hc President shall use such moneys
Congress may from time 10 me di-e arising Of the
sales Of pflpcuy oTiueiy owntfft S'bes, and which
sual have been cinnscated t'fAs Csc oi thu U1nted
States
The seventh section declares that every person en-
braccd in any Of the classes specified ia section II
this ac sha trcttr hereafter be Incapable of holding
exercising any Gihce Of honor uust profit under
The goycmneut Of the United States.
The bill passed by vote of 50 to 54. as
follows:
ieas-Messrs Adheh, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Bah
ttt Bakcr Baxter, Bcanau Bingham Blake, Buflinton,
Campbell. Chamberlain, CLARK. Cotx red A C,nkling,
ltnscoe Conkung, Cuyode, Cutler, Davis Dawes, Dunn,
Edgertou. Edwards Elliott Ely, Fenou, Fisher Frank,
uouch, Goodman, Guilry, Hale lianohett, Hickman,
Hooper, HWchins, Juani Kelley, kellogg (Mioh),
hlihuger Lansing, LOOMS, Lpycluy, LpwC, Mcknight,
Mei A5fs"h' M"e",iI' ho"fh'el' NoftH WI Nlhon'
Ohu, Pike, Porter, Potter, Rice Massl lticc Me-,
Riddle holhn tN ~ Ny gtant, Scdgcwick, shanks,
ShellAOagu, ontiu,u u SpAuiding, stevens, Sttatton
lIam, Irimble, Tt1Wbridgc Van Horn, Van Valkcn-
buIgh, eIfee, Wallace, Walton " ashburne Wheeler
White lndl, Wilson, Wnd9n, Worcester
N0ys-Messrs Ancona, Biddc, Blair (Va,) Browne
Or d. Brown Va Calvert, Clements, Cobb, Corning
Crayens, Crittenden, Deano Diven, Dunlap, English
Granger, Grider, Hall, Harding, Harrison, II einnan
Horton Johnson kellogg tili,l Law, Lascar, Leary
Lehman Mallory May, Maynard, Menz es, Morris Ohol
Norton. Odcil, Pcndletou, feir. Phelps (Mo,) Price
Robins. Robinson (Mo,) Sheffield, Shiel, Steele q y
Thomas (Massl Thomas (Mdl Nsllandgham, Wood
ward, Ward Webster White l6aio,) Wicklifc, Wood,
WoodriH