Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-07
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, June 2.


coNFIscATIoN PRACTICALLY KILLED.
Confscation was practically killed yesterday,
by union of portion of the Republicans with
all the anti-confscation men in the Senate, on
the milk and water, trial by jury bill The House
having previously rejected the same bill. by
vote of two to one, settles the probability of
their accepting it now. A Committee of Con
ference may result, and it may agree on some
thing that will harmonic the House and Senate
and vet have virtue in it; but there is little
chance for anything half so practical as the
House cOn6scation bill, which a portion of the
Republicans, aided by Salisbury, Powell, Carle
and others of that school, succeeded in defeating
The debate became exceedingly animated, be-
fore the final vote was taken, and the matter
assumed the form of family quarrel among the
Republicans, the Democrats remaining silent,
but highly gratifed spectators. After the first
vote was taken and the minority of Republicans
aided by the Democrats, had substituted the Sen
ate for the House bill, last effort made to
secure something effective by moving to amend
the substitute by striking all after the enact
ing clause, and inserting the bill known as the
House Emancipation Scheme, which is regarded
as securing stringent coniscaton almost as
well rs the bill the Senate had just rejected.
On this motion OF Mr.. Trumbull, Ben Wade
made an exceedingly earnest and animated appeal
to Republicans who had been voting with the
Democrats. This emancipation bill was not what
his side wanted, but they were willing to yield
something and compromise. Why could not the
minority on the other side yield something to
those who had iabOred and toiled long years for
the success of Republicanism? The present
course of the minority would secure result
which the rebels would regard as a greater vic
tory than if they had taken our army before
Richmond. Their bill was just weak enough to
attract the opposition vote, while he and his side
regarded it as practically almost worthless. Ifit
came to the worst they would unite with the mi
nOrity rather than let all confiscatiOn be defeated
but he appealed to them to yield something also,
and unite on the House emancipation bill. Mr..
Wade's speech succeeded in stirring up the Sena-
tors thoroughly. A very excited debate followed.
Fessenden made an able, but rather i'll tempered
speech, the substance of which was, his side
wanted to agree on some compromise in the com
mittee or caucus but that Mr.. Wade's side had
persistingly refused. He had insisted on bringing
the matter to an open rupture in the Senate, and
had even Threatened that they would see whether
Senators would dare go before the country as the
opponents OF stringent coniscation measure.
Mr.. Wade denied having made any such threat
or nsinuation, and other Senators did the same.
Mr.. Clark protested against the language of
Mr. Wade and Others towards those who differed
from him
Mr.. Trumbull made vigorous and crushing
reply to Mr.. Fessenden. He reiterated that few
friends of cOnhscaton had united with the enc
mics of all confiscation to defeat a practical BILL
and now they asked the earnest friends of cOnfs-
cation to unite on their compromise bill. Com.
promise with whom? Why compromise with the
enemy of all confscation. He had beard no such
threat as Mr. Fessenden had alluded to; but he
wondered that Fessenden should be influenced by
such things any way.
Mr.. Trumbull was frequently interrupted,
but his replies were always ready and Overwhelm.
In the debate, before the adoption of the Sen
ate bill as a substitute, Mr. Browning made two
more speeches He said he had no authority to
speak for the President, but had the best reason
to know the President agreed with him. He had
been taunted with not representing his constitu-
ents- He believed his constituents to be a people
of intelligence.
Mr. Cowan made another speech against what
he called ultrasIn, and in favor of the Senate
bill.
Mr.. WilmOt made an exceedingly happy though
very brief reply, saying more in fewer words than
any other PARTICIPANT in the debate. He said he
differed from Mr.. COwan wholly and entirely and
he spoke for the great State of Pennsylvania
quite much as his colleague. We could never
crush this rebellion except by laying hands on
slayehoding property. They must be made
pOWefleSS OF we WOulu nave no laStlnR peace ne
believed that the loyal men of the border States
would 90 even further than himself in demand.
ing confscatiOn.
Mr.. Sumner also gave Mr.. Wilson the strong
est endorsement as to the views of Border States
men, by reading a couple of letters from loyal
Tennesseeans, urging cOnfisca:ion in the strong
est possible terms, and saying the Union men of
the South would indorse the most stringent meas
ures
Mr.. PoweIl declared that those letters did not
express the sentiments Of one in five thou
sand loyal people. either in Kentucky or Tennes-
see.
Mr.. Lane declared they were fair index to
the sentiments in Missouri. The c0nhscati0n
amendment was proposed by Wilkinson when
Pomeroy wanted to further amend by providing
for the colonization of rebel masters with their
slaves Loving in their lives, in their exile they
should not be divided
Sumner tried to get an amendment allowing ne
grOes to give evidence in the jury trial provided
for, on the ground that without il the rules of ev
idence would render the proceedings nugatory.
The amendment was rejected. Sumner offered
another amendment that all persons found bear
ing arms against the Government should be for
ever disqualified for citizenship, and explained
that IL rebels were still regarded citizens,