Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-05-15
Collamer and Confiscation.

Tho confsca,;op oues,iop ;s st;ll oc;to+;,r
Conoress II seems that gen,lemen canno9
abandon the idea Of making fhis war n crusade
AGAINST tho Institution of slovorv Tbcv toll q
counsel of their nraind;ces we NAV sav IL tbeir
vindictive feelings and obev them ffbe Anti
slavery Society of Tondon visits our Minister
and laws an oddress before him exnrossino tho
hone that this war will onlv end with the de-
struction of ;ts cause Tbey take fire and kind
le their ardor anew FROM, ;b;s sugqes,;on and
prosecute their n,,rncs, ,yi,S mnwontnd yaal
The better rrn in Congrnss onnose tbis cor-
fscotion enternr;se Ua@ri. of kIh,nv ono of
the first men in talent o,,I ch,racter in rho Re-
publican ranks oppnqrs !, Win Corwip ofpo
Doolittle. of WIZ and o,hnrs Collamer of
Vermont. nnothsr st.rJ;n,r among The hest
men of that nprlv. ornnscs II. op would 90
modify il ne to ,,kn r.,n, !, tie ,ootb of venor,
His late snoecb ,,ncn tho snl;oc, uos a snvnd
canstitntiopoi ar"rn,on, ouJ rolio Y;nJ OJp on
t;on of tho rolicy nf r,',in', mnI;,;oai aro
nestv to this peonIo and ;nA;r1;n, n,nisb,nont
mon the Leaders we giyc his lS9d dino IDEAS
In his on;n;on all nations wero Iool7ng mon
us and ask;ng tbemsnIyos ,bis ono.,;nnoo s!can
tbev snsta;n he ;ntegr;,v Of ,Lo Eoyernr,o,, 81,
Thcv sno thot Tho r,;ncIlo of solf ao,ornr,or
is on trial that constitutional liber9 ;s IN trial
and thew beloye wo NAV fail It;s for ne tn
show ,hon, tbo, ,yo sbaII no, foil that vo baro
the steadincss Of m absolntisn within these he's
well ordered elements of n democracv we
are in dntv hound IN observo tho Cons,;trt;om
and that closely and. in times like these we
should hind ourselves with preat stricrness ,o
its provisions These schemes are unconstitn-
tional. as they propose the confscation Of all
the property, real and personal. of ali the neon.
le in the South or of classes of them This
cannot he defended because n m;noritv ono
third. has kent two-thirds under sub;ec,;o,
after nrecinitatino tbnm into tb;s war H.
Mr. Collomer drew good hint from Ennl;sh h
history In the time o9 Henry VII n law ,raa ,,1n
made IN FnglonJ tho, ro mon sbonlJ La Wv"
isbed for treason who was ohod;ert IN a rd;,,n
inc SOVEREIGN, and that law is now on tho stot-
ME hooks Of the Emnire This m;nority in tho
South has been the reirninr soyereion. and wc
should sink below the level of English noIit;coI
morality. if we should nunish The neanle for
obeying them. Instead of punishment. in hi.
oDinion. it should be legislation 70 relieve tb.
people from their oppressors. and restore thor,
as nearly as nossible' In their normal condition
in the Republic. He and Harris. of New Vol
ooree on This with monv otber RennI,lioo,s
namely; nut down the rebellion first. then loo
isate for the relief of the people =. So legisla1e
as to attach them to. and not olienote tben,
from. the Union
He placed the legal bubbles and subterf,css
of those members Of his nartv who are in fa5op
of these annihilatino schemes in tbe;r roJoJ
deform;tv. .lhev had made n new J;scorar,,
proceeding in rem n nroceeding for taI;
and confscatinp the nronertv bsfore toI;n6s s
and attaintin The rebel Tbis ia vorsa t.,s tha !,
anv asnect Of EngGsh law !, 10 ;',s, tl La t;,
that the Constitution ,"ords on,?st 49, 'HS siln
proceeding in rem. and the enfrancb;soman, %
,bo slavo ,han r. ,hn IL, ',1I i "