The national Republican., 1862-04-09
CON rIsCATION.

, 10 the collection which we find In ths Balti
more Sss, Of Monday, Of news from the Rich
moud newsl 1pers, we lind the following;
n.On Friday, in the Confederate States Court
al Richm0nd, $4,000 or $4,000 worth Of
property. owned by alien enemies, was seques-
uatsd. The average amount sequestratcd daily
is about $4,000" ..,..'
II ever there was case where II Is right 70 be
taught by our enemies, this Ia one, and the won.
der Is that the lesson has been taught in vain
50 long. II is now nearly year since the Con.
federate Congress passed the most sweeping
c0uNscsaon laws, and they have been enforced
ever since, in the same spirit Of unrelen,ing
severity in which they were conceived. But as
yet, the national Congress has adopted no
countervsiling measure, and II is thus left to be
the interest OF every man at the South who has
property exposed, to 70 with the rebellion.
The conhscatIon Of the estates OF persistent
traitors is demanded by the united voice Of
loyalists North and south, and woe be to those
iu Cocgres, who shall vote against it, upon any
pretended scruplcs ot legal or constitutional
conscience. The people OF this co~atry know
very we'll what that sort II thing means. mo
cover, says the old Spanish provsrb, "is large
enough TO corer ttsslf" "'r
Differences Of opinion as TO detail. arc to bs
expected In one sense they are to be desired
oeesvfc II Is in the aMltitude Of councillor
tAst Legislative ss!ety is forvd. The Legitimate
manifestation Of such differences IL to be found
in motions to amend. 1t Ia not every such dif.
terence whfch will justify vote against an ea,
ure mesalre, because some favored saaendmen,
hSs not bsen epgraftsd upon Il All Legislation
IS founded upou compromise, aud the friends Of
aPrinciple mist saod together, sf.or they have
subuftted details to the arbitralneut OF vote
The real hitch ia hi. matter Of coudscatis,
Is lis eject upoa Zoe slaves OF rebels, nccessa
III, etnsnairatiug them because the Govern
ment OF a Christian nation can neither hold
slaves nor sell them. For ourselves, W. are in
f.vor Of confsca,ion, whether applied to slave,
or not. We greatly prefer that 1t should be
applied to slaves but il the oppsnents o.
sIch sn application arc strong enough to vot.
a saa 'ol Tho bills which are pending, be il 80
fhs measnre, in any form aud to any extent, Il
valuable. "' q
We do not believe, however, that an excep
t"n IN favor Of the slave property of persis,cn
rebrls can be carried by u majority In eilhs
branch d Congress. That il will not bs yiside,
10 faetions mirorities, IL certain """""' 81
The people arc watching this matter wit
lynx eyes. They know welt that The men ar
not few who sympathizs with the rebels, ri
determined to let them OIL 'scotlree, and hop
ultimately to rule the country by bringing thel
back into the Union with their personal aH
political power unimpaired. The Taxpayer
who are TO be saddlcd with a war debt of on
thousand millions of dollars, are in no hhmo
10 permit this rebellion 10 10 treated as
political frolic. They know well that = mi,
taken isnity now viii only insure a fresh r, he
lion, and before long The de,udsd masses
the South may be pdrdonsi, but the leaders
the great crime against free government mu
,bs punished. Gov. johnson, in Tennessee,
carrying out the ideas of fhd people upon th
'aubjset. Thore il no mstakipg what they ar