Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-07-10

Series Vol. 2, No. 23.
Hon. Ben. Wade's Remarks on Con-
s fscatlon.
The following are the remarks Of Hon
Ben. Wade on conhscation, made last Wed.
nesday in the U. s. Senate--the same that
were especially noted in the dispatches as
being pointed and vigorous, and as having
had the effect 70 rouse up the Senate and
the galleries to quite pitch Of excitement:
While l am up will say--for / do not
intend to argue this confscation bill! over
sgaln--l want the people TO understand that
power OF Congfess, | w0fld take all the pro
perty Of rebels, aud / would appropriate il
70 the discharge Of the enormous debt that
we are incurring in defsnse of this glorious
Constitution Of ours I want the people to
know'thss Fstand hefess the essfvocarsssf
burdening traitors with the payment and
discharge Of the enormous debts OF this
war i Iam for it; and if il is not done,
am not responsible 60 for it. ] would
reduce these ayistocratic slaveholders 10 ut
ter poverty. know they are concsited
know they are essentially aristocratic. l am
! fully pursuaded that their minds and their
teelipgs are 30 in antagonisin to Republican
Democratic doctrines that il is impossible to
reconcile them, and we never shall have
| peace until we have reduced the leaders TO
utter poverty and taken thereby their . in
iiuence away. am for doing it. 1t ought
" be done. And will say here now that
upon the principle on which your wal is con
Quoted, you never will have peace You
cannot with one hand guard sedulously with
your army the property Of rebels aud with
the other light them in the field. They
c0nstrue eevery such act Of lenity into COW
ardice and pusillammity, and nothing else.
You Will get no respect for it. They will
treat you with the more contempt | defy
any gentleman upon this aoor who contsndf
for this fenient policy. now after more thar
one year prosecution Of the war, toscite t.
me a single instance where rebel has beer
| placated and has come round to the suppori
| Of the Union cause because you dealt leni;
emily with his person or his property. ]
have hero an order from Gen Mcdowell
thatI ask to have read, just to show the
! principle upon whi,h this accursed war !!
| prosecuted. -sss-,.ssrssa-ss Ezz,s.sasFsa
The Secretary read as follows :ssGAzG
HKADecARiErs Drs,r, RARrAHAssocE,
UPPvarE FEfDkMckssTRs, Va.
&es.s Mai 2sih, iseas y
! Special Order, No. g. sfg,s - ffs.
/ Col Meredith, commanding the SSH
Pennsylvania y oiuuteers wiii furnish from
his regimenta guard for the house and pro
perty of Mr.. L. j. Huffman, who lives nea
Bell Plain. Col Meredith will see that n,
more corn is taken from Mr.. Huffman, an,
n that no more fencing is disturbed Th'
4 guard will be SO placed rs to make this sure
, even If 1t should be necessary 10 place q sen
tlnel over every panel Of fence. BY com
!, mahd OF Maj. Gen. Mcdowell - ss-71s =
- SAMUEL BREcK, A. A. G.
. Col. s. A. MEREDITH,
I Commanding 56th Penn. Volunteers
4 Sent by Mr.. Huffman.
!, certify the above is true copy.
Il. P. HALs1ED, Capt, A..A. g.
Mr.. WADE. am told that Huffman
|, whose every panel of fence is to be guarde
by soldier paid for out of our pockets
as arrant traitor as there is on the face q
Gods earth. Now, sir, what say you P
Can We reach that property? Can we for
age on the enemy! The Senerte says no
Restrained by the Constitution, are we P
Y We cannot even take it in the field. If VI
can, we can confiscate it. Ii State has
magazine for the prosecution of this war, ou
arm is too short the Constitution is S,
! weak that We are restrained from taking j
to feed starving soldier. | say you vii
never bring this war to an end while it is tn
purpose OF your commanders in the iielc
|, rather TO use their soldiers to guard til
pigs and the chickens and the fences of you
mortal enemies than fight them in the field
The general who will place his guard so sed
: ulously around the property of rebel 4
protect it will not be very likely to fight tina
rebel in the field II is idle it is anoma
: lous +; it is not the voice of common sens
nor the Constitution of the country. w
g have the power TO defend that Constitution
against assaults from all quarters. hav
sworn to God that will support it, and
y never was more in the progress of that con
Q scientious duty than when stand here con
tending for the prosecution of his war wit
the utmost vigor, and the prostration of tn
IS power Of the enemy. | am bound by m
Q oath to be the enemy of the enemies of tn
/ Constitution. have sworn to protect il
which presupposes that am the enemy
4 those who assail it. The man who claiu
that the Constitution itself is protectc
J, for treason is much more likely to violate
!, than he who stands forth the advocate of
law that shall use this rebel property for Il
4 purpose of suppressing the rebellion, al
y thus maintaining the Constitution Of o.
. country In my heart of hearts have
D in charge more than anything else to mai
l. tain aud defend the Constitution, the Unio
=, and the old flag; and will do it. thout
~ every slave be free and every rebel los
. every cent of property that he ever had
= ever will have. Until this spirit actuat
!, the Administration do not hope for
j triumphant conclusion OF this sweet cont
- versy. q
et Sir, southerastraitors may as well lea
oI at first as last that ii they will not conse
. to be our equals they must be our vassals.
10 We offer to treat them as our equals
= have said to them, ''you may be our equ
u u on this floor, everywhere e but they m
10 as well understand that if they cannot co
\ sent TO be our equals, they must be 0
: !. vassals. They never can compete with o
y they never shall be our masters; and ther
- fore, if they cannot consent 10 be our eqqaI
but wage war:on us, il must end in tht
vsssalage; for the glorious principles Of 0
i" old Constitution shall meyer be subverte
Werwill stand upon this although we tai