, 1862-03-04

1ucfng the qualifications there, prepare an
Memphis for the fate which cannot be long y y;
avened. The Aoa1anchs's admission ls B,
gerv important, and Commodore Foote will "
not he .1ow to act upon it. All aboard for =
the Ba1ize1 f
TIE c0NFlsCATIoN ACT. T.
Jeff: Dayis's inaugural contains the fol- u
lowing: ~- q
The period is near st hand schen err fees H7ust
sinf s:d7 The ianaeRse lead Of <5e1t tchfeh 1ehare
iact,7xd debt which in their effort 10 snbjugatc s
Ne hae aircady attained such fearful dimensions NJ
will eub5ca theu to hurtaens which must COL K
tinue to cypress them for gcnezatfonsto conc e
As if to verify this malevolcnt prediction
of the arch conspirator against the peace '
and honor Of the country, the reactionary i
party in Congress have mustered all | i
their forces to defeat the confscation act, in {
its various forms In the Senate and House, t
and heap all the burdens Of this war upon
these who are guiltless Of any responsibility :
ty for commencing it, leaving that rebel in
terest which is the cause Of the ma
tional trouble, to go scot-free. The
strange de1usion-the mistaken patriotism
the mawkish kindness-which, after mus
tea1ng six hundred thousand men to take
rebels lives, flinches when it is proposed to
seize tleir property, has. We are sorry TO
sax. loo many advocates in the North The
effect is not bse1rable now; but the day
will come in which, when the waraecounts
arr closed I'D and the balance on the debit
side of the national book OF bills paya-
i,le is found to be tsce1rs hundred anslsons
Of dollars, there wiU be no little regret
among taxpayers that they suffered the
golden opportunity TO make rebel banks,
railroads, crops and movable property
nav part Of the expenses Of the prolonged
struggle, pass without being turned to na-
tioual advantage. Take nigggers out Of the |
list Of chattcls liable to contiscation, and |
there would be no trouble now to pass a |
Cou6scataon act. But tllat intense pro
slavery feeling, that fragrant disregard Of
the Democratic principle, that cringing
seryility to the Slave Power which first
ernbolaened Slavery to attempt the destruc-
ton Of the Government, has not yet been
conquered. : The North itself is not half
free. Her people, especially her politicians
and hunters after power and place, have
becn SO accustomed to duck their heads
when Slavery scoWled, that they dare
rot use the advantages whish the fortune
Of war has placed in their hands. The
crack Of the Elaye-d1ivers whip is remem-
bered: and SIS if believing that some
lucky chance would restore Slavery to
mower, US insolcnt, as dolnineering, and as
unsc7up.lous as erer before, our members
Of Congress seem to he already deprccatingg s
lis wrath, with the expectation that to
their backs viii not be applied the lash.
In vain Senator T1unbun pleads the ncccs-
dty and Justice Of his measure In vain
his friends in either House second his ap-
meals, Tie determination to let Da-
Tia off with a mild admonihon, to
infiict nothing worse than gentle rcproo1
upon the bad men who have de1uged the
country.wi1h blood, and to leave all hanlsin
possession Of their property, that they may
next year, cmp1oyit again for the disruption
Of the peace Of the country, seems to beun
ccnquerab!e: snd Davis;s prophecy is, III
fear, in a fair way Of realization! LIE
these tcnder-footed patriots. whose weapon
are sugar pluns, look outl The wrat
that they look for toward the soutl
may be manifested nearer home Wa
until the tax-gatherer comes, as b
VIII, to every cabin IN the lant
until the Indirect taxes arc all laid, unit
the system Of excise is perfected, until I'll
great problem Of OUT Government will I
how 10 provide for tile payment Of the 81
nual interest upon the public debt an
The current: expenses Of administration,
then the people VIII begin to inquire vi
i. was That Congress did not, when
might have done SO with. The approbatis
Of all the civilized world, make the m
who heated the poker, which has be-
plunged into the bowels Of the nation, p
for the fuel-w1,y the nabobs OF v
giuia, South Carolina and Louisiana, Vi
are the guilty authors Of all this bloodsh
and misery with which the la1
il deluged, were not made to pay the j.
penalties of their acts-why bountles
our soldiers and pensions for the wound
we're not provided from the property VIII
treason, according to all law, had put il
Government hands IN word, 10
men we're not eased Of the burdens vii
this contest has imposed upon them, q
why rebellion was not made to pay the
penalties which it incurred! These
questions which the milh-sops in Cong
I 81 r.