Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-20

The house has passed, by the large vote Of
80 to "a, the bill to free from servitude the
slaves of rebels engaged in or abetting the
existing rebellion against the government of
the United States. 1t was passed as a meas
ure of confscation, and provides tor eman-
cipating the slaves of the following classes =
First; OF every person who shall act officer
of the rebel army or navy.
Second: Of every person who shall act as preSi-
dent, vice president, member OF congress, Judge OF
any court, cabinet officer foreign minister, commits
soner. or consul of the socaed confederate states.
Third: of every person who shall act as governor
of a state member of a convention or Legislature,
drudge of any state court of the so-caled confed-
crate states
Fourth: OF every person who having held an of
flee of honor, trust profit in the United States,
shall hereafter hold an Office in the socalled con-
federate states.
Fifth: of every person who shall hold any office
agency under the so-called confederate states, or
under any of the states thereof but persons in
the third and fifth classes must have accepted their
appointments since the date of the secession ordi-
nance of their states or have taken an oath of allie
glance to the confederate states.I
Sixth: Of every person not within the above
classes, who after the passage of the act, being will
fully and without cOmpusion engaged in armed re-
bellion, shall not within sixty days lay down his
arms and return to his allegiance
The bill also disqualifies said six classes
from holding Office under the United States
government. The president is authorized to
negotiate for the acquisition by treaty or 9TH
erwise of lands or countries in Mexico, Cen
trail America or South America, or in the ISL
ands in the Gulf of Mexico, or for the right
of settlement upon the lands Of said countries
for all persons liberated under this act, to be
removed with their own consent. For the
nf nayiOu tbp of fha
chase of lands and the removal, the president
shall use such money as congress may from
time to time direct, arising out of the sales of
the property formerly owned by rebels, and
which shall have been confiscated to the use
of the United States. The vote upon the bill
was as follows -
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley,
Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blake,
B46nton. Campbell, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax,
Frederick A Conking Roscoe Conkng, Covode,
Cutler, Davis. DaioeS Dunn, Edgerton, Edwards,
Eliot, Ely, Fenion, Fisher, Frank, Gooeh Good
man, Gurley, Hale, liaLchett, Hickman, Hooper,
Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg (Mich.) killing
er, Lansing, LOOMS. Lovejoy, Lowe, Mcknight
MCPHERSON, Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill, (vt.,j Nix
on, DIN, like, Porter, Potter, Rice (Mass..l Rice
ME, Riddle, Rollins IN. HI Sargent, Sedgwick
ems Stratton Train Trimbe, Trowbridge Van
Horn, Van Valkenburg, Verree, Wallace, Walton,
Washburne, Wheeler, White Qnd.,) Wilson, Win.
dom, and Worcester.
NAYs.-Mcssrs. Ancona. Biddle, Blair IVA J,
Brown TX. ~, Brown VA, Calvert, Clements,
Cobb, Corning, Cravens Crittenden. belaHo, Div
eu Dunlap, English, Granger, Order, Hall, Hard
ing, HarrisOn, Holman, Horton, johnson, Kellogg
uil.l, Law, Lazear, Leary, Lehman, Mallory, May,
Maynard, Menzies, Morris lohiol Norton Odefl,
Pendleton. Perry, Phelps MOI, Price, Robinson,
Rollins MOL Sheffield Shiel, Steele IN J.) Thorn.
as tMassl Thomas md \ Yallandigham, Woed-
ward, Ward, Webster, White (0hio), Wicklife,
Wood, and Woodruff