Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-28


Intervention of judicial sc eltence, the Save
property employed in The military or ma
val service of the confederate States. -
That was the first bow that was $ rurk
. against the Constitution, and in the cou-
summation OF this grand scheme which
this party have carved out for them elves,
that act provid4d that oaIy such slaves
were to be freed as were used IN conuec-
ton with inSurrection Try purposes; but
the next step in this pr g;anmo was the
; passage of an act to make an adIitio al
article Of war, by which the Army of the
United States was converted into great
sieve through which this class of popula-
ton was to be sfted, and as they pass
through this refining proc SIS, they become
free.
The next step taken was the passage Of
a contiscatiol bill by which all the prop
erty, estates, chattcs, It ,cks, money, anl
effects, OF eve"y person engaged III thc re
bellion, not only in the military anl MI
val service, but of every civil officer OF
the seeded States, whether Daiona',
State, or municipal, is absolutely forfeited,
and that, too, in violation Of every known
and recognized principle Of law. Thus.
by these three acts, all the property aud
effects, including slaves, Of all persons,
used in any manner in connection with
lbe rebellion, and Of all persons cnrag d
in, or giving aid and comfort to it, and
the property, effects, aud slaves of all eli
vii officers, whether national, Sat-, or
municipal, is confscatcd and all slaves
that escape through the lines of our Army
are made free. This disposes Of the
property and estates, AMI frees the slaves
of at least one half of the property aud
slave own"rs in the secc led 81 ties.
Thus, sr, by the swecpin. 'uactmonts
OF this Congress til, entire es ates Of hun
dreds of thousands Of persons are swept
away withou; day in co lrt wthsut the
finding OF jury anl the judgment of a
court 'h'rroni without any re tard for any
OF tho C =reat mnnmantS of right which
are but the result of the OK leriennc anl
gathered Wis Iom of ages, and grouped to.
g,ther by the founders Of oar Govern
ment, and trm y implanted in the Cont
tuition of the United Sta;cs as a perpe'u
covenant tween The Government aud the
States. and all the people thereof, and to
the ob|ervrnc' Of which We are bound by
no less obligation than our oaths. Yet.
sir. the civil officer who his no connerton
with the RIB !ion, the julge who sit, upon
the bench anl administers justice aud pre-.
serves h. public peace of the community
in which h. lives, althoush he may hive
been elected long before tlc co mnen &c.
lncnt of this rebellion, bur r2c ,gnizinr The
existence At az fact0 Government and
the existenc Of state Of f5ctI over wh ch
he can have n control because he sit,
there and administers justice a,corIilg
to the local laws aud EQUATIONS tina!
exist IN the community in which he lives,
he Is to be deprived TOO of all his prop
erty The mau who even h,id' ma
cipal otica in town or city, and dischor-
gcs the functions committed to his care
looking after the interests ofthe org !nized
society in which he lives. is, in cDnsn,
qu IL e OF HI c'nncc ion with such an of
tice, to have hi property TAX ~ from him.
Th next step in the grand scha neS,
and which i the proper con 'unmat on of
them all, is the procllIn on Of tha Pres
ident Of the United States, iSsu,d on III,
22d of Sep enber, lr6., follow by tha,
Issued Jan. |, 1868, by which he decar
the saves OF the loyal as we'll as the dis
loyal peope to be free, and by which he
| pledges the .trong arm Of the mi itary au-
horily Of the United Stats fo- the main
toinance of that freedom,
| Pro,lamarions, sir, that do not bee ,me
the Chief Magistrate of grea, Republic
/ proclama ions that are beit ing only
dictator, that could not have been issued
until after the Pre- idcnl hi put his foot
upon the Constitution aud crown upon
his head; not the crown Of a monarch
but the crown of an absolute unqua fled
dictator; proclaim Ition whose whole
spirit and letter are in hagrant vio'atio
OF the Constitution and OF every principls
Of law known and recognized among men
in the worst ages Of the world.
This, then, dlspoSes OF the whole sa.
very question SO far as the eleven seeded
States are concerned. The slave prop
erty of those States by these legislative
enactments, and by these DEGREES, procla-
nations, and bulls OF your President is
absolutely disposed OF by them. All
slaves are free and the military power of
the Government is pledged to maiutain
their freedom.
/ But what further do we find? All this
is not enough. Slavery nust be destroyed
everywhere, as was enunciated by some
gentlemen upon the other side of the
House. There must be no suspension of
hostililies until every man in this country
becomes freeman. Such are the delar.
atons coming from the other side Of the
House. The border states are to be in
vaded by this unconstitutional policy
The proposition is sent in here by the
President of the United Strles, cut and
dried, and we commanded, | suppose, by
the commander in Chief of the Army aud
Navy of the United States to pass this
resolution without tn crossing of 81
or the dotting of an ''i' to pledge the
faith of the Government that they
! II tha clo Ia,