, 1863-09-20
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER p, 1868.
ENFORCE THE CoNFiSCAEAoS

ACT.
The enforcement Of tho Confscation
Act. in all the districts sutjectto our arms
and laws, Is necessity that the Admins
1rution cannct afford to overlook. We
say nothing Of tho righteousness Of
the penalties Which that act provides for
the crimes Of which the rebels are guilty,
because tic people, who do not stop ut
the slaughter of rebels by wholesale, 10
not need to bc convinced Tint the taking
of rebel property, even to the uttcr1noat |
cent is punishment lighter than the TAX
ing Of life; and that, if the latter is detcn-
sib,c and right, the former cannot be
wrong. Condscation is the EXTREMIST
mercy ttnt any rebel Inns the moral right
10 expect or claim.
Who shall pay? is the vital question:
We Of the North, and our children to the
tenth gencration-we who aTc conscious
Of no disotcdieEcc to law, no inlldclity to
the spirit Of our institutions, no denial Of
the authority Of the Government we
who hare made such uncxampled sacri-
fees Of money and life during two years
Of war, that the Constitution might be |
preserved and the country made 1fee'-
shall VIC be saddlcd with the great debt
that Congress has been obliged TO CON-
tract? Or shall the man-sellcrs and ma
1;euants, who melted The rebellion in the
hope Of gain and from motives Of re-
vcncc upon us because We were
more Tree, more prosperous and
harricr than thcy,--shall they he made to
bc.r their part?. Shall those who dance
nav The fiddler? This is the question that
The people OF the North will begin to dis
cuss; and We tell the Administration that
The tutlcls and mothers who have given
their sons, young men who have given
their brothers, ard others who have given
and lost their liicnds, will decide that they
have done enough, and that the rebels
must settle the bills, or IT lcast that the
property Of tho leaders and organizers
shall fill up the gap!
This has been u gigantic rebellion; the
criniEa,isy that conceived it is nnnstrous;
aud III the conquest we fail to do justlce
to ourselves and those who conc atter US
if NC 10 not exact penalties rroportionct
to the crime That our armies overcome
The object soughts for justify the cxtrcm
est measures that have yet been devised
To punish Those who have been so wan
tonly guilty Of offences against God an
man, and to make Of their crimes such Il
example Thu: I'LL The future will be w4rnc
not To become their ilniiators, are til
demands oi tue occasion and the si!ultiol
And behind these is smother thing not lc:
imperative; and that Is 10 use 1lIc weapor
which The Government 1iyhtlu}ly wic.i'
TO break The rcc'1ninry strength
1hnt wicked slate r"wcr, 10 Il
@ end that it shall raise its aru
cd hand against tlle Constitute
and The laws no more. Rebellion with
yas rs much (, speculation Us it WIS
revenge. To have, hold, whip and woi
rev gnrgs or slaves; to occupy and cur
1cw and ,nt1e fertile fields, aad to mai
itsclf tie fat md potent arlitcr Of tt
worlds peace, and thespring oi the world
co'nmefce-these EcFe nc day.ufeans
TIC lombsts' pa'iscs' Ntses, ouae!ls ~
their confedcrates, who' tl'at thcy m'sat
powerful and 1lch--naoons anu afl't
c7ats-brought Ill this trouble upon |
They ila'e ta1icd; and no" yet them pa
Wc.lity the ignorant men whom they ha
scduccu from duty " the glltterlns prt
rect Of great rewards, rs wepityin priv:
life the dupes and aceomplices OF those W
organize crime On q smaller scale; pnt