The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-21
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Late Northern papers bring accounts o
the passage. 10 the House Of Representa-
tiyss Of the Fedora, Congress, OF bill tt
rive - homesteads to solaiers aud sailors
vstAoss regard to color, 1.-THE confscated lsud'
IN inaurr~ctionarY districss." II psssed ny
vote OF IS to GA majority Of II. The
chief defender of the bin MAS one Julian, Of
Ianois. In the course Of the debate on It
Mr.. Pendleton, OF Ohio, contendod thai nm
der the present law the forfeiture OF iands
Vas not 10 extend beyond the lifetime OF the
owners, ami besides, that at the present
time they had not required lands to he d,-
vided into homestcads. Julian replied that
larre districts we're coming iato their tYan-
keel possession, which were to be sold fo'
tara. and there was NO law (Yankee) on the
statute book which stood In the way Of ac-
ouiriug the fec of estates. OF course Mr.
Julian IL right. There never is anything
either In Constitution or law which stande
In the way of the appropriation Of the pro-
perry OF the Southern people to their own
uses, BY the Yankees. Yet the meagre ma
jority Of sseven on the passage of the bin in
the House was small fanatical majority to
boast Of, and much too small for the pas
sage of q measure such a. the bill on which
1t WAS obtained, proposing. as it does, to
eject people from their homes and lands,
and cutting them up amongst soldiers and
sailors OF all colors as rewards for their ser
vices in the war OF Invasion.
1t 10 quite In keeping with the Yankee
character and cunning that such bill as
this should pass the Yankee Congress a,
this time 1t is not that they possess lands
that they may, with impnnity, cut up and
give ~ rewards to the myrmidoSs they are
now sending to spread devastation wherever
they can in the South. 1t Is merely to hold
up to them the charming seductions to the
service In tho war Of invasion TO stimulate
them to the prosecution of that war in the
most fer0ciOns aud brutal manner. A "hOme
In Dixie has been the bllssful anticipation
Of the mercenary invader from the beginning
Of the war--the rich reward Of his hardships
in camp and his trials aud perils In the ter
ribie encounter with the Southern soldiers,
whose proves and courage they SO well ap.
preciate that nothing short of promised
reward like that Of this Yankee bin could
tempt vast number Of them TO come IN the
way Of. The war has been waged from the
beginning on this principle Of dividing the
spoils of invasion am ongst the invaders. At
nrst there was some little caution, some
kind Of Difference for the opinion of
the world. The laws took not the
responsibility Of the spoliation the work
Was left to military commsndants of
posts aud to those brutal bands
which plundered undefended districts. At
first even Lincoln admitted that there was
no authority in the Constitution to disturb
the institution of slavery in the South; but
gradually all respect for the Constitution,
all respect for public opinion, yielded to the
dishonest and brutal designs which the Coz
eminent had harbored in the beginning, and
new they have arrived ct the point which
they designed at FIRST to reach-of claiming
the entire property Of the people of the
South as belonging to the Yankees aud their
Government
1t may be asked how Is it that the Satanic
Federal Congress can presume to divide oul
lands amongst the mercenary soldiers and
negroes OF their armies, at the time when the
Southern troops are repelling them in every
held, and when the heaviest disasters that
have fallen upon Federal arms since the Wa,
began have followed in quick succession the
present year? Very plainly, because this /:
the very time that they need troops, and tht
bribe Of the rich lands Of the South, with
their comfortable homes, are held up te
stimulate enlistments amongst foreie ners
and negroes, the ri6-raff Of all nations, thai
their armies may be replenished, and they
may yet continue little longer the blood
shed and the rspiDe of their barbarous VIZ,
Of invasion OF the South. 1t Is the very time
for such bill. Had they met with no re.
verses-had they conquered everywhere
and been sure of the subjugation of the
South without further extra eYertion-they
never would have offered the lands of the
South to soldiers of all colors. They wonld
have set them apart to pay the war debt
and the soldier would have been left TO biz
bounty and pay as quite sufficient for his
services. But there is more work to be
done. More men are wanted, and they arc
willing to pledge lands that they have not
yet conquered-to give yaluables never yet
intheir possession--to those who will peril
their lives in acquiring 1t +! 1t is safe bar
Rain--one Of that description especially
agreeable to the Puritans II they succeed
BY 1t, and don't like it, they can repeal it.
1t Is handsome specimen of Yankee craft.
ness, subtlety, and dishonesty.
r. CORNS, Bunions. Callosities, Warts, Soft
Cofne. Enlarged Jonts, MATHS growing into
me FseAo. ko-Troated without the least pain to
the pAiieHt, by Or hCH{JI1Z phn.sei.ntin, aureson