Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-02-05
Tu atrbman & State 5ournaI.
MONTPELIER. FEBRUARY S, 1864.
LOUD CALL FOR CoNFIsCATIoN.
BY r. P. WALTON.

hOOD Chih IOh 1OANE lD1h llOANs
Union League Council No. l, Nashville
Tennessee, on the l4th of Dec. last unsni.
mously adopted an address to their brethren
Of the leauge throughout the country, urging
them to call upon Congress to act at onc'
with respect 70 the ConRscation Of the land
Of rebels. We quote from the address tb,
material part, thus:
There is no time for delay. The entire
poor and working class ofthe South lie help
less at our feet. They look to us for aid and
protection. They were driven along the dark
track, a helpless mass into the bloody vor-
tex which has swallowed up their substance,
and given their sons, their first born," to
the sword. Those Of them sho have thus
far outlived the common ruin, are now with
out money; without stock Of any kind TO sill
the soil and without protection for the pro-
duction Of that soil, should they have means
to till it. We might further say they are,
most of them, without land Of their own; for
nearly all the lands in the rebel States belong
to the Rebel Dictstors. AS WE ARE PREPAR-
I'D TO PROVE. We must act at once, or
another years sun will shine on miseries
without a parallel among the poor Of our
State and the South, such as have no his
torical record
We feel that 1t is the duty Of the govern
ment at once and forever to confscate the en-
tire property Of all influential rebels, whether
they be Planters, Farmers, Lawyers, PREACH
ERs, State officers, or military above a certain
rank. These men made the war. These
men continue it, by conscripting the poor, re-
gardess Of the laws Of nations, OF human
rights, and of God These men have never
put their hands to the sword, except when il
gave them power to rule as with rod Of iron.
These men Of ttOenty SLAVES AND UPwARDs'
are exempt by law INFgRNAL from oonscrip-
tion or bearing arms are Lords Of the man
or have reduced the poor white man Of the
Slave States to position lower than their
wooly-headed ohattels. Eighty-nine thous-
and Of these in our midst, adults can neither
read nor write. (This alone should pro-
nounce the doom Of Slavery.) In the name
Of these poor In the name Of civilization in
the name Of the nineteenth century and its
hopes. we call upon you to unite with US in
a call upon Congress for the total emanopa-
tion Of all slaves, and the oonfseation Of the
entire property Of all influential rebels.
" This done, advertise the eonfscated lands
far aud wide. Call upon the free and good
Of the entire land, and of every land, TO come
down among US, buy these lands, settle on
them, employ our freed men, as far as possi-
Bile. to cultivate these lands. Give our SOL
diers 5ortion therein. DO this. and ours
will be a land Of promise, the neutral ground
Of nations the column OF civil liberty will
raise its head above the clouds. above the
condor's swoop; the angels Of Heaven will
descend with garlands Of eternal peace to
crown this glory Of the age, the ancipation
Of four millions Of slaves, the triumph Of Pop
uiar Government over Anarchy, Ruin, and the
intrigues of the crowned heads Of Western
Europe