The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-02-19
confsoation S&S;:iauy Illustrated.
In the Ne <Congress on the l4th
u,., Hon. S6~ox. OF Ohio, made the

Confscation 4siscauy Illustrated
In the ~ (cOngre's on the l4th
u,., Hon. 6 60Hox. OF Ohio. made the
following forcible allusion to scrap of
Irish history:
NJ impression is that the confscstion
system has been an utter failure Be
cause it has failed we areto haze 1t newly
tinkeret, session after session, AVID from
dav to aav. with view to encourage "a
pacitg aud aggravate grievances. Such
legislation, sir. only stimulates rebellion.
l. DESTROYS "ha, remnant OF Union feel
ing may be still remaining in the south.
+ Ignores The first lesson OF history, " hat
ha- been truly called ''the principal obser
vs'ion oftua best historians, that 3 whole
nation. how contemplate soever, should
not be 80 incensel by any prince or State,
hog powerful soever "a to be driven to
take desperate course Instead Of dis
arlning he rebel it arms him, when near
y exhausted, with the weapons Of re-
venge and despair
Nr Burke once said, sneaking Of Amer
lea:
you cannot frame an Indictment against a
whole people
Neither can YOU, sir, admin ser q
swearing PeuaIty upon hen.
!.-ior, IS, a.aS, too lujl OF examples Of
lie fatlte,s savagery Of couti<cariou In
proportion to the atrocities, have been The
r-ss,auce OF the people aud desc ALTON o.
lie lands 40 which sauh sayagery has ap-
piled. II should wish - present case
wher- III tie horrors If subjugatiop, pen
ur,. traa~taIon aud conti>cat.n have
l. 81 ELI, would 20 to IrrlpnI Crush
el by to cgne.ty Ut a system similar 10
tuar how aud here sought TO be iuauguI-
atel. ireland points with skeleton finger
coululaIy 10 ali her sal history her
warning Il Cur rnera | do not think
these cruerias Of England toward Ireland
are Attributable solely 10 the Puritan
snfrit If the time Of Cromwell alihourh
fad in her history an appeal from Ne"
ENGLAND. in tn r+rsoh Of che OF her pas
tors. to Od England, to make tho Eug,
Ii-h s~ori crrnk with lri-h b'ood, 10
make them heaps upon heaps, Their coun-
~ /. dwelling place f,r DRAGONS, an as
to-i~hu-... - u.tiu1s.' Tee eXcestes
v.~o aoc tia result o, re3igio b!gotry
alor-. Thes late. rom the earliest con
rarr:77 Of Traionl nth England Ill her
re1oi'ion were tie reaction Of suffering
against rapna
Win permission, extract from
Smy.he's ireland Historical az" Statistic
al, volume oleven, pac4 III he terrible
lesson have ,~,rGagei IN the general
subject of con <e,tlol. A!,er the e&pul
S. - Of Jane, from the throne Of .ug-
land. the slender relics Of Irish possas
sions became the sutiscl Of fresh couf~-
cations
From a report made in 1893 it appears
that nearly 4 GQ0 Irish subjects "a?a ont
Iawe.I, and ri:-.r possessions, amounting
t. 0G0 7G2 acres c"aliscaled- Tie area
of ieIar,i IL .,tlmatai AT II 0t2 GS2
acres The historian saws that . 'or-
feitu,ca in The reign Of Elizabeth and Mary
were > SIS 972 acre>-so that the whole
island ha4 been coutisratel. anal some
parts twice Ia one century no lEcone'i-
cradle nortiOn q ;ha island was contl-ca-
tel twice, Or perha2s thrice; so rhat Al
lie union. the situation Of Ireland = IN
punuieIel Ia he history Of the world
Such universal ruin only served then As
/ viii serve in this devoted land, 10 in
.pir- hatred and ~corn toward the con
conrad r,...l. u bpu The VlrtDES d4IIg Htpt