Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-21
me SOUTH UNDER REBEL RULE

Hon Hen-vS E1rte deyotcs a papar IL st
uriay' IS Washing o. CT roise;s % an acc,3nt Of
and perpetrated BY the rebel Congress" during
the war Of the rebellion. He condemns JET.
| Davis with all mis- old-time savageness and
critcises bitterly his ''intamous Cabinet" who,
he says, were absolute slaves to Davis will,
mercenary to unscrupulousness, corrupt, and
contemplate" To show how extremely happy
and contented the South was in those days Of
rebel rule, how well and cheaply she was COVER
ned and how carefully her interests were guard
ed, at that tirne when "carpet-baggers" and
''Radicals" were unknown, and only @our own
people" had control Of legislative and military
affairs,we quote portion of Mr.. Foote'S paper,
as follows: "a great experiment of States-right
secession has been made, and IL Is important.
that the world should know precisely what bane-
full consequences resulted from this experiment,
in order that no such insane and deplorable at
tempt shall again be essayed in any part of this
| broad Union, and in order that all may he
| solemhly warned not to take even the first step
| toward that evil state Of things which was soon
to be realized in Richmond. do not believe
that mole heariless and grinding despotism
| has been anywhere known since tile DAYS OF
Dionysus ofSyracuse than the one there set on
foot. Upon the pretext Of military necessity all
power was concentrated IN The hands of Mr..
Davis and his myrmidons, and not a particle OF
| this power was intrtisted to them which they
| did not cIminally and coruptly transcend and
abuse By shameful act OF servility, Mr.. Da-
Wis was given authority to suspend the great
chatter of liberty whenever ami wherever he
| pleased; and this was done on his own earnest
solicitation. A bill was passed, called the
Forcible lmpressment law, which placed all the
| means of subsistence for men and domestic ami
mails completely under the control of Mr.. Day is
and his official servitors, large proportion of
whom were dishonest and oppressive beyond
anything which can be Conceived of, save by
| those who came III cantact with that terrible
system of fraud aad violence which they in.
troduced. A CONSUMPTION law was passed
which brought under Mr.. Davis command every
| able-bodied man in the South between the ages
of sixteen and forty-ive; and all who refused to
serve In the Confederate army against the pa
| ternal Government Of their fathers were subject
to be shot as for desertiCn. When the bill fol-
this purpose was upon its passage offered thir-
| teen different amendments TO 1t, intended 10
| correct papabe unconst utionalities; all OF
| these were rapidly voted down, and then, with
| only small number of others, voted against
the measure. This law of CONSUMPTION was
most vigorously and cruelty enforced, and was
| the cause, not only of very general popular dis
gust, but the fatal enfeeblement of the Conied.
crate Army by actual desertion sweeping cou.
| fiscation act was passed designed to take away
all the property Of all those who anywhere itn-
| in tue limits of the Confederate States did not
| give open countepance and support to the cause
/ of the rebellion. This law was afterward so
ampliied and extended by amendment at the
instance of Mr.. Perkins, of Louisiana-a spe-
| cial devotee and confidant of Mr.. Dayis-as 10
embrace the property Of men, women and chill
dren, wheresoever located, who might chance
to be thea absent, who, holding property in the
| south, did not immediately return within the
| confines of the Confederate Sta.e and taken an
active part in the war. When this most nefal-
| iou' amendment was under consider ration
earnestly protested against it, and brought to
| the attention of the mover that such men as the
| venerable DR.. Duncan anu Leven +. Marshall,
of New-Iork, both formerly of Mississippi,
would be stripped by this law of the most of
| what they Were worth, though their az, and
| other causes had prevented their taking any de-
| cded Interest in the war: TO which Mr. Perkins
responded that it was just such men as these
mat he wished to bring within the operation
| oil the law. then yentuied To mention that
there were two most amiable and accomplished
| ladies' OF the CITY oil Nashville, Mrs. Porter, the
| daughter. Of the venerable Felix Grundy. and
Mrs. Player, the stlp-daughter Of John Bell,
| who would he ruined by mi. law-for one oil
| lheh was i'll Philadelphia aud the other in Hart.
ford, inr the education Of their children respec,
| lively-when was again answered that il was
precisely such cases as those described by Inc
| which 1t was desired to reach. And so this law
passed; and had the Confederate cause tfium.
| phed, and Mr.. DAVIS been continued in mower
verify II would have been enforced to the letter
AT last n member from Mississippi came, one
| morning, into The House of Representatives and
offered Oil for adoption which proposed the
| immediate and universal establishment of mar.
tal law,and for All indefinite period of time; and
tnls movement was VIGOROUSLY inspired by Mr.
| Davis himself. L got up Immediately and de.
nOunced it as a cold-blooded and unpripcipled
attempt to establish an armed despotlsm, al
which the proposer grew affrghted. He came
into the House next morning and asked to be
ahoweu 10 Withdraw 1t, but as | made stern oh
Jection TO this it was not withdrawn, and now
remains permanent monument of infamy and
| reproach. slavish Congress even went SC
| Tar In Its devotion to Mr.. Davis as to adopt ;
passport law, making it criminal even for /
member OF Congress 10 leave Richmond excep
under the sign-manuel of Judah p BENJAMIN
MIR: Davis Secretary Of State, and the know
writ"r OF MS executive messages. A few month.
before this evil apparition of Government
punt upon the basis of extreme States rights an,
secession, broke up, bill or resolution wa
introduced and passed unanimously in the Con
iederate Senate, providing for the payment of
Sl,ooo In gold TO Mr.. Jefferson Davis, as parl
OF his presidential salary IF S25, 900. This wa
evidently intended as a preliminary stem towar,
: paying the whole $4,000 in gold thereaf,er
he bill had been under Consideration in III,
Douy Where 1t originated for several DAYS ant
i had been much discussed in the Richmon,
; newspapers. so that Mr.. Davis was bound 4
know that it was befole Congress By existin
law his salary was payable alone In ConfeGeral
paper, ana such was the distinct understandiu
| when ils second election occurred His ,emark
able physiognomy stood visibly impressed upol
every Confederate note, SO that the payment @
MS salary IN anything but Confederate nan,
was fatally 10 discredit the only currency w
mad: MIR. Davis had clearinghouse supple,
TO nm, and furniture, feel, and provision 70
soihe SIX hofSes, at the Governments expense
, Inc mem bers OF Congress were content 10 re
!, ceNe, as tho recompesse Of their legslatiy
: lioors, Confederate money, though 1t was nov
= W lrth only ten cents on the dollar. The Con
e 1ederate soldiers would have been glad TO pe
i their own wret ;hed pay in the paper currency
put could not even get that. The poor fellow
i were, most OF them, In rags and barefoot Wbe
tuiS legislative monStrum horrerd,,,a reacbe
the House | rose in my place and said thai
:, Would move a test vote; wished to know no,
many mon there were slavish and corrur
+ enough to vote fol- so Infamous a measure. an
It moved to put 1t on the table, calling for III
$ ayes and nays. To the honor of the body be ,
It spoken, only seven persons had the unblushin
n audaety to vote yea. Some of these L learn ar
n now complaining most vehemently that III
b, congress OF the United States recently increase
e the residents salary from S25, 900 10 $4,000
though every man OF sense knows that S5y.OO
wlll hardly 90 as far as $4,000 would hav
done inthe purchase of tue necessaries of life
y IN thedays of our parlier Presidents hay
not stated a.hundredlh part of the enormiiie
the enactment of which was daily compelle
, TO witness in Richmond. Hope never 10 b
compelled to detail all 1 witnessed there"
+ ~ CONNECTICUT Norwich, August l6.-
The carriage mandatory and blacksmith
burned at Norwiehtown last night wa. own
ed by +: w. Huntington, Of Columbus
: Ohio. Six wagons, valued at nine hundre