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W Nintsl'.KIK. of le-'it process. Sr, aho, in the i briugin iiit a scrvi e 'more thin I forfeiture (f prop-.-rtv '. tu it-al in private prop.erty ot alien enemies i forieit ire of all h.) Ins whd , if
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lhr-e v"!'. Cm - !the nmfiertv nf the traitor wilhin now c;i Mvil ia .o.iPtin-.-.s'r:" tlu I tin insurrectionary control to the; forfeited: lut tiie riidit of lon'eit-. nronerty is alike prorcvt-J by
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THi; SLAVES OF iri:ni:LS.
,'CON'FiSCATlOM QUESTIOii Vi THE
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On Thursday, the jt!i in:t.,
Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, intro
dui cd his bill for confiscating the
property and giving freedom to
the blaves of IVuels. lie said:
In presenting this bill to the
consideration of the Senat?, I de-j
sire to accompany it with r,me
remarks explanatory ol its char
acter and the principles on which
it is based. Äs its title .imports,
it i a bill fcr vonlicaUn the
nrnhoitr mill in ritiif frr-Pilo'M tO
l -T'- 'V ,
the slaves ot Hebels. It provides
ior the absolute lorfeitul-e forever
!fn tlf, 1' Vf:,tnc nf
United States ot'everyspe-
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jthe united States or beyond the
.each ot ci vi 1 prot ess i u the ordi
nary mode ot judicial proceeding.
in conseijiience . ol the present
rebellion, who, during its exist
ence, thall t;jke up arms against
tlif United St;.tes, or many way
l::id rcUion. " This
! 1 rfp''iuie to be enforced against
property in the rebellious
J.Mriits thr.ni''h the inilitr.rv
power, and ag.tinst propeity
71 I
other portions of the .nited States
in which the judicial power is not
obstructed by 'he re'ellion, th o
the courts, and the proc eeds ol
the property of each individual
seized and forfeited, sulject to the
just claims of his loyal creditors,
to be paid for the bencllt of the
citizens despoiled of their proper
ty by the rebellion, and to defray
the expenses incurred in its sup
pression. The bill also forfeits
the dum of all rebels, find llmse
who g.e them aid and comfort,
to the persons they hold in Sla
very, declares the slaves thus for
feited free, and makps it the duty
o' the President to provide tor the
colonization of such of them as
may Le willing to go, in some
tropical country, where they may
have the protection of the Govern
merit and be secured in all the
rights and privileges of freemen.
The property belonging to
traitors, or thoe giving them
comfort, who nuy be convicted
by the Judicial tribunals, is to be
forleited on their conviction, the
real lor life and the personal
property forever. Th"e are the
mam features of the bill I have
introduced accompanied with
the d.t;iils neces;-ar to accom
plish the objects di stated. It
will 1.' observed that a distiuc
hon is made in the mode of tor-
j Ie:lure ot- rcCi property in dis-
tricts under insurrectioniry con
trol, anil that which may be found
in districts within the reach ot
the process of law in its ordinary
forms. The forfeiture in the one
case to be enforced through t ho
miliUry, and in the other thro'
the Judicial power. This is a
matter of necessity, for it would
be impossible to enforce the for-
ieiture through the courts in dis-:
tricts where the Judicial puwer !
was overborne by the rebellion, j
and, it not possiele, it would, in;.shill be necessary and proper lor
my udgment, be clearly uncon-j carrying into execution the fore
titutioual to enforce it in any I going powers."
other way in districts where the
forleited by the court the per
sonal forever and the real estate,
under the Constitution, lor lite
only.
the power of Congress to pass
a bill of this character is, to my
mind, unquestionable ; but I do
not place it on the ground which
has been advanced in some quar
ters, that in times of war or re
bellion the military is superior to
the civil power.; or, that in such
limot u-liif ner;fns mav choose
I ""'' ... .-- "
to call necessity is nigncr ana
labove the Constitution. Ncces -
1
j sity ir the plea of tyrants ; and if
our Constitution ceases to operate presuinccl tJ i;o lir.cs.ed v.nh rd! , itiry autliontie.s in msurrectioai
the mon.ent a person chared 1 the power necessary to cniLI? j rv districts, may still he retained
with its observance thinks there:
is a necessity to violate it, it is of
i-.. i r- ...
little value. So far from admit
tin:; the superiority of the milita-
ry over tiie civil power in time of
war, or that there is any necessi
ty that it shoulJ be so, I hold that
under our Constitution the mili
tary h as much s.jb!ect to the con
trol of the civil power in war as
in peace. The powers of Gov
ernment, under our system, are
, three, of which the military is
not one. It is merely incident to
j the other:, and sin jec t to one ol
these, the legislative, without
wlioe permir-sion it can have no
! existence ; and when called into
besnrj by tli3 action o Congress,
it is by the Constitution expressly
made subject to such rules as
Congress shall prescribe for its
government. Vhen, therefore,
our arn:ies, to raise and support
which: Congress has express au
thority under the Constitution, cjo
iorth to suppress insurrection, and
in doing so shoot down rebels
and desolate their abodes, as they
constitutionally may, they are as
much subordinate to the civil
power as when engaged in a hob
liday parade in time of peace;
and contraband property seized
and appropriated by the military
in insurrectionary districts in sup
pression of the rebel b on is as le
gitimately taken as if condemned
In t1!f.-lfll-j-h i fti.-h l..-lfir.l o.
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thorities in di.?iict$ in which Ju
dicial process was not obstructed.
I want no other authority for
putting down even this gigantic
rebellion than such as may be de
rived frum the Constitution prop
erly interpreted. It is equal even
to "this gi cat emergency, and the
more we study its provisions, the
more it is tried in troubloustimes,
the greater will be our admiration
for the instrument and our vener
ation for its authors. As unpop
ular as the avowal may be for the
moment a:rong the thoughtless, I
declare lint I am lor suppressing
this monstrous rebellion accord
ing to law, and in no other way,
and 1 believe that Congress has
only to discharge its duty, and the
army perform its with energy and
activity, to bring the wntr to a
speedy and successful issue. We
are lighting to maintain the Con
stitution, and it especially be
comes us in appealing to the peo
ple to come to its rescue, not to
violate it ourselves How are we
better than the rebels if both alike
set at nou ''it the Constitution? I
warn my countrymen who stand
ready to tolerate any act done in
good faith for the suppressiou oi
the rebellion, not to sanction usur
pations of power which may here
after become precedents tor the
destruction of constitutional lib
erty. The Constitution declares that
Congress shall have power "to
declare war," and "make rules
concerning captures on land and
water;'' "to raise and support ar
mies;" "to provide and maintain
a navy, to make rules for the
government ol the land and naval
forces; to provide for calling
forth the militia to execute the
1 iws of the Union, suppress in
s inections, and repel invasions,"'
and 4 to make all laws which!
Actin under tbes
"rants of
extent, made rules for the govern
ment of these forces, which, as
far as they go, are obltgitory up
on thm; but in the absence of
aay regulation as to bow the ar
my is to be used in suppressing
the insurrection, its commander
would be at liberty to make such
use ot it, consistent with the rules
ofcivilizid warlare,as he believed
must be conducive to the service
of the State, and best calculated
.to secure the end for whit h it was i
i - - -
;-aiic-u una uemg, upon me prm-j
jciple that every man entrusted
with an rmploynu-nt cr duty is j
him to perform tue service. i
j Hence the power 01 the army m
i i ( .
the supprc:s:on cl an insurrection
to seize, imprison or shoot the iu-
i surgr.f?, and to desolate th
country they occupy ; to seize
and appropriate for the time be
incr their propeity. and free the
persons thty hold in hondae, is
as ample and completft under the j
uonsutunon a5 i.ni ot a court jn 1
m i '
peaceful times to arrest, imprison, j
try and execute n -.milderer. j necessary to the end, consistent
That the Judicial tribunals with the usage of civilized war
have no right or jiower to inter-i fare, it follows that if hostile
fere with the army in the exercise j armies may ever confiscate an
of its powers in suppressing an; enemy's property, the rights of
insurrection, either by issuing 1 the United States to do it in the
writs of habeas corpus cr other-jca-e of the rebels is mujuestiona
wise, is apparent from the fict ble, fcr surely no war was ever
that the only ground on which i more atrocious than the one now
the military authority can be in-j being waged by the rebels for the
voked at ail is, that the Judicial overthrow of this Government.
tribunal I cing overborne are in-1 They surely cannot complain of
competent to the tas!;. The Ju- treatment we would have a right
dicial authority ends at the very i to extend to foreign armies.
point where the mi lit
iry ue-ms.
i
It may be, and often is a delicate
question to determine this partic
ul ir point, and decide in what lo
calities the military, and in what
judicial, authority should have
sway. This the Constitution has
left to be provided lor by Con-!
gress, by declarirg that it shall j HrancU, the Court says: "Ue
havc power to call forth the inili-j specting the power of Govern
tia to suppress insurrec tion ; and j ment, no doubt is entertained.
Congress, soon aijter the adoption! That war gives to the sovereign
of the Constitution, passed an act! full right to take t lie persons and
authorizing the IV'sident to call ! confiscate the property of the en
iorthlhe militia lor lint purpose I emy wherever louud, is conceded,
whenever the laws of the United; The mitigations of this rigid
States were obstructed by conibi-' rule, which the humane and wise
nations too powerful to be sup-1 policy of modern times has intro
pirssed by ihe ordinary course ol j duced to practice, will more or
Judicial proceeding, and by an less affect the exercise of this
act passed at the lir.tt session of J right, but cannot impair the right
the present Congress, the Presi- j itself. That remains undimin
dent is authorized, in certain ca-jbhed, and when the sovereign
ses, to declare tie? inhabitants of j authority shall choose to bring it
a State, or part thereof, in a state i into operation, the Judicial de-
of insurrection, and make use ol
the army to suppress it.
. . . 1
Ihe responsibility, tuere.ore,
of determining when and in wh it
distiicts of the United States the
military power m.iy be used to
suppress rebellion is. devolved by
boii'TCss oa the Ivxecutive r.nu :
when the military power is called
into requisition the judicial an
thoritycan no more interfere with
its action than can the military
with the judicial tribunals in time
of peace. Under certain circum
stances either may be called to
the aid of the other.
Tiie courts sometimes make
use of the milt iry in aid of the
execution of their powers, and
themiitiry would doubtless have
like authority to make me ot the
aid of the Judicial tribunals in
districts under i:i:urrectionary
control, should they be deem cd I
1 1 1
times of rebellion to the assist
ance of the military, would lie
subordinate to the power making
the call.
In accordance with these
principles, it has been my ob
ject in framing the bill under
consideration, to distinguish be
tween the prop; ty on which the
military may operate and that
a proper n.e.tiis uy ü:,- iiiuii-i: ,u i c.-nib ti n u,n.u- u-i,. ze;H. unue. m n a po; cy ?!,,. n.,,t, .
.I . t-i i i i ?i i i. , l i , ,tive Mates, and to consist entnc
......... 1 . I . v . . . M ivt X . . . -V t , w . I 1 I I 1 I
1 i ii- t I .i r i l " i ii ... . i i-i t oi sncn pr.sone: s ar l miss n r
rebellion. In each case the: fun her lan-uage: 4lt is compe-1 will triumph, whib the man true I , ...i.. , mm n
1 i ii -i i ii -I-. . . ii- i . . i . - - : occaion'"d in the crranized rerr
other, whether it le the military to wor.; a transmutation, total or I his tlaz, is. if within their n wer. ! :n i m i ,
i- i- i i-i . i .ii i i v i r lit ' , iiicno v.ut ui; iuieu uy ine I
lit lime: ui na- t in. .isiSliuce p.tiiiiU, ui tut- n.w.uiiy iriu.i- u-.'s'Mji;t'u ui Uil lie p iSst's-es. I t . - .
... .. .. . . 1 li . .. . 'Cruo.'s o; the various Strife
oi the Judicial, or tue Judicial in ulmo tue va
(sab"Ctt.o Judicial control andjtitIestro.il tint ot the Govern-1
j clearly to define the untshction ; ment thus obtained. According j
nation r,n i forfeiture in
other
portioas ol th-; baited State., in
the Judicial power. Which uer
tirst takes hold oi tu? prope.ty
within jurisdiction tvoulj iqnii ,
principles comity, retain poshes :
sioa till its tin I disposition; upon
the same principle tint of two even to modern usage, as between -city and p?ril to loyal citzens and other vahnb.es stolen, includ
courts of concurrent jurisdiction ' independent nations would give struggling for the preservation of ing e. minature of her husUnd,
the one which lirt ets possesion ' to the United States tlie right to the Union and maintainance oi . l iTdv deceas d the onlv one he
ot a case at'ecting cither person
.ill.4
or property, is entitled to n tiin
jurisdiction until its final dism.
.--
auiun.
It is upon this principle also '.
t!rt prroni canturcd hy tlie mil
a prisoners by the military pow-
er, without interference with the
courts, till their cases are finally
disposed of, notwithstanding they
may be for purposes of safety or.
other reasons of State, brought
within districts where the Judi
cial power is in full operation..
Having shown that the milita
the milita-!
ry called forth under the consti-1
. . ' . '
lution to suppress an in?urrectio:i
may bi eted with all power
T. he riLrht ot seizure and con-
- rt -
location of the property of the
enemy as prize of war is a settled
question of international law,
which has been aliirmed by our
own Supreme Court. In the
case of Drown vs. the United
States, reported in the eighth
partment must uive efiect to its j
will. Bat unt;l that will shall j
be expressed no power of condem-1
j nation can e?:ist in tue court."'
That case also decides "that die
'power of confiscating enemy's
propeity is in the Legislature."
heaton, commenting on ihe
case says: "Ihe property can
not be seized and condemned as
prize ot war, without some leg
islative act expressly authorized
its confiscation. The Court
held that the law of Congres de
daring war was not euch an act.
That declaration did not, by its
own operation, so vet the prop
erty of the enemy in the Govern-
the sovr reign power' In regard ;
.i. iii.nku ..,.4i
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it actually confiscated, the lact
m
U5t be taken for the right.
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liut to work sucii a transfer ol ;
i . . t
proprietary rights, some positive
1 i i . .- .. ,-
and unequivocal act ol confiscation
' . .,
is essential.
. i -.i ,.r i."
Most of the nations of KuropM
acquired line to territory tuev
l) )ssess Pv coutjueii, aim nri -
. . . " i ... 1 1
vate persons hue c!eried their!
k .
be exercised, if ne'.-eiviry, to se-1
cure the iust ends of tii e war, or
in retaliation for forfeitures by,
the enemy. lne.rerels wher-
ever they" have the power, hive
s-ized and confiscated tiie prop-rty !
Gf loyal men, and this, according
,couli - cate in turn. Much more ;
.
would thev possess that right as
i ,ninst rebeU w!io have cause-;
.. ......
; iLciit as to support Judicial pro- nu he :Lcrt . I 4 j ll . .
r l 1 11 i, i ' emv, or reported a "mism in
m.Ji ,or ,'U 1,!y,rc ,and t:; 1!o"' ". 'o:,':;.Vlt0 a ..ion," ,l m,l may Le hereafter
liscatio,,. t v tal only a r.3!:t the property ol rebels to oljcra tlU.. ,,ris0!lcr.s nr r ,(,,
I to TV: ;rTI?f. the .Or'lft!) O m ot.. I u mi tr il.cr.ri fr r . . . . . 1
-.' l-...lr.l r I La t'.ll ri !
lessly tanen up arms aguusi me
Government. ;
The n-ht to free the slaves of (jeaj w;tii t,om an,j tirjr j)r0per.
rebels would be cqinlly c lear ty as their crimes deserve; prose
with that to confiscate their prop Jute t!ie war with i-or, and it
city generally, for it is as prop- will soon Le brouht'to a succe
erty that they profess to hol l j jssue It cannct tjnt
them; but as one of the most of-1 twenty millions of neonb- nrmpH
ticient means for attaining the
end tor which tue armies ot the
Union have been called forth,
the right to restore to them the
(Jod given liberty of which they
have been unjustly deprived
doubly clear. It only remains to
I 1
, inquire whether, in inaKin use
ol lawtul means to crush this re
bellion it is policy to confiscate
the property of rebels and take
from them the support of unre
quited labor. Can thre be a
question on this point? Who does
not know that treason has not
gained strength by the leniency
with which it has b en treated?
We have dallied with it quite
too Ion" already. Insteid of be
ing looked upo.i as the wor.t ot
crimes, as it really is, it his come
to be regarded as a trivial oilense,
j to be attoned lor by a promise
io uo so no more, i ue uespoiiers
of loyal citizens, the conspirators
against the peace of a nation, the
plunderers of the public property,
the assasins of liberty, when they
have fallen into our hands, have
been suffered to escape on taking
an oath of allegienee, which
many have not scrupled to violate
the first opportunity. Thousands
of industrious and enterprising
men have been ruined by this re
bellion. More than twenty million of
men, now contributing of their
means and their blood to its sup
pression; more than a million of
men as noble spirits as ever trod
the earth in martial array now
encamped in tents, and under
going all the hardships of winter
campaign; thousands of others
now confined in prisons, and
some in dungeons by ihe rebels;
the blood of the disinterested, the
noble hearted, the dauntless and
heroic Lvon; of the 'dfted, the
eloquent, the brave and patriotic
JIaker; and ol the hundreds of
otiier loyal citizens and true men,
shed by rebel hands, still uplifted
for the slaughter of thousands
more, and the destruction of free
government; these, and a thousand
other considerations, all demand
that the authors of these calami
ties, and others yet to follow, if
they have the power to iutlict
them, should be made to stiller,
both in their persons and their
property, for the enormous crimes
they have been and are commit-
as they, wherever in p nver. con
liscate tie; property of lova! citi
ciui7sa.il a. p ii:c, me pun o;
. . I j
saicty for property is to place it;
on the roid to treason. Is it any
I " : " ' i H CAhOrf 1H flirt i.!. -v 41 .
. II ' '1 ' l I'L i.i l ilic I l ' i I l X l . I ' I 1 ' .1 r I n a
i ., , , , - . -i . i .i , ..im vijiavairi
wonder tint under such a policy, ! inr .,,. n
, t ..iii'1 imanirv are pen
treason, which at first hid but a tl. ,r tliA ....
A. ,.. , ; vear tue light blue overci
partial loothola in such States as , -i i r : . r , ,
t. f- . , rP !cri!.-d lor nlistod men
Missouri, Kentucky, J enneee. i ,.r
... ii. i -.V- , innunted corps.
S'orth Candinaand Virgin: , his!
spread till in s onie ot them it now i
l.U IUI linJillCUl ,r u
i i -pi
complete passes-ion.' ia
i . 1 ri, , ,
a I citizens m a S a es where
mi
bn
th? rebels have sway, kn j ws that j ' , j n '
the penalty for an avow ai ofhis'lii l(u
If we wouhl bring this wir to a
su:ces:u! issu", t is h'
U lie
it was made as terrible t the
n:ie;a'.es as to tie; tnenls oi the
rcepublie. Merey aa:l security to
conspirators and rebels in arms
agiinst the Government, are cru-
constitutiorm
I .1"
liberty. Thev
who deny their allegiance to the
Government have no ri d.
- - , i '
cuna u proiecuon. let the
Government cease to atlvrd it;
in defense of constitutional liber-
erty, are to be overcome by less
than
one-fourth their i.umlcr
lighting for the overthrow of free
Government, tha establishment of
isUri nritnlT.i,-v nn.i o ..mM,,,.
tion and spread of hum n slaves
I 1 "
Ibit while fighting this battle
in behalf of constitutional liberty,
it behooves us especial to see to
it that the Constitution receives
no detriment at our hands. We
will have gained but little in sup
pressing the insurrection if it be
at the expense of the Constitu
tion, for the chains which the
bondman wears are none the light
er because they were pressed by
his own and not another's hand's
as we expect to come out of this
contest with our flag full and
complete in all its proportions,
not a stripe erased or a star op
scurcd, so let us preserve the Con
stitution, perlect in all its parts,
with all its guarantees for the
protection of life and liberty un
impaired and the instrument it
self rendered doubly dear from
the fact that it has been sacredly
maintained and proven equal to
every emergency under circum
stances the most trying to which
a nation was ever subjected.
Then, when this struggle is over
we Will have assurance that our
Government is stronger than ever
before, and that constitutional
liberty is estimated on a founda
tion which no human power will
eer be ible to subvert.
The bill was ordered to be
printed, and r fered to the Judi
ciary Committe.
Important Army Ordors.
The following orders have
jut been issued:
KXKRAI. OKt::.-.s NM
Ilrvwi's of tiie Aumv, Ai.j't ci:n-)
(hut., WAsaiM.ToN, Soy. 1 -til
I. Mijor Isa tc Lynde, Seventh
infantry, for abandoning his post,
Fort Kil more, Xew Mexico, on
the 27th of July, 18G1, and sub
sequently surrendering his com
mand to an interior force of in.
surgents, is by direction of the
President of the United States,
dropped from the roll of the ar
my trom this date.
"II. Tii? Secretar) of War di
rects tint all odicers and enlisted
men ol t!u volunteer service, now
to sr.? ! ton regiments, to be form
ed by tue Go-.ernors of the re-pec-
olli.
caucies
i
JOV-
i j , .i, filft rl t i ....
Mlinil UK. U -11111,113 LI .
f)f
( W B t .
. service, otlicers of c avalry, artib
nitted to
overcoat pre-
of the
orps.
I'. The uniform f.ir r dnnliin
I I , . . . .
ioi the army will be p hm b ack
trn.i. ,, ; ., .
iroct, coat, wit i standing co ar.
u. i . ' , , , 'Ul,a,
and one row of 1,1 u-L hüttrm.-
k pintiloous, bbek
it'll II it or arniv fnr.vr.- imd. with.
out ornament. On occasions of
reremony a plain chipraudc bras
may be worn. Uy order of
Major General M;Ui:i.lan.
Mot "ii.L.!Nors . The
lruse of Mrs. Joel Hiprs in I)ul-
lin was entered the other night,
; her dress pr.krt robbed of some
twenty dollars in money and a
kev bV whirh a desk was nnened
lnd. w- understand. The IV,st
OtH e was entered the same uiuht.
i,,nL mfti n.Tfle mithin r bv
, ifi. uu. ........ - .
that. J tiey escaped detection.
CcntcrrilU True KrptthHr.it -