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-ON. E. P. WALTON,
ON V Ta q2
C0NFJSCkWIQN QF~BEIG, PROPERTY.
DEL1VERED IN JTUE HOUSE OF REPRFSENTATJVk, MAY 24, 1862,
,The iouse havng dndecohsiderstai the bills to confiscate the Vpr6p efi, itree frow
sevltud ,te stave ' r bels, Mr. WALTON, of, Verit, 8ad:
S .thin'the set before the
<1tq Yp4 R ar e V Or p 41-p things ( rnvEf df C o ng ress
Uto.U t i0 whih e:]de.veiavexy lar~ge iflj 'ity ia 0 ~f~ah'fCnls
agree, and p, el !nd t kttugS that, aV .eshe.t1J., Itis greed that freason
an4.rebel iou.... .. ....rs c ... , if . .... tbat te htwo, ae. dot always to
e splyed .!Q that qu~e greatest cringe ko.g to. the laws, It-is agreed that
tLQ punitshient should he bWth ertic n 0e d te'ile, o the ens thaf this'
rafjott. Wny hav justice, ayd their childre s5urity fox futore'tr9n qiiliy. It
is agreed that treason ipnst not be, made easy, nor civyil war, with its coneormi-
Wta.tof wholesalo yobbe y, piracy, and .riidefr, go uia.venged. It is agreed that
dealb is a .deseived pBnshme ,t, at.! a4t fgr the oijiefcQbnspjrators hod control-
liI~g aqtgr in the criim..It i§ agreed' als by mat m6Wber of thisbody, ad
by all,I prsqm o with whqun i t is. my choci+ politically. to act, that as slavery
wtbhe hefc.vqa- o[U fthe atenhpted i:1 of .thb eotrIty, s ought it to be the'
4i~ieuff.tver ,.,.k~nd allit.is.are4 .t&t,§eit.er.. a adlitionto o0i alterna-
tiv, oret-9, pu.ob 1negt.of det_; aQ, A bfle.-- sc atjoii, flu , or
fqrfejt.-.he iiltyshuld be, fqrqe;J $o ,n he.s' i T ent ad co pensa-
tIpn fr tber pyime t rou .htheir propet .'
:This agreemertt jn ;all~thie. pitaJt .r lt: t.Q.bQa- mplighed is exhibited
in two sghImes iwbefoxe .the U ...5 : The, . a:L .that .Whibh is embraced in
,twq.illo teporkhd frojo. as~lect por attof the..IIogise by the gentleinhu fiom'
Masaqhu.Rets, (Mx.zL. p,) the4 c~na , , ipgtbe propety of' rebels and the
pthe em- i41pat) pg thqir,. aves, md the s,0'.tut1O fot borth of these bills, which
Ibave proo ad by :way ,A eblmtnt e.ai,. .'4e ubstitUteI hav offered
,a in, 5ubstance the bill re ted by a select' c np4tee of the Senate, itli two
.fiampeortantW anixdirent.s 9 d wfp,n ia gat4te moved by my, colleagde.
t~r Moa ;LL,) !TM f..c ii~t ithes.. ¢hemes th tMesults'of th~ lab9ts .o
'an0the na}therct fat ,khat 1hth .agee,,.gbgtai illy in resat , differing mainly in
. .tgd. g n v l assurheo that ib .tatt3j'l,. tl. sa~t~faoiiy' adt tk. within: our
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