...January, 1864, a joint resolution was before the House " explanatory of an act to suppress insurrection, punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes." After a speech from Mr. SS Cox, of Ohio, in opposition thereto, Mr. .Davis addressed the House in the...

...effect from and after its passage." A!so to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled, " An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of Rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the...

...this, by one who alleges his own violation of them. We view the law of Congress, passed on 17th July, 1862, "to suppress insurrection, to punish treason...confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes, " as enacted in the interest of the Government and not for the benefit of those against whom its provisions...

...constitutional limit of ten days having expired without their return: To repeal section 13 of "an act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion,...confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862; became a law January 22, 1867. To regulate the franchise in the Territories...

...constitutional limit of ten days having expired without their return : To repeal section 13 of "an act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion,...confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862; became a law January 22, 1867. To regulate the franchise in the Territories...

...reference to the seizure and confiscation of property under tie act of July 17, 1862, entitled " An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion,...and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purpose»." MAY 21, 1868.— Ordered to He on the table and be printed. To tfie Senate of the United...

...pursuance of the sixth section of the act of Congress entitled " An act to suppress Insurrection and to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, ami which act, and the joint resolution explanatory thereof, are herewith published...

...LINCOLN sent a special message to Congress, informing it that as he had considered the bill for an act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion,...to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and the joint resolution explanatory of the act, as being substantially one, he had approved and signed...

...unconstitutional and void. In Norris v. Doniphan, 4 Met. (Ky.) 385, the act of Congress of July 17, 1862, "to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the And if the legislature cannot confiscate property or rights, neither can it authorize individuals to...

...property it was made the duty of the Pres-ident, by the fifth section of an Act, entitled, ' An Act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion,...confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,' passed July 17, 1862, to cause to be seized and to be applied to the use of the army of the United...