. . . gives the impression that the more sweeping confiscation acts proposed will not be adopted, but that the bill introduced by Senator Sherman is likely to become a law. The feature of Sherman’s bill is the discrimination against the “leaders” of the rebellion, confiscating the property only of those who have held office, civil or military, under the rebel Government. It seems likely that about the right thing will be done.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 1
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 1
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