“SEC. 10. _And be it further enacted_, That no slave escaping into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, from any other State, shall be delivered up, or in any way impeded or hindered of his liberty, except for crime, or some offence against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner, and has not borne arms against the United States in the present Rebellion, nor in any way given aid and comfort thereto; and no person engaged in the military or naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any other person, or surrender up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service.”[5] This speech in the Washington pamphlet was entitled “Indemnity for the Past and Security for the Future,” which points directly at its object. An edition was printed in New York by the Young Men’s Republican Union, with the title, “Rights of Sovereignty and Rights of War, Two Sources of Power against the Rebellion,” which describes the way in which this object might be accomplished. It was noticed at the time as removing difficulties which perplexed many with regard to the powers of Congress. In Paris, the _Journal des Débats_[6] referred to it as explaining the confiscation proposed in the United States, and quoted passages especially in reply to the _Constitutionnel_, which had attacked the measure. A few opinions are given, merely to illustrate the tone of comment. * * * * * Hon. John Jay, afterwards our Minister at Vienna, who sympathized promptly with all that was done to crush the Rebellion, wrote from New York:-- “Your Confiscation speech is an admirable exposition of the subject, and will go far to remove any lingering doubts in the public mind in regard to the constitutionality and necessity of the measure.” Then again he wrote:-- “I have re-read, with thorough satisfaction, your speech on Confiscation and Emancipation in the pamphlet you were good enough to send me. It is admirable in its tone, arrangement, and completeness, and the arguments and illustrations are overwhelming and unanswerable. The necessity of Emancipation is fast forcing itself upon our people by the stern logic of facts, but your speech will remove any lingering doubts.” Hon. Amos P. Granger, former Representative in Congress, and a stern patriot, wrote from Syracuse, New York:--