Mr.Willey of Virginia was the only senator from a slave-holding State who voted on the radical side.
With the exceptions noted, Republican senators all voted for the bill.
CONFISCATION OF REBEL PROPERTY.
A series of measures in the House relating to confiscation were under discussion while the Senate was considering the same subject.
The House passed a more stringent bill than the Senate would accept, and the subject was finally sent to a committee of conference, which from the points of disagreement framed the measure that ultimately became a law.

As in the Senate, the Border-State men opposed the measure, but were overborne by the popular opinion which nearly consolidated the Republican vote of the North in favor of it.

It was however an undoubted weakness, morally and politically, that such men as Crittenden and Mallory of Kentucky, James S.
Rollins of Missouri, and Francis Thomas and Edwin H.Webster of Maryland were recorded against it.

The bill was passed in the House by a vote of 82 to 42.

The conference report having somewhat strengthened the original measure passed by the Senate, Messrs.
Howard and Chandler of Michigan gave it their support, but for the same reason Mr.Cowan of Pennsylvania and Mr.Willey of Virginia opposed it.