Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-10-09
THE FREE PRESS
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 0, 1857.

FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER ., 1857.
TnE Boston MEETING The call for a
public meeting in Boston, on Friday last,
of the business men of the city, to consider
what ought to be done IN the present state
of monetary affairs ocGlsioned a good deal Of
unoasncss throughout the country. That
uneasiness must have been done away with
by the action of the meeting. The gather
ing was very large, tho Exchange being
great multitude only two Indicated any
opinion in favor Of the suspension of specie
payments by the banks. There was
strong expression however in favor OF an
extension Of discounts by the banks far
beyond what they had proposed. Hon.
William Sturgis. an old merchant of
very high standing, reverted to the
resolution with which the New England
Banks adhered to specie payments in lSl4,
when New York, and all South and West
suspended, and to the tirmness with which
they had held on their way in later times
of trial in 1887. There was no other hon
orable or just way for them to do now lie
believed however that the Banks mipht
,. .,o ooo noo
safely extend their discounts SlO,OOO, ,OOU
within the next ten days, instead of
5000 600 as they had proposed, and that
81 doing would be the safe and prudent
. ''i"S "'"'" ~ VIZ '"'0 ""O l'"N'''
course Tor tbtm.
"Do thew saw" said he. &c we cannot stand it
Then let them fall. Do your duty manfully, and
every honorable Gan IN the community VIII up
in your vaults.
to- and if in doing SO the Banks tail, they will tail
timoTe have not belpeJ the merchants Of those
cities. Nothing like a relief anticipated by
fore r. Should be resorted to. erery other means
Gu .,,Gu liz noptu & ai w., Tou'u al
ras.ed would 70 i be enabled to zoo 20 on"
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Inc essehli"l reSoluViohs auopteu "eic
the following
Peso,red, That as long as New York maintains
her high and honorable position in sustaining
public credit, the merchants of Boston will sus-
tain and maintain her honor by rendering all
ana In thelr power TO continue their business
ulUu a iTho' ,h 1,.ar,, ,rsor.;or oe
hanks is a great pubIic eaiamitv and should he
entertained by gentlemen of high mercantile
honor, oaly in the last extremity.
Reso 'rsd, That the merchants Of Boston have
und2uoted iaitn IN the security ana 1piIy ol 'He
nanns ~ rnis ''' ~ pay All 'H''i "
r. ,o,p,d, rhu, it is the duty Of Banks as we'll
as individuals to render each other all aid possible
to carry us through the present Crisis
For their adoption there was a trcmcn
dous AYE. and only one voice in the
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