Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-12-21
Correspondence of the Free Prees.l
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
NV YORK. Dec. II. lscO

| NEW YORK, Dec. II, lsc0.
Af,ssr.. Editors:
You have doubtless noticed the arti
cles in the ~ Y Tribune on peaceable accession
| saw letter from ons of tho Members of Congress
yesterday which said that tho S,igune had done
| more mischief than the Herald by this way OF
| talking. They feel mad about i: there and so do
we here. Such ideas are fit companions for Blu.
eAanans message, and Of the same stripe. 1t
needs but half an eye to sec that rebellion, if in.
deed it raises its head far as to set at defiance
the law, must be put dopn,-if possible by col =
Letting the in the harbor and starving the
rebels out by letting them alsne; or if enough
States, or rather people in enough States combine
to make active treatment on land necessary then
the laws must DO enforced at tho head Of an army,
and if the rebellion gathers head enough really to
set in action hostile government, then rar fol-
lows. II is Of no use for the traders and and
| manufacturers in the East to tremble and shake
| about it. Rebellion f there comes enough of it,
means WAR. The West has yet to be heard from
On this question. When it does speak we shall
hear thunder.
Things at Washington arc just as bad a, they
can be- 1only hope that enough fire. eaters will
clear out to give US a majority, and then the FIRST
thing to be done is to impeach Cobb, Toueey and
Floyd for treason and robbery. In addition to the
boldest treason there, these fellows, it is known,
have literally robbed the treasury of about .
million.
Our men At Washington need stifenirs up. I.
is no time for backing down, or for attempting to
reason with crazy men or trying to pacify them.
The disunioaists need to be told plainly tina: all
they can do under the most favorable combin alton
they caa mako is to raise the question whether
the North and West conquer the South by
force OF arms, or whether the South can conquer
the North and West. don't believe they can
ever get SO far as that, and fancy SEQ symptoms
Of an unwiilingness to jump into the fight on the
part Of the South, and shall not feel cure that
they mean to try i. till they attack Fort Moultrie
Still it does look very much like it. All private
letters are one way 80 far as know. I do not
see how the mob, excited 1t is, is TO be pacited
BY anything but positive action. But one thing
is clear, that if we do once ge. into war. when
the smoke clears away, the slavery question will
be found to be settled, and considerable vees,. |
cotton land open to new Corners
Ofall the papers here I think the 7,mss ha. |
shown the most boldness and ability in discussing
this rebellion question. Mr.. Raymond has tia |
right side Of this question, and is we'll booked
up.
Much bad blood exists In the city By rnerccrary
men who are excited By their commercial losses.
Ind there is come danger of riots, bat not quite
yet fancy, although tho Chief of Police warned
Mr. beecher's people in Brooklyn that he saw
ymptoms pointing towards disturbance at his
aurch. 1t ia possible that tho question of free
peech may have to be settled hero before the win.
er is out Still as whole tho city rather grows
tiffsr than otherwise, and many besides Republi.
ans say ''yield nothing; but + ut them through
business is literally at an end-aotual war couId
o 10 worse for US.
Yours,