Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-02-01
THE WHOLE OR NONE,
An intelligent correspondent o the ". y
1dependent writes as follows
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan, 81.

J1deDCndcUt Writes j. lOllONS
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan, 2l.
As the rebellious states one after the other
other withdraw their delegations from Con-
rress that branch of the Government becomes
more strongly opposed to all compromises
with traitors, and moro determined to pro-
tect itself against the enemies of the Union
and the Constitution. As q ship at sea and
in the midst of q storm is relieved by throw
ing a portion of her cargo overheard, so the
good old Union ship which labored under
the successive shocks of secession has righted
up wonderfully by the discharge of a part of
her cargo. The Administration is now a
unit against secession, and majority OF
both branches of Congress will stand by the
existing Government. This change has taken
place within fortnight. and see how like
magic it has affected the business interests Of
the country. Stocks so up as the cotton
states 90 out, and simply because confidence
is again felt in the Government.
There is no chance for compromise. The
offers of Messrs. Seward and Adams are
spurncd with insolent disdain by southern
men, and the feeling grows stronger every
hour among northern men Of al parties, that
this issue Of disunion must be met with the
sword.
Mr. Douglas clings, like drowning man
to the straw of compromise Having aban-
doned the only principle he ever held for
more than twelye-m0nth-tha of non-in
tervention he is struggling for recognition
on the part of the nation as one OF Its savlors,
through compromise with Slavery. He
ht,r
The Crittenden-Douglas Compromise" is
now his " great principle. He has been
terribly alarmed Of late by the the thunder
Gus indications OF war from the North and
West, and is moving heaven and earth to
commit the border slave States to the Crit
tenden proposition. The recent action of tho
Virginia Legislature is the work Of Mr..
Douglas and his agents. His idea is to drive
he North into n compromise as the price OF
the Union.
There Is really no danger of a compromise
at the hands of the present Congress. There
are not twenty Republican members of Con-
gress who will vote for any measure which
Southern members will also support. The
real danger of the North lies in a different
uarter The game of Douglas, Vallandig-
ham, Breckenridge & Co, is one Of recon
struction. The slave states under this pro-
gramme are to withdraw one by one till all
are out of the Union. Then proposition
is to be made to the free states for a new
| Union upon the basis of a Constitution
amended a Ia Crittenden and Douglas. The
doughface tribe calculate upon q sufficient
panic in the free states to make this swindle
| successful.
So far as | can Judge from letters by Con
gressmen here, there is greater danger that
the Almighty Dollar will seduce the people
| of the free states from their anti-slavery posi-
tion, than that Northern representatives here
will succumb to the persaasions OF the
border state comprcmisers. A large number
of petitions from Republican manu- facturerf
and merchants have beenl. received praying
for compromise-for truce with slavery
for more time to make money. In every
case OF this kind which has come to my
knowledge, 1T was evident from the languag,
OF the petition that the signers were utterly
| ignorant OF the measures which they asked
Congress TO indorse. The rural district
seem to be far moro enlightened in this mat
ter than the villages and cities. Democrat.
and Republicans all over the rural portions
of the country cry out ''No compromise,
while intelligent merchants and manufactur
ers write here, "Compromise if you can tritj
honor" The thing is impossible. The Soutl
wants nothing but remuneration of principles
"The whole or none' is demanded even b,
the border slave states. The simple question
is, Will the free states consent to protec
slavery forever, and allow it to overrun thi
continent, to the utter exclusion of freedom
Is the Christianity of the North match TO
the Almighty Dollar in this contest Ii
is, there need be no fears for Congress,
think.