Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-02-01

The n. Y. Journal of Commerce SAYS tent
of thousands Of signatures will be attached
/ to memorial now in circulation in that
State as follows
"Io the Senate and House Of Representatives. Of tn
HHed State, of America, in Congress
The Memorial Of the subscribers citizens of the
state OF New York, respectfully sheweth THAT
WhlIe sharlng IN common with their fellow citi
gems, the general solicitude at tho dangers which
are now threatening the peace and unity of our
country, they desire to give their urgent and EN-.
phatlc expression of the necessity which seems to
exist for mutual Cancellation and compromise a I'D
without discussion as 70 the merits Of the val ious
questions at issue, believing that the perpetuity
OF the Union of these United States as one nation
is OF vastly more Importance than the establish
ment or rejection of this that subject of contro-
Versy, and that the people Of the North will ap-
prove generally, of the plan of compromise agreed
upon by the Senators and Representatives of the
border States:
Your memorialists humbly pray that such
measures may be speedily adopted by Congress,
for the settlement of present difficulties as will
embrace substantially the plan of Compromise SO
recommended by tho Representatives of the bor-
der States, and which, they believe will restore
tranquility and peace to our now distract d coun
try"
We were informed yesterday, that such a
memorial, with no substantial change but
the substitution of the word Vermont for
that Of New York, is circulating in this
neighborhood, under the special auspices of
one or two Breckenridge Democrats. OF
course, it is in character for such thorough
faced pro-slaycry paper as the NetO York
Journal Of Commerce, to be in such an opera
ton. 1t is equally SO that men who are
trumpet-mOuthed in favor Of a full licence
for slavery to 20 into the National Territory,
and who say Shareholders should be al
lowed the free run Of the Free States, with
their slaves, should be lending
helping hand in the same business E.
that there are 20 few of that stamp in Vert.
OF course, they will easily get politicians of
that following to sign such paper. They
would sign it just as quick, if it spoke out
plainly just what it means, viz a wish to
have Congress yield any thing and every
thing demanded by the slave-holding oligar
chy, if it will only break down the Republi-
cans and restore the corrupt Democracy TO
power Only effect that, and they are will
ing 10 concede every principle which the blood
of their fathers was shed to establish, and to
give the slave-holding oligarchy bond that
the nation shall wear their yoke forever; to
grant to men like Floyd, Cobb, Keitt and
Toombs free licence to pillage the Treasury of
the Nation, and to surrender the arms and
aud forts of the Government to traitors,
whenever they may wish to bring the people
of the free States to still greater concessions,
and to a more degrading submission to the
demands of their southern masters.
It was told to US, also, that one or two
Republicans had been trapped into signing
the memorial we are speaking of. We wait
for positive evidence, before we believe that
any Republican Of Vermont has been 50 heed
less, so blind or so weak -kneed as to be
caught in such a gull-trap as we are speaking
Of Surely in vain the net is spread in
the sight of any bird"