Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-04-05

spproral OF any otHoi VIAL O"'ON
officials. will be smuggling and the goods,
wherever found, will be liable to seizure
Northern merchants will not be IL hurry
TO burn thti, fingers by attempts to get their
goods into the country in that irregular and
dangerous way.
The Whole delegation voted against tie Crit
tenden compromise, that is, they went for that
which has almost destroyed our commerce, which
-iil crinple our revenue, which makes our rs
tiopal treasury bankrupt, vnicn nas S70s57 -
the Union by the secession of six or seven Ststes
and which promises now TO carry out Of 1t 6i3 OF
seven more. What say the People to suca WIS
dom: 10 such foresight Of consequences, TO sncn
rare for the public peace, the public prosperity
and the safety Of all our great nahopat ln'eI-
ssts r-BUriirgton SeHt'HeL
Heading an article " Vermont Statesman
,l,p in Congress-" the Sentinel begins with
an abusive quotation from the New loik
Journal of Commerce, about the original
draft of the Tariff bill introduced into the
House, session before last, By Mr.. MoRHuL
of this State. The bill passed the House
last May by the votes OF Republicans and
Democrats but was lost in the Senate. The
bill came up again the last session, and after
being altered very extensively in its details
ZONE hundred and fifty amendments were
forced into it by the Senate-some OF item
very Objectionable so late al hour that
they mad to be acceded to by the Housa TO
save the bib, it became law. Accor Ing
to the best judges on such subjects the hiIl
IS whole was well devised TO increase tie
revenue OF the nation-and 20 check the
monstrous system of frauds whereby under
the former tariff, foreign manufacturers and
importers were enabled to cheat our National
1ury and cripple the industry Of our
people to ,,, -nef' that Of their own
That soma city ". uers, ever ready to symTa-
thi.e strongly with tie importing interest
and especially, that the Journa, ~ Co"'''f''<'
q deadly foe to free institutions. and = ''o-
riou. favorer Of the slave holding Oligarchy
row engaged in rebellion against the Ma
tional Government, should get of sneering
paragraphs about Mr.. MoXRILL, and all others
like him, is not to b., wondered at. No more IL
il TO be wondered at, that tie Sentsze! sho'.id
follow in the train of the Jowndlof Commcrce,
and talk about the fleet on our revenue by
"a conn eting Tariff in tie seeding Stats,
and sneeripgly ask: "What statesmanllke
foresight is evinced by our Vermont deles"-
ton. in giving is entire vote Tor sue
monst-ous contradiction in legislation :
The SntneE follows ITS inquiry with the
logical paragraph at the head Of our article.
Now can any one tell what voting ags'n-t
the Critt5nd-n Compr mise had to d" "rh
tie Tariff hill ?-and what 1t was whlc7 our
Vernon, delegation went for. thai t"s
almost DESTROYED our comme7c It's
the Tariff BILL just enacted, mlde oar Ir' a.
my bankrupt? Mr.. Buchanan intim ted
that the former Tarii was in fair va to
leave the treasury bankrupt, and thsr' -
strong impression THAT tie vilia'ny IN
inoompetepcy Of such men as Cobb and + .oyd8
members Of his Cabinc,-haTe had z
deal to do in clearing cut the public c"f:rs,
Has the TorLF JH " broken up ;he Union,
and caused tue " secession oi 9 oT States,
and does it promise now ''to carry cut 81
more
And as to the ! or 5 sagaoious queries
with which it winds ~, has she SenfIeei for
,tten who has h,en President for t. last s
years
The c,olness wid which tie s1.tHe 4
LAYERS Justify treason ami robbery wien
committed against the United States and in
tho cause OF southern rcbe!liun, Is surprising.
In their ea5erness to fad excuses for tie |
traitors and robbers ly blaming the Govern |
ment, they soln,simcs ove-sho2t the marx !
The New Orleans De,fa, having MADE up
justification TO suit itself for the seizure OF
the United Ssatss Mint. proceeds - ,on-
slider the case Of tie :or1s ard a7scn4ls. Il
saws:
I'VE have nos 20 record other evidences Of the |
~nulesomeness Of this change Of property 10 The |
stale. Toe forts, srs mails and barracks " the |
Uui,ca States, when taken possession Of by the |
state q Louisi4ra, IN the most wTetched state
a decay disTepair aud rum. Toey had oeen lett |
Il chsr.-s of old bru Ken down soldiers, WHO we're
the 1t rspres, natives OF the general imbeciity II
It's government at Washington. Ihe forts, built
st great expense TO defend the approaches 10 t5is
ci,y. had been converted into pigpens; large ;ress
had grown W thin The walls; the cannon we're
ehoked a with 6l;h, and the gun carriages had
been cut and hacked; the once comfortable quar-
Ter. hsd become filthy novels, and forests had
grown up in front 81 the forts 80 as entirely 10
conceal them from view.
" immediately upon taking possession OF these
forts, the State military proc eded 70 repair this
devastation, rem tie filthy aecDmulations
Of years and 10 place the iorts 10 efficient
dition'
Indeed And if the forte. arsensis, &c,
in Louisiana were left in such a state Of neg
lect and decay. and in the charge of " old
broken-down soldiers ready to give them
In traitors at their first demand. we should
Ike To know whose fault it Was? Who was
of War for the last four years-the
man whose Official duty it was to see that
these forts and arsenas were well cared tor
Who but the traitor FLOYD? And who was
Secretary of War for the four years previous
10 his administration ? Who, but JEFFERSON
DAVIS, the President of the bogus Confeder-
scy itself?
The Senator from Morgan, Mr.. Landcrs,
during one of the debates on national affairs
at the late session Of the Missouri Legisia-
ture, made the following effective aud highly
democratic speech
"Mr. President The Republicans want
wah. 1t we don t concess, the government
will dissolute, and we II have wah ~
CONSULAR ArPoNTMESTs.-The \. I.
Commeroiars despatch from Washington,
March 80, says