Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-08

WORKING or SECESSION pOCTRINE>. - The
UPPER branch Of the rebel congress has Ics-cl
bill recognizing the judiciary Of the rcsrcc
tive states. as the ultimate resort f'r an nc
tons within their limits except those which
relate to tho general agency in its connection
with foreign government. This Is a direct
and proper application Of Secession doctrine
but it Is said that some Of thcmembcr- yield
ed with great reluctance Q, the passage Of tie
hill. Saysa Richmond correspondent
ssSome twenty-five or thirty speeches wrrr
made during the debate, but they have not bccu
rublishel-scarcely glancei at by the Richmond
press. Very strange political doctrines wcrr
elected during the discussion, very remarkable
conccptions Of the nature Of the governmental
structure Of these States were delivered. -imoHg
them. this one, 6y distinguished Senator W
STATE hat n righf o. secCfc, Grf u one srrefst
hereafter. he tras ir faror Of forcing t'r bo.L
,riM fle bagonc.-ar worls % that eject
Already the element which would prove
destructive to the C9niclcrocy could it hc
. established are apparent Cords of cotton
could not long hold together 50 loosely CON
structci a fabric.
SCARCITY or FooD 81 THE .SoUTH.-fhc
London Tues of the 18th inst prints a
letter from Atlanta. Georgia, dated February
2-th. which says
Many mzuries. such as wines, brandcs, silks.
mu-lins and books. would he gratefully welcom-
el II the blockade were temporarily lifted but
thcv are not vital t1 the salvation Of the young
T nation What Is vital Is that plenty Of food
should be grown within the hounds Of the con-
feleracv, and ANYTHING which initiates against
the devotion Of the next few weeks to the pre-
pgritiou of the crdunl for cereals would bc of
mere advantage 90 the North than half million
of men. Happily there seems to be growing
sens. everywhere of the danger arising from %
scarcity Of the great staples Of food but there
i- ncycrthtlcs- a tendency in thc cotton states
90 plant a greater breadth Of their great staple,
as also IN Virginia to plant more tobacco, than
Is consistent with the safety Of the entireco
u'tv Fortunately the opportunity for arrestin5
tbc growth Of cereals by the offer Of a temporary
lrmistice has not been perceived by the iederal-
DO win lc t1o late % make any such overture
when these worls are read In the Northern States.
But. 800 the interim between the present tim,
and the wheat harvest Ia July, It Il shreF'Hy
suspected m northern. AMI generally admitted
i1 southern journals, that there viii he pres
sure upon the couicicracy TO find a suifciency Of
meat and bread fr each Of the large armies
which have sprung from the soil
The same letter contains the following
IN no otir~ item has the pressure Of the block
sIe's grip been s1 heavily felt as IN It's prohihl-
z D NrsN
ample couulud Of labor which the slave popul1-
-il1 furnishes to this government. many treS'
railroads would have been made had rails been
forthcoming for their tracks. In one OF two very
important cases an hiatus in am extensive iu-
tsrnaI system Of communication has been sup
pIief h- the government. For instance. one oi
the great internal highways from east to west
has bccu completed by the link Of railroad from
Selma. on The Alabama river. to Meridian, ~
Nlissis.ipri. which supcrseics the necessity ior
the long letour by Mobile, and renders nugaiory
any attempt 10 cut OF communication between
east and west ty destroying the rallroat which
connects Montgomery with Mobile 10 is aston
i-bin- that no such attempt shou'l have been
made from Pensacola. which has long been in
federal hsnl-. and is distant not more than forty
miles from Pollard. on the Alabama anil Flor.l1
Railroad The opportunity thus at1rici Of
i-olstiur the east from tho west, and OF impcl
iu, the circulation Of an important sorta of Oh,
confederate heart by an aneurism 40 Pollari h1'
never been scfzed during nearly two years oi
warfare The opening Of the railroad from
Selma % Meridian has frustrated policy which
might have seriously damaged the conte.lerstcs
ami which obviously ought 70 have suggested It,
self 10 the Washington Junto. The measuring
tapc bv which to compare and account for con
. fsierate success has long stsuck me s. being not
So much the sa.acity and energy Of the cabinet
At Richmond the singular blindness, incredible
want Of enterprise, sut general ncaHacity OF
/ the cabinet 20 Washington.