Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-05-25
From lie St. Lofas Eerister, Nay IS

from ne 81. 1.cps f:et7sfeTs .fidy 10.
We would decline publishing the following
philippe, but that we feel the entire convic.
ton that no blame can Justly attach to the
management of the post office here. The st.
Louis papers are regularly iorW arded from this
office 10 their different places Of direction, and
ihc delinquency complained of, must be aitii-
buted to some other Office. But the strain OF
inyectye and sarcasm INDUCED against the
editor OF Tie Spectator, is altogether iliberal
and unjust; and we are inclined TO believe
that it has emanated from the ebullition Of the
moment, rather than from reflection. The
grievances of editors from the inattention and
neglect Of some oftfe post officers are beyond
foroearance, and if papers cannot be conveyed
30, SO, or 100 miles in less thai. five or six
weeks, it is no wonder if an angry paragraph
should be produced. There is some ratiical
defect in the department, or some of its Of
t;cers are" no better than they should be-"
Mr.. JTarren's Erhress from Sc. Louis.
Mr.. Warren, in the Edwardsville
Spectator" of May d, states that, " on
Monday last, a large load OF old news
papers and letters, from every direction,
Including east, west, north, and south,
were sent up from St. Louis, BY erhress.
Among them were the 81. Louis and
MawneetoTOn papers for six and seven
weeks past"
No express was sent from ST. Louis.
The mail has gone regularly to and from
St. Louis, to Edwardsville with all pa
pers, letters, sc. received, or put in The
ST. Louis pos, office. Why Mr.. Warren
should tell such a story, is matter of sur.
prise.
1t is certainly his interest as we'll as
every honest meaning man in the COM
Ynunity, that when charge of improper
conduct in the post Office department is
made, that it should have the weight Of
truth, and, therefore, command investiga~
ton. What would be the result of III.
vestigation in this case? Ii must be,
tina. considerable bill of useless ex-
pense would be thrown upon the Post
Office department, and that no DEEPEN
dence could be placed on the editorial
remarks of the Edwavdsvilc Specta.
tor"
1t is hoped that the next ertress that
rides across the brain Of the above editor,
will not assume the form of 81 large
load of old newspapers and letters,
from every direction, including east,
west, north and SOUTH" moving post
from ST. Louis.
@. Z.
The mail mentioned in the above extract
from this paper of the 4th instant, arrived at
The post office in this town on the preceding
Monday. No regular mail having ever arrived
on that day of the week, its appearance excit.
ed not little surprise. Inquiry was made at
the post office, by our foreman, from whence
it came; who was answered by the person
then attending the office, that it .oas sent up
from St. Loms-whch we considered as good
authority for stating that it came by express
from that place; and as VIC had been three
weeks without an eastern mail, we conceived
it due to ourselves, and to our subscribers,
from the aggravating circumstances Of the
case, to mention the fact publicly
Itnow appears that this mail was brought by
Nr. Garfield, the deputy postmaster at the
Marine Settlement. Why it was nj" forward
ed by the regular mail on the preceding Fri
day evening, remains to be explained, as We
have not been apprized Of any distractions to
the passage Of the mail from that place to Ed
wardsville.
Eut because misstatement, Which original.
ed at the post Office here, was made respecting
the despatch Of an express from St. Louis,
(which, of itself, would have been praise
worthy act) the postmaster at that place fan
cies himself En- Gu Zed from the only CEN
sure which we intended to attach to him, or
upon the fraternity of postmasters. How far
he has succeeded in this attempt, let the fol-
lowing shew:, BY the mail of which we have
been speaking, we received seven numbers Of
the St. Louis Enquirer; Jfve of the Republic
can, and three of the Register. During half OF
the intermediate time, there was no post office
between St. Louis and Edwardsville. An Office
has been recently established at Unionville,
which, however, has no connection with any
other mail than that which passes between
these two places. How, then, could those
papers have arrived at the place of their DIES.
t;nation from the East, if the assertion of X
@. 2. be true, that "the mail has gone regu'
larly to and from St. Louis, to Edwardsville
with all papers, letters &c. received, or put
in the ST. Louis post office"' If Col. Rector
wiu answer this question satisfactorily, he shall