Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-10

three or four log cabins obliged to pass
and repass the Illinois river, many months
In the year impossible, is really, sir, an
absurdity impossible to divine or com
prehend. The contract for the carriage
OF the mail on this route has been given
to nonresident without public notice
being given Tor proposals to be received
for the same.
I'd. You have new route established
from Edwardsville to Springfield (now
Calhoun) Sangamo, a distance OF so
miles weekly, without any proposals be-
ing invited for the carriage upon said
route. This mail cannot be required eli
Their by the people of Sangamo, the state,
or the United States, because there is
already mail from VandaIia thence,
and another to Carollton, which ought
10 be considered amply suhcien, Tor
any one county, partic IA larly so removed
on the frontier. | shall pass over the
circumstance Of the great western mail
from Vincennes to ST.. Louis passing
through almost an inundated wilder.
ness, and making circuit Of considera.
Bile space to take our seat Of government
Fandalla, situated in the wilis of the Hur.
rIeane and Kaskaskia rivers, in its route
II we build our foundation on sand i, vii
wash away of itself Time alone will cure
the evil ;and proceed TO close the outline
Sd. You have route, also struggled
into existence, the contract given to a
nonresident without its being publish.
ed, aud OF no great advantage to any
one, viz from neelown to ST..
Louis by the way of Mount Pleasant, Co..
vington, and Belleville, &C. (pretty much
on bye road) distance of 1870 miles
once week. | know of no advan-
tage the public derive. from this route,
particularly as the carriage of II is given
to nonresident. Hence, the proceeds,
1t is hardly 10 be expected are thrown
into circulation in this impoverished
land, and consequently the state derives
no advantage from it, for am sure tb,
people residing on the route are 50 few.
that /, is a mater of moonshne with
them, whether, for the purpose Of cor
responlence they have mail or 10
mail, it being matter of great certant,
that any that are in the habit OF cores
bonding, can do 50 by inlersecting mails
With those from ST. Louis to Vincennes,
and from ST. Louis by Kaskaskia, to
ohawneetown.
Ia conclusion, sir, it is my purpose to
state that the perm anent residents Of Il
linois, those VINO have buffeted the tenn.
pest of war and pestilencc, think it al
encroachment of their rights, for pub
lie contracts within the state to be given
so abundantly to non-residents, some OF
whom continue to live GU, OF it, If the
state cannot be populated, but by the &C.
neral Government packing out emigranls
with Offices and fat contracts, we are will
ling TO live without such increase. We
think toe citizens of each state are partcu.
larly entitled 10 all mail contracts, and
that giving them to persons residing ou'
OF The state, at The time the contracts are
made, is an injustice 10 all those residing
within. How many has been given in
This way, the Postn sster General Can
best tell. A 3. T.. ID. E.
New York.-This great state, it is
manifest, will soon be agitated TO the cen
ire: A mighty struggle has commenced
between the People and the Legislature.
AT the last election OF the members oil
the Legislature, the choice Of members
turned almost exclusively on the point
Of giving the people The right of choos-
ing the presidential electors; and three
fonr,hs OF the mem bers were pledged,
previous to their election, TO give this
important right to the people. No one
doubted, after The termination OF the elec
ton, but thai the people had succeeded
IN procuring restoration OF their ccnsl-
tuiional rights. Such being the fact, w,
may vel! imagine the feelings Of the stale
on reading the message of Gov. Yates to
the legislature, in which he tax es ground
against giving the choice of electors to
the people; and 10 what pitch their it,
dignaion must be reused, in finding a
majority of the Legislature, notwilhsI stand
ing their pledges, are disposed to support
the executive in withholding from the
people their constitutional rights.
- Hash. Reh.
A letter from A lbany assures us that
Notwithstanding present appearances, the
law will pass tor taking the appointments
of the electors from the legislature, where
it ought never to have been placed, and
would not but from temporary ncces-
sity, and restoring tito the people. This
our correspondent writes, will be done
in spite OF the unexpected opposition of