Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-22
TIE POST OFFICE.


on the proscriptive policy which has been de-
teruiined on in the Post Office Department can
hesitate TO admit that it is fraught with the most
| injurious consequences. The removal of com.
their successors, of individuals whose capacity
or integrity is distrusted, have already in
great degree impaired public confidence, ana
of course have led 10 individual inconvenience as
| well as to a dmnution of the Post Office reye.
nue.. lfany other proof were wanting of the
bad consequences arising from this system, r
may be found in the manifest reluctance with
which the holders OF these Offices express their
political sentiments, il they chance TO condic,
with those of the powers that be''-and even
in the hesitation with which newspapers print.
ed Ia the same town where the Postmaster was
friendly 10 the election of Mr.. Adams, speak of
by the chief of the Department. :" If these
things be done in the green tree, what may we
not expect in the dry" The National Intelli-
gcncer gives the following detail Of facts, which
laws. when wisely and when unwisely admins.
tered Under the late administration. they
were not perverted 10 purposes of despotsm,
and there were consequently no trembling Bel.
shazzsrs seen, momentariy dreading the arri-
val ofthe man iate which would deprive them
OF Office, without being charged with tho com.
mis- ion OF any offence. Now, we may venture
t assert that there is not Postmaster at any
plac, in the Union, where the office is worth
kea ping, who did not vote for Jackson, who is
not in daily apprehension of receiving his dis.
missal The IntelIisencer says:
cit is supposed that regard 100 seriously
| this Innovation upon the princiI les of the Go.
| vernment, when we call il alarming aud awful
| no il is certainly all-peryadng No, rulers
and fellow uitizens believe us. we do not Al
ready, its effects are seen, in the loss of that
! confidence which has been heretofore reposed
! in the integrity OF the POST Office. Already
| Pos masters, afraid TO be known TO hold even
ordinary business intercourse with obnoxious
| individuals, cause their letters TO be enclosed
| under envelopes, in the Handwriting of 9th
| -rs private individuals, corresponding with
the same individuals. go 10 the cos, of double
| postage, tor direction TO third persons, 10 a.
void the denunciation which they apprehend
| from such acts of moral treason whilst other
individuals send their letters 10 Post Offices ten
| miles off, - avoid corresponding through their
own, which have been lately reformed. "
| These facts have already occurred, to our own
knowledge, aud in our comparatively very lin
tied correspondence. We do not mean TO say
that there IL, at present, sufficient cause Tor
such aiarna> Much less would we be consider
ed as intoxicating the least disirust OF our own
city Post Office. The removal of our late
Postmaster, to Introduce into the office men,
Der of the Central Jackson Committee, 1--WE be-
lieye il was callef) we considered rs settling
| he question as TO the sancti,iy RI the Post Or
fee from the pollution of party politics but
we have no want of Confidence in the integrity
Of the particular officers who now have the of
flee in charge, The best security iVr the NV
liability Of the Post Office, however, is the pub.
lie vigilance and we hope that the Jealousy OF
free people will be wide awake 10 every the
slightest indication of an interference with the
freedom OF correspondence, not as 10 the con-
tents Of letters, Jour apprehensionS do not yet
go that far) but as to The intercommunca'
tion OF letters, or even Of newspapers. We say
OF newspapers ; for il is fact that a Postmas-
ter " no was a subscriber TO the National lntelll
gencer. and the only subscriber in his town,
lately requested his paper TO be discontinued,
with symptoms Of lrepidaton which be was not
able to conceal He was afraid of lying under
the suspicion OF being suspected. Of such
tlme-serv"g pliancy, we can only say, whene-
yer. and in whatever shape il is manifest, that
il cpnyinces us the honest Yankee Was tight,
when he agreed with the Minister of the Parish,
Tor the Squire, we forget which, that there Is
great deal Of human nature in man."
u The Richmond Enquirer says" In dit
ferent directions the energies of MIR. Barry are
displaying themselves" We know not what
the Enquirer means by" euergies'--the only
evidence we have OF tire truth OF the assertion,
however, is the daily accounts of removals from
office of men who carry with them tie strong
est testimonials of their capability and fidelity
from the late Postmaster General Move
have other evidence-We ha D almost forgotten
to mention two proofs, of MIR. Barry's " ener-
gv" He has delayed the Western mail ria
Lynchburg, about 30 hours in the space Of 1870
miles-and has violated law OF the land, TO
punish us, by deprivpnJ US of the immense
amount OF Sl6 per annum Wonderful en-
ergy," this
~ What does the Enquirer mean by the
term Mark Anthony style, by which vague
expression it characterizes Mr.. Clay's Speech
az Lexington If mean that it is full of
warm feeling and true eloquence, it is right
and what else but this il can mean, we are not
able to guess We hope that paper does not