Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-24

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dalton received al lhe hands OF the Department
in establishing the northern mail, via Char
lottesville, - favor, and not small ono.
| While we are put upon the footing oil Rich
mond and other Cities IN being enabled 10 re
ceive foreign aud other news, as eaIly az they
II Is done al an expense OF considerable amour
| beyond what the route yields These are facts
notorious and public-anI were ! in search oil
the motive thst produced this state oil things
should certainly find il in those considera-
'ons oil an enlarged aud CO comprehensive public
policy which oiten induce the faithful and able
Pdbl'c age"t, 10 look beyond the mere letter oil
the laws which prescribe the rule OF his duty,
thst thereby he may give the greatest possible
eibcieney ~ The OBJ CHS OF the in:titutlan over
winch he presidas and ! may safely aver that
al no TIM since the esiaOl 'shnent Of our gov
ernnsnt have these enlarged views been more
successfully or more happily acted upon.
JUSTICE.
Reply 10 The GJOre.
We admire tho selfcomplaeency With which
bur correspondent assumes thai we have been
IN this instance "coayicted Of the charge Of
in Justice to the Post Office Department" II
may be, tina, his argument preseatsd itself to
his own mind in a mach more fIrclble aspect
than IT does 10 ours-as we are willing 10 admit
all he ha, ssll for the purpose of " cOnvcting
". aud We then emphattcaliy deny thai he has
succeeded in bis OBJECT. Was il, We ask, ia
iu.tice 10 he Department " Admit all that was
tsid in the respective lsttefs Of Mt. Nth aud
Mrs,rs. S;och,pa 6; Stu toJ t, b: rle, except
where they mani,1sdy contradict .adh other !:
AMI in noticing these Contradictions, as beng
strange, We did no, throw the sIishtst i"pu'a-
tol o. the Deparonsnt. Va ielerfS1 &c
them OILY thai the attention OF the writers
ght b called 10 the suIjsct, hnd
hat they might give a satisfactory solution OF
them lndeed, how could we have censured the
Department for them We did uol and IN
surprising that Ne did. our correspondence ina
ginatiou nusi have been as much sharpened
by his seu.i iveness as his under siandIng Is
apparently Leclouled by prejudice, whenever
tni, subject is bloached:
For optics sharp it n eds, wren,
10 see VIVA, is u Jt 10 be seen."
We repeat-it is strange that these discre-
pancies should have occurred IN the statements
made b., Stockton g. Stokes and Mr.. Smith
not only in the names of the bidder for the
Iouie bet~crn Lynchbnrs and Charlottesville,
but as u important facts connected with that
bid and which our Correspondent pushes out
eff view with us much facility as he had pIeyi-
ously dragged on the carpet circumstances
which had no existence. These facts are:
lst, Mr.. Smith states that the bid of Stockton
L Stokes fo5 of Mr.. St5ckton,-lor SO far from
tnls being matter Of any consequence. as
our correspondent makes il, in our estimation,
il is not worth snap of tn Glgrr) was 50 J00
III re ihau hi.-A h,rras. Stockton T. Stoke.
lay ii mas Sl7a0. ed. Mr., Smnh states that
ii Was lar the entire route from Washington
10 LynchbJrg, about 200 mI es-"herens,
Stockton aud 5 ,okes say ii was Only for that
/ olIIon al the route between Orange court
Eo I.e and Charlottesville, % miles We
dence oil 1t, incorreclness; yet, rs We before
remarked, it repairs eAptanaton-aot from
tie Post Otice Department, but from the gen
ilemen ihemsclYes-no because tle L. ., De-
parlment is cen.urable Tor il, but because one
OF those gentlemen ba. evidently misapPr chen
ded the tacls of the cass.--If our corr espoudent
will tell US what " discrepancies VIC have dedH-
csd' from Stockton 6. Slokes's letter TO "make
out our case We snail be much ind bted 10
him. Ifhe cannot. he viii appreciate The dh-
ferencc between making asserlioas and PTctms
them.
Oar correspondent ia in error in attr'bniing
10 u, determination, after our charge OF cur
rnntioo Al AIMS! the +. q. Department has been
rcfuteI in Que case, 10 say that "e believe
If If. existence in others" Az that We .ntd
h,yios the remntest resemblance TO tns 'HteI
prttatiou. was in relation to the principle nPd"
which Mr.. Smith had informed Us The Depart
ment acted in preicrring old contractors al the
b,obest hid 10 new and unknown competitors
n, TIE lowe,,. We saw clearly she justice oil
This urinciple, aud the force of the reasons upon
which il was based, d were therefore p'efato'
TO iusIil, the Department Ia continuing I" on
s,n;,b the route between Lynchburg and WASH
;o,,o, mi. outstanding he was unde'L'o u
respun ,ible individual Sioo We ''oH
o,c,.ioo t., sd /, that. il this PfinciP's va UNI
(ormly adhered to, the Departments YOU" o'
free from censnre-but that we sho"i1 DC 'n'e"
decei,eI, i i! had mol been violated. - 'hefe
eny Injustice IN this Surely "e'--ioF tie
,.u.u,c of ,ht public Is contingent 10 ven NJ
il. appreciation, upoa iae hefe"'''1 % " u
,eusiued--.o wit, wbe oer or not tbs primo
+, le ys, violated. Wa. il unjust to the Dc
rAr,nen, to say that we bcis'ed il haa o'e" VI
,,.sd,lrit was, we are sorry that the Depa''
men, itself gave US too much cause '0' ,"'7
for We did no, so express ouraeires"'''0'' "''
! 4, .;-, a. .rru murs than Qua case "