Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-21

me there has been most yigilsnt admini5ira-
ton Of its affairs and am evso taken 10 taAk
by CENSOR moraSs here for daring To inqsre
into its concerns.
will now slo.e the examination of these
excuses for this Department by one more
briri statement Of its former situation. la the
report Of November, 1923, IL appears that the
late Postmaster General had, since 1923, add.
Ell,
In stage transportation, 1910 $50 miles.
In sulkics and ON horseback, l65s,9i9 miles,
Making an increase OF 3,6Us, 100 miles,
which improvements were j" ateoinpanied by
great increase nfeIpendiiure on all the i'm
portan, routes. on many of them the mail being
then conveyed NJ tho rate Of ona hundred
nils day yet tbs amount OF the funds
during this time rapidly increased, and the
SIRIUS eh (shys the 'epor) WAS 332 loo dol
lars aud In cenis. Let IL lie remembered 700
That the number of new post routes sstablis shed
from 1929 TO 1877, was ODD, aud they were IL
the neat year mcreGWd 10 7S'. No,o. mail
facilities amounting 10 less than ans fourth mi.
amount have sunk the whole annual feyenus,
aud reduced the surplus FIND. 10 liS 900 dol
lara hut IN addition 10 NIL this the demands
ri this Department upon tn Treasury have
much Increased since 1870. Your aprforris-
ton last year was -, no te-+-+--++..,.+.-.ttp
Tor tho previous year. snd 22o1p dollars
economy. the old furniture tor sons looms in
the Department mu,i ba reformed out, aud
Tho appearance. OF Ihtngs rendered ~ ore suua-
BILE To the re,gning lasts OF those Who rode into
power on the allegation oil uAuavagancs ul
their predecessors
Look'n. to the reasons pressed with so muc h
ahrnes'ness by the gentlemen fsam N.w
Hampshire and Tennessee, | ask thea, how
they reconcile their argument whh the POST
master Generals own Statements OF his gent
savings. In his report OF Novesber, 1920
0eierring TO these improvements IN mail
tran 'pofiation which they now tell have
sank he revenue SO much } be says" the new
contracts have been made. including all the
improvements, Tor $40, 100 81 per annum les,
than the sum paid under the O ing CONTACT"
II tbs and the allegation al economy which
his advocates have nnde lie true. whdf hn be
come Of The money he found there uheu he en.
tered The Department Sir, thee advocates
may suile ihs inquiry Tor the prescoi yet ulrss
they eau render some better excuse Tor the
abstraction Of these funds Than has We, beru
given, the public ,oiH ssy IL 10 owing 10 n want
oi sk,il or ap'en'ga,c expenditure aud iouk-
ing back To the day when obn Mclean adj
nlnistored hs concerns, with tho aid of all ,b~
able and faithful officers who have been since
removed. they viii demand mn Injury mic the
reasons which have oecnsioned their prose,ips
lion, and those who Itpr0sent them hall not
inre 10 refuse IL,
Hut, Sir, have used, il seems, nm nnfortr.
nate expression. Prescription" 10 iiselI NJ.
snribed. Tho gentleman from Jenn.sser, srh
hts nine causes OF removal, Complains ot tho
use OF The woid most grievouslJ. Ills delicate
ryan, aud tho pitll more tender sensbi ties OF
IA Postmaster General, are not To he asssilod
~ h 30 unseemy a phrase, and hs makes u
hd n, The Senator from Maine Tor daring to
say prescription" Whom no attacks that
De vii 4 Al.
much, bu, must ihtnk " marveiously lilht
Of bis discretion" Sir, we sbsll ba,d,y be
drlson from the appropriate use Of thu oG.E-
sive phrase, even tsougb The chief Of ihis De-
paftment should he subject 20 iaintine fis ~ tho
sound. II Is word ot such exceeding rood
oommsnd' that he aud his advocates musi pa. -
don me II Try how can speak IL in puIe en-
uIa,ion of my trend hom Maine, 10 whom.
the Member from Tennessee, having mos,
exquisite organs 20 nd q between us but not
having yet gwen mo "a fair hearing, has swnrd.
ed the palm Tor pronou0cing IL better III ~ anv
other man III Ibis nation. | say then, In the
name Of an insulled and abused people 10 ,bis'
Chirf OF ID paItmeni, who has driven hun
dreds of better men than himself {, ON The nut
lie service. that, although his advocate here has
forbid our tongues 10 speak OF " prescription"
yet would that every victim 81 hts unlnsr,,,d
displsasure nigh, find h,m when he lies asleep.
aud hoia IN his car " pfoscription ~
Nay. would have a s'a'ling taught to
speak
" Nothing bu, prescription and give it
him
TO keep his anger still % motion"
lie should be met at his iaeomings and hi, out.
goiogs, aud every houest man should ring \, \,
his ears until the effects Of his prescription are
properly appreciated by hun. Aud nov NAV
ssk the gentleman from Tennessee, whose
uaE yaa uEaa
in his judgment pronounce tire word proscripJ
ton
Mr.. GaUFDY-srceedingly WE'LL
Then the honorable Mempsr will / hone,
hereafter, hesitate 10 decide bs fore n. ha.
heard all the evidence. May the good word
never be laughed out OF eoun,snance bv env
political siisnappsv, who may 10 disples..d
by its use. For the present fear much tbs,
the eHrct of The viniic,iyespirit which has &C
tuaied this Department may not be proprrII
appreciated, for II has been alleged here that
this prescription meets the full appreciation Of
the President. and his name has been used az a
political dtehnfdtnr, 10 hush the inquiry inti re.
pose Tbs sounds he iocsin Of patty g. invokey
the AID OF that influence which can nj all tines
successfully suppress 'ru Il propsg alsehood
We may despair ~ such contest, and be COM
PEELED 10 acknowledge that II he who ptesides
over the republic has sanctioned all this pro-
seripton, noe are two powerloss 10 obtain re-
dress. But II will be soon seen whether there
he not one man IN this nation able to breas, its
terrors when even the President huris It's fhun-
ders. There are hawks abroad, SIR. Rumor
alleges that the piundering falcon hgs lately
stopped upona fun winged eogle that never
yet hInchcd from a contest, and. as might 10
naturally expected. all await the result with
intense interest IL Is given out, that The iniend-
ed victim Of prescription now Is one disIin-
guIshed far above all 10 olfitJ Tor the vlcor aud
! spiendor OF his intellcci.
- Micat inter onfncs
Welt int. ignes luna ,p,u lres
One who his been PROMINENT member of the
party which gave pow er 10 our modern Die,s.