Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-12-06

Rz-On our first page will be found the
proceedings of the South Carolina CoBven-
lion ON the subject Of tho Tariff, Sc.
To the Hororable Senate and House Of Re
preseatatiues Of The United States:
The Petition Of your Memorialists respect,
fully represent, That they are encouraged
by The disposition manifested by many h'sh
~ respectable members OF Congress tune
lat session, to abolish entirely the postage Oh
Newspapers, 20 present TO your consIueratiou
a propos ition which cannot but oeileVe "ouia
be Just and equal 10 rs operation upon a"'
and advantageous 10 the country """ou'
materially affecting in amount the revenues
NJ the Post Office Departmental IS re
,Iuction of postage on Newspapers circuia'
,,,g within the counties 10 which they are
rented to about one half the present rate
There appears to your MemotialIsts TO be
reason for such determinations as 1t wsuld
be paving the Post Office Department some
what in proportion to the service rendered.
Moreover there is at present a like distinc
tion made in regard to Newspapers sent out
of the State in which they are printed
Ncyspaper is now conveyed any distance
within the State where IL is printed for the
same charge, whittier ten miles or three HUN
drcd mles--whIle Newspaper sent from
one State TO another State, however neon
siderable the distance, IS charged ahali more
postage If this discrimination be proper as
re yards States, without reference to distance,
II dose appear reasonable to your Memorial
ls,s that il should be made in regard to eonn
ties. because the services rendered 10y the
Post Office Department would be more gen
orally the same throughout the country, Tor
the same compensation. Such measure, II
Irrn al
Country Newspapers, on which the body Of
the people mainly depend for attenuation.
Compared with the great mass. those who
feel themselves able to take City Paper, at
cast of six or seven dollars a year, lnciu
ding postage, are SMALL number, and 1t IS
con Sdently hoped. that this consideration Will
h we its Just weight with your honorable be-
DIV Furthermore, it is believed, that the IN
creased number of papers which would be
sent by mail under the regulation we propose
would prevent any considerable dHninuton
OF revenue from that source.
Your Memorialists, however feel constraIr
ed to express their dissent from the proposi-
fon to abolishthe postage on Newspapers en-
.,reiy. They consider IT would be unequal
IN its operation, and unjust IN principle Inc
rcad,ng of Newspapers, with many IS carried
10 the extent of a luxury,-wIth such, scarce
dozen papers will suffice, while other fndt-
viduals, of equal property, barely consider
themselves able TO take one paper. II beng
conceded. then, that il all Newspaper p age
be abolished, the revenues of the Post Office
Department will not de.ray its expenses. The
deficiency. of course, must fall on the com
mon Treasury, and the result would be, that
the many would be taxed for the Injuries
of the few And as there can be no doubt
that the circulation OF Newspapers would be
greatly Increase under such a regulation, II
would increase expenditures by the Depart
ment in their conveyance; and, moreover,
allowances would have to be made 10 Post
masters for onerous duty OF distributing and
delivering Newspapers, which would swell
The charge on Government to an enormous
amount
With these views, your MemorIaiists freely
commit their proposition to the sound dser'~
ton of your honorable body 1T should be
thought proper, instead of the county limit,
to extend the regulation they ask to the DIS
tance of fifty miles, or any other fixed Gis-
fance, from the place of publication, 1t wonid
meet the cordial appreciation of your Memo
rialists.-And they, as duty bound, will ever
pray, &c.
We find the following in the Providence
American of Thursday last. The editor says
lin parting, we give our candidate for the
Presidency, the right hand of fellowship,
wishing him every blessing which the virtu-
Gus and the good deserve. "-Bah Pat.
A CARD.
To The editor of The Providence .?merica1i.
SlR;-rhe National Inteiiigencer Of the
10Th inst which has just been handed to me
at this place, informs me that my name has
been presented ii your paper IN reference to
the election of President in 1886 7. 1t is
proper. think. that should witho Mt delay,
place my own views ofthe subject before you,
and request that they may be made public
for the Information ofthose who may take
any interest in them. | consider the noml-
nation which | accepted, as having been
faally disposed Of by the recent election. and
the same sentiment of Difference which under
the circumstances of the ease, led me TO
yield nv own wishes TO those of portion Of
my fellow citizens in asserting to that noml-
nation, now binds me with increased obliga-
ton to acquies in the decisIon'ol the whole
which has Oeen made unoA it. The ques ton
of re nomination - new question, on which
may expect to he heard; if it shouid be
thought expedient TO make u, II tlme pro-
per for its consideration i his time, ! think.
IS not the present. The election is too far Oh,
and the future too entirely unknown, to per
hit me to Judge oCwhat itmsy, hereafter, be
proper to do
Should the question ever be put formy De
cision, | shall answer it according to my sense
of duty as a citizen Of the United States |