Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-20
POST OFFICE AFFAIRS.

POST OFFICE AFFAIRS.
r.. last pupers contain a correspondence b.
1890, samuel J. Peters. Esq. of New Orleans, an
N. President of the United States, the formt
"s on behalf of the citizens OF New Or
,Na.s of,be reduction OF th.r mail octommodu
49,. o,a the latter throwing the blam, of that r.
' ,' on tie " majority of the Senate" "
.ubioin Gen. Jacksons letter
WAsnlsGroN City, Oct 7, 1881.
c.,-on the receipt of The memorial of The Cit
AN, of New Orleans, respecting the reduction o
,ho daily to a tri-weekly mail, between Mobd
I'D n, tci,y il was referred TO the Postmaster &c
A,,,l whose repor, the subject have the plea.
sure TO enclose
..,no, he Justly blamed for this reduction H..
,s,n of retrenchment would have brought the ex
nenfi,urcs of the department wltan It's revenues in
Tho cenrse Of short period, without touching the
urtansements then existing for the transportation
of the mail, if Congress had granted the moderate
Ioan appled for at The as' session. This applica
tioa having been refused by the majority of the Sc
,s,e the deparment was of course obliged to take
the stem, which were in its power, from is own
,sso,rce,, to meet the demands against it,
In the discharge of this du'y there has been Il
necessary redu, ton in the accommodations 10
the e;ty of New Orleans it would that no
blame therefore can be properly ascrlbed To him,
I'm, IN the mso,ity of The Senate among whom $
fo,.d the Senators of your Stale, who Withheld The
concentration which "ould have prevented the re-
Uuction.
Lam, very respectfully, your obi ser'vt.
ANDREW JACKSON.
SAMUEL ]. PETERS.
Without. making any comment on the glazing in-
delicacy of the Cbisi Mag strate ccnsurlng ma
io,ty of the Senate" and attc wards attacking the
course of individual Senators, for the apparent pur
pose of bringing them into disrepue with their
s:uents & that too on he eve of an election TO fill
the vacancy occaslonod by the expiration Of the
term of service Of one Of them-we will content
ourselves with enqnising whether his censures are
lust and in accordance with the LAIN and simple
ruth.
lie says It if Congress had granted the moderate
loan applied for al the last ion, and the failure
to do which he ascrbes 10 the opposition Of tue
malority of the Senate" the reduction IN the mali
accommodations Of the people of New Orleans
would not have been necessary. ! his assertion
brings him in direct conflict with Maj. Barry, ms
Postmaster General, who broadly asserted, IN his
pu6Jashed rsrIy ~ ,ne Report Of the Senates COM
muce of investigation, that he hal never aSEcd for
.sny such loan, but bad simply stated, in reply 10
An intcrrogatory on that point, how much his De
pafment needed to relieve II of lis embarrassmens
But he this MS i, may, IS NOT the true cause oil
ihe reduction of mail accommodations TO be found
in those embarras smen's thcms leesl And pray, |
is The Senate censurabla for them Is hat body
10 be blamed because Aiaj. Barry has involved his |
Department in debt, by laylshing its income in ex
TIA allowances TO fdvorlte conltac ors 1t Is he |
climax of offcial mnertnence TO assume this |
rrounl But, pray, could not Maj. Barry continue
10 borrow from the pet Banks as he h d done be-
fore, if Congress refused TO aid him What OBJ
,srucon existed to this course, after The adjourn
men, Of Congress, which did not exist before is
,e,sou commenced Maj. Barry will not say that
he hcsl,acd to pursue that course because II had
been pronounced by an unanimous vote of the Sc
nate, TO be unconstitutional for after that solemn
sentence bad been pIonounccd,-a sentence which
should have been followed by his immediate eNpul-
sion from Office, he deliberately indicated his
right to borrow money on the faith Of the rcSonr
trs OF his department, (tdlhoush The constitution
says that no money shall be borrowed for tubIc
uses but by authority of Congress- lfhts dePar-
ncnt were an independent goeefnmen, exemPi
from the obligations & restrictions commoH'o all the
others No matter, then what the senate opm-
ion mi ht be, Maj. B airy had, after then adJodrn-
mcnl as much right to conStrue the cons rullon, o.
his own and Gen Jscksons responsibility, as he
had before and if he was so very arxlous 10 ae-
commoda,e the people of New Orleans, and was
unable 10 do so from the diminished resources {"
his depar ncnt, thrown away upon :aYofItes, for pO-
hica purposes, why did he not again resort To inc
Manhattan Bank for aid The truth is, l" MAJ
Barry had been competent to discharge 'hr ouHe9
ofhs stationlf,l like his predecessor ohn M'Lea'''
he had kept his Office free om the coriu'th@ III
Alcnces which have converted 1t INTO Il great po-
l,ina1 n have h,4cu
fol reducing mail accommodations at New Orleans
any where else. And il is the height OF arrogance
now TO impule censurc to majority OF the
Senate for consequences which have flowed direct
ly from the weakness corruption, or both coh'oi'
ned, of the Postmaster General himself.
,rDafrG eon" il seems, has avowcd sort o
halfway preference for Judge White OF lennes
ss. now Senator of that State IN Congress, as
next President Duff is opposed 10 Zen '"eh
sons measurcs-& yet he is in favor oil tue 1lec'on
Of man who goes as far as he that goes iHrloes'
in suppo,t of thcm-he Proclamation ana L o1se
Bill Included This might seem strange 10 one
who had not watched Diff s movements, una Wto
did no, see the " wheel within the wheel WI"
has dictated this singular avowal, al ms pi'''e'
n,ar moment. With an apparent dls'n''''St' "
rasl,na from self sh designs, the sincerity OF ''"
y nc of his conduct would seem to sustain, 'o" Is
oce of the most decidedly selfish men IN the "oH"'
IAvlshns thousands of dollars on visionary pro-
1ects lie is ye, one of the most mercenaty o'c'"ns
Of the day And this STROKE ofpol'cy-io' IS noun
ing ese-cleariy demonstrates II. II rubhc l''at-
er 10 the Senate is TO be elected this winter 'o' ''
mex, two years g. Duff upon whom the ON, was
conferred two years ago by the votes Y I"huehce
of Messrs Clay and Webster and their po''''c''
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