Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-08-23

regulations, Is destined to 0VerWhicm thlS
city. 1t is gathering in every lane, alley
and low bar room---itis rapidly gathering
to head and soon will burst, when New
York will experience the most s,npendous
mob ever known in this or any other coun-
try. This spirit must and will have
vent. L.
The Express MaI.-We are not little
surprised to find several of our contempo.
raries obiecting to the Post Master Gene
RAILS establishing an express mail between
this city and New Orleans, which shall per-
form the whole distance in SIP instead Of
thirteen days, carrying letters only. at three
times the customary postage. But ii VIC
IRE surprised at objections to such meas
ure in a commercial community like this,
we are still more surprised at the grounds
upon which those objections are based.
One editor tells US that he will not be
able to meet the increased expense OF pay
ing three times the ordinary letter postage
OH newspaper slips, and another that letters
will anticipate and render useless for COM
mercial purposes, his newspaper, and con-
sequenty, he will lose his circulation IN
New Orleans! These are rare objections
indeed, and our especial wonder is, that cdi-
tors should be found foolish enough to give
publicity to them. What has the Govern
,nent or the commercial community OF the
United States to do with the fate ofthls or that
or any newspaper, that great national meas
ure should be discussed upon such grounds :
Newspapers are entitled to public countc-
nance and support jus, so long and no longer
as they commune to be useful ii iln.
parting early information and sound prlncl-
pies and if any other mode can bc adopted
by which early Commercial information can
be SO generally distributed, the Press has
no more right 10 complain than Type-foun-
ders and Compositors have because Book
manufacturers chose to cheaper their labor
by the employment Of Stereotype plates:
Lett suppose that even printingils"ltshould
be superseded by the discovery of some
new process-would it bc good ground Of
objection TO such process that its general
adoption would injure those engaged in the
printing business
That the Express Mail will render the
Courier 8. Enquirer, Journal Of Commerce.,
and other papers useless TO those merchants
in New Orleans, who take them solely on
account of their early commercial intclE-
gence, there can be no doubt; but We can
not discern in this any good reason why we
should oppose the measure, much less any
which should for moment be taken into
consideration by the Post Master General.
If he can accomplish the truly desirable OBJ
iec, ofexpediting the mail between the great
commercial marts Of the country, as is
proposed, We care not if he impose six times
the customary letter postage; and if that
will not cover the expense, we would unite
in urging upon Congress to make al annu-
al special Appropriation, for the purpose,
even it should be the certain cause Of losing
every subscriber we have in the Southern
States. The benefits Of such a measure
would be incalculable TO the commerce of
the country, and in the mere item Of En-
changes alone, would save millions annually
and in fact, operate as an increase ofnearly
one.half in our commercial capital employ.
ed in this way. In 1885 the Bank of the
United States alone, did two hundred and
forv.millions of domestic exchanges, and at
this time the whole domestic eXchangeso softhe
country in one year, probably amount to
four hundred millions of dollars. The
greater portion of this is on the route Of the
proposed new mail arrangement, and it is
only necessary TO remind the reader than
it will require less than haJf the actual cap
ital to accomplish this under the proposed
Express Mail system than at present to de-
monstrate to him its incalculablc value.
That this will be the result evident, as the
dullest capacity can comprehend that any
person can do double the amount of busi-
ness in Exchanges. when he can turn his
capital every tpelre instead of every twen-
ty.six or thirty days. Why the bare an
nunciation Of the establishment of this En-
press Mail, would do more to render money
abundant than the combined efforts of all
our Banks; and for the very good reason
tha. onehalf of the immense capital employ
cd at this time in domestic exchanges,
would Immediately become Idle and seek
other avenues Of investment. That "tinle
is money" is trite adage; and in nothing
is this more clearly Illustrated than in the
whole system ofExchanges, whether For
eign or Domestic.
Rut indenendepf of the effect ofth;s er.