The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-01-01

after heavy amount to be applied in ex.
tending the mail facilities OF the country.
Reseryng considerable sum for the Im-
proyement of existing mail routes, II is stat.
ed that the department will be able 10 sus.
tain with perfect convenience an annual
charge Of 100000 for the support Of new
routes, TO commence as soon as they can
be established and put in operation.
The measures adopted by the Postmas-
ter General TO bring the means OF the de.
partment into action, and 10 effect speedy
extinguShment OF lis debt, as well as TO pro.
duce an efficient administration Of its affairs,
will be found detailed at length IN his able
and luminous report. Aided by reorganl.
cation on the principles suggested, and such
salutary provisions in the laws regulating
i lis administrative duties as the wisdom OF
Congress may devise or approve, that I'm.
i portant department will soon attain de.
gree OF usefulness proporloned TO the IN.
crease of our population and the extension
OF our settlements.
Particular attention is solicited TO that
portion OF the report of the Postmaster Cen
eral which relates TO the carriage Of the
Mails OF the United States upon railroads
constructed by private corporations under
the authority of the several States. The
reliance which the General Government
can place on these roads as a means OF car
rylng on It's operations, aud the principles
on which the use OF them IS 10 be obtained,
cannot be too soon considered and settled
Already does the spirit OF monopoly begin
10 exhibit us natural propenslties, 10 attempts
to exact from the public, for services which
il suppoSes cannot be obtained on other
terms, the most extravaganza compensation.
II these claims be persisted ~, the question
NAV arse whether combination OF clt.
zens, acting under charters OF incorporation
from the States, can, by direct refusal,
cude the nlted, States from the use OF
the established channels OF communication
between the different sections OF he coun-
try and whether the ulled States canno,
NtiltNuh NjdiFsANhsliE aH~li NNitNAitSNaeAie'
powers, secure TO the p. o. Department the
use of those roads, by an act OF Congress
/. which shall provide within itself some cquI.
table mode OF adjusting the amount OF CON.
pcnsaton. To obvlate, II possible, the ne.
ccsslty OF considering this question, II IS
suggested whether II be not eXpedlenl TO iiN
hS law the amounts which shall be offered
to railroad companies for the con>e, hHre
Of the mails, graduated according 10 their
average weight, 10 be asocrtalned and de.
clarod by the Postmaster General. Ii Is
probable that liberal proposition Of that
sort would be accepted.
la connection with these provisions IN
relation to the Post Office Department,
. mus, also invite Your attention 10 the pam.
. luI excitement produced IN the South, by
/ attempts TO circulate through the mails IN.
, tlamnatory appeals addressed 10 the passions
, OF the slaves, IN prints, aud M various sorts
OF publications, calculated TO stimulate them
to tusufreciiou, and to produce all the hor.
rors Of ser,le war. There Is, doubtless,
no respectable portion Of our country men
who eau be so far pislcd as TO ccl any other
sentiment than that Of indignant regret at
conduct So destructive Of the harmony aud
peace OF the country, and so rcpugnant To
, the principles Of our national compact, and
/ to the dictates of humanity and religion.
, Our happiness aud prosperity essentially
depend upon peace within our bordcrs--and
peace depends upon the maintenance, N
good faith, OF those compromises Of the con.
stItutIon upon which the Union Is founded.
Ii is fortunate for the country that the good
sense, the generous feeling, and the deep.
rooted attachment Of the people Of the non.
slaveholdng States to the Union, aud to
their fellow citizens Of the same blood 10
the South, have gwen 80 strong and impress
slye tone TO the sentiments entertained
! against the proceedings OF the misguided
persons who have engaged ~ these uucon-
sttulIonal and wicked attempts, and espe.
, clally against the cmIssarcs from foreign
parts who have dared 10 interfere IN this
matter, as TO authorize the hope that those
attempts will no longer be persisted IN. But
. if these expressions Of the public shall not
|. be sufficient to effect so desirable a result,
not doubt can I've entertained that the non.
slayehoIdIng States, so far from counenanc.
Ing the slightest interference with the con.
) sttuItoaal rights Of the South, will be prompt
f to exercise their authority in supprcssing,
so far as In them lies, whatever Is cacula.
ted to produce tins evil.
In leaving the care Of other branches OF
this interesting subject 20 the State authorl.
ties, TO whom they properly belong, it IS
: nevertheless pronpr for Copgrcss In take