The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-10-17
ne Genc,al Post Office.

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We ciipt the following from one of the leading
Loco Foco papers. The language is too pointed
and emphatic to DO misunderstood by any Of om
| readers:
From nothing, the General Post Office has
worked It's way TO an importance equal 10 all h5
other Departments IN the Goueri6nent and in
POWER and labor, il Is thought 10 ftceed them
all. With the exception of the Patent Bureau, it
is the only office under Government that supports
itself Truly, it is MIGHTY ENGISE. 1t is the
distributor Of light through upwards Of 10000
channels, by the means Of THIRTY FIVE
THOUSAND AGENTS"
Had we the time a, prcscn, TO enter fully into
the inquiry, it would be amusing to trace the his
tory of the Post Office Department Of the Unit
ed States from its commencement until the peri
ot when it fell INTO the hands of Amos Kendall
and TO note the coincident progression CT the
Commerce Of tho country, Such an enquiry
would doubtless lead TO the result that the Com.
merco Of the United States has been the foun.
tain whence the Post Office drew its support ;
that ia proportion 10 the expansion Of trade was
The prosperity of this department, now the most
productive Of al the divisions Of Governmental
arrangements. What view would be presented
where the Executive with the iaeried locteyS
Of this same department 10 the number Of $4,000,
IS found aTayed against those Interest," by which
Il had been 50 fos,cred and cherished. Who could
be induced 10 believe thar the Government has
been entrusted TO these whose mad Trdaks would
array this army, exceeding far in numbers, the
disposable military force Of the country, against
tho best interests the most sacred institutions Of
that country Yet the fact stares US openly IN
the face. Under The claim Of exercising the
rights Of suffrage, Jorge majority OF these train
JdHds are found at the polls Gu every election,
alarming the fears Of the timid, assailng the in.
tcrcsts of the ycnal, hatternr tie hopes Of The
aspiring, and gratifying TO malice 81 TIE Sin.
dic,ive, 70 inarencs them 70 support corruption
and Upheld Inaladminist,ation. At every corner,
in every groggery, in public and IN private those
Pipf' Of Fover and pauier- Of satlay are Oh
served forwarding the cause Of iuiqlity and sub
rrriiHg that Of Yiuie.
Should tho Independence Of Representative
become the topic Of remark, they instantly raise
the cry Of Parry" and openly denoance every
man who dares think fgr himself, or question tho
in'aitJiAfy Of their rulers Should the interests
cf Commerce Be- introduced they instantly as.
saul' the tpeaker ard qgotc biz principles as The
bane u tie nation, ii the Banks Be spoken Of
they repls with cllmor Of "rAhaAI> 4Nu s,Iu,
hrIsrEf Asp eoKRtrrIoN until the patriotic avoid
them as trsit0rsi the thinking as asses, i..lt Tie
aiup.d, Tie ignorant corrupt, cling to item, as
the dispensers Of the bounty Of government or
the oracies Of political wisdom SAoaId the com
munIty desire change, they are told by the 60
vernment, bcsider should thot succeed. they would
only be driving away the well fed t7usgaifocs, 10
make place for a more iaagry warm TIE dis
trrbaticn Of light through twelve thousand chan
nels is net the least striking feature Of the depart
men,- Distribution Of light llcus uol ID
ocnda :" The Light dispenser OF The Globe Is rc.
foruodas sell nigh, wo speak Of the light Of
an "ignis fataas +" which dazzles only to deceive,
and nislc-4 TIC traveller INTO the guarnsrs of
dcsifuc'oror that phosphoric hg1 emitted
from dccayiug bodies spreading from is wings,
death and dcsol4:t1r. The iac,ilies afforded By
the Post Office tn the propagation q principles
Pernicious 10 eigI! liberty Is 81 no aeahs the on.
ly abuse Of that department. The doctrines Of
Loco toeoism, IS ils means, have spread far and
wide Tic pr'esioss Of politics. immortality, /
knew and awaited srscf 7f hc' power, untl her
parasites, whilst thoy give publicity 10 her doc
trines, turned palo at the thought that they might
eud ltcir victims in The bosoms OF theiI own "a. /
miles. This neral sraurge, SO Wild and fearful .
In it, operations, was promoted by the Post Office.
The vile ou'pouriugs Of the Globe. so destitute I
Of moral and political honesty, are promulgated
By the same means, The light Of tie Pos, Office (
ends IN darkness rs power is Distraction
Wherever there runs post road every revou. I
ton Of the coach wheel, is ominous Of a mind !
lradgced, or Of citizen betrayed ana ensavcd. |