The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-01-15
Correspondence Of the New-York Eve. Post,

! WAsEINGToS CITY, Jan 3, 1910.
Since last Monday no mail ha, reached thi,
city from New York; and for all the informa-
ton We obtain from the great metropolis Of the
Union, we are indebted TO casual passengers
who now and then come in from the north in
the cars. do not know that this letter will
ever reach you. and therefore | shall be brief.
All Of this difficulty in relation TO the mails,
grows out of The power which is exercised by
those odlous monopoles The railroads.
| The last year the Postmaster General made
a contract with the Baltimore. Wilmington
ana Philadelphia railroad TO convey the mail
! fton Baltimore 10 Philadelphia. for the round
sum OF $4,000. The contract expired on the
| first Of January. Prior TO its expiration, the
! Postmaster endeayored ts renew it but th.
road demanded $780, This sum is larger
| than what the Postmaster, by the limitations OF
! Congress, is allowed TO give, and of course he
could not give il.
J In the mean time the Postmaster General
made contract 10 have it carried via York and
! Lancaster. a circutous route by the way.
which must ever be found impraeioablc as a
route for mail between the capitol and the
northern cities.
Thus you see thar, in consequence of pow
cr exercised by chartered company, all the
intercourse between Washington and Bati-
more and New York is cut off. and the govern
ment Of the country is set at defiance.
There is remedy TO this evil, aud il should
be resorted TO by Congress at once. BY the
constitution Of the United States, Congress
has power TO establish post Offices and post
roads. Let il exercise this power, and my
word for it. The Philadelphia, Washington and
Baltimore Railroad Company will soon come
to its senses. Let Congress bnt declare that
road TO be a post road, and there will be no diI-
fIculty about the mails.
An animated controversy took place to-day
in the Senate between Messrs. Calhoun and
Clay. In the midst Of it, Mr. Clay said what
every body seemed to know as well as himself
that his mortal and political race was almost
run. lie said, however, that he should 60 in
to retirement, when he pleased, and rs he pleas
ed.
was going on, avowed his determination to
support the administration. Thus far, he said
he approved of all its leading acts. He had
already introduced bill to cede the public
lands to the states in which they lie on certain
conditions.
As this controversy was an important one,
and as it will be misrepresented by the wing
letter writers, advise you to copy report of
il from the Globe.-Portons of IL are very ac-
rlmonous and personal.
Ia the House there was a disgraceful per-
sonal war of words between Messrs. Jenter,
Bynum and Stanley.
Mr.. Bynum of North Carolins, has long
been singled out for the abuse Of the wings
He is man of great ability; is gentlemauly
and courteous in debate, and never oifends the
modesty of Parliamentary demeanor, unless
provoked 10 it by the assaults of the whigs.-
OF Mr.. Stanley of North Carolina. viii only
say that, If he does not change his course of
conduct he will soon ouilive even the patience
OF his friends. Yonrs, &c.
JOHN SMITH, Jr. Of Arkansas.