The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-06-19


tllat other papers, maled subsequently, 10
thems had been received and distributed al
khai Office and that these papers lad been
delained improperly i0f ter DAYS omewh ere
and also know thai they should have been
distributed IS soon as received ana tbat
tils BEG bad been opened and laid aside nn-
der the counter, with no purpose 81 having
the documents distributed al ihat time.
~ a remarkable, then, dat should pre-
fer % send my documents as ieieht falher
Than trust them through 80 PostOficc
/ again Il was anxiphst tor their Immediate
and certain deliVery9
But more than ihis--I have daily appIi-
cations from friends ii different sections
| of the State Cor documents sent them
many weeks ago, which shows that there arc
other Offices where the same scheme isprac.
ticed.y
ssNOwhearl is il understandable that Nh.
Richie should have he unblushing eHfoatEy
to charge me with fraud on the Post-Ofice
Department, lwhen, venture 70 say: have
been as scTupulous ID the use ofrny privilege
as any other member Of Congress. no mat
ter who he is,) because have declined the
privilege Of sending my p1pers through the
lpublic channels, which am authorized BY
Law % use, whilst he, entitled to no such
lpirilege, IS daily practising the grossest and
most objectionable frauds, BIZ sending his
newspapers and other documents 10 mem
be.sof Congress, to be ranked BY them
thr0ngho the United States
aWhat are the factsa No member Of Con.
lnress IS allowed bY law to frank any paper,
save public documents, weighing more than
two ounces; and the Postmaster has re-
cently addressed circular 10 members Of
Congress. complaining Of ii asa fraud that
they GOT the Clerk for the House 10 frank
| for them IN some instances, when the pack
age contains more than two ounces: And
i yet there arc at this moment, fifty pounds
weight of the Crisis, and proceedings and
address of the Democratic Convention, ly-
lin6on the counter Of the Post-Ofiice Of the
i House 81 Representatives in bundles weigh
ing lnot Two ounces) but two pounds and
half each, directed to various members o.
Congress Of The Administration party, all
received through The mail Of this morning;
and BY yesterdays mail. there were ten
bushels Of the "CTisis directedsO asingle
member 81. the House, Mr.. Hopkins leach
weighing two pounds and half and nopOs-
Etage charged. speak with certainty Of
EtheiF weight, because had them weighed
myself, in the Office. These were all sent
Eby Mr.. Richie, Of from bis Office, and Of
course By his directions
stIt appears; then. that the seVenty-fve
pounds Of printed matter from Mr.. Riches
office containing the S.Crisis" and the pro-
lceedings Of the Democratic Convention, IN
packages OF bundle sweighing two pounds
land upwards each, have been received
Through TIE mail at the Posl-0fice Of the
House Sc Representatives in two days, and
uO postage charged.
tsT understand from the Post-A Master, that
1.-The regular rate Of postage established By
law. would require postage az the rate Of it-
i III cents an ounce On all over two ounces IN
each package.
tsSeYenty-iiTe pounds contain twelve hun-
dred ounces in eaca, Or sixty u AZ, we're
entitled 10 % free. Sixty deducted from the
] gross amount Of 1900, leaves 40 ounces @
i Sc paid for. at so cents an ounce, which
amounts 10 $40, that The Post-Oaice De-
partnent was entitled to receive from some
quarter. and Of which il has been detrauded
and robbed bysome5ody.
aNow. lei Mr.. Richie turn his vlgllant
eve is this outrage, and SET his wits A. work.
is ferret ont the offender, and hold h5n uP
4o he public view, and to tie scorn and In
i dicnation that he merits, through tie c0l-
urlns of the Enquirer and the Crisis and
4 if he can't end him Out, ! hope che POST
master General win, and that be wsll make
out his account against MI. Richie, and send
/ Il on % Richmond, and If he don't pay Il,
and have me- summoned as witness, to-
oether with the Post Master Of the House,
MI. Hopkins, Mr., Craig, Mr johnson, Mr.
Il Lucas. and fifty other members 81 Congress.
4 whose names / viii furnish, # necessary.
II et III BE understood that have given
b lie anonnt ofpostage due fol- so days only,
4 because that only has come under opn
Ve.-FIow long Il has been pTacliced,
know not nor do know how long Is 20
continue. / understand, however, That il
has been pFacticed ever since the aCEsis''
was established.
SIT was but few days since that my coli
leaeue, Mr.. Wise, received through the mail
q small package weighing iTe ounces, and
was charged one dollar md City cents post
lave. Now, IL these facts don satisfy every
nan. women, and child IA the country, or he
mode IN which his Government IS admits.
gesod, then confess am % loss b con
lecture what will
The systematic corruption and csDi0n.
ORE 81 lie Post. Office Department Of lhi.
country, has rRacheda Terrible and alarming
extent. and to1che himself cid not, durin1
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