Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-05-09
Ii. S. KNAPP,
assistant Marshal .Jor Lucas co.
CoRRUPTIoNS OF THE POST-OF.
FICF

FlCE. ...
The attempt made Ly Amos Kendall, in
his correspondence with the clerk of the
House of Representatives, to flsten by i'm
plcaion on the Wing members of Con-
grcss charge of abusing the .f.ankiag
privilcge, is like ly to prove sore job for the
| Administration. 1t was notorious to eve
ry one at all conversant with the manage
ment Of the Post-officc department, and the
practices of the Government officials, that
the charge was without foundation to any
extent, SO far as the opposition was con-
ccrned To say nothing of their restraining
sense of honour, it was impossible to carry
on such practices under the eyes ofthe Post
office agents, withoutcert detection and
exposure: That such exposure has not
been nude, is sufficient evidence to clear
them of the charge-tor no one can doubt
the partisan zeal of Amos, and his Dcpu-
ties scattered through the country, whatev-
er may be said 10 disparagc their oficial
capacity or honesty.--N0t SO with the
Heads of Department, Clerks, and Mem
bers OF Congress, of the Administration side
of the House. Possessing the disposition,
there was nothing to restrain the abuse of
the franking pririlege--and il is knotrn thai
il has been abused to a most alarming en-
tent, not only by Members of Congress,
but by Post-Masters, and other public
agents. This Amos must have known
the public knew it, felt it, and saw it--then
how could he plead ignorance!
The exposition contained in the follow
ing extracts from le tier of the Hon. John
NJ. Bolts, Representative in Congress
from Virginia, lays bare scene of iniqui-
ty which must startle every honorable
minded man. This letter was called out
by an attack on Mr.. Bolts, through tn COL
umns of the Richmond Enquirer, whose ed
itor sought to corroborate the wholesale
charge the Postmaster General, by cal
ling in question particular act ofthat gen.
tleman. After defending himself, Mr.. B.
carries the +" war into AfIca," in manner
that must awaken well grounded suspicion
in every quarter against the agents of the
Post Office Department. That our Politi-
cal letters and papers do not reach their
destination, is the subject ofcompant from
all parts OF the country: Why has long
been suspected-can we longer doubt read
and reflect.--Columbus Jour.
"On The second day of February last,
sent to the P. o. in this city several hun
dred copies of my first speech on the New
Jersey contested election, directed to the
Richmond Post Office on the 18th of the
same month, went to Richmond myself
and had many applications from personal
friends, for copy of the speech had sent
nearly fortnight before. Il repaired to
the Post Office of that city, to ascertain
whether those documents had been receiv-
ed IN Richmond, and why they had not been
distributed. Nobody could giveme any in
formation on the subject; but on looking
about the office, observed mail bag un-
der the counter, filed with something, and
the mouth of the bag united; Iasked what
it contained; one of the clerks said he
didn't know; looked in it, and found nv
frank on every paper in view; | then asked
how long that bag had been in the Office,
but no one could tell; on ing its con
tents it was found to contain nothing else
but my documents, by which itwould ap-
pear that they bad been separated from ev-
cry thing else:. whether in Richmond or
Washington, know not.
Does my man in his sober senses be.
heve that if those papers had been franked
by political friend Of the. ADMINISTRATION,
they would have been unceremoniously laid
under the counterl II he does, he is lament
ably ignorant Of the present state Of things.