Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-20
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inld-ffst, thai | did not fnfnish The Opportunity IN
the officers al Government 10 stop my paners aud
secondly. that adopted the safest metps Of ctrcn.
l'tipg ,niotmatian among The People calculated 10
strip them al tho power they So slaneiuls abuse.
Now let mc tell Mr.. Richie that should meet
with no difficulty IN imnkine u bed lick, aud send
ing II by mail To any part of the United States, pro.
vilcd would ill II with that difty and mendactnus
lttlc sheet called the "Gflsis. published BIZ hun.
No" hear lsit not remarkable Tint Nj. Rttthie
should have the unbluslina effonfet, TO cllata e me
with fraud on The Post once Department, tehcn
| venture 10 say. ! have been as sotop.luns in the
use OF NV privilege ~ any other member nj Gov
eress, M uatter who he is.) because | have d.
elined tho privilege OF sending my papers through
The public channels, which am authorized by law
10 use, whilst he, enlule,i 10 10 sneh privilege, Ia
daily practising the rrnssed and most unpatdonnhlr
frauds. by sendine his newspapers and other doe
nnleuts In membefs ut Congress, 10 be irauhej by
them throughout The United Siattsi
What MO the iioIs 7 No member Of Congress Is
allowed by Law 10 irauk any paper. save public do
%cunenls, weighing more lhan two anntes and the
POSTMASTER General has recently addressed 1 etrcu-
Lar to members ut Congress-, complaining III II rs n
baud. that they get The Clerk of The House Ia lrauk
lof theai IA some instances, when the package con.
lains more lhoo two ounces Ant yet there are III
R1S m0ua6at, fifty pounds wei lat al tho " ttisi~,
aud proceedings and address oi The Demoeralie Con.
,eniiou, lsipg oo the counte, OF tie Post once Of
the House of Representatives, IN bundles, weigh.
my (aot two ouuces) but Two pnhuls. and two
pounds aud u halt each. directed 10 various menl-
befs OF Congress 81 the Administration party, all
received through the mall, ol this morning aud b,
Yesterdays mail, there were ten bu udIcs of the
= Ctsi,' directed 10 a single mon. her oi he llousr.
lMt. l~lopklus) each weighing tno pounds and u
half, aud no postage changed. J speak with Gee.
lainry II lhelr "elght, because had Them weighed
m,selfin the office. These were all SEM by Nj.
R,lchie, OF from lns uilier, aud Of euu,se by hs III.
iection.
IT n, pears, then, HAT the seventy. FIVE pounds Of
printed matter from Nh. Rilrhi,'- dice. containing
II e " Crisis" aud the proceedings ot the bemoefatie
Convection. IN Packages or bundles weighing two
pounds aud upwards each, have been received
through the mad Il The Post Office al the ilonsn of
Representatives, N fpo days, and no poslage charg
ed!
| understand from the Postmaster, that The reeu.
lar rate Of postage establish ed bs Law, wnnld re-
quire postage at The rate ot fly cents an ounce on
all aver two ounces IN each package.
S,venls five pounds would contain WE'VE hun
died ounces, there bciug duty packages anly two
ounces N each or SIXTY IN alt, were crItled 10 go
ifec. Slx1y deducted from the etoss amount oi
1900. leaves l1iO ounces 10 be paid Tor, al 30 cents
an ounce. which, inounts 10 500. HAT The phst OF.
fee Department WIS emitted Ia receive from s0ms
quarter, aud of which IT has been detraudtd and
,ubhcd by s~omcbodg.
Now, le Mr.. Rtchie tnfn his %viei'ant eye 10 this
outta &c, aud set his wus 10 work 10 ictttt ont the
eGtRicr. and hold hlm up 10 pnslic view, hni 10 the
seor. ard indipnatIon that he netfs. through the
columns ii the enquirer aud The q tnsis, - and 4
he cant tod INN out, ! hope the Postfnaslet Gene
iai VIII. hhd lhai lie VIII MAKE nut MS account
against MI hllelle, hhd sthd II on 10 kichhiond,
anu u ne aoh I pay A. 'hfe a SUI imh'tdiaieIy ~
.u,utoj upon II, and have me summoned as u wit
ness. ,ogei&er rith the Postmaster Of the House.
Nj. |IIolklns, Nj. Craig, Mr.. Johnson, Mr.. Lucas.
Nh. Roane, aud fly otler ncmb - OF Congress,
whose names | viii furnish, If necessary.
Mr. Rttrhir cannot excuse himself ny saying lie
bad nothing to do with the postage. II was MOI thf
mode OF tie means Ivy which the" tflsis' should
have been circulated among The ftnple. J his was
not the purpose ior which the Post office Depart
menl was established, aud he surely did OF expect
TINT the members oil tohesess 10 whom they were
Sent, were to pay tins 500 Tor bin.
Let II be understood that have gwen the amount
Of postage due Tor two days only, because that "uly
has come updcr my o1h rye, How long II has becn
praClised, ] kno" n"t-nhr do ] Lnow lo" long II
rs to continue. understand, however, that II has
been pfaetsed ever since Tie " Crisis' was esttab-
llshrd.
II was but a few days since that my colleague,
Nh. WISE, received ihtnupl the mad a snall pack
age weighing five ounces. and he WIS charged Que
dollar aud fluy cents postage. Now, Il these Facts
don't satisfy cVny man, woman inh ohtd IN ihe
country oil The mode N which Illls Government Is
administered, then / confess am al a loss 10 con-
Iectute Whit Will.
II any charge Is 10 be brought against tie mem
bers OF Congiess, il must come ftom NJ. Rtchie,
not from ne 4: my business Is with him, as has was
Mih me. LcI hlm show that lie WAS authorized b,
Them TO I'D Them papers in ,lIs manner. AID he
may slip his own neck out Of the lIaher-but he
cant do Ihat without slipping theirs IN.
The systematic corruption and espionage oil the
Pos ONCE Department of this county, has reached