The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-09
icient to prevent the too frequent

vioas,on NJ i,s nrcv;s;"r. ~ " P'"' INC 700 frequent
IfCongress al ali deem n IN l;,,;t -
resrsis this right an imposon Of the a OF ar
upon him who uses the frank of another as is imnosed
upon the person who abuses his privilege would tend
The wheIe number of free letters sent through the nos
nuay 40 far as the returns of postmasers exbi
bit is sbout three millions
Assuming fifteen coats "a the averag. rate zach lot
Ter II CHARGED with POSTAGE four hundred ana ifty thon
sand dollars wou be The amount received Thus |, will
me- seen that scarcely one ninth of ali the matter which
passes through the m all passes free of postage The less
10 the Denartment does not atom here Two cents are
maid N ON each of those leer constitrtnr
an ANIMAL CHARGE upon tie revenue Of $50 oOo An evil
of th. magnitude trust will not fail to arrest the atten.
ton of who alone can appy the propsr correc.
tive II ia wrong 10 burden the business and friendly
o,he Community with this heavy chae
The public voice has called for reduction of the rates
of nosas s unon letters ana whilst have felt its force
and am Constrained 10 srknowedee its Justice have
bee deferred from making any specific recon
mendstion mon th sn;ct Iest hS sndden REDUCTION
the only source Of might fail TO meet the demands
Of the service With proper regulation Of the ranking
the laws of the Denartment have mo doubt \ censders-
BILE reduction in nigh, be safely made and the be.
nets and ADVANTAGES or ,ha extended IN MANY
portions of the conntrv which non in great rg9.
sure destitute of proner mail More es.
nen arrangement with The ar;ss ,,orld re
eve the Department from the immense and conslantiy
increasing amount annually maid those les lar
Transporting the public mail ~
Iventured to recommend in INV former reuort "a vou
9at JOsgress should taen egsiate upon this suhsct
ractness of the opinions then expressed On he contra.
ry subsequent In pten Oh the vi.ws
then obtruded upon your consideration
Wbou The richt In the Denartmeus N co,,ro, On. ar.
rival and departure of the mails rerular.v and
cannot he eynect.i This is ry5t which iha ra;Pten.d
in their neriodica contracts will not y;sd
willtnuy. and when thew do Weld ~ make h ero,yd 10
increase their demands pon the Department Tor trans
nortng the mail For the servce Il railroad
tion there neve- can he comneon WHY then enbjeet
the penamsut 10 the usstss cercmonv Of advs:ns
@ b Ii 10 the mani w
nu;rno n n taxi the lou est hid when there will bo Int
one bid for the same route3 Each letter hrs therefore
nanes 10 increase the prices preyiouslv maid
II is in vain TO ssuise the fact that the United s,at.s
are COMPELLED 10 employ these roads as carriers Of The
mail Jussice and pocv alike reonire ofhe (overnmsnt
70 send the mail NV The most exnedtops means Of convey
ance and II cannot ennov NJ lis own creation eonal
n the railroads IA f;oyernment cannot nv ieU3sia
ton control those COMPANIES which have their
existeoce NV state en- ailments The limited states must
beTsaye nyrchas. the rnbt and th e.,;o nrsser,d +;
whether il is best to purchase This riubt every four
or for the period of the charter Of the road ''''
mora nues,ion of ability AZ th;s tr,a IN tho mort
of the than pol;cy in M humble ou;pop
The nlan which nronesed was that Congress should
authorize the Department to purchase this right enter
into the snulatans OF contract with ,b comsans and
those contracts as from 10 time 10 Con-
grss IN he binding only yhan ratified nv Con0ress No
Thing dangerous can arise from this trsat;ng with m.
comnanies No enlargement Of executive mover Il ashsd
On the contrary il is proposed to subject power
airec.y 70 sne so n mauence .. As.ne
law now stanoshe mas the power 70 contract
Mn .nes - S ~ SS ysa, WIN hs NM,
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no danger can arise 70 pup,c merry OF Ieg,satvo au
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SIo,saI ~ ef rnnnrass ' ' " ~ " 49,
TN Great question rvoxsd 4. b.,h.r conrr...
ny sSas dus" ... gu y, ~ az. , SS.ess'
snouia maxi .nese eonso, sna pay he
nanar me h an lev ,h onn, h nntr;n th AZ,
~. - ~ ..aro 49,; i...ar. ~ ~ III s;aa -. 80. ~
d.ts co Ior. or,;an thersnS 70 The ~av.n, Sr all
&c dsn oven tbs bona - IN. rnor.
,s assO ama o;i e ss;i;t; Th . oS ,rn " ~ a.
to Sr tn iast stands A. sSas sss Tbs whole length
Of mail road in the United states is mes costing
e i,ooJ ,rsn.nor,o;on Of cost NJ Sas5 ssa mi, ono
frx e;~h,h nart If the whole nrmS.r oS res co.tin1
a. !ssvsnth por, n Tho grass su., e
o'T ranea, M ncurv maJe on farmer oc.o.or Ia
inst tha The whole byrden of the public corrssnondence
low hi ne h p . n th ha d f;s
I corrcsnondsnce ~ Tho commnn;,v3 r. ,ha T,nr.rr
., S ,t I n m o ..r me t S
oc transportnr his letters no has no rght IN
,nt ,ian ar sad;,;,na s,,, ,an,ad -, j.frs
&c o sum 70
Coverpment and ,s ofcers that sum In the tsr for
every ether nmhj;c seryce shnr,d ho drawn from The
com1aon resources p IF Inc corntrv N W A w
;a nronosed tho, in I;ou oC ~ animal ro;r frcv Tho
rsas,r 20 o ne rostore r~or ths nrh,;c
dence he Ip;tsd states e and nav sor the .r
his robt be- now ssc,,red unon fair and terms.
Is ousson worhvto be tested bv fsr expsrinent IAN
roads upos reasonable term, and Win smuis
guarantees.
It IS no part of the business of this Department To sneak If
the effects which such contracts with he railroad compa
would produce upon public credit both at home and
abroad The effects whatever that nay be for coed are
but incidental great object to be Cd in refer
ence TO the mail service of the United States
Entertaining these opinions upon this subject pray
you allow me most respectfully to press them upon
our consideration.
Public opinion seemed strong in favor of reduction
Of post age upon letters that it could be regarded in no
other light than demand upon having the power
this subject have felt its influence but bav been
unwilling to act unadvsedy in any recommen dation
might make upon the subject. Il will be remembered
that gland reduced her rates of postage The
effect upon the revenue upon the amount Of mat
ter anxious TO know For this and other objects
connected with the operations OF this Department avail
ed myself OF the services Of General Green in November
last who was about to visit England and France upon pr
vate and instructed him to make certain invest
gaiohs ana INQUIRIES. Inc resu. OF ms lnvesfisauons
MA! pe zen " areisence 10 NE report 10 me- acopy OF
"n rIi a s;; Hsses ms .,
us dissmnrily IN .he government oil ,hetwo coun'
TRES as wen as tne oeTenee IN the extent oil territory
e 70 oo 1 wnssner .he same system OF ms ser