Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-16

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day, the other Saturday morning 90 tha
those who desire any communication, fro,
Monday till Saturday. with New Orleah.
must look out far a WY boat by which /
transmit their letters, Now, d late orde
from the Department nj at Washington, com
mands all steamboat captains andsoficers, un
der a penalty of ten dollars for eachaand eve
~ defau!t,fio deposite all way lettefsi in tn
pest office, where they are to be charged a
per Hiail. This order has been sent tdal
postmaster in this region, who appear 10 fee
themselves bound 10 obey it, notwithstanding
its evident injustice under existing circun
stances. We had occasion to speak of The
same order last summer and we then cen
slred it's execution in such terms as we
thought proper and merited. Under regu.
larly administered mail, it IL reasonable to re.
q1jre that letters leaving a place the same
day the mail leaves, should 60 by that con.
yeyance ; hut when cities or towns, having
occasion for daily communication with each
o.her, are deprived for four or five consecutive
days OF all communication, except such as rs
offered by way boats, is ii reasonable, is it
just, for government. to interdict such commu.
n~:cation, or to demand for il the same paw as
if government itself were the carrier A
people who make any claims to a compre
hension of their own rights, ought to be pre-
pred to answer a question lille this. We
would have no objection to paying the Bril-
liant lie ! cents per letter for all we receive by
her from New Orleans. 1.-The laborer is
worthy Of his hire )" and he oughtto have it;
1t that man who forcibly appropriates to him
self, the fruits of others earnings, is a rascal,
a thief, and a brigand.
Truth is the same for individtE Is and 90
vernments the moral principles that apply to
one, apply to the other aud we cannot re-
gard the present exactions OF government in
any other light than as a species of Fl ee-boot-
lng-a levying of black-mail-on the people.
Let the posts be properly administered, and
We shall not complain; let government trans
port our letters and papers as it pretends to
and we pay willingly but 10 do our own car.
rying, and be thwssted in that.-annoyed and
mulc'ed for the privilege, is species Of free
dom we do not understand.
If government wcild abolish entirely It's
mail routes and post-ofices between this city
and New Orleans, the measure, we feel con-
fident, would give far more satisfaction than
the present confused, irregular and swindling
People would then know on what to
rely they would know that they must meet
together and provide for themselves and
they would know further, that $40 tax ws,h
be imposed on them for looking after their
personal interests. Every post-ofice except
three, between Baten Rouge and New Or
leans, is now cat of by the boats carrying the
mail and yet if we put a letter on board OF
any way boat to be left at any OF the neg
post-ofices on the route, the post-mas-
Ter is directed by the department at Wash
ngton, to charge as if carried by the U. S.
Between Baton Rouge and Plaque
nine, the inhabitants are obliged TO send to
,ne or the other place for all letters and pa
arrangement which often makes the
etter that should cost but ten cents, cost
more than ten timeA that amount. The pro-
mitigation of intelligence, written and print
ID, is obstructed, or arrested ; and the work.
agrnan, who. has not means or leisure to
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bandon his pursuits, and ride or walk some
light or ten miles to a post.otice, (perhaps
assiing one On his way), must remain as much
stranger to what IL transpiring in the coun-
y, as if he was an inhabitant Ct the Sand
Islands.
Such is the happy condition to which the
eople under our Wanted government have
rived government that pays thousands
nd hundreds Of thousands annually fur mis-
'ent hours Of members of Congress, while !.
filches, like a pick-pocket, the people of =
rights and their money.-We boast Of !
Yes we are free to elect our Off
'rs, and when elected they are free to treat
like dogs!
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