Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-16
Writing on TRANSIENT Newspapers Ne,v
Construction of the Lao.

Construction of the Lao.
a.. The Keene papers of last week contain
instructions from the Department to the
Post Master at that place:
THAT the addition of the name of the
person eoho sends the paper, or the initials,
or any mark or device, exhibiting the un-
doubted purpose of transmitting intellig-
ence, subjects the aper to letter postage.
Nineteen-twentiteths Of these transient
newspapers are sent through the mails
merely as messengers of respectful con-
siderations," much in the nature OF com
mon visiting cards, and it is the name of
the person sending them that stamps their
character, and in this respect gives them
all their value"
1t has never before been contended, we
believe, by the department, that the mere
writing of PERSONS ''name" on a paper,
even with the addition of ''his respects"
conveyed any Information which he
would like TO conrey By letter, and accord
ingly the practice has hitherto been sane
toned by every Post Master General.
The precise quamtwm of the intelligence
conveyed is that the paper came from the
person whose name it bears, and it may
well be doubted whether this be Of that
character which it is the obvious design
of the Jaw TO prevent being sent by mail
in any other way than by letter. 1t is a
marvelously strict construction of the law
at any rate. but as it is proclaimed to be the
law, and as the postmasters are not the
Judges of 1.-THE laws" but of 1.-THE fact" it
behoves people to be on their guard and to
govern themselves according !y.-N H..
paper.
The Post Master General is no more
the Judge of the law" than his deputies
are, and as one of the people we should be
willing to contest this point with the De-
partment; on this simple ground. The
law allows transient newspapers to be sent
through the mail, charging therefor one
to one and half cents postage. Now to
constitute /" sending" there must be a
person from whom the paper proceeds
and one to whom it goes: Unless the PER
son from whose hands the paper goes is
allowed TO communicate the fact by wit
ing his name on the paper, there is M
sending" in the case as between the :wt
, parties. There is no communication es
tablished between the individuals concern
!, ed, and TO the recipient the arrival of tn
e paper is nero chance hap-a WORTHLESS
. accident, for which he cannot account, am
: from which he derives no benefit.
, If the parties keep themselves so stric
| ly within the law, that nothing but tn
) name Of the sender appears on the pape
/ it is, with due submission to the p. N
u General, none of his concern, what ma
g be the object of the parties in adopting tn
! mode OF communication rather than an
It other. They have a right, as the la
d stands, to avail themselves of the mails,
e make this personal connection, one wit
q the other, for their own uses, paying there
d fore the charge requifed.-AdUertiser.
, SHocK1Nc!-FIvE interesting children {
|, Mr.. Ruckmaster of Williamsburg, Lon
Island, died a few days ago, in conse
,, quence ofeating crystalized arsenic, whic
~ had been left on one of the wharves by
4 vessel that recently discharged there I!
o Southern Feelimg.-The defeat of II
l. shareholders, in a tight of their own seel
IL ing for which they had carefully prepa
e ed, and in which they have sacrificed th
o good name of their most popular and effe
o tive speaker. to no purpose, morti6es the
is deepIy-The tone of the greater porto
q Of the Northern, and many of the be
< Southern papers convinces them that tt
l. reign of their despotism is over.-Ar
T. they foresee that their ground on the rig
b of petition is no longer tenabIe. The
It know, too, that every man will laugh
any futnre threats of disunion from then
A. as iasincere and childish. They have b
- traved themselves, and lost the price
n their treason! A few more similar d
y, feats would kill slavery, and they kno
Washington Correspondence NJ
m York Evangelist.
. DEFINITION OF DEMocRAcV.-Lett II
Il Emperor Nicholas hear it, and smiI
ID The Washington Globe says" Tn
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE denies the rig
of omy interference, by DISCUSSION {
;" otherwise, on the part of Congress, upc
10 matters pertaining to southern domest
~ Institutions"
,e ABoL1T1oNIsTs ON THE BLACK LIS?
r. Our readers have had notice of new p
N per just started at Cincinnati, called tt
Re Anti. Abolitionist The editor of this p'
ID per has been threatening, Cor week (
v two, to post the antl-slavery men of Gu
j. cinnati. He says:
&C. 1--WE intend to make up list Of ever
re Abolitionist in Cincinnati, the business
follows, and publish it for the benefit
he the South. We shall supply every steam
IS boat that runs in Southern waters. al
er every hotel 10 the southern States with
Y, copy, and then it will be best for these vi
d lains to keep themselves at home-it wi