The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-26

with the most minute details OF Post once management
am ready to answer the objections of my worthy friend
opposte-aye, the objections OF every man who has
any offer to the memorial now under discussion. But
do think such discussion would be useless. Our OBJ
ject is to procure cheap and uniform rate Of postage
This is what want, and we will have h-(Cheers)-
We do not 60 capinhand and ask il as boon. No we
demand as rghtcheers) We seek on principle
and are willing to pay for its adoption But we are not
wiling Under the present system to DO taxed as we are
Under the widow the atherless the orphan cannot tell
their sorrows their gries their to their absent
friends without enduring heavy pecuniary loss. The
child, unless he pays price for IT, We would think
hardshpn we had to pay six cents every time we spoke
speak them by letter at the short distance of Brook
yn. live have school there and we ant to ask
him how he is getting along, whether he wishes to
say 1t is an imposition which we will not submit to, and
know every man in this meeting will join with me in
saying that It must be abolished and modified rate esta
blished in its stead-(cheers)
Mr. HALE rose and said, he wished merely to mention
fact in confederation of what had been asserted in respect
to the ranking privilege, by some Of those who had
spoken. He had had conversation the other day with
member of Congress- who told him that he had
OCCASION when under the ankng privilege 1900 lbs of
documents had been sent al time to individual
This he (Mr. H.) was informed, than all the
malabe matter together which usually passes on the
route for fifteen DAYS on stretch This fact could
be proved
Mr. LEr.-Sir, wish to explain. go in fully and
rely for the reduction of postage think the entire mat
should be referred to the committee in order that they
may report a memorial which cannot be objected to by
any one, Let them prepare memorial such as men Of
responsibility and moral worth sign, and not such
memorial as the proposed. l. for one would not
sign that, and therefore wish may be referred to the
proposed committee.
Mr.. Horace GREELEY said--I hope there will be- no
opposition hereto the memorial is necessary for this
meeting to be unanimous in order to be effective. any
gentlemen have objections to this memorial would be
the better course for them to call another meeting and
have separate memorial
MRLEE-I have objection to every getting up his
own memorial but do not want that now offered to go
forth through the newspapers to the world that that the
memorial endorsed by this meeting. do hope the mo-
ton to refer will be carried.
THE CHArn.-wil the gentleman have the goodness to
repeat his motion so that may put it to the meeng'
Mr. LEE-NIy proposal is that the whoesubect of this
debate be referred to committee to be appointed the
meeting may decide that report may be made at ad
journed meeting and memorial framed which shall be
better adapted to the sentiments Of the body OF the people
THE CHAIR-Gentlemen is it your wish that the mo-
ton to refer be adopted
The Meeting almost unanimous)-No
THE CHAIR-The motion to refer is lost
HORACE GREELEy-I now move that the memorial be
adopted.
The CHAIR put the notion and declared it carried.
the committee already appointed be increased to 81 and
that the Chair name the additional members This
carried and several members called out to adjourn
ARTHUR TAPPAN, Esq.-Mr. Chair, really hope that
something Will be done about them cenfs-Cries Of
Adjourn, adourn0 Sir, it is gross imposition, and
sir hope sir, them cents(Cres of" Question ques
Adjourn, adjourn.D Mr.. Chairman, if can be
heard from one moment, move for the total abolition
mo Reputation ~ mean sir Adourn)-to move sir
Adoum)-that the two cents Adjourn questiOn)--at
the Lower Post The motion to adjourn is in order)
After much trouble the speaker made the Chairman
derstand that he did not in for the abolition question
in full but only for the abolition of them fwo cents at the
Lower Post Office.
The CHAIR-Gentemen isit your pleasure that them
tpo cents at the Lower Police Office be abolishedl
SEVERAL VoIcEs-Yes, ,yes-who cares for them two
cents
The CHArR-The motion is carried, and them two cents
are abolished accordingly.
The meeting then adjourned, Mr.. Tappan smil-
ing emphatically at the idea that he had, after
struggle worthy of the cause, succeeded in abolish
ing them tUo cents
The CHAIRMAN then named the following gentlemen as
Committee, to carry out the objects of the meetng-
Curtis Bolton, F. Hart
Mark Spencer, Joseph Ketchum,
w. w. Todd, P. M Wctmore,
VIM. b. Townsend Jonathan Goodhue,
James Brown, Park Ben amin.
John J. Boyd, j. De Peyster Ogden,
c. P. White Horace Greeley
VIM G. Bryant David Hale
James Auchncloss, Geo. Douglass,
John o. Sargent, Moses Taylor
NJ H. Grinnell,