New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-25
Post. office Reform.

age. VIII not tLlose WIN Can dlteiiu i''
once to do so The object is one of which 1lle
! attainment will benefit every body and lnJufe
nobody. What is every body's business IS p'o-
verbally nobodys, yet we do hope that some nun
dreds ofintelligent, pubc-spirited citizens WIZ NC
present a: this meeting, and that the eSpiesSo''
of its convictions will be so Lucid anu 'oi 'i0'' d.
TO command attention.
The reduction and equation OF the Rates OF
POSTAGE is the first point yet we hope some ex-
nress;on will be added as to the policy and neces-
stv Of the restrictive, prohlbltory penal features
orour Post Office system,-ieatures which are
daily Transforming our best citizens INTO law
breakers and subjects for penal inf1ictlon. In our
| judgement well-managed Post Office needs no
such aid as these, and bad one does not deserve
| them.
Just consider the enormities of our present pro-
| hlbitions Our merchants are constantly making
up boxes and packages of goods, to be transport
dby vessels or cars to all parts of the Country ;
and each package usually contains a bill or man.
ifes of it's contents The liberty to send such
bills is essential Yet the Government interdlcts
it, and imposes fine on every man or company
| who carries such package! So Mr. Hoffman
contended and Judge Belts decided on the recent
trial of Adams &; Co. at the suit OF the United
States. Ought this restriction, which neoer can
be enforced, to remain among our statutes
Every man who visits one of ou1 great cities
is pressed by his acquaintance to take letters Tor
them,-and does it-thereby subecting himself
to penalties, and also the Railroads and Steam
boats on which he travels! Such penalties are
only made to be eyaded or de6ed no jury can
he found to enforce them-Why should they not
be abolished
The effect of all such inhibtions is to encou-
rage the acts they would repress. They awaken
sense of their injustice and absurdity, coupled
with knowledge of the perfect impunity OF eva
sion We have no doubt letters are transmitted
clandestnely which would be sent by Mail l!
there were no restriction.
1t may be expedient to forbid the establish
ment of a rival public transportation OF letters Tor
pay on any of the Post Routes Of the Union; but
to forbid mans carrying the letters OF his neigh
bors to oblige them, is absurd as to forbid the
winds to blow, and great deal more mis-
chievous The Government ought to carry let
ters cheaper than any one else can do it for pay,
and SO secure the great mass OF the business. 1t
can easily do this- cannot drive letters into It's
mail-baes 1t can carry letters any distance
under 200 miles for five cents a half ounce or
less, and make more money by the business than
it now does Abolish the Franking Privilege,
reduce the Rates of Postage on all prepaid letters
to onefourth the present rates, with half the
present rates on whatever is not paid In advance,
pare down all needless expenses, and the Depart
mcnt will sustain itself the second year without
the aid of penalties. Why shall not this be tried
~ The Opego Advertiser, announcing the
election of the entire Wing ticket in that To-
ga) County, asks
wha, does friend Greeley of the Tribune think now,
of the proprety of nominating Wing Candidates In coun.
ties where the l4oco.Focos run two tickets"
We think, neghbor, Just as we did before
We never doubted that you could run Wing
ticket in between the two opposing-that was
never doubtful nor dficult-but we fear now you
have gratfed two or three irst-rate Wing can
didates at the expense of so many hundred ma
jority next Fall, We think you might have
pursued such course as to have secured ma
jority in your County for Henry Clay and our
whole ticket next FALL when every vote will be
of consequence. Non we apprehend you won't
get it, However, we shall be glad to find that
the counsels which prevailed with you were as
disinterested as ours and far wiser than they
We say this because you insist on it, but would
have preferred to hold our peace.
o. The Philadelphia National Clay Club
held It's annual meeting Nov. 18th, for the cleo
ton of officers. Charles Gibbons was chosen
President, Joseph B. Myers, James W. Bacon
John Rice, VIM NJ. Lambert Edward 6. Nal
lery Executive Committee. Finance Commit.
tee, Jacob Stratton.
From the report of the Executive Committee
we learn that the Reading Room is open every
morning from 8 O'Clock A. M. to P Nj. and
thronged with visiters whose numbers are con.
stantly increasing.
All parties have free access TO the papers ana
documents it contains, and the report states thai
many honest men who came there to read have
gone away to think and finally came to the con
clusion that American interests and Loco toco
ism were two entirely different things That's the
doctrine-scatter light on the people, and their
good sense will soon teach them where their true
interests lie.