Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-20

Once department TO prevent packages
OF newspapers being CARR j GA maj
routes. We have suffered materially
wiIhin the few past -days by this new
order vi things, and hope some action
viii DC taken MiIh view tn finding cut
whether the Post Once department. pos.
scsSes the right 10 Interfere with news
paper packages. We shOalI think that
The postmaster General could. with as
much reason, stop an OLD laIy's band
oox, the interior of which might be
lined with newspapers.
III, however, the department posses
ses the right 10 lay all embargo upon L
highway, aud to stop any newspaper
packages which do not 20 in the mail
> bag, we wish to have the restriction
uniiorn-b but that it has such right
we do not aud can not for moment be-
lieye. -ProU,dence Chronicle.
What say you, brother editors, one
o. ALL are we patiently to submit To- this
infringement of our rigbtsl Or shall
we arise IN our strength and demand re.
dressi We say the latter. 1.-THE Post
master General will not listen 20 our
Inconsistencies, let us make our appeal
10 the people. Their interests are Iden
ucal with ours. They wish 10 receive,
aud we wish 10 send them, the earhe 81
Intelligence IN the cheapest way. If
the press will bat speak out, ii can make
Itself heard. We have reason and ius j..
tIce on our side, aud law also. The
mail Establish ueHt was iuleRded as a
public convenience, Sui uoI as Lu6hc
nuisance. Ii was intended 10 facilitate
the transmission of Intelligence, an NOT
To embarrass AMI retarl It. The inte--
ests OF TIE Journal OF Commerce might
Oe relatively benefited Dy the restrictive
system; because il the sane ra e of
postage - charged upon small paper
US upon large one, the latter has, or
ought 10 have, the advantage Of the
conflict. Bat we desire 10 obtain no adj
vantage IN such u way. Ii we cannot
live, upon the principles Of free trade,
We will make way for those who eau.
IL used To be said that the Post Office
department realized no profit upon
newspapers; and Congress, we presume,
never intended that it shoIld. tax
upon knowledge, is not in accordance
with the principles Of government.
which depends upon tho diffusion Of
knowledge for its healthy action, IL not
Tor It's existence. So far as the mail
establishment facilitates the diffusion OF
knowledge, 30 far it is right that il
should be uSed. But when il retards
and enbarrasses the diffusion, then 10
compel men 10 use 1t is petty tyranny
Such, exactly, Is the case with newspa-
pers great many Of them, of neces-
sEy, go by the mails, because there is
no other method mnre convenient for
transmitting them. But in other cases,
newspapers can reach those who sub
scribe for them, an hour or two earlier
oIt of the mail than in it. As long back
as we can remember, it was customary
Tor papers IN the country To bo sent 10
subscribers in the vlcInity by messen
gers, instead Of the mai. /: is so sill
II ought 10 be, AMI We make bold to add
ever will bo. Why, according to the
doctrines Of the Postmaster General,
We may yet be ordered to send our pa.
Pers to Brooklyn by mail; because, for.
sooth, there Is "A post Office lhsre, AMI
the route between this place and that is
mail route. and the ferry bou which
carry over the mails are mail convey
ances. Now, be II known 10 the Post.
muster General that every paper in the
city, Of any considerable circulation, is
forwarded 10 Brooklyn by regular car
rlers, /. e. expresses, and there left at
the doors Of observation-disclosures Sam
not receiving one cent by way of in.
dumnilY for the outrage. Ought not
this enormous fraud upon the post Of.
tire revenue 10 be stopped? la short,
ought moi every body to be compelled to
use the mail whether they wish 70 do so
or not? Certainly the people of this
country will submit to no such thing.
We publish the circular Of the Post
master General TO the owners Of steam
boats AMI raj roads, forbiddlng them to
carry newspapers or alloW them 10 be
carried out OF the msils The POstmas.
ter General of course quotes all the law
which iavOrs his position ut all, and
we TANK shows conclusively, that there
Is no provision which suslans him
None Of his quotations refer to newspa
lers, except the permission which he
quotes, aud that applies to postr riders
employed by the department exclusive
ly 10 carry mail. Such mail carriers
may be authorized also 10 accommodate
the people on their routes, by distribu
hug newspapers and pamphlets along
the road
More than this. Congress possesses no
power under the constitution 10 control
The mode OF carrying newspapers and
letters. II has, the power ~ 'eslabLish
post Offices aul post rordsn but no now