Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-12-27
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Cheap Postage.

We are glad to see, amid the man, !.
fractions caused by wars and rumor of VS.
that the public and the press are M, van
gether disposedto give the subject of ,b a''@
postage the 60 by. In Cincinnati - zap
learn by late papers, public mee,inos ~ We
been held, to consider the queston 'se
which many of the most respectable a.
zens of all parties, including even the ~ W.
gy, have taken most active and DEL
part. Atone ofthese, the Mayor of the -
presided, and addresses were made bv y
NJ. Cory, Timothy Walker, S. P. CL, :"
tie Rev. DIR. Beecher, and other d;s,
guished gentlemen.
The resolutions reported were de6n;,
and explicit, Recommending. the total ,h'
liton of the ranking privilege, and ,bss |
doption of the two cent rate, and exD,.s
sing the conviction of the meeting, H.,
with an economical administrator Of *
department under the reformed system !.
revenues would be adequate 10 its exnen
Gitures and that in the mean time, a..
deficit ought, III justice, to be charged M
on the general revenue.
In the city of Boston, also, the Journal,
are taking ground in favor of the two CEN
rate, as abundantly sufficient to meet Al
the conditions Of the case. One of these
in a humorous article, thus amusngIv i,
illustrates the argument in favor of cheao
system:
We say there is no reason in any postanD
higher than two cents for letter not exceed
ing half an ounce, for any distance in the l.,
nlted States.
Cannot a man afford to carry 100 lbs., from
Passamaquoddy to New Orleans, OF even fl
| Texas, for S564. Why, he can get himself
| fat or Iean-carried- for that, and fed in te
bargain. Now, $500 letters, at half an ounce
each, would make Just 100 lbs. net, and At
two cents each, the postage is $64. Hepe
there is no objection to two cents postage On
account Of the weight Of the mails. The On.
~ question is, would the mails be full enough
1t stands to our reason that they would-tht
Uncle Sam would very soon make a bette
business Of 1t than be now does. Take GU,
self for instance. We have three brother
and four sisters in Ohio, and one sister IN
Wisconsin, or somewhere, hey nd, and how
many nephews and nieces we don'1 know. he.
cause the postage is so high we get no Letters
at all by mail, and next to none any wav,-
Il Well, as we have said, although they have
had schooling enough, they don't write at al,
on account Of the high postage. For our
part, we bear the twinges of conscience GREAT
while before we fork over the quarter 10 et
them know ourselfis aliye-once in six month,
or a year or two-not oltener, on an average
than child is born.
Now, at two cents, we should write TO
every one Of these dear, half-forgolten broth.
ers and sisters, once every month or two
twenty-forty times what we do now-and
what would be clear gain to Uncle Sam, The,
would write to us-their children to our chill
Idren-just as the not half so well schooled
children in England are now doing.
go We powers of brotherly and sstery love-
when we think how Uncle Sans ponnd.foo.
ish policy has severed the ligaments between
US and our own fathers children, we are rea
dy 10 lhresh him with bootjack, as dogged
that we ourself are a fractional part of this W.
WILDLY old gentleman, then we are ready To
pull some of our hair ont, because we did moi
agitate this subject when we were gosliRg
Of a boy at co]lege-seven hundred miles from
home, spending four Or five dollars year 70
starvation correspondence We shall u
to make up for lost time.'
It will be remembered that Mr.. Wick
life in his annual report. after expressD
a doubt whether if the rates of posag
were reduced, the expenses Of the depar
ment could be met, comedies that with Gel
tain retrenchments of useless appropry
tons the post Office might be made to SUI
port itself upon its own revenues. BIZ
!, surprising that the department should b
come a charge upon the treasury, il c0pI
! only be SO at the outset of the eXperimen
so that the Inconvenience would be meret
for the time.
) In a communication which we publisl
} ed yesterday, an opinion was expressed
= founded upon letter from Washingto'
5 that no action iii relation TO the post ofic
: laws would take place during the preseI
session of Congress. We are not certai
of this, if the people would exert then
selves in getting up the right kind Of pet
tons. At any rate, let them be moved J
regard to SO desirable a reform, ii not
start the present Congress, to let the Pre-
ident and Congress elect, know what d'
q nands will be made upon them as soon
they have warmed their chairs.
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