The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-02-03

nubiic safety there whte here, every ~an eonsi'
himself able, as he rs WILING, 70 ceeone eo
,o.ct The eo,umon liberties and The established laws
Ne find f.pxland teemirg with M scti'e eonner
ciaI and manufacturing ipeople--with population
greater lhaa that Of the United Siates--c'o"oeo my
space scarcely larger than ono Of our larges, '''o
certainly less territory than s comprise ~ ~.
six New England $ ales. She has eommefs'ai COZ
,csnoodsuce with every part OF the world. petnat"
Iarres than the commercial correspondence ot az ~"
r..f ar E,rope combined. Whilst The great buA u
the popula,pn Of lhe United StAlsA ~ ssssS41a''
whose aston for the use OF the mails ocats po
sa r,soo with that Of even one 0t the smallest Euro
pesn States The Eoglish Post Office establishment
conveyed n 500 900 letters IN 1889, suoJec' W "o
heaviest postage = the world IN comparison "
which the SO much complained Of American Pos'sse
was but mite--aDd yet under our comparatively
" cheap postage" with population OF i',VVo,oo,
the official returns show that our mails transporter
but about "a 500 900 letters in the year loaJ ~ Is
not denied that a very great increase IN The nu"o'
of letters posted followed the reduction oil postage "
Englond but that increase arose IRON causes "".en
do not and cannot arise in this country before VIC
reduction Of postage in England the rates chafget
there. as | have before stated were enormous ana
burdensome in the extreme merchants ana manu-
facturcrs, therefore, were obliged to advertise 'ne'
stocks OF goods with the prices, quaily, NC III 'e
net spapers, and send these newspapers by man 70
their distant customers, upon which newspaPeis Nv
postage was charged After the reduction, They were
enab to avail themselves Of the cheaper mode o.
tran shifting the same kind Of intelligence by i'tho
graphcd eircuiar 'e''efs' wh'ch eos' 'ne Nil
nue. ana theT correspondents ou' o'. -! J'i.h
hons oil ict'crs were 'hcre.o,c ae"' ~ ~" ia ,h
never ~oua nave ocen pun "a '"o %, ,ha, ,he
oid fa.es con'inuea Does 'n' n'rn T nos,,ye re-
mains high five or ten cents IL Is very ce'''i"
'na' u "ey s"ou,u y. ~, ~ r rr ~ a.ct a
"ouia oc take' ou' VI 'nc Va' o'., -, 80 !,
similar rcsu'' 'ers, Nouiu oo noo -. Senator
" n. ~ ~ r,an. ~ five aud
r'c1rc.. na'oa ', W euuS p oa; IN re-
,:. , y " $50 ~ H. 80; ,o,v cba rgeable in
u us y " II',
"san vi 'uoo -. , a.o,,,;on of the ncnny
i"""y' ~ 100 T'I ~ farnss income Of
p"nbo Co. " 49, - -, an 1ot QO7 .
u'e oo. o",'o 70 a'.u " 80 81. h,,shnan, we're
WIN. -, ' .e, |" ,n. P'IS -I r.venue of
w. eo''oo'i', ,n., y,e r r IN. post
yo,Voo,i.' ~ 80, c. - 1870. hay. hean
Once OF 'he Oh.ou ota'cs - s'a'eu w Ia a.
~ .So'2.o' anu '"o "ro'e re 700 IT,, E,,ord
S4,3's,HS, showing dtoea % s.o, 100 ~ S ,ha
therefore, however ~ "'s"' sn1.' ."o ,n. 49,,
treasury "1 cAPe''uon. "'S " T, I'll.
witnou' any oaneer u o's.uoue .'e ~ ~" $500,
Department WINE si"iiar ateip' ~ ..s -,
must lneNHsoIy Gnu h q" e"''e w -, ~ ;.
fost Once es'aoshme".; w es So nuo1
prepared 10 appropriate ~ ,'Vo'VVo 'I. u ' -.
treasury, 10 ehaoic 'he ros'"as'o' "e"s'a' W ~'p
The mails IN operation -,
hink nave sa'd enough 10 saus'y e'e,y .n'nN
ing man that me cohditloh OIL England Is 50 uis''"
10 that OF the United STATES, tha' IL "ouu pe VIC
merest Jolly IN tins Government 70 make .her exam
pie tle basis OF any legislative acuon Oh "'s SURE.
VIII now proceed 10 preseh ouer Vie"s'm"io" u,"y
not be without ueir value IN tle CONSIDERATION VI u''
SUBJECT. NJ
nave before SHOWN tnai, supPosihg oeha'oi "i ~ :
rich, Dill were 10 become law, ana suPPos'"g III.
number OF letters posted were not TO De increased
thereby, the annual deficiency winch would occur ~,
the rost once revenue wouid amount 70
o. i nave shown, also, mat great as mas pee" ".
increase OF correspondence IN England ana 'e s'ea
amount derived from iorcign corr. sPonoehce, "e
venue there, alter three years trial, sun lei oi o
the sum collected IN 1899 IA The enormous sun, o. s4'
97,OiO jamestown too think lha' no such ''r'
III correspondence can be anticipated IN 'he onied
States, and mat all estimates FOUNDED Oh 'h' ',
or supposed success oil the British eNPerim'h, III
prove to be iallacious, and must rest ~ utter
pontment. IL IS easy 10 ascertain WIN 'oe,aoie
certainty Tue amouhto oil 'he ado'uoha eori esP"oe'
required, at une lroPos'o nc" 'H'es, 10 suPpS wy
uehcthcyo oil el,o'z,oto % ceioIe s'ateo, ss mus
ny ni'idihg 'he sum OF 'nis aseef,s'eo "en, enc
~, the 'etsge ra,e ny Seoa'o, m'.iiA III, Wy
result wii sho" 'hat 2<'ot'o4a 'e''ers WIN DC re-
qunou W o''s up ',e animal io,o'.u' " nv ~ .'
"a "c iooo"o ,o' ior'' as s'''eo ~ VOC ,"n ~
uehera' Iepo'' D''ns =" " "''' INV Pc
oo,,' on ''1 Z, $50 .o - as, ,,;,
no supp, u"'S o'n'tne, e" ", s,',
TO rey upon inc ou''st'ne"' " ". nenA"s p'','
ieee' mo seems t ~ '""" 'u ne ~
ch'i go w WIG n'u''''uuo "a, -
'hrouen vac mans ~ no WIZ y. sn,Pi .s.. ~
en5ct 'ne o.ls.l "s , u,~ 90" ".
DE u''e'iy ",u ~ 49, 80" IT, "a
W -, 80 - ~ a,,a'ts " cc.o le,,.rs
e''l - 80, -, A.. On. cst ,;ob ,,,ra sho,,
" 80, D stE QUO ~ IN ,bcSe q, no
'p' w. III 49, 80, IL 80 - ena.ed
."'i ~" ~. Lnt ,bs, ,lsIJ ~ ,,rIf H.,
e 49,. - 1.',.I -, .IsS co, an h,,,
~, -, os -, go bsayv oootaa.. !, me- hn
i
60 ,r;nlo l.,ters ,be G,l ,monpi of ,he,r nos,age
therefore, may be set down at >i66,0si 10, leaving
stu deficiency ia The fosi once revenue oil ST.
! l06I56 ~ 10 be supplied IN some other way, But
IN fact Senator Mefrlck doc no, design to make all
these free letters hereafter chargeablc with postage