Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-05-09


Posi- MASTER GENERAL JOHNSON ASD THE
NEW POSTAGE LAw.-Although we think
the Post Master General, as well as some
OF bis cabinet associates, might he employ
ed in manner nore worthy Of their high
station thanin snuflng about for poor clerks
and messengers in their departments sus-
ppcted Of whigjsm--of whom, after all, j,
seems the proportion was very suialI--still
We mean to uphold him in all that be does
right, and especially in his maintenance Of
the cheap postage LaU, against all attempts
to draw Or drive hIn off, by seduction or
menace, either By individuals or conbIna.
tons Of tllem.
The higher the official station the more
pernicous is the example Of all violations
or svasions of the law; and whatever we
may think of the administrative capacity
or Of the forecast and the temper of the late
! Postmaster General, we must do him the
justice to admit that we believe he endeav-
ored to carry out the law. "as he understood
1.-THE proper guide OF every honest officer
untllhs judgment, if mistaken. is corrected
by that Of higher constitutional power.
1t is stated by the correspondent Of the
"True Sun" that the large assemhlagp OF
contractors at Washington are contriving
| to force the Postmaster General into an aban-
dOnmentof the law, at the risk Of having the
whole system broken up. Let them pxr.
cute their threats and throw down the mail
The Postmaster General will soon find men
enough, good and true, to pick it up and
carry it for fair price. True, the labore
is worthy Of his hire, in every department
Of industry; and we should be glad to know
that all good mail-contractors are fairly anc
even literally, without being profusely
paid; but in this case as in others where al
is left to unrestricted competition, the buy
er and the seller, the contractor and Depart
ment, will soon meet on fair grounds.
An impression exists, it is not to be deni
, ed. that in times past, some old and som
: shrewd contractors managed to have thing
: little too much their own way. Wha
! some achieved bv buster and bravaAo. oh
d ers accomplished by Aattery and fat dinner
t and suppers. Thus were failures overlook
), ed-hnes RENTED and extras allowed.
A is believed, and certainly to be hoped, thi
d the lean Cassius at the head of the Dppar
: mentrOw. will not let any such attempt
= come 1t over him; he is said to be the Cerbt
!. rus of the Treasury, but he will require nc
5 only three heads, but as many eyes as Al
S gus to guard him against being humbuggeC
= Let him but give us the full benefit of til
: new law and therein, whatever inconve
4 nience may attend, its execution in tn
e commencement of its operation, he wi
= secure the approval and gratitude of hi
n countrymen.
: There is no reason why letter-writers, {
g the Post-Offce Department, which depend
= on them, should pay for stage-coaches, be
$ yond the actual demands of the service fC
n the transportation OF the mail itself and q
: lone. Why should they be 50 taxed NOR
+, than any other set Of people or any othe
# department! If a country is too sparseI
n settled to support stage. coaches, by ia
and proportionate addition of passenge
T. money 10 the amount necessary for carry
= ing the mail, let it go on horseback, and l.
j. the people "bide their time," as the Sc;
: board did, when horse-maiI piled once
= fortnight between Boston ana Philadelphi
e Rome was not builtina a day, and the atlrar
d tons which draw off population from tn
n old sea. board country to the west, drainin
: regions capable of sustaining ten time
n their population, are already sufficient
2 numerous and powerful, without taxir
q that sea-board country in the bargain, #
e sending out or setting up coaches, in ii
! absence Of population, merely that SON
n ubberly driver with his bear skin cap a
= 70 "windng his horn" across the praies
= to the terror of prairie wolves and the di:
Y traction of good house wives and countr
a school children.-New York Tribune.