Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-03-01

country ana The only manner w WHICH 's CAV
,snce could Be erdange red now was, BY endan-
gerna the facilities of communication upon which
], rests. He did no, believe himself il was inds.
p-n.able that the Post Ofi,s D-partmeH, should
sustain itself 1t was in the orgn, organiza;io
Of the government, when w we're poor, that
vns actually necessary il should raise 'ts own re-
venue The necessity did not now exist. He
beevr,I that II Ih- mail syst"m was so changed
o., to afford free circulation Of intelligence
throughout the whole COup:ry. II would he d"'ng
more towards the prcserS' ton and prosperity OF
this country rLnn oil tie military posts tnd forII.
fcntions throughout the United States. The dan.
ger was no, altogether from foreign aggression ;
it wns among ourselves and il could only be
avoided by disseminating intelligence throughout
tho country. He had heard gentlemen complain
Of tho Transmission OF political party matter
through mails. Ilo had no objection 10 that. In.
stead Of ts being an abuse. he looked upon it ns
Of the bot things that could possibly be done
Lot ho'h si1"- Of 'he question he disseminated
throughout IN, co,ntry. If frl>chnods are Circu.
lated, the people are cnPrblo Of ju gn- and will
'cturn their verdict accordingly. But t. 90 back
TO its Original proposition. Ills only objcrt was
to guard ngnnst the possibility Of having the bur.
den Of expense thrown upon the lhny populated
portions of the country. He could not see thai,
there would be n much grcntrr deficiency than
S75O,O0O but it was wrong in principle TO urge
that it would be so, because it was so in Great
Britain. The argument would hold good if every
paper that was Transmitted through the mail was
charged at the same rate as letters. 1t woid be
,ru that the incrense Of revenue would he as
great here as in Grea, Britain. But we did not
90 upon that principle here. We have our news
papers to carry, which is by far more expensive
nnd burdensomc. and less profitable than letters.
The pos.ngo upon these paid but very little of The
sum.
There WI, another point u very singular 20
vision Of il bill in tho nId S.rti,n. r. "'.
lrct uf the liI is - r"dr.,. po.trIr. Tnt WIS
the subject of conplni int but what dos the bull
do here1 Instead Of reducing po.,ng they have
made amos, all newspapers free over thre".quar'
lers Of the United States, and lea the o! her Por.
lions TO pay the postage which they now pay.-I
The provision says nothing shall be charged upon
newspapers under thirty miles, What Is the Of.
feet of ,hali and how does it affect this portion
Of the country 1t is an encouragement 10 the
domestic manufacturer Of public sentiment; but.
in his par, of the country. where the greatest cir.
H., ,..xI, Sa-
they wore 10 be charged the same postage which
they now pay. This exclusive privilege given to
ihree.quar,"rs Of the country should be stricken
out II" wns opposed to any arrangement OF that
kind winch afforded privilege 10 some portions
of the country, and operated to the desriment of
others.
lie was not SOLICITORS about Tho particular form
Of his amendment. He had never consented 10
make the amendment with that view. Yet he
would be quite willing thai there should be not hing
charged upon any printed matter Transmitted
through the mails. tie would be willing to make
it all FREQ. lie wnul give 20 every reading ma n
in the country the means of gHllny this mrtter
free Of expense.
But he submitted the proposition without fur
ther remark.
FEBRUARY 5.
On motion of Mr.. ASHLEY, it was
Reso'red. That the Committee on Military Af
fairs be instructed 10 enquire into the expedicncy
Of increasing the pay and emonmens of such
military keepersa are not stationed al arse
nes Of construction.
The Lucy Wa'kr.-The New AIb,ny Gazette
Of the 3lst ult.. has the following
.'N O nre rcoucspd tn snv by NeSsrs W,;r