Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-03

h' ti4 oI TIC gnaie prnttdr that Mherr
ue Commissions ~ ibs Postmaster ameunt
" i,,. ,hsa twenty hv. doiisr a year. the
Pos. Msstet General may Increase NE rate
Of hns rornriss,ons to 80 pet c,m on letter
'Hssgv acc tsinr 81 such utiirs Witch vii
ne more Osn 80 equivalent lot the want o.
NE frsntine privilege.
| shonH have bc'n better ,a,s6~d With the
pfovson. OF bill, had Il provided lorthc
'ntifc sboln'on Of the frsnk,nc prt'ilec Of
Members Of Congre-s u would have exhibit.
ted snmevh-, les. Of sppnren'.,,el6shnr-, snd
uanir-'-d n more sr-cious concession 10 the
vii oi the people. ishall VOC Tor 10, bin,
however, ~ It '., a, the hhas,d Of my i'm.
pu,at,on, Of lhi, sor fer The reason have
ALREADY assigned, tbs, any amendment TO it
4, ihls sage OF the session will almost In.
cvrstly have the feet TO defeat the fnsl
passage Of The Bill Bu, rsro, the rrnpri ~
~ The entire abolition Of he franking PRIV.
ilccc ! Will avail mysslfof the lasgusge Of
ilc m.norly Of The Post Office Committee
N the OLlc report already referred to-
They say
The abolition OF the ftanLing privilege
n Senators md mernbcs 81 Concres, We
fear Mil be the iesU acceptable Of any Of
our tcccom mtudations md We shall there.
fore state more n, large the rca,ons which
influence Us to makei II The Post Office
- "p"ra,c Department oflhc Government.
euurcly diNinc, from the legislative, cup
ported bv rs own revenue, md the burden
Of the eongtt's,onsi postage ouph, not to be
thrown mon IL swell might il be re-
qulrcI to pay the per diem Of members or
The 'll1ri,s ofihe elcik and other officers !,
may be sad that the frank IS the privilege
OF The ,nsl .tuen,, and lhn, |, would be un.
just to compel M nbe q 10 ray postage on
I'ncrs and papers sen, to them ns public Of
Gccr' in which they have no personal in.
,erc', This may be true, and good ground
for refundng the postage but it cannot be
n reason for sublee,lng department, or in.
dIsidnsls who have no ln,ercst in the matter
public or private, tn the payment Of the *.
Pcnse. Again The ranking privilcgr
is boon 10 our constituents, they have
night 10 rclInquish IT, on1 thc remuneration
has been most amply made If we hold it
Us thcIr trustees, they have right 10 con.
troll us m It's c1ctclse, and VIII one voice
they demand It's abolition Our own inter.
SIS, as we'll IS public policy md the wei.
fare Of our constituents reduire compliance
The most imminent canccrto our Institutions
is their tendency TO cer,ra'rza'i.:, md the
privilege is doing more than mn.
hing else TO promote 1t The people over. /.
looking purcr and better sources of ln,elIi. |
gene nearer homo, are becoming 7ccu&i1mtd .
o turn thelreyes for Information TO theCapi .
ol alone and 1t is poured out to them under
he Congressional frank, IN corlous hut tur.
ia streams cnvclopcd in tic dark mia..
nn,icnl fog Of party spirit Already has
his course nearly Frustrated the country
,rr So one Of the most valuable Of our insl.
u'ious While people can be supplied
4 in an abundance Of highly splccd read.
ng matter direct from The Capitol during the
e,su'o. hours OF the winter they Will have lit,
lc occasion or inclination TO pa,ronizc their
'II1ge newspaper Abolish the frnnkin- /
privilege, and the country press Will revive,
tracts Of conSrcsslonal proceedings, and
eadlng speeches on / important questions,
presenting to The public mind a more DIS
met and impartial view Of the great inter.
s,s Of the nation & doings of Congress than
an possibly b. obtained from he one sided
which emancle from this city
Thc principles and conduct OF members
viii be more clearly seen and understood
" their constituents and thor speeches,
instead Of being published here and burden.
ng the mails with their transportation to
lstan, parts ofihe Union, will be publish.
&! IN the journals nj home. and circulated
nd read Clr more extensively By those who
re the mos, interested in the matter. AZ
'r speech hns been read in pamphlet
,rnby the prlncipa part ofhls subscribers.
journalist canno, afford to rcpublish ii.
% It would find few readers, and the pnper
self be considered hare Another and
'ren, benefit to result from the abolition is,
5 ten !cncy to destroy the iniuccmcnt 10
make B4Hcomb, speeches How much Of
he valuable time Of the House and money
( the people, are'~asted hy spee ches having
q earthly relation TO the subject under ron.
Liberation ! Arc we not often told bv these
rniors Il the hour that they do not intend
. utter a word applicable 10 the question
efore Us and yet wearc compelled to lis.
IN, or seem to listen 10 them Preclude
hcm from distributing their lucubratlon.
nder frank and We may hope 10 confne .
hem someW hat nearer to the subject, ,hc .
e.ons will be shortened and the busine.
much better done, md with grca, saving
4 expense, Another s1eiug will be e .
-c,el in the public printing Subject doc.
im'nu to postage, and extra copics viii bc
uhlishcd of such only rs ore really val.
'able, and FOR which the persons receiving
hem viii chccrfully pay light charye - }
Member. nl,o will hrve moro time 10 at.
end % their Legitimate du;,o, n ,hc Il,ust
NJ les excuse for absence during ussn
ings leaving It without quorum and com. .
piled 70 abandon the Lusnrss Of legislation