New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-29
The Postage Reform

,,,.. hint, Characteristic Insinuailon against
~ -, n c7lgpz servii!ty AID fusIne hatteiy 10 the
,ss, h. as the presumed price paid :sr ts5 pTiTf-
- =, .dy-r sing the weekly Isl OF City Lc:ters Now
,h T-5r,ae knew that this matter the Postmaster
(n,eyaI rad had nothing % with, and knew nothing
sbou, the City Postmaster making his own selection Of
,h ,s-s in which he viii advertise. u also knew that
he Mr TYLER remained President thi, paper expressly
declined 70 accept the advertisement IN question, when
offered 70 H. Il may Tow add 10 its stoe& 0: knGedss o.
the subject that II this advertisement Is now inserted n
the ys he Democratic paper Of largest circulation In The
cty) by The City Postmaster il IS notwithstanding the ns
cistiEct inaton 10 that gentleman that this payer IS ~
In favor OF his being continued In Office. II his IS CID
gng servty and risone fattery It Is certainly asf a
original fashion.
A. fcr the rest Of be TQrss article we have only to
say that the universal usage has always oe among AZ
parties 70 end these advertisements 10 poucai ,nehs ~
preference political opponents The PRINCIPE Aa1pt .!
the Law certainly better Cne, ara we nav !i0
disposition complain Of il. though its eHeVt s =. -
give the advertising in question 10 the cheap
pers which a=c well known have the largest
The law goes into effect on the ISL oi "y M .,yr';
calls on the Postmaster General to Oe wiser ma. ~
,,ri,, aud -. fve II effect pro tdat0 n once We heVs
no particular oection and though We DO not me
particular book and eTs2er Of Monteslueus 9pft oil
~. ,v. ,.he-. IL s laid down that because MANS
.,.a,ca N b hung on Saturday he may as well Ce turned
off on Noncay we rather think thaias Postmaster "ei'e
raj -re s,nuN giye the lqw in question the application
which the TyiJs contends for Thus TAR, so lar ~ we
ko be has meyer had his attention called 10 the subject
The Tribune had better DO IN proper manner instead
NJ indriug In such contem9, 9,Ie ngS against and we
think Ii possible II De We SOpS ~.
article though presume. from ample past expe-
Renee tha, II VIII have either the decercy OF the
manliness TO copy our answer
NJ The decency' and 'manliness' OF this last
aspersion will be Judged by those who know that
we have copied from the News's Editorials on
which we commented three times as much as that
paper has ever copied of ours. In the present In
stance, we have COPIED every line, that our readers
NAV Judge whe;hef the News does not interpose a
quibbing and eva.ive defence ef official acts which
it is after all constrained TO admit are wrong.
Whether the execution OF the new Post Once
Law i. fairly compared by the News with the case
Of man sentenced to be hung, who naturally
wishes TO hold off to the las, moment, Is matter
Of opinion or Of feeling; we do not doubt that to
Mr. Cave Johnson the sImile will seem very apt
and forci5le But if Cave entered heartily nte the
spirit Of the Postage Reform, he would have
promptly issued an order in three lines that Post
Office advertising should henceiorth be given out
through The Country in accordance with the requl-
stions of the Reform bill. Why not! He has
done this with regard to tie Mail Contracts,
wherein there Is little chance for party favoritlsm
why not at once extend i, 10 Advertising land
not merely to Lists of Letters but 10 all official ad-
ver;ising
| Mr. Postmaster Grlham's transfer of the List OF
Letters to journal which desplsed nlm even before
he thus compelled it to do SO, and which La7 done
and ls doing every thing to supplont INN and all hls
tribe as we'll as 10 bacten The fame OF the Prosi-
dent TO whom Mr.. Graham owed every thing and
professed so much devotion, is perfectly character
lsc. II may have been his instinct solely that die
tated the transfer to paper 90 unsparln2y iauda-
tory Of the new Postmaster General, yet we rather
believe he had hint from Washington. II was
not necessary that the p Nj. u. should give ii IN
| person.
Personally, we would rejoice in any accession Of
patronage to the News, especially al the expense OF
The Sun But personal considerations have no
business here. For the Postage Reform We have
hoped and warred for years, and it was hard for US
to consgn i, in The moment of triumph 10 the keep
ing of constant, unspaing enemy TO the last. We
fear the Reform is not destined 10 receive lar play
at his hands; and his suffering the Lists of Letters
TO be still advertised in papers Of limited instead Of
the largest circulation ustifes the apprehension
The News must not take unkiudly ourresolution
to note and reprove every official deviation from
the letter or spirit of the Reform
~ Lovers of Sobriely and of Mercy! give
THIS DAY 10 the work of resculng the poor