Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-12-18

than they can be bull. in any other coun
try in the world.
refer you 10 the accompany ing repor,
Of the Postmaster General, for detailed
and satisfactory account Of the condition
and operation Of that department Tor the |
past year. Ii is gratifying to find that in
so short a time after the reduction Of the |
rates OF postage, and Notwithstanding the
increase OF mail service, the revenue recei.
we'd for the year will be suificien, to pay
all expenses, and no further aid will be re.
quired for that purpose. The first Of the
American steamers, authorized by the &C,
Of the Sd Of March, 1845, was completed
and entered upon the service on the LIST oil
June last, and is now on her third voyage
to Bremen and other intermediate ports.-|
The other vessels, authorized under the pro-
visions OF that act, are in course OF con.
struc.ion, and will lie put upon The line as
soon as completed. Contracts have been
made for the transportation of the mail, in
steamers, from Charleston to Havana. A
reciprocal and satisfactory postal arrange.
ment has been made by the Postmaster
General with the authorities Of Bremen, and
no difficulty is apprehended in making SINH.
lar arrangements with other powers with
which we may have communication, by
mail steamers, except Great Britain.
On the arrival OF the American, steamer
bound to Bremen, al Southampton, in the
month OF June last, the British post office
directed the collector of the discriminating
postage on all letters and other mailable
matter to Great Britain, or which went in.
to the British post office on their way to
France or other parts OF Europe. The eff.
feet Of the order Of the British post office is
to subject all letters and other mallable mat
ter 10 double postage, one postage having
been previously paid on them in the United
States, while letters transported on British
steamers are subject to pay but single pos.
tage. This measure was adopted for the
avowed object Of protecting the British line
OF mail steamers, now running between Bos.
ton and Liverpool, and, il continued, mus,
speedily put an end TO the transportation OF
all letters and other matter by American
steamers, and give the British steamers a
monopoly OF the business. A just and iar
reciprocity is all that we desire, and on this
we must insist. BY our laws, no such dis.
elimination 10 made against British steam.
ers bringing letters into our ports, but all
letters arriving in the u. States are subject.
ed to the same rate Of postage, whether
brough, in British or American vessels.
refer you to the report Of the Postmaster
General, for full statement Of the facts in
the case and of the steps taken by HIM to
correc, this inequality. He has exerted all
the powers conferred upon him by the ex.
listing laws.
The Minister Of the United States in Lon
don has brough, the subject to the attention
Of the British Government, and is now en-
gagged in q negotiation for the purpose OF
adjusting reciprocal postage arrangements,
which shall be equally jus. to both countries.
Should he fail in concluding such arrange.
ment, and should Great Britain insist on
forcing the unequal and unjust measure she
had adopted, it may become necessary TO
confer additional power on the p. M. Gen.
eral, in order to enable him 10 meet the
emergency, and to put our steamurs on an
equal footing with the British steamers en-.
gagged in transporting the mail between the
two countries. ! recommend that such
powers be conferred.
In view OF the existing state of our coun.
try, trust It may not be inappropriate TO
call TO mind the words of wisdom and ad.
monition Of the first and most lustrious OF
my predecessors in his farewell address TO
his countrymen. Tha, greatest and best
Of men, who served his country so long,
and loved it 50 much, forsaw with serious
concern the danger 10 our Union in char
acterlzng parties by geographical distinc
tons, Northern, Southern, Atlantic and
Western, whence designing men may en-
deavor to excite belief tina, there is real
difference Of local interests and views, and
warned his countrymen aguinst it. So
deep and solemn was his conviction OF the
importance Of the Union, and OF preserving
harmony between its different parts, that
he declared to his coun,rymen, in that ad
dress, it is of infinite moment that you
should properly estimate the immense value
of your National Union TO your collective
and individual happiness; that you should
cherish cordial, habitua and immovable
attachment to it, accus,oming yourselves to
think and speak of it as the Palladium OF
your political safety and prosperity; watch.
ing for its preservation with jealous ankle
ly; misunderstanding whatever may sug.
gest, even suspicion that it can in any
event be abandoned, and Indignantly irown.
ing on the first dawning OF every attempt
TO ALLEVIATE any portion OF our country from
the rest or to enleeble the sacred ties which
now link together the various parts. After
lapse Of q half century, these monitions
fall upon us with all the force OF truth. 1t
is difficult to estimate the immense value OF
our glorious Union Of confederated States
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