The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-02
The Election To-Day.


dates of all parties in the State. We, therefore,
merely republish the city, and the LEAKING nomi,
nations. We are prepared TO see the wings poii
stronger vote than they have done In num-
Der of years They will put forth their whoie
strength, with the hope of crushing the divided
forces of their opponents. But we shall see
Those who have vote should deposit II one
wav or the other; but examine your ticket be-
fore Won drop it into the box. The right OF SUI
fraoe ia an uestimable privilege, and was pur-
chased at a dear price
The result of the election will be given IN to-
morrow's Herald.
The Post Onics Department-Its Head or Tail.
Amidst the many curiosities which character
;se the present Post Master General, there is one
advantageous point in which he ought to be
viewed. His blunders, his narrowness of mind,
his lliberality, his peevishness and his sublime
ineficiency, may all tend to bring about new
system in this important department of the gov
eminent, which would be an acceptable boon to
the people of this country We ought, therefore,
to be thankful for the incompetency ofthe present
Post Master General. Every Sunday morning,
when we kneel at church, I'VE ought to remember
him in our prayers. Every Saturday night, when
we squeeze a sixpence or a shilling out OF the
wages of an apprentice or employee, we ought to
offer up our homage to the principles and admin
istration of the Post Master General, When we
consider all these brilliant traits of character, so
capable of shining as they do shine where they
ought, in the lower regions of the world OF poll
tics, we should be thankful to the head OF the
Post Office Department, as to an individual cal
culated by his conduct to bring about thorough
change in the whole system of mind commu-
nicating with mind, in this vast republic. Ii
the present Postmaster General had been John
Mclean, or Frank Granger, or an Amos Ken
dali, or even Barry, we might still be COM
PEELED to continue the miserable system, because
it would be, at least skilfully administered.
But in the present state of the Post Office De-
partment, there is no remedy but radical
change, and the adoption of new principles and
new arrangements, adapted to the present age.
What should prevent the Congress of the
United States from sweeping away the rubbish
of the existing Post Office Department, and es-
tabishing in its stead complete electro
telegraphic system, by which mind would be
able to communicate with mind in an instant of
time, and at as cheap rate as is now done be-
tween New Orleans and New York? When a
Persian king first established post routes in tina,
at that time as great an effort of improvement al
the establishment of an electro-telegi aphit
system would be in the present day. Since the
present electric system has been adopted, we
have seen its advantages, Notwithstanding that it
is defective, imperfect and creeping, as It were
yet its results are most astounding upon the at
fairs of social, commercial, and political life
Each day we publish full intelligence, in every
department, of all that may have taken place the
previous day, either at Petersburg or Washing
ION, or Cincinnati or Buffalo or Boston !;
comprehending an extent OF many thou
sand miles. Just so it would be posi-
BILE to embrace the whole Union in line OF
telegraphic communication, and to establish
a rate of postage by such mode, even cheaper
than that under the old system of communica-
ton used by the Post Office Department Bulky
communications might be sent in the ordinary
way but the cream of thought, from all parts
of the country, both private and public, might be
communicated from the remotest points, with
the speed of lightning.
No doubt such proposition, so comprehen-
sive in its views, would startle such person as
the present head of the Post Office Department.
The man who would throw the mails in confu-
sion between the great commercial cities, in or
der to save few hundred miserable dollars,
would throw obstacles in the way of any change,
or any reform, in the system of the republic
But we trust that liberal and enlightened Con-
gress will overcome such miserable, such picay-
une management What is the use of govern
ment, if it is not able and is not disposed to give
to the people system adapted to the present CIV
ilization of the country? Shall few thousand,
or hundred thousand, or even millions of dollars,
be thought worthy of being put into the balance,
in comparison with the advantages accruing from
cheapness and speed in the intellectual and COM
merca communications of the republic!
We trust that Congress, which will soon meet,
will take up this matter, and give the country
the reform which is wanted in this department
For the last few years we have been going back
wards, sinking, narrowing, trifing with the i'm
provements Of the age. A more melancholy eX'
hibtion of folly has never been exhibited in any
department of the government than that which
we have seen exhibited in the post office depart
ment. While we give due credit, nay even higl
credit, to Messrs Buchanan and Walker, TO
their talents in their departments; while we en-
terrain good opinion fthe motives and charac
ter of the President himself, we cannot but con
denim the policy of the postmaster-general as thu
mesnest, the most disgraceful, the most con
temptibe, that ever dishonored the country
LONDON LETTERS TO New YoRK.-A great
deal of ridiculous alarm has been created by
some extracts Of letters published in the news.
naners aaid IN have haan Is, ..,,. r. IL a