The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-02
BY THE MAILS.
WAsHIHGron, August 80.

l.t. .E ..u "AHiNGfoh, August 80 lSa7.
-l The Union and tne Postmaster General
The Union abors in defence Of the Postmaster Gen
eral in the matter between him and the contractor
for carrying the mails between New York and Boston
and In so doing attempts by inference exeupate him
from all the charges made against him is extraya
CANT In assertion and economical Of proof Mr. Cave
johnson Is chargeabe with great many errors In the
performance Of his duty. lie ~ total, ,iuat for the
office he holds and he continue 70 hold il for
twenty years longer he would still be unat but he IL
not for this mpudent attempt TO deny facts
known to every man in the comm unity. An amusing
commentary on the Unions article of Saturday night
on this afforded In the failure Of the Eastern
mail yesterday morning and Of the Southern mail yes
terdsy evening This is matter Of such frequent oc
currenoe that 1t would fail to be especially remarked
but for the Unions imed defence Of the Postmaster
General and unauthorized contradiction Of the state
ments of the Herald A month has not elapsed since
the Southern mail failed three times In the space Of
week. and II this shameful disregard Of public convent
enoe be exhibited the main thoroughave between tho
North and the South what must be the state of things
on the comparatively unimportant routes In the nts-
rior! The Postmaster General reduced the expen-
ditures OF the department by half million Of dol
lars last year, and now the country is respine
as the fruits of his economy, an abundant har.
vert Of failures, entertainments and late msis
His apoogists say he is crippled by Congress His re-
ports to Congress conceived In the parsmon
spirit lie never asked for larger movers His ~
bres the nought but saving Thev nevsr
l
mention reform increased facilities for in
formation or for that social epsolay which
as uch ms thing else In often the sosce Of Door
He has to the extent of his power laid an embargo on
the Information which is dfused through the people
by means OF the Before his last report TO Con-
gress newspapers from New York taxed with but
one and half cents postage at this office They are now
charged three cents, and that defiance of the Law
the true construction of which is that letters immed
atey from the Office OF publications shall not be charged
additional postage In the face Of these scts-in the
race OF daily failures Of the ma-of frequent embezzle
ments by dishonest clerks promoted to Office for party
purposes, and by the removal Of honest ncumbentsS
and finally the face Of the unsafe system which
now prevails In the department under the operation OF
which the mails between the two important com
mercia cities in the Union thrown the wharf la
which, on the greatest thoroughfare In the country
three failures take place In weekn the of ali
these undenabe facts the Executive organ with char
scterisc disregard Of decency exhibited in the
aduation 1t has lavshed everything connected in
any way with the President down to the pettiest off,
cia, attempts TO indirectly deny these charges and
ascribes them to maice-as II every Independent pa
per IN the country, whig and democratic, had been
annoyance suffered by the repeated failure
the mails. And when the peoples journals which,
more than Congress- or Assembly aught else speak
the sense OF the people, expose the existence Of this
Proteges, forthwith pronounces the charges sptsful
and malicious.
have said Mr.. Johnson Is not accountable for this
unreasonable and ocious attempt 20 contradict well
procedure. Without being at all aotuated by malice,
one might find enough in the department reprehend
II one did not wish TO practise the virtue of iorbear
ance. The whole departments great unsghtly blotch
task OF probing It; but Mr. Cave johnson had better
hold in his too and laundering defenders else the
press may be provoked from the forbearance
long shown to his msmansgement GALVIENsIs