The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-30
P9STlL tRRtNCEHENTS.

| The following aftCie from the Liverpool Hsr- euFy, coni4 lar and impartial view cl4he un- 1 !oitgHdte course pursued by Great Bufaiu pn the .'postsxe war - taion.
 i NeNstiersiaad tat we are on 'he eve of q ro>t- ags WAT with tbe United States, the gaiatiuD i3, aIraagoaeuts Is st eHd-a least for ih. Irss- { en'. taai no public may Understand fAe whole 1 bsatngs of ihe case, we will hers cvulain them . they stand ihas Letters sant GoH any patt ef the Uuite states to a seagot lo be ience irspatctc,i 10 t!li ceurty, lher bS I.ish Americ n pack els, pay, per half oguce, ise ceus or two. pence | hlpenuy. II tfe distance be uR 1T 900 miles and ten cents, tSepence. fl i!ni is'aucr, even tf tt ext Hd to ohe, two, Or thr taonsaBd ntt If ctc; b. lodged o' once iu thc pst flee al the port lJ.iu which t9e vessel soi,s o1e cent oay Ia hapeInyl is paid To Ne DOS tuss'et tuDt The gov ernm ntl for making up ie letters p cels; the r' are flo taftAeF sigsre such icieTs i'll tite Uni ted states, asd they al prc pait On their de- livery hese, when jtey tome by BliSh packets, We have to pay ore sbIliag. on Aneresn packets bringing rtltrs hffe in addition c the American inland pase already de>cr.b q, oae shilling each h t0 fhe Eel S;atrs govcrnittn nj; and another shiiling l. charged by government tlHs causing the American packet letters to cost doabIe the amount a. those eoIDtRg by B itish packets. The Aneiicah government fcel this a grievance and au injustice io1aSd m, and they sry naturaly in- sis on ir reciprocity. They trest British pscke's letters arriving de United S1aes prec iy on the same f0ciing fl posted by American ciiz ns and in return they clam that their letters by their pack cts coming here should be placed cn the same loot ing as those pcsted by BrT'isd suh,ects Our goY- ernnent, U appear, propose 10 Increase inland postage 10 2d and require the American govern Hent 10 lower theiis 10 2d., each charging tenpcnee fer the postage, that the matter would st4nd thus: In Engand 2d on the sea i0d. in the Uni ted States 2d dls. 2 in all for every letter Of half ounce, in or out. The American government say that, inasnuch we make a large revenGe ous of onr postal aFrangPuisnts while they sustain a hessy loss by theirs the two countries are different. y sitlstet and. therefore that, respects tbem. this is not equitable. They a5rnt that the expense ef carryiag letter whether t is carried one mile or thousand, if the weight only s considered, is a tnere fraction; bat, from the immense distances they have to carry letters misegabiy bad roads, they cannot possibly carry them the sane teGms that do. There IS certainly great justice in this argument and therefore what we off.r Is not fair reciprocity. The American letters leely received go to state that they have no right to intel ere m any shapr with the internal arrangements of any country, nor has any country right 10 Interfere with ! them; they leave our government to do what ihey think, i their own case, is for the interest of their own subjects, and claim the ssme for their citizens. All they look o s that the British packets and the American packets should efch carry letters at the same rates for sea postage; and that their vessels coming here should not be obliged to pay our gov ernment for service which their government has
  our government shoad mol hesitate one moment tc meet their views II further appears that he Post masieg General Ol the Unlted States has asked for powers from bis government (which they will, no doubt. gfau) 10 enable him to retaliste on IFS for thIs dpuDie charge the letters by theif packets
 hs IS cred'iig inc worst feeling, and Is furashing the manufacturers ot the eastern States with argu- menis 10 get 3nrreas@d protective duties. We are eesTll wrong. N il The great mmsrcial anl manutaeiufnz in!eTe.ts oi ths country submit tp have their he's customers prov oked 10 measures of retaliation IG the face o that comme rc iai freedom and fair rtclprociiy for which they have been tending, we hope not. We must never forget that little Wars brng on biz ones. To have justice done io ourselves. We mus dc Juslie, 10 others The pub Iic may depsnt On The correctness of our informa- ton; and therefore, IS the time 10 remousiFate with our government. that amcabIe and friendly relations with tie UBiled States may not be disturbed.
 II pretty dear, from the position in which the affair stands, hal Chancellor of the Exche- queT Is friend of Tree trade and real reciprocity; and ihat, probably, he has hopes of ovsrreaeh ehing Brother Jonathan in this matter. If he ener'a' ms any such croichst, he viii ass9redy find himself eg res sionsy mistaken.