The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-12-26
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md erc expected 70 enter upon the mail
service between Panama aud Ore gon, and
Ilie intermediate points on The first Of JspU-
ary next, and fopriii has been engaged by
him for the service betwocn. Haranna, and
Chagres, SO that regular monthly mail line
will be kept up after that time between The
United States aud our Territories ON tho
Pacific
Notwithstanding this great increase in the
mail service, should the revenue continue
to increase the present year as il did in the
last, there win be received near $450,o00
more than the expenditures. s'.,s
These considerations have Satisfied thePost
Master General itat, with certain modifca-
lions Of the Aci Of lS4c, the revenue may
be still further iptrcased and a reduction OF
postage made 20 uniform rate Of five
cents, without, an interference with the priu-
tsiple, which has been. constantly and proper
y enf5fcsd, Of inakiag dial DepaEiflcpt sus-i
tain itself 't'iT
A we'll diges!cd postage system is 7tlie,
bcs, means Of dfftising intelligence among
the people, and is Of SO much Importance in
a country so extensive as that of the United
States, that recommend 10 your favorable
consideration The suggestions 81 the Post
Master General for lis Improvement.
Nothing can retard the onward progress
of our country, and prevcntus assuming and
maintaining the first rank among nstions,
but disregard Of the experience Of the
past, g. ie, u.ence to an unwise public pol.
ICY. We have just closed foreign war by
an honorable peace. A war rendered ncccss'
ary and unavoidable in vindicaton Of tl,e
na,ioual rights and honor The present con-
diiion OF The country is similar IN some re-
spectsto that which existed Immediately at.
ter the close Of the war with Great Britain
in 1915, and the occasion is deemed TO be a
proper one TO take retrospect OF the meas
ures Of public policy which followed that
war. There was at that period Of our his
tory'a departure from our early policy. An
enlargement Of the powers Of the Federal
Government by construction which Obtained
was not warranted by any just Interpretation.
Of the Constitution. A few years after the
close of that war series Of measures was
adopted, which, united and combined, con-
sttuted what was termed by their authors
and advocates the "American System" 7a
The introduction of the new policy was
for time favored by the condition Of the
country; by the heavy debt which had been
contracted during the arby the depression
of the public credit; by the dcrangod state
of the finances and the currency; and by
the commercial and pecuniary embarrass-
ment which extensively prevailed. These
were not the only causes which led TO its
establishment The events Of the war with
Great Britain, and the embarrassments which
had attended its prosecution, had left on the
minds of many Of our Statesmen the i'm
pression thai our government was moi strong
enough, and that TO WELD its resources suc-
cessfully in great emergencies, and especi-
ally in war, more power should be concen-
trated in its hands. This increased power.
they did not seek to obtain by the legitimate
and prescribed mode-an amendment ofthe
Constitution-but by construction. They
saw governments in the old world based
upon different orders of society, and SO con-
stltuted as to throw the whole power Of ma
tons into the hands Of few, who taxed
and controlled the many without responsible
ity or restraint In that arrangement they
conceived the strength of nations in war
consisted. There was also something fasci-
mating in this luxury and display of the
higher orders, who drew their wealth from
the toll of the laboring millions. The authors
Of the system drew their ideas Of Political
Economy from what they bad Witnessed in
Europe, and particularly in Great Britain.---
They had viewed the enormous wealth con-
centrate1 in a few hands, and had seen the
splendor of the overgrown establishments of
an arsiocracy which was upheld by the res
tric,ve policy, They forgot 10 look down
upon the poorer classes Of the English ro-
pula!ion, upon whose daily and -early labor
the great establishments they so much ad-
mired were sustained and supported. They
failed TO perceive that the scantily fed and
half clad operatives were not ouly in affect
poverty, but were bound in chains Of op-
pressive servitude for the benefit of favored
classes, who re the exclusive objects Of.
the care of the government. 8 s.i
1t was not possible TO reconstruct society
in the United States upon the European
plan. Here there was written Constitua1
lion, by which orders aud titles wero nd
recognized or tolerated. A system ofmeass
ures was devised, calculated, If not iaten.
ded, to withdraw power gradually and silent
I " from tho States and the mass of the peo-
pie, and by construction TO approximate our
Government TO the European models, sub
sdtuting an aristocracy Of wealth for that
Of order and titles y 4a N8gis