Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-11-01
Prostitution Of the Frankiag Privilege

The Cincinnati w eekly Globe says:
"Whe have received from Washington,
through the mail, pamphlet Of Is pages,
on the Veto power-its nature and hs.o-
ry-the danger of the country from its ex-
ercise, and the true position of parties, and
Presidential candidate in relation to it,
1t is written by Chas. D. Drake, Esq, oil
this city, and came TO US under the frank
of Truman Smith, who is the Chairman,
we understand OF the Taylor Executive
Commlee for the nation at large. 1t is an
eiectioneering document, and we suppose
has been sent by mail all over the country
at public expense, TO the number of sever
al thousands-perhaps hundreds of thou
sands"
We have not seen the pamphlet Tru-
man Smith the rascally Taylor tool pur-
chased by the bloodhound party in the
wooden nutmeg State, to do their dirty
work as tie Chairman Of '.the Taylor Ex-
ecu.iye Committee for the nation at large,"
has not sent US copy. We do not wish
to see ii, for any purpose connected with
this reference to such an eec1ioneering
document. Our purpose is, simply, to call
attention to the fact Of this Taylor robbery
OF the peoples pockets, At the rate the
people arc charged for the letters they
write and receive, the circulation OF this
single ylor-electioneering sqnib mus,
cost some four hundred dollars, |, is only
one Of ten thousand similar items. Ano
the cost ofall is borne by the people. The
bloodhound party dips It's sly fingers into
peoples purses, and ilches from them the
means OF circulating mischieyious pam
Iphlets, written by bireling knaves, for the
.pnrrose Of humbugging The honest masses
into aiding and abelling the election to The
Presidency OF a shareholder and a man of
war, in the person Of Zachary Tay Ior.-
The whole lranking fraud ought to be in.
stanily abolished. The people have no
other means Of protecting themselves a.
galnst forced levies to pay for the diffusion
of sentiments which they abhor. Think
of taxing the editor of The Pioneer to pay
fordistriou;ng Taylor documents among
the people! He would much rather be taxed
for the diffusion OF drunkenness, the small
pox, or fever. The case in reference
shows, that there is no trusting the honesty
OF those endowed with the privilege of u
sing the post office department gratuitously.
We are sorry the free sellers, in establish
ing their palttorm, did not insist on the utter
extinction OF monopoly so sure of being a.
bused. Cheap postage for the people" is
enough: and, if it were so, that would be
all the sooner obtained by abolishing free
postage for theofiice, holders. Unhappily
this fraudulent monopoly can be abolished
only through the instrunentality of those
".'o pro.l. ~ II. 4-',os.-.. .!''.'fs 'ecalhe
ashamed of stealing the hard earnings Of
the people to pay their postage bills, and
quit that theft long since. The sense Of
shame in ours is evidently not so strong.
But even these are not beyond the peo-
ple's reach. They can be forced to stop
stealing. Let the people take the question
to the ballot box. Let them resolve to
vote for no man, to represent them in Con-
who will refuse to pay his own postage
If, with eigh, dollars day and mileage he
cannot discharge his dues TO the post-olfice,
he is unfit to represent a people, who with
less than lthe of that income, are forced
to pay their dues to the same establishment.
-Lynn Mass. } Pioneer.