The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-17
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VIOLATION or Tar Posr OFFICE Laws ad-
dition TO the gross incspaoity and imbeclity of
the present Postmaster General, whose manage
ment of the important concerns committed to his
care has deranged the whole machinery Of the
department, throughout the country, and also our
foreign relations, we ought not TO omit the open
and palpable violation of the post-office laws,
which is daily paraded to the world in one of the
organs OF the department in this city. We al
de TO the selection made under the law of
March, 1915, for publishing the list of letters
naming in the post office of this city. This list
is published in the Tribune and the following
passage is paraded in that journal, as being the
warrant and legality of its special appointment:
OFFICIAL.
LIST OF LETTERS
ADVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT.
Sls And be 1t further enacted,
And all advertisements made under the orders Of the
Postmaster General. In . Newspaper newspaper Of
letters urcaed for In post ohoe shall be inserted In
the pspsr OF 81 o. S the
tion.-NsW Post Office Lav, passed Msrch 8, 1885.
BY the new law, which, it appears, was passed
in 1885, postmasters are directed in every city and
town. to publish their several lists of letters n
newspaper or newspapers having the largest circu-
laton. Now, it is we'll known and can be proved
by indsputable evidence. that at the time the T,i
bune was selected by the Postmaster of this city,
thad less circulation, either this city or in the
country, than the Ne,c York Herald had ; yet,
in spite of this broad fact, which was apparent,
both to the Postmaster in this city and to the
department at Washington, that journal was Sc
lected, in gross and palpable violation of the
law. But this violation of special law of Con-
gress, in open daylight, is more openly and
more palpably committed at the present day.
Since the first appointment of the Tribune, we
are crediby informed that the circulation of
that journal has decreased, under the operation of
its ridiculous leaders in favor of Fourierism, anti
rentism, and variety of other similar isms ofthe
day. Many Of those persons, who, for years, had
been in the habit of subscribing for and pur-
chasing the Tribune, have given 1t entirely up.
This, probably, is the cause of its decreased cir
culafion at the present day; and the course it
has pursued In relation to the policy Of the
country in the war with Mexico.
But whatever the cause may be, the fact is pal
pable, that its circulation has fallen of. Now, in
the came period of time, the circulation of the
Herald has increased nearly one. halt, and pos
sesses now circulation, not only far greater,
but nearly double that ofthe Tribune, and equal
" sAeAS Va "'A WV o'hSA uohy papers tue CITY,
with the exception of one. We speak with refe.
renee to the circulation in the city. If we take
the circulation of the Herald in its most COM
prehensive sense, embracing New York, the
surrounding cities, the whole country, and TO-
reign nations, we venture to say that we have
the largest, the most comprehensive. and most
intellectual circulation, Of any paper in the civil.
we'd world We circulate even more than the
London Times, in general and comprehensive
mode of circulation. Yet, in the face of this i'm.
portant fact, which we brought before the Post
master of this city, and which we shall bring
before the department at Washington, and like
wise before Congress, the Postmaster General
sanctions violation of the law of Congress,
and sets the authority of that body at defiance in
this branch of his department.
We shall not submit to this any longer. We
have commenced steps, and shall prosecute them.
in reference to bringing the matter before Con-
gress, and compel that functionary to do his duty
according to law.