Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-07-24
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TIL, Cor"mffee on tie Pos, OHce and Post Reads, .o
tchom referred rdrodA tiiiions u.erioriai, re.
ofions, SC. IN regard TO a reduction Of postage IN
letters n'd newspapers in relation 10 the establish
nisat u post routes aIld mad facilities te 9TH
er matters connected rih he administration Of The
Posi- Office Department report:
That the sahtcI Of the reduction Of roqinge. rncu-
atly, has hcol cstetnly cunsdeicd hy the committee.
VITA desire 10 arrive nj just exclusions impressed
II has heen, with tho belief hst there IL single cub
ec Of log Station IN which the people feel 20 general
Interest ltis one wheh intimately connects every cit-
rn oi the republic with of s bu-Iness departments
and tends, by The manner IN which II may b. regulated
either IL suenghrn his attachments flr the Union
nnmf ihcm. m they may be- diverted Ia other objects
aud lno other channels. by indifference neglect OF iho
refusal OF all proper consideration by Congress
lhc great advantages Of The postal system WHEN well
Regulated need not be urged by tins committee whose
attention has been uan directed 10 The facilities required
Tor the speedy rnhemlslon It i0teE through The
mails, i"m point 10 another over this ya.v extend,
'd territory oil ours, Us well "1 10 the internal dutes as,
are hros d. II Nh snape Of rosh1es on all matter sen,
'nta'.n the mne 7nd deilv red the many thousand
Offices under the control II the Post Oec Department
That THIS department Was never designed 10 be ussd
IN so separations. - rs 10 burden the peopa with high
psages, or ior the mtfr purpose Of bringing into tie
treasury monevsio he app nfaol 10 Other Objects than
those connected with the department. 10 IN paying
lhe current expenses ol government need be- argued
No such proposition can be- maintained successfully
has teVrI been seriously insisted upon. though has
been suggested as both cNpedirni and practicable should
The revenues ol the department brsn augmented IA to
leave ahnIanre io is layor ol any considerable amount,
Inns department, extended and diversified ma ere NIL
i's opera toms. powerful M II swlth all ia means, md
numerous rs aua all rs agents derives existence aud
All lis Influences under lhat modest causeut the cons,i
tuition which glvs 10 tongtcssihe power .to establish
post oD'ccs aud post roads" Ahmed with this author.
ny. simple ~ socml In be- necessarily connects ith
the power. n4r Ia cary the mails Al mo- ,he rnads
when established 10 the ,tlicrs II regulates, through
the department. the time u the arrival aud departure Of
the mas II Furnishes the drpredarioua committed DION
ihrm, pustmastes ATE appointed; lhrf salaries or e IN.
pensann, aud commits sInns are fixed by its aulhnr,y
the tenure ot their ices s fernla,di mail agent, are
nrpolntcd aud pad The services Of horses coaches rail-
roads. and STEAMBOATS, are all called into active frtuis,
ton. by tins almost magic yfant o powcf contained IN
The five words already quoted from the Constitution
But the power not testing here however, ~ nov by
universal consent aud general Interpretation Il the con
aitutnn, considered rs extending In H.. opcr,an and
for efnnsle purposes 10 every road that shall be- de-
clared IT, y" ror road To every uayinnhlr str,am Ia
every bay inlet and harbor that ma, e ,rs,onni.d rs
such, irom the Atlantic the ono SIDE 10 tho Pacific on
the ohpr; from tive Potomac II hc Columbia, from the
ST John, Ia The Nuaec4 and nrw even beyond it
hr SPEEDY. safe and regular lfaou niiatlon m the mail
's. ~ ~ 100. ..''''' % ,'"'''.p, 2 ''as
the Atlantic hnd faclhf "crnha III" gral h'ph"tys Oh
nations, I" England, ffahce, aenany al other c"cn-
'flrs o' Europe. as Wei aslo 'hh'"n, IN Tie celestial
empire, To whose distant shores. with an honorable nm-
bilon, have zone our "nlefPnslng country men, aud
WHITTIER "" VIII send IL 'h"m. through our own mats,
the sympa h- o oar hearts, and the assurances oil The
protection OF enf government
The vast ana stun increasing p'wef :" Nus branch OF
oar government has attracted. Al all TIMES, not only the
attention ~ congress Ia whose car" II IL committed 10y
the constitution, but the people now every where t 10
Ms exercise" as lnE been SAID her personal concern,
10 ndcntIh Il Win them, III MI It's harinEs And n
population increases, n the enften Oh emigration from
Europe c"niinn's Ia II w ~ upon ms continent aud as
ont rrnilons wlh eniief paris o the globe are thus
extended. hN our o" poop" seek ohef hnd disapt BONES
III the spulh, IN the west. aud IN the northwest snd
AS elr social aud business relations Will everywhere be-
mnlufll"d, tbs hcYe and cnefPrsng character o' our
population viii require ~ u" tfpt pace with, IN all The
necessary iaeies iof bringing tee hei, 10 Dear upon
common Objects, as lar as paceahe eengS, thoughts,
purposes opinions, aud plans of the advancement "l The
eolmon interests 81 conf1on c"uhtry 10 kesr alive
IN vivid remembrance the recollection oi home and ol
friends; 10 revive and cherish that social feeling without
vhch other ehlynehls exist but IN The name will be
expected, naturally, 'he'"lme, that az 'deIli'Is IN view
Of hese blessings viii be gwen ne people by the govern
ment which has undertaken the exclusive regulation ol
those means that alone can all I'd them.
The great leading ob"c IN the administration Of the
Post Office Department should be to expedite The mails
viii all p8slhc despatch On the important foniesi even
II 1t be- smet'lcs ii cost litllr ablve whai might
seem 10 be tar commnsaIloh better is II To do ms
Than Ia be without the service. To speed the mail IN
view o the great advantages winch 1t las gwen and VIII
ever AFFORD the people, when well fe9h'aed should be
come sort oi wachward with the government. 10
speed the pillow has been the tllfnanic tfiH by