The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1849-03-20

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SHAWN of our recent legisIaiien--shc Jobs o. |
scesn mail reuses.
sis. have paid that Congress has ess.b- !
lahci ,ho infcrn0I mail-soutss because The
e,oai;,u,ion eonferrsd upon congress the
nawsr. nnd imposed the obligation 70 DO 90.
o,hs,r,ss. Congress would have had no
more siehi to provide, a. abe public expense,
,asans ios The iransperssiion Of mems pr-
vs,s lesicn than for the transportation Of
u,o1ucs and merchandise. Well, cir, how
i Il with regard 10 these external ocean mail
ssuissi Are they authorized BY the consti-
intent No, sir; not word Of IL ho0
came ihsy, then, into sxisiencef Has Con-
II. y = right 70 establish, a the public az
psnss, the means Of transportation Of mems
pyuduce and msfehsndiss from our psrts 70
I'll shs oofs5 Of lhs uorldi No, Dir. How
Il Il. then. thar Congress has the right 20 do /
shis viii regard 70 nsrchants' leitsrsi This
ho-s sses, hss bssn dsne; and done, too, II
kn&xporss 81 one million and third Of dol
N 10 this nation--done in fiat
y0 H. II lIS consiitution--done 10 give
h ioTiuaes out Of The pubIis treasury 10 =
few companies Of Incorporated jobber, who
ara seeking. BY the aid Of the peoples mon
ey, 10 mouopoliEe nayigasion and the carry
inR trade, 70 the deep injury Of the millions
q our eiiixens who are engaged in those de-
purtnents Of business. Yes, sir, such 10 the,
mighty sxpendisure made for this unsonsti-
sui;onsI. unjust. and, 10 the people, ruinous
stjeet an object, the whole expenditure OF
Z milIica and . third nPon which from the
public treasury Iastyear, brought back 70 that
treasury . seturn OF twenty-n'ns Thousand
dollars only. This we did, and this We are
doing, Il tbs very time when We are pulling
down post Offices a home. at the rate oftwo
hundred and ninety-six per annum, and dis
continuing mail routes through tho thinly
settled paris Of our county, upon the plea
that they do not pay their own expenses
But, sir, in order 10 illustrate moro fully the
Injustice ol our Legislation in this particular,
will take single one Of these ocean mail
seutes.
We'll, Dir, We have now one contract for
ssYyinr she mail between New York and
\ kBre1,sn. With discretion on the part Of the
esrrier 10 stop al Havre, whore there is moth.
yips bstween heaven and earth 10 carry but
leiiers. and probably few leading city ne VS.
pspsrg. On this route, between ito points
determination, there 10 no intervening popu-
lation Of 4 million strong g--noihing but 4
hs,s,n wssle sf intervening waters. Wha.
a. ve nav fog .anyipz these few letteri--
W. "a 70 nav four hundred thousand dol
lsrs oer snnum for this contract-an amount
equal ia itself 10 oil the diminution Of the
rovesue which will be eiiscted BY the pro-
,.si,ion now upon the table Of the Senate.
said The other day that could demon.
et,ate. Il denonstrstion 10 1 word applicable
"a neral yeasoninp, that wo could extend
this privilege, that have shown would
rsach shree millions Of people, without
losing more money than We pay for carving
I single mail twelve times year between
New York. Havre, and Bremen. That is
vhat I said. Xvi. air. there was no ecoHo.
nv theu. There are other contracts Of this
Mind. which I will name. Az I told YOU
vhen tb;s question was un. before the Senate
Z gav days apo. intend TO bring the local
;ptersst, 81 this country in competition with
- (o,e;gn interests. will bring the value
srd ;mrsrt.nca ar the local home post-off;ce
svnsen n competition with this foreign sys.
IAN. i have shown you that this one.mail
line. r.,nnine between two points, costs az
much money ss this measure will lake from
the pubIicr revenue. The mail running from
Mere 10 81. Louis ssatters ito benefits over
I thouyaud points. Tho mail running be-
tween Ibis sity and Augusta, in Maine. or
osvsnnah. in Georgia, scassers lis benz Cts
al along ihe road. through populous coun-
nv. apd 10 thousand points, difFusinc IL
biessines ss.is goes along 10 millisns Of peo-
lie. Fut here e one mail running acros.
ssackless waste Of wasers, touching only al