Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-02-23

the effect which all other reductions of rate |
have had, THE INCREASE OF LETTERS WILL
MORE THAN coMPSNskTE ron THE LOWER
PRICE, AND KEEP UP THE REVENUE TO ITS
PRESENT MARK.
Tho expense of transportation Of tho mail
in this country is S2,577 ,407, and IN Great
Britain it is 81, 2,220,76S, which shows that we
can carry letters as cheap rs England. The
whole ctJst of otr Post office is Si,479Ol0,
of the British S7,0l6,250, which is AL SArD
BY THE PESNY PosTAGE. Our 81 millions
ol people, with the same privileges, would
write as many letters IN proportion ns their
"a millions, which would give us 270 ulil-
lions TO their BIG millions. At the lowest
calculation Cheap Postage would more than
double lhe number of letters the very first
year. 1t did 50 In England, where the week
" number OF letters, which ia 1910 was
2,lO2,9Si, became 4.3J5,237 i1f15tl. This
would give l2S nlli0ns, yielding S25600O
the very first year. Tie postage OF Con-
gress, ii charged at present rates, tic Post
master General says, would amount to SIo2,-
200, besides what is paid TO Postn,astcrs for
delivering free letters nj two cents each,
amounting TO nearly 100000 more, nll OF
which Congress ought TO pay out OF its con-
tin.cnt fund. To this add SSJ0,0OO for
newspaper postage, ard YOU have Sl,222,-
7G0. Then let the expenses of the Ocean
Steamers he transferred as they ought, 10
the Navy account, There can ba 30 dount
that hy Tie sine lite surplus now on hlnd is
exhausted, the vigorous increase uf postage
would enable the Department to support
itself out OF its current receipts.
Five cents is Bot "Chcap Posi1ec" Tlis
is u teclnich term we'll llialarstood, and is
applied to thu.ph,osophic i sye'ain invented
10 Hnt.l.,tI fttl rpI ,vlt rf I..s hrnl iit tI-U
in England lor ten years. Puuy Po.;aco
or two cents ~ wru we mrru by Cheat
Hstagc--..urfyinl lattrss To-, wltrt Il rs worth
aud not taNnie !ruc,stO pay 'ur other c'r
jccts. The experiment. IN GrCa' Brilvu
proves a. "a tar scivre can bc ilorird o.
Two cents, and there urc ih-t X ttIU 0nl JUS
measure o It's vaiuc--uouct 3 worth 'ur TIC
ser, ice peroimut SO c,rYat ii, cents !,
to impose uX OF $50 per cent inr uthcl
purposes. To charge three ceu;s is 10 iu
pose tax OF oa.Y so per cent.
WuNr IS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT PIT II
very evident that something must hc done
or we shall not hnve IT, Providence nevc
intended that II free people should obtain Sc
great boon without an effort. Chcal
Postage is "ior'ilic people" and ii the pcO
pie wish for il, they must say so.
What then shall bc done about il? j
SOllltlblnp II 10 DC uune, sOlnSDONl HltSt w
it. Whose business is it? Every body's :
In one sense it is evorybody's business, b0
cause every body is to- bB' benefited by'it
impariRlly, as they would by sweetoninl
the air in time of pestilencc. But what is
everybody's business is nobody's business,
and if LEFT there, il will not be done. You
must do.it----it is YOUR business
t'" What shall | do?" Whatis wanted il
IN expression oe the peoples wish, SO tia
Congress- cannot mistake, and will not disre
gard il. This is done in three ways, some
or all of which aYo,withia tho, power of eacl
and every reader of tbese lines, aud there
fore you are justly responsihicNfOf so much
These measures are:
l. Publishing articles in the newspaper
and magazines. Let every Press speak.
,. Writing letters to members Of Congress
Ifnot personally acquainted, you are repre-
sentesl by' one, and have n right I,
address him oil matters OF public concern.
3. PETITioNs.-The multiplication of pc
ttions is the main reliance now. II a mil
lion petitions can be sent to Congress beior
) the first of February, we shall have Chcal
Postage. Multiply them.
PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
Q ~ 10 the Congress of the Untdd States, tn
pptitiOu Of tIIp UNDERSIGNED