The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-11-02


North while it viii work ujury to the South.
The majority Of country po-toiliees in Tex.
a.. for instance scarcely afford, at present
q .aihcient remuneration to keep them 20
ing The same may said Of Louisiana. u
the cheap postage system goes into effect,
the best Of them will not offer inducements
for capable managers. Vt present we fad
it impossible to obtain mail facilities to
many points where they are needed. BE
sides this our mails are now carried on i'm.
poftant routes. on horses. when coaches
are essentially necessary. The Pos,ot'ce
department hitherto has been very grudg
to the southern States and especially TO
Texas, which Is too new to have fine roads
aud cheap conseyances. How will all of
these things stand when the Postage i. re-.
duecd, and the Department at Washington
Is embarrassed for the want of funds
WHY. things will be ia worse condition
The department viii be more grudging, aud
we Will get less iavors.
But the benefits Of cheap postage TO the
North will not end with decreased taxation
II will be found requisite under the new
operation to render an extra allowance to
most, if not all the deputy postmasters in
the South The consequence of this will
be-. the Postoiiice Department will become
dcrangcd and in debt. II viii of course.
demand an appropriation from Congress
To support IT. aud 'his appropriation will
be- added to others for internal improve.
meuts, Sc by which an excuse will be
found for AN increase OF the tariff The
settlement of the slavery question viii be-
but the commencement OF agitation for in.
cfeasIng the tifiH, aud the adoption OF spe
clie duties During the late session of
Congress inuumerabie petitions were pre-.
scented for rcmodellng the tariff aud that
body lad scarcely closed las labors. before
almost the entire whig press, North aad
South, are out lor a change of policy To
afford a reasonable pretcNt for movement
Of this kind 1t will be- ncccssar, To increase
the expenses of the Government Cheap
postage while il will be decided advan.
tage to the North with It's large population.
will help to increase the national expcnd.
urc We once thought that Gen. Rrsk
had no higher ambition than to bc Texas
Senator indeed prond ambition. But
We have been forced lattcrly To distrusl him
The truth is too apparent that OF late years
he Is looking To Northern sympathy. Cheap
postage viii be a popular measure in that
section while in the South few will be-
found to praise him for it,
The bost Postmaster G. neral we ever had
was AMOS krNp,LL. While he enforced
prompttudc throughout the extended ser.
Vice, he always favored system of pay.
mcnts which warranted him in cxpecting,t
Il is the only plan in fact which will keep
'"' '"''''''P h'P''''' 'o" o""'us'o''
and embarrassment
we 'n'hA ,na' postage Is cheap enough
at present We should rather SEQ more
"'"' '""''''' anu "'''' loS'''h''s 'nan ~
P'ese"' eN'''' ana at tue same u"'e more
promptness, aud better regulations general.
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l'''S '"''' "oo'u''s nom 'o' 'os'oh''r DC
i'"'''''''' Nv wv P''''E' " '"''l''"e"'
Eprc,uoN IL TrN,s.--The whole
amount Oh ianu' up 10 'i's ,'n'e' set apart
.,,,a.,,,..r u, 4; I,.
huniycd and toy,y hr,, thousand e,ebt
h,nidrcd and nineip.two dcrer
The above, Nr Editor clip from a
number Of the Terms Republican printed
some months ago viii YOU be kind enough
to inform me how many Of the youth Of
Texas are receiving the bcnedts of an edu.
cation in consequence of the above munG.
cent donation of lands
\ TEXAS PARrNr.
4 Texas Parent is more likely to be in.
formed on this subject than we are; since
he is personally Interested in the matter
But we are under the impression that but
little benefit has been MS yet derived by the
youth Of Texas from the use of public