New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-10

he removed and that there il no pr7Bortiou be-
tween the freight charged on letters and the ser
vice performed.
The Undersigned have had under confederation
the present heavy rates of postage On letters 70
California, Oregon &c. and they cannot bat think
that it should be Immediately reduced, and that our
fellow citizepg there, as well as in every part oil
oUr Hepublic should be placed upon an equal foot
ing in respect to postal privileges. Every one
Knows that the pioneers aud emigrania to neg
ard di.tant regions subjected to prigaIons and
hardehips which cal forth our sympathy and adml-
ration. They forsake the.epioy msnts of home, and
p ttoussnd eudearmenta, in order to better their
condition; and when removed from those ~hon
thew love the only privilege they can enjoy is to
hold communication by epistolaCy correspondence.
To them the Post Office is of uns peakebie value,
not only as the means of keeping alive the social
Affections but Of communicating political and com
mercialinf0Imatlon.
which those y no are isolated from their friends
end conn ecsio1 g. and removed at yast distance
from the sest Of legislation, may be protected IL
their civil rights and immUpIties Why then
Should rot some, and in6eed great sacrifices be
made, if necessary, to ditfuse intelligence among
them through the medium OF the mails Their
enterprise, privations, and indomitable courage,
entiile them to al the privileges which eau be
tended, end cheap, safe, ard expeditions inter
communication with their friends ia one OF inestl-
N, bic value. Hence we think every American
citizen, in every portion of the Union, should have
the advantage OF cheap postage
II may be urged by some that the immense dls.
tarce to which California Oregon, &c. are removed
from the Seat Of Government-the great expense
OF Transporting the mails-and the hssvy charges
of the Pos. Office render it inexpedient 70 reduce
the rates of poatage 70 the low rate proposed. IL
NAV likewise be said in relation to California that
toe great wealth of that country readers 1t OF com
paretivey little Importance whether Inc postage
ia 40 or 100 cents on letter, ahd therefore the
pcsteee should be kept up to meet the e1raor-
dir ary expenses of the Post Office in that region.
In reply we wond say it is not probable these
b=svy expensea will be much longer incurred,
when the conctry is more permanently settled, nor
will the transportation of the mails be attended
with very great expense TOR competition Will be
30 great that the mails will be conveyed at trifilog
cost 20 the Department. But, admitting no change
should tai place is just, ia it polite, TO continue
this high rate Of postage II, to a few who have
been successful 10 cents postage ia matter Of no
moment, yet 20 many there, rs well ss to the
friends left behind it is severe tax, on both their
udoeiry and social affections. If we you'd ditfuse
Intelligence among all classes OF our cltzena sno
howaver widely scattered, bind item togeLhar as
band OF brotbers--ii we would make them cling to
our glorious Union, az the political ark OF safely"
from both foreign and domestic enemieR-give
them a cheap, regular, expeditions and stJe inter
couFe, by mail roads and the mails
Several petitions have been referred to the
Comm ittee coming from publishers OF newspapers
end periodicals, which are eutitled to resgectui
Grafton 1t has alwaa been the policy OF the
Cioyernmc to adopt cheap postage in relation to
newspapers and in this respect we act the exam
pie to Great Britain and Europe Newspaper
postage has been alwas cheap in proportion TO the
sizo and weight of the paper But Great Britain
has ou.stfpped us at last, for when the cheap post
age system went into operation, the postage on
newspapers WAS TAX en- OF. so that they can nov
be &c TO any part of the United Kingdom free OF
postpeer Some Of the petit oners ask that news
papere nav be sent free for 30 mites from the place
of publication. This is an inyidious distinction Jr
VI by should not the man who hsppens TO live 81
mica from the place Of publication, have his pa
pera as free as his neighbor who ives 30 mllea
And ICED, there is reason, If one man hss his
papers fee, that another, and indeed ALL should
not enjoy the same privilege at whatever distance
or place they may reside Although the poatage
on ne wspapers is, by the present rates, compare
lively cheap yet il they are not sent free, We re-
commend reduction to one cent for all distances
prepaid, when not sent from the place OF pubica
ton, and one cent per ounce for all periodicals aud
pamphlets.
Publishers, if they prefer to prepay, should be
allowed very liberal discount, say at least 80 per
cent or more as En- nducement to prepay on their
papers and publications.
Few of the petitions referred to the Committee
ask for the abolition OF the ranking privilege This
haa been urged year after year by the Post, Office
Department and by the petitions OF the people.
After mature dc Iteration, the undersigned are Of
the opinion that while the Members of Congress
81 ould not be taxed with postage, yet the correg-
pondence of the people stoald rot be burdened
with TOE heavy tax OF transporting their letters and
documents free of charge. Everything passing
through the mail should pay fair rate OF postage
and whatever relateg to any the Departments OF
the Government and the pu.lic interest should be
aid from The public Treaaury.
IN conclusion, the undersigned cannot forbear
expressing what in their opinion must appear OBJ
vi0us to every phiusopho mind. We live in an
age of progress and improvement
The pest has been eignalzed By Its triumphs Of
genius and Invention.
Witness the subjugation of steam, and It's ap
licaton TO tbs diversified objects and interests Of
every enlightened community.
|. is made to impart lie and energy to the Iron
Horse that can travel even when harnessed TO the
longest trains Of cars, OF the rate OF e hundred
miles an hour day and night like the pusations OF
the heart, without cessation or rest, and yet 1ih-
out fatigue.
So of the more subtle element, the lightning
which in its wild career had held undlsturbed sway
in the atmospheric world for thousands Of years
has been biided. tanned and made the passive
agent OF man in the diffusion of new ideas and
hopes-sll indicating that the future is to be no
less distinguished by intellectual and moral
achievements. A new era ia just beginning TO
dawn upon our Republic and the whole world, re
fugent, i; ia hoped, with the most benefcent re-
sulta to our race
The people are fast coming to understand that
Postal Reforms and Nail facilities bear the same
relation TO Notifications and armies that free schools
do to prisons and penisentiafes-th&ritia wise and
more polite to educate the people in proper
manner th1n to be underline necessity Of restraining
the immoral and vicious, after they have become
sucb under the unfortunate Influences of q profit
gate education.
The undersigned are sanguine in the opinion
however Utopian it may appear to othersl tia. il
the Penny Poatage system could be made natunAl
and international with liberal commercial inter.
course, 1t would not only sustain itself by its own
revenue, but that it would at no distant period su
Persede the necessity of all the armies and Ravies
OF the world What stronger guarantees OF peace
could We have than the removal of Jealousy and
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