The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-12-21

State authorities, and intended as the
Commander of the forces of the country
to distribute them where his Judgment
led him to think proper, and his express.
ed determination to make the officers Of
the General Government in the North
carry out the laws Of Congress, are equal.
ly pleasing to the good citizen. He bids
fair to make avery popular President.
CHEAT PosTAGE.-Perhaps the rates
of letter postage recommended by the
Postmaster General in his late report
are as good as any that could be adopted
Three cents on letters prepaid, and five
cents when not paid in advance are,
probably, about such rates as the inter.
ests of the great public of the country
demand, and as would pay for their trans
portation. But his recommendation in
the matter of newspaper postage is I'M
reasonable and unjust-itis both of these,
to propose to charge as much for carry
ing small country papers ten or twenty
miles, as for carrying large city papers
one or two thousandd! miles, and tihio idea
should not be entertained moment.
Touching this subject the Howard
Gazette remarks:
GA country paper cannot be published as
cheapy as a city paper of large circulation, and
it is principle in political economy disputed by
none, that if, in the raising of revenue, inciden-
tai advantage can be afforded to weak interests,
it ought to be done.
1t must be very plainEto any one who will look
at the matter for a moment, that the presses of
the large cities, with capital, steam, and light
ming at their command, will swallow up the weak
country press; yet the Postmaster General pro-
poses to place the mammoth establishment with
its edition of 10000, on level with the strug-
Cling country paper with its few hundreds.
1t is the duty of the government to guard all
the interests of the country tendency of
the times is TO concentrate every species of bust
ness capable of it, in cities; but diffusion is the
true interest Of q republic"
The importance of the country press
is not rightly reckoned by most persons.
1t is the free press of the land--the I'M
trammelled press-the independentpress,
The two thousand country papers spread
over this wide land, are the papers that
echo the true aggregate voice of this peo-
pie, for from them gush forth the spon-
taneous opinions of the masses, unsway-
ed by the great commercial, monied or
sectional interests that do bear, more or
less, OR the papers Of the great cities.
They are uninauenced by these things,
because they are out ofther reach.
The importance of the press-of such
press as the country presto the
very life of such Government as this,
is universally admitted-as universally
as the opinion prevails, that Congress
should legislate SO as to encourage the
multiplication and circulation Of news.
papers. So much has been said and
written on all this matter that farther
writing would be trite. We believe
all newspapers should be sent free in the
counties in which they are published;-
certainly that they should not pay more
than ten cents yearly, and that one and
a half cents is not too much for 1000 miles
and upwards. Shorter distances than
this, less rates.
The proposition to break up free ex-
changes between papers, cannot we pre-
sumo, be seriously entertained.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL CELEBRATION The
following notice has been handed US for publica-
ton. The collection to be taken up is to be de-
voted to increasing the library ofthe school. Mo-
ney can scarcely be better expended and it would
be well for those who attend to contribute liber-
ally.
Interesting Notice.
The celebration of the Elkton Methodist r.
Sabbath School will be held in the M. E. Church
on Christmas night, to commence at o'clock.
The exercises of the evening will consist of
Addresses, REGULATIONS and Dialogues by the
children, interspersed with the singing OF appro-
pirate music selected for the occasion.
The friends of the school and all others favora-
BILE to the cause are atfectionately invited to be
present.
The children of the school will be admitted at
6 O'Clock, and the public at 81 o'clock.
| A collection will be taken up to aid in procur-
ing new library for the school.
| MARYLAND CENSUS RETURNs.-We have the
| 81 Il; Of yland
which are compared with the census of lS40
| 1850, 1910. Increase
Charles, 1876 16,O23 1913
Kent, l,379 1O,S42 537
st. Mary's, 1868 1924 al
Queen Anne's, 1856 1858 1853
Montgomery. 1889 1886 3S3