The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-25


cal authorities of every degree, rival with each
other in roofing out the evils Immediately about
them before they venture to interfere with the Ito
them) supposed ills Of other States, or portions
of the same
EW- We find the following article in the
Ancient City" It's comments are 80 true on
misrule" at the post Office, that we feel it is
time to begin to take notice of the Irregularities
that are systematically occurring.
We have had complaints from all parts of the
country that our paper is not regularly for
warded, or regularly distributed. Many Of these
complaints are from postmasters- the ma
jorty of them state their belief that the irrcgu-
Iarty arises from wiful intention.
Other papers Of this city arrive at their des-
tination with the regularity of clockwork. Not
so the Southern Press" although mailed at the
same time.
Sometimes parties do not get their numbers
for intervals Of weeks And what is still more
remarkable, numbers which have been forwarded
with others to the same town, are not received
or distributed, although other numbers. aoiA
,ohich they had been mailed. arrived in due
course.
Some of these numerous complaints are 30 sin.
gular, and the writer's so unhesitatingly lay the
blame on the post Office authorities, that We
SHALL one of these days, publish number Of
them for the edifcation and instruction of oul
readers:
| "PosT OFFICE OR OTHER MIsRULE.-VeriIy
"our sufferings Tin this regard) is intolerable
and cries aloud for relief" We know moi
whether the repeated failures of some of oul
most valued exchanges, are to be ascribed to ac-
cident, or design; but if they are to be set down
to the account of the former we must say there
is presented an amount of accident truly re-
markable, making Mr.. Fillmore's administration
taking it all in all, the most accidental one that
we wot Of; but there is a fact attending the
failures of which we particularly complain, SEEM
ing, in no slight degree, to warrant the con-
lecture that chance has not wholly controlled
in the matter, namely, that the papers lost to u.s.
by the irreguarity of mail transmission, are en-
tirely of the Democratic anti submission school
and among them, that able and faithful champion
of the South, the Southern Press
| MOL u nutuUtr VI LiilS JOuTNdi WAS 6uutIcu W
reach US for some four weeks Immediately pre-
ceding the arrival of the last mail, but one, and
several Of our friends, who are subscribers to it.
inform us that they have been wronged in the
same way 10 like, or greater extent Our ad
ministration Wing exchanges quite regular
in their coming. What, we ask, is the meaning
Of this? Has the edict gone forth, placing tn,
issues from all presses, whose conductors ar,
sufficiently fearless and independent to speal
the truth and shame the DEVIL under the sur
VIGILANCE of vile censorship; or worse thai
that subjecting them to surreptitious suppress
sion! Ii so we have indeed fallen on evi
tmes Mr.. Fillmore and his cabinet may wei
desire to silence or smother the war ing voic
of the sentinels upon the watch towers of South
ern rights but it is neither manly or honest Il
t attempt it by means such as the latter of thos,
we have limited at, and he must be very bolt
man who, in this country and age, will essay The
expedient Of an open muzzling Of the press
that thsia is, however, in this thing, "a>screw
loose somewhere is an undeniable truth, anc
we ask that it may be put right.'-Ancien
City