The daily union., 1852-10-10
The Post omoc Dspartment.--Its Abuses.


The public have no conception OF the in which
the Post Office Department prostituied TO partisan pur
poses by those who at present control It, We make
idle compaini-we deal not in vague accusation but
charge explicitly and specifically that for party purposes
the rights OF the public outraged and the sancty OF
private correspondence violated by the 10 whom the
management OF the Post Office Department is present
nirused We cite facts TO support accusation The
Postmaster General has decided that every single public
document sent through the mail must be addressed and
iranked. and accordingly the democratic committee here
are not allowed TO send their documents in packages
with frank only the envelope But the whig com
mittee do habtuay distribute their documents in pack
ages of hundred with only one address and one frank
Is this Just The matter has been brought TO the atten
ton of the Postmaster General but the injustice has not
been redressed But this is not all Whilst whig docu-
mens are mailed Immediately, and distributed with the
utmost expedition, democratic documents generally
detained and, what is worse in many instances they
never reach their destination all From all sections Of
the country complaints OF a deficiency OF documents
are sent up to the Central Democratic Committee, who
have labored with energy and vigilance only not equal
to contend against The cunning schemes Of Tru-
man Smith and Fz Henry Warren, and the outrageous
injustice of the Post Office Department More documents
have been sent by the committee to the State OF Louis
lana than 10 any other State OF the Union n proportion TO
population aud yet democratic friends in Louisiana
complain that they get documents In numberless in
stances documents have been mailed 10 Individuals who
write back that the documents are not received Who
doubts that all this is the result Of arrangement and Of
systematic fraud in the Post Office Department. We
will mention case in which the fraud was detected
Several numbers Of the Columbus Statesman. leading
democratic paper in Ohio. after being lodged in the pos,
office, were unwrapped, copy Of Slievegammon Rob-
insons Infamous assault upon General Pierce enveoped
with each copy of the paper and then they sent TO
their address, The editor OF the Statesman has very
properly taken steps to avenge this outrage.
But this is not the Private letters addressed to
members of the democratic committee have, by some in
explicable casually, failed TO reach their destination
To such pass have things come, that gentlemen
on this committee will not conduct an important pub
lie or confidential private correspondence through
the post. Recently the committee had occasion to re.
ceive letter from one OF the New England States.
and they employed special messenger to fetch it
These are all facts--undeniable. notorious facts.
For three years Mr.. Filz Henry Warren was Second
in the Post Office Department He resigned but
a few months since Whils in Office, no doubt he or
ganized the department to subserve his parys purposes
and made ample arrangements for the speedy dissem
nation of whig and the efectual suppression OF demo-
cratic documents Was it for this that he invited
to resign!
Do we live in free couniry-in country Of law and
liberty Or are we the subjects Of dsspot. and
the victims of worse than Austrian espionage Shall
the party which wields the powers OF government be
suffered prostitute them to such purposes, and in this
manner outrage the rights Of individuals and the laws
Of the land We appeal 10 the people 10 yndcate their
rights and the dignity Of their laws by hurling from
power the proAgate party which trampes upon the
and violates the other.
We invite attention to communication in another COL
umn this subject