The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
For the Miners Efprsss,
THE Pest MASTER GENERAL.


/ MEssRs EDlToRs-Whcn we consider III,
enralicr style of Hon N X. Halls reply to ou
just complaints, through our representative il
j Congress, concerning the frequency of the mai
failures from the East we almost feel that there
is just cause to resent the ndignity in some
general and public capacity
+ In the frs, place, our application for redress
ofthe serious Inconvenience under which we
labor, is met by the Second assistant, Mr., Frz
Henry Warren with the "presnmption," for
snoih, s'that certain charge will remove the
difficulties of which we complain Bear In
mind that it is only ''presumed;' and this pre-
sumption based on the filth Of official empiri-
csm and corruption
Again we appy,whsn the Hon, Post Master,
in person, eondescends to reply to US, ''that or
ders have been given which will probably rem
edy the evil complained of, but cannot speak
'oiM entire certainty on that subject in eonse-
quence Of the mant Of official into,mation of the
schedule on the Railroad from. Chicago Vest
The necessary Information has been asked and
,ehen reccired, such orders will be givsna. will
remove all reasonable grounds of complaint.
Such is the ''courtcous" reply Of the General
to our second complaint. Has not the "nrces
sary information" been already laid before him
Who knows it better than he Has he not al
ready been appriscd of the fact that certain evils
in our postal arrangements exist Our rcprcs-
cntntive, living on the very ground ,..and suffer
ing with the rest of US, the annoyances result
ing from the very evils complained Of for the
last six months, has laid before him the fact OF
their existence, and yet we are insolently in
formed, that, when the "neeessary mi for,na tion y
is received, the "cvils complained, will, proba-
big, be reincdicd.
What would have been the different course
of a prompt and faithful public servant, under
the circumstances here presented. Immediate
ly upon application having been made, he would
at once have issued orders f,r the speedy cor.
rection Of the evil and efficient execution ofthe
law, deeming the information that he had, en-
tlrely adequate to the immediate requisiion of
his official action, for the removal of the report
cd difficulties But not SO with Mr. Hall. The
convenience Of Gov. Frink is of a consideratio;,
paramount to that of the citizens, of Dubuque
and procrastnation is resorted to, in order to
meet the designs Of the Governor, by sending
out committee of enquiry to investigate the
grounds of our complaint, witha view of occu-
pyng by that investgation,as much time az pos
siblc, to the great sacrifice of our interest, in
subservence to that Of bloated monopolist,
whose only aim is the repleion of his own cof
fers, let the expense or Inconvenience to us, be
what it may. Is the law to be thus publicly
disregarded' Are VIC, laboring under all the
losses of a manifest violation Of law, are we to
remain insensible 10 the insolence Of conceit-
ed public functonary, who seems to forget that
he is the servant of the people,. We ought to
have our mails as the law directs and not other
wise. Shall we or shall we not! 1t remains
with ourselves to move in the matter, and a
dopt such means, as will secure us, against the
abuses sought to be imposed and continued up
on us, by few politlco-ephcmeral autocrats
who have lost their balance, through the impe-
tus Oft ''little brief authority
A CITIZEN