New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-23
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE.

To ne Editoro u The ~ y TyltVns
SIR As the opening Of the next session Of Congress ia
close at hand bog to address few lines TO your roadcrs
On fbe ebiect Of Ocean PENN Poaogo Perhaps they
aware thai the movement in favor OF this great postal
form has progressed n Great Britain almost 10 It's
summation. For two years, has been kept before the
House of Counons and urged with such forco Of evi
dence and illustration of its feasibility and necessity that
there IL no doubt that majority of the members of all par
tee refdy 10 vote for It's adoption Early last session
Of Parliament il will perhaps be recoocted tho British
Government mpelled by the pressure of public opinion
from without, proposed to its colonies the adoption OF a
uniform rate OF Cd ~ cents all letters passing be-
tween them and the mother country to be divided thus
cents for the British inland charge cents for the ocean
trnns and cents for the colonial inland rate This IL
Just half way the adoption Of Ocean Penny Postage be
tween Great Britain end its colonies for under this sys
tom the charges would be cents for the British inland
for the transit, and for the colonial inland
making cents for the whole cost, But Mr. Gladstone
the Chancellor of tho Exchcquer declared in Parliament
at The close OF last session. that the Government had pro
posed rate as orfarthe ayora
"ble proceedings He also said he should be glad ~ -
an inquiry instituted next session In reference 10 Ocean
Penny Postage. So there is good reason to believe that
committee will be appointed to examine this proposition
soon after the opening of Parliament and there is hardly
room to doubt that they will report in favor Of its adoption
But although England may establish an Ocean Penny
Postage between her and all her colonies without tho
currence Of foreign countries she cannot carry out the
system between herself and them without their cordial
consent and cooperation She may convey letters from
Liverpool to Halifax for cents but from Liverpool 10
New York for nothing less than the present charge with
out the concurrence Of thoUned States. With that
currence there good reason to believe that penny
transit might be established at least between Groat
Britain and the whole Of North America during the next
session Of Congress and Parliament. There Is com
merce in the world that would be benefited by such
a reduction Of postage than that Of the United
States There is population in Christendom that would
derive greater advantage from this system than that Of
the United States There can be doubt that nine ehs
Of all the really foreign correspondence Of the United
States the Atlantic to through Great Britain.
We have emgrans to or from Australia, the East In
Dice Africa TO make any considerable correspondence
in those directions Nearly all the letters Of friendship
that the transported in almost direct
line between the United States and Europe via Liverpool
Southampton, Hawc, and Bremen. Now then, may we
not hope that swe directed pressure of public opinion
VIII induce orr Government 10 conccde this great boon.
especially to the myiads q tho hard handed sons of toll
who have come from every town and village and hamlet
IN Ireland aud Germany 20 beaniiiy and enrich great
county by her indtiry' Let all gho think The roaii
giiion 81 ils would bring blessing inetmabIe
a. ft,e emiep aud benefit ~ ITO comfnercia Interest.
Il bo country ark Ds i adoption through The medium u
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