Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-07-13
PATRONAGE VS.. PRINCIPLE.

The wing party bases its organization upon
the hope Of ollice--the democratic party upon
the Foundation of great principles. The fruits
of wbjr administrations are intestine dlssen-
sions. hiph tariffs, crushing debts, Gaphns, and
Gardeners: the fruits Of democratic govern
ments are economy in the public expenditures,
eoual exchanges, equal taxation, extending ter
riiories. and the seltlement Of all great ques-
tons by the test of the Constitution. What a
disclosure of corruption in high places, the re-
suit of four years wing rule, has already been
made What disclosure Of similar corrupt
ions during the same period remains to be made
The causes lie directly upon the surface OF
things. party without general, recognssed>
creed, the whole system of which is kept togeid--
err alone by the adhesive power Of public plum
der" cannot faithfully administer this govern
ment. 1t never has done SO before; it cannot
do so hereafter.
The world is governed by great ideas. On
this continent the two which often control and
decide our politics, are distrust Of the wing or
ganization, and confidence in democratic princi-
pies. Both these ideas are tested by time and
BY trial. From the wing party in power have
proceeded the most extraordinary usurpations
upon the rights of the people, and the most fla-
grant abuses of the interests OF the country
The first duty of the democracy in power al
WAYS is to heal the wounds inflicted by its oppo-
nents upon the institutions of the country;
the next to apply healthy and righteous princi-
pies, in order to the safe, successful, and con-
sistent administration of the laws.
How natural and how appropriate, therefore,
is it not, for the wings to make the distribution
Of office their great test of faith! 1t is not
whether the laws have been faithfully executed,
and the citizen protected in his person and in
his property, but whether the patronage OF the
government has been disposed of according to
some process not exactly consistent with either
of these higher considerations. AT present the
great hope Of the wings is to excite dssensions
among the democrats by appealing to personal
dsappontments growing out of the distribution
Of official patronage under General Pierce. A.
high and honorable mission, truly Union.
~" We publish the following description
of the size and price of the new prepaid letter
envelopes as fixed by Hon. JAS. Campbell,
Post Master General The envelopes are now
being distributed to the different Post Offices
| No. !, or note size, AZ by % inches, made ex-
clusively OF white paper, water-marked P. o. D.,
U. S." and the stamp of the denomination Of
three cents, representing the head of Washington
in profile, on red field.
No. 2, or letter size, 81 by 81 inches made
either of buff or white paper,.of the same water
mark, and the stamp of the denomination Of 3
cents, being the same as on No. l.
No. 3, or official size, made either of buff or
white paper of the same water.mark, and the
stamp Of the denomination of siI cents, repre-
senting the head of Washington in profile, on
green field.
Letter size envelopes Of the denomination of
sic cents, made of buff or white paper of the same
water mark, and the stamp of the same device
and color No. 3, are to be issued -
| Also, letter size envelopes of the denomina-
ton Of twenty-four cents, made exclusively of
white paper Of the same water-mark, and the
stamp of the same device, on pink field.
The envelopes are to be sold to Posmasters
in your vicinity and to all other persons, for cash,
at the following rates, viz -
No. /, or note envelopes, at one dollar sixty
cents thousand, or sixteen cents hundred, in
addition to the value of the stamps.
No. 9, or letter size, at two dollars thousand,
or twenty cents hundred, in addition to the val
ne of the stamps.
No. 3, or official size, at three dollars and
twenty cents thousand, or thirty-two cents
a hundred, in addition to the value of the
stamps.
The Postage stamps now in use will not DO
superseded by the stamped envelopes, but will
continue TO be used, as heretofore, by those who
may prefer them.
FULL CoFFERs.-" The Sub Treasury in New
York, the Express says, is now fuller than it
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