Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-01-21
OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE.

The following arc reports Of speeches made week
before last in New York city, in favor of the Leduc-
ton Of Ocean Penny Postage. The first is by
Elhu Burritt the second ty John p Hale. We
copy from the Tribune.
Mr.. Burritt said:
But the whole reduction now proposcd is confined
to the single item Of the ocean transit; we leave
different countries to reduce or retain their inland
rates as they please. This greatly facilitates The
project, as thus, have not to wait for the action
OF slow moving Governments; all that is required
rs the cordial cooperation of the United States and
Great Britain to establish the system over nearly
the whole ocean surface of the globe. BY this
scheme the rate to any town in Great Britain would
be I cents that is, American inland, 3 cents :;
ocean, 2cents English inland, . cents. To France
1t would be 10 cents; to the German Postal Union
y cents. During the last two years more public
meetings have been held in England lin favor of
tins measure than of any other demanding the ac-
tion OF Parliament There have been large DEM
onstrations in the principal cities of Great Britain
ana ireland, and the principal Chambers of Com
merce have momorialized Parliament. Hundreds
OF petitions have been presented, not only from the
British Isles but from the colonies. From almost
every emigrant ship to Australia, the farewell
prayer has been to Parliament for the Ocean Penny
Postage. a gentleman who frequently takes charge
OF these appeals, told me that the names are often
blotted by tears shed them before the ink dried
In many instances agricultural laborers have walk
ed ten miles to contribute their penny toward this
object, which would be to them as rich blessing as
bread. All classes have an interest in the plan for
the stream Of emigration effects all. | have seen
at lou meetings, the relatives of persons beyond
the sea asked to raise their hands, and fully two
thirds OF the hands present were raised. A mem
orlal signed by GO,OO0 women of Great Britain is
ready for presentation. During the early part of
the last session Of Parliament n deputaton of
M hn1a If ,,,l,N all
seventy other influential gentlemen waited on Lord
Aberdeen, and urged the adoption of the scheme
at once. The Governor of the Bank of England
who introduced the dcputation, emphatically de-
cared that the people would never be satisfied till
the change was adopted. The Rt. Hon. Thomas
Milnor Gibson, liberal member who beat the
Government last winter on motion to reduce the
newspaper tax, has engaged to bring the subject
before the House of Commons and Il. b. Addell
a conservative member, has agreed to second his
motion. Last session, Mr.. Gladstone, Chancellor
of the Exchequer, declared he would be glad to see
the matter brought before the House and invest-
gated. am almost certain a Committee of Inquiry
VIII be appointed during the present session and
there is hardly doubt that their report will be
favorable, Tor the Committee will probably he COM
posed OF such men as Hume, Golden, Bright
Gibson and others, who have done so much TO fa-
ciate intercourse between Great Britain and other
nations. Many persons are engaged in preparing
facts to submit, to show the scheme NAV be adopted
without any sensible loss to the revenue. cannot
conceive anJ American heart, any Christian phian-
throplst or patriot, who would be unwilling to see
this great Republic, whose nayies whten every sea-
aid in establishing system which would bless ali
the populations of men with benefits which no
tongue can describe. Economical minds NAV doubt
its practicability, especially when they consider
that within three years. American steamers NAV
be plying between this country and China, Japan
the Coast of Africa, Australia the Sandwich Is
lands, to Behring Straits. But, we need not take
so WIDE view at once. think fully four-flths of
the American correspondence with Europe goes in
direct line by Great Britain by the Liverpool and
southampton mail packets. This is the direction
IN which the scheme would work the greatest good
Will the United States cooperate with Great Britain
in this direction! This is the question ON which
hangs the realization Of the project between North
America and Europe. TO that solicit your infiu-
ence, if the facts and arguments / will produce
show that il can be adopted without sensible loss to
the PostOthce. The whole charge at present for a
letter to England is 24 cents. Under the new pro-
iect would be q cents (if the Government reduced
the inland rates TO cents, as we have reason 10
believe they would be willing to dol If we can
show that the change would bring four times the
number OF letters, then it would be practicable
surely those who write once year now would then
write twice there is half of the requisite augmen-
tation. Next, there are 100000 immigrants every
year these would be new correspondents; each
would at least write and receive two letters wear
This would produce during the first year 900 900
letters il would probably be 100000 the second
year and 100000 the third, allowing for deaths
Besides, it would break up the extensive practice of
sending letters, unsealed by private hands to avoid
postage. gentleman lately admitted that he had
50 pounds weight of such with him. The agent of
4 mail packet has offered to carry letters at one
'ent each. Let us now ascend to higher consider
ltlons, after glaneng at the great impulse. and \
aellity Il would give to commerce; considerations
which take hold of our future as a nation, and de-
nand the boon which reaches to the highest pin
a'ic oil our conniTys destiny 10 which the aspira.