The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-17

BY promptly acceding 10 arrangement AZ
reasonable full promise OF the hsppicst results
have the honor to be, very respectfully your ooedent
servant, hohAilo hiNG,
Principal Clerk for Foreign Mails.
The right honorable yiscount CasHse,
Postmaster General, sc, London.
GxsrHAl Posr oyrrcs,
London, April 81 1854.
smi In reply to your letter Of the 2lst December last
relative TO postage pamphlets and magazines passing be
tween this country the United States, directed BY
vscount Canning state for the information OF the Post
General Of ths United States, that the alteration
posed would anomaly in the foreign and colo
NAL post this country which would lead TO
only this department but to the public
Two varieties this book post and the proposal
now made would adopted, create third whereas the in
erest of the public best consulted by tho maintenance
far as is possible Of uniformity in all postal arrangements
The present negotiation for improving the book pos, be-
cen the two countries originated in offer by the Post
master General Of Great Britain place it the foot
ing as post in extensive between this
try and many of her colonies, including Canada
Lord Canning Of opinion that this proposal CONTAINED
in the letter this Office of October 10, 1851 would be
acceptable and seryceabe to the public and that
it other respects BETTER than the counerpropoal
from the Of the United States Instead
being restricted pamphlets and magazines it extends to
books of all kinds and comprehends therefore, much wider
field of literature science, while it avoids dsned
distinction likely be either well understood well
membered by the public, and tending errors
charges and complaints.
While therefore, Lord Canning is reluctantly compelled
to decline proposal Of the Postmaster General Of the Uni
ted States in the belief that tho nconyenen anomaly which
il would introduce the postal system OF this country
would outweigh any little advantage derivabe from
striced would afford him great pleasure
assist in encouraging by of good postal
cnts the scientific and literary intercourse between the two
countries united they in language and general
interest He confident that this object could be eceuay
uhered by the adoption of book post the broad prn
cp laid down in the letter which have referred and ii
time the Postmaster General Of the United States
should become willing establish such post Lord Can
ming will be happy treat with him the subject Mean
while he but think he best consul the
the British public by leaving the existing arrangements
undisturbed.
am to add with reference paragraph your let
ter of 21s December that By referring to Mr. Tleys
letter Of March TO- 1853 the Postmaster General of the
United will perceive that he is under msapprehen
sion supposng that this department has declined allow
either pamphlets magazines to be included in the mails
transmitted through this country to Prussia.
| am, sir, your obedent servant,
FREDERICK HILL,
Assistant Secretary to the Postmaster General.
| HoRArIo KIsa, Esq., Washington
In answering the call of the Senate for this correspond
ence our Postmaste General made note stating that
response to the above letter of Mr. Hill considered
and further with reference to the statement
in the last paragraph he said he was under no msappre-
henSiOn In SuppOSB tnht tue TOsL Vince uhu
cned to allow either pamphlets magazines to be inclu
ded in the Prussan closed mail reference to Mr..
Tley letter Of 10th March, 1853 referred TO- it would be
observed that his the Postmaster Generas) proposition
to that effect rejected except the condition of his
accepting the proposal for book post which had been
peaedy and positively declined by the United States.
Therefore in thus connecting the two propositions he
sdered that his Gin effect, clearly declined The pas
sage in Mr. Teys letter referred to is in the following
unequivocal language
you accept the proposal made by his ordshp for the
establishment of book post between the United States and
country there being little doubt that similar proposal
adopted by Prussia then reduced rate the trans
in question pamphlets, &C., in the Prussian closed
NALL may be regarded the legitimate consequence In
deed the appear be closely related that
the Postmaster General considers that the should be
made contingent upon the other
Such is plain statement Of the Those interested
will determine for themselves which side is in the right
For ourselves we have hesitation in giving it our
decided opinion that every argument advanced by the
British Office against accepting the modified proposal of
| Judge Campbell has been completely disposed of