The true Democrat., 1855-11-13
The Post Office.

the bold and interruptions attacks he made upon Mir. Woodruff about frauds in the post office at this city. He accused Woodruff of opening letters and detaning his papers. To this attack few years ago we alluded, and asked the U. s. District Attorney to enquire into 1t. We were summoned before the grand urv as a witness, and the evidence we gave was that Borland made the charges and was the proper witness. Though the jury was com posed of men of all Iarties, both friends and foes of Borland, they treated the ma ter as one of Borlands faIsehoods to enlist the sympathy of the public, and dismissed the complaint against Mir. Woodruff.
 Now Borand is pursuing the same course against the present post master. He cannot live, he knows he is politically damned, unless he can get up the cry of persecution, and, as in the case of Woodruff in l846, he is now trying to produce the impression that he is persecuted by the present post master.
 We leave the public here to judge between Borland and the post master John E. Reardon, is universally respected in this city, and the idea that he is using his office to oppress Bor- land is secuted by both his friends and his toes We showed that Borland held back his papers until the mail ill which they were to be sent, was gone and then condemned Mir. Reardon for it. This we showed few weeks since. To what low ebb has he fallen!
 As to his charge against tue Post Master Ge- neral about his being Catholic, why did Bor- land not think of this before? Why did he not think of it when he was applying to the President for the Ministership to Central Ame- rica? Why did he accept office under an ad- ministration when he knew that it was dis grace to the country. He did not think of the administrations faults then. But..snce he has drained tue President dry' of all offices. he ungratefu!ly turns upon him and his cabinet to find fault and denounce them. Poor Borland, His own outrageous failures in Central Amer- ca caused him to resi- gn his office of Minister. We should like to know if after he returned from his mission, he did not desire to recall his esignation, and ask President Pierce to send him back again to Central America at the same salary he had already received? Will Borland answer this question, before he goes any further in his abuse of the Post Master General?
 We give below letter from John E. Rear don winch shows that the faults in the post of flee charged upon him, were to be attributed to Mr Williams, post master, at Brownsville, his accu5er. Mir. Williams is angry at Mr. Rearion because Mr. R. recommended his removal for inctficency.
 MT. Rearlon desires Us to state that since he wrote the following letter, Mir. Williams has committed two gross errors for which he has reported him at Washington. One was, he permitted the mail sent to Brownsville from i Napoleon to pass and come OH to Little Rock-and the other was he sent his mail for Memphis Tenn. to Little Rock instead of send ing it direct to Napoleon.
 Here is Mr. Reardons letter written some ten days since:
 TO THE EDITOR OF THE TRUE DEMOCRAT" Mallgnlty aud representation constitute so entirely the element upon which exists the Gazette & Democrat, to the exclusion of all
  honorable fairness iu its attacks upon men, did not intend again to notice its abuse; but an effort to render its last article upon the post of flee plausible by enlistiag the ail of d deputy Post Master, makes 1t somewhat necessary.
 The whole object, I am informed Is to effect if possible, my resignation. Mr. Williams, deputy Post Master at Brownsville, had he the interest of tbe citizens of Brownsville, or his sworn duties to the department at heart, could easily have corrected all the errors charged as existing in my office, by simple representation of tacts to the department, or if proved to be persisted in, hare cauSet my removai This would have answered the same purpose, Ipre- sulne, as forcing my resignation.
 Any one who will examine the arrangements in the Post Office at Little Rock, for the dst.i- button of mail matter, will see at a glance that most of the mistakes charged by MI. w lliams as having occurred are not at all probadle.-- There ale errors 10 doubt, but Mr. Williams has mistaken those likely to occur, particularly when he charges upon the offices at Napoleon and Little Rock, the fault of allowing mail matter to pass his office which should always be detained by himself. This occurs with the arrival ofnearlv every mail from Aberdeen.
 The cause of complaint is simply this, in con sequence of many serious errors and acts of negligence in the office at Brownsville, found 1t necessary to complain, and request some change at that office. An investigation of my statements was made by the mail agent of this State, and the business of the office discovered to be altogether under the management of deputy. The result was request that the Post Master would resign and the faults of the deputy givena as sufficient cause for such request
 In this there is some excuse for an effort at retaliation on the part of Mr. Williams Re- venge is sweet, have no doubt, even to min ster of the gospel, but there is no excuse for his gross neglect of his duty to the community at Brownsvle and of the instructions of the department so plainly manifest in the follow ing from the Post Master General. "Each post master is as much bound in duty and s,a Honor to report to the department in every case of er- TOT or delinqucncc in the service, whether aris- ing from wilful violation of law. or from the carelessness or neglect of post mosters, contrac- tors or others, as he is to perform the ordinary routine duties of his office
 "Should any post master disregard in any instance the injunctons thus earnestly enforced, the post master general will deem it a grave offence against the regulations of the depart ment, and as eridence cf unftaess or c6icia1t,ust
 Now in no Instance" was there ever the smallest complaint made by Mr. Williams to the department, the mail agent, or myself I have conversed with him upon mail matters, and would have been glad to know of any errors existing in my office. Where so many of the duties are necessarily entrusted to others it is the best source 1 have of discovering their