New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-23
TWO GENTLEMEN ~ DISTRESS.

Mr. - Gray publishes a very reckless and un-
truthful paris sheet a, Cleveland Ohio. which
Sc. ms no, TO Lave many subscribers as TIE TRIB
vNr. 20 he exc. ou; livelihood by the profits Of the
&c, Gland Post Office which Mr.. Pierce with
ionducss. bestowed on him. Mr.. Gray evidently be-
longs te the Ba'naclc family whose chief study with
regard TO official duties il How Not TO DO them, 80,
seeing very large supply Of TRInrSEs passing
through his office weekly, he sets himself and his
newspaper at work 90 diminish our circulation, and
consequently the revenue Of the Post Office where
fom he suhsists. This is the way he goes about il:
The Of Tat WEEKLY TRIBUNE 20 clubs and nearly
edition thus obtauedl dollar per copy
atdrcs dollar snd 'reHv cent The sohscrbers names
as yo,1 oSae democratic Posmss,sr who cot ~
the club Voluntarily Wfs the Of the subscribers upon
said arcfs free gTaiis.ioT nothing . 80.
49,, ~ - a, iss loN 0 ,.er. .srt from the oc4 of
publication wthou, the individual direction and that 10000
rpn which ct frenv cents per ruuber the prce a,ked BY
Greeley would to the nice little Of ten taor'9nd
country have donating Greeley and his 6yan bread 1nd
csS comPes with Greeley lie cannot OILY count upon the
active xerous Pomasrs throu ghout the est who toT
ub. bu he counts on tb donation Of toeHy dollar,
the Of gatuitcus sci bing No wonder Western
tremendous odds a. kainst them
1t seems unaccountable that person entrusted
with an important Post Office should show himsel'
such blockhead in the face and eyes Of the world;
bu, we have copied the foregoing precisely IN his own
words What he proposes to do to spite IHE TRIBUNE
would simply take Twenty thousand Dollars out OF
the pockets Of ogr subscribers and pat part OF 1t
into ours; it would not damage US one penny. The
Postmasters whose chief study is how TO aceommo-
date their customers and increase the Post once
revenue instead of How Not to Do it, this
NIL TO IsYxer of
TRIBUNE by handing out their papers from list in
their possession, instead Of tunblng over perhaps
hundred to find the precise copy addressed to the
person now calling for it, To have the names written
ON our large packages would thus increase the post
masters work in delivering and cost subscribers
each twenty cents year; but Il would cost US moth
ng whatever. We would quite soon send our
ropers in packages separately addressed for 81 20 per
annuu az 70 one address for s Either way suits us
perfectly; the only question is, VIII PostRastes IN
crease their own labor and tax subscribers twenty
cents each for the mere chance Of thereby diminishing
the circulation Of THE TRIBUNE. That's all.
-Postmaster Gray's patriotic effort has fired the
soul of Postmaster Cookery OF Dubuque, Iowa, with
passionate emuation be procures the insertion OF
Grays manifesto in a convenient journal, and preiaces
il with one Of bis own wherein he counses people to
take The Union, PeBasyiraHiaR or PloindeaIeT the
said Gray's, to w.t. rather than The TRIBUNE and
backs his advice with this appalling menace to Western
PUstmasters
If the number packages Of THE n Y TRIGUNE which
comes to this office for distribution addressed Posmaste
who act agents any criterion by which TO Judge the politics
Of such Posmaste there three Abolition PostmasteTs IN
lows and the Northwest generally to one Democrat
Believing THE z TRIBUNE be al incendiary
per- shining the destruction Of society by ncuo9tns free
Love Lever doctrines and especially treason
able designs against the Constitution OF the nied states
which have support and defend voluntarily give
this public n0uce hat II any esIee'sSle , nue VI ~ W. P
master for this mischevous print and recon
reliable friend Of the Constitution and the mon to MI
place will all my efforts with the Post Ohce Depart
met through the Hon Senator jones' to have the change
effected speedily and without fail"
We afft cti0nately advise the Postmasers of Iowa
to look out. There are manifestly great numbers OF
this "leveling' journal afoat among them and MIR.
Cookery vigorously holds them responsible He has
his eve upon them, and their case wears very sus-
picious aspect 4" Hon. Senator Jones" is at Wash.
ngton, completely under the thumb of the Dubuque
digniary aforesaid, and ready "to have the change
" Effected speedily and without fail
We tender our Profound Acknowledgements TO Mr..
Corkery for perm ting so large portion Of our sub
scrbers sheets to pass safely through his office. 1t is
very evident from his Characterization Of these sheets
that he has stopped none in order to read them Next
year. being out of Office he Wll have more leisure tor
literary pursuits and we propose to send him copy
gratuously for quarter, in order that he may posi-
himself up by its perusa and write OF Us thereafter
more inelligently. We doubt not that new light Will
thus be let in on his now darkeued BRAIN and that he
will find The TRIBUNE q capital paper, and no longer
marvel that il has subscribers by thousands where
those he recommends to suppant have scarcely tens
Meantime we prOfer him assurances of our most dis
tiuguished consideration.