The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-04-21
The Mails. &C.. sc.

Hoso the Eastern mails get here seems to be
nobody's busness-at least nobody appears to
know certainly. But they do get here-some-
times many days after they are due-some-
times three or four in a lump-sometimes IN
couples and sometimes singly-but all behind
all stale The people have realized the pecu-
liar blessings of a Pierce Democratic Admins
tration in various happy ways, but probably IN
no manner more intensely delightful, than IN
the working of the Post Office Department.
There is christian feeling connected with
some kinds Of happiness under blessings
which disposes the soul to calmness. But we
begin to doubt whether there is any christian
feeling at all mingled in the intense delight
with which the people are regarding and have
been regarding the peculiarities of Gen. Camp
bell and of the department which he admins
ters In fact, there has probably been more
unehristianlike swearing at both department
and its head, than before we could possibly
have conceived christians might practice, or an
administration in any of its servants or de-
partments deserve. So we are beginning to
believe that the people are not quite so much
delighted after all-or, if they are. that there
is some eccentricity in their manifestations Of
happiness.
But, every business man in this commu-
nifty, and scores of other communities, has for
the last three weeks been perplexed, and more
or less directly injured, by an interruption OF
the regular mails, for which, if the Depart
ment wore not at first entirely responsible,
and we think it was, it has been guilty of the
grossest negligence, ill-polcy, or something
worse in not speedily remedying. We believe
and have already given our reasons for belev-
ing, that the 7. H. & R. Railroad, while it paid
no more respect in this case than it habitually
has done on all occasions, to the interests o.
the public, has acted perfectly right as cor
poration DESTROYS of taking the proper care o
its own interests and repelling imposition
and that the Department: has from the first tc
the last been acting within that narrow circle
astronomical policy. which has SO frequently
distinguished the Campbell Post Office AID
ininistration, and SO often injured important
interests.
Now, how much longer is this condition o
broken mail arrangements to continue How
much longer are almost hundreds of business
communities to suffer, simply because the De
partment will not pay one road price for car
rying the mails eqdivalentor nearly so to wha
is paid on many other roads 1t is nov
sending some of the mails by way of Chicago
Co. beautiful piece of economy! Doe
any one suppose that the Department can WIFI
in the railroad ? The road is perfectly indie
pendent in every way. Moreover it is righ'
and the people will support the right. Tn
Department will have to make an ignominiou
surrenderiat last, and the sooner it is done tn
milder will be the ridicule and condemnation
OF the public. AS it is now, things are in
shan.<tM condition, and it is shameful tina
they have been permitted to get So and still
more shameful that they were permitted t.
remain so single week. -.