The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-14

HON. JAMES CAMPBELL.

Among the gifted names which have adorned h,
net Of Franklin Pierce, perhaps there Is no one NJ
more honored for the able performance Of duties b
Of the Postmaster General Perhaps no President Y,
more fortunate in the selection OF a cabinet than
Pierce and the copniEy bias been s..sscsly favored
fact that all the eminent gentlemen belonging 10 N
continued to fill their offices during almost the snr
dential term. This gentleman Is pre-eminently Cd
the very post assigned him. A considerable prODOr
the mail-contraet system has undergone thOrOuv
radical reform during bis term of Office, and a. th
Of his foresight and ability and independence ",
scarcely refer to the adoption of the system Of .
stamps, which must commend ITSELF and has conn
itself to every citizen in the land. II greatly az
the payment Of postage, lessons the labor Of pO,.u
and Is means by which fractional parts Of dolr
be most successfully and safely, and with the lsas
bic inconvenience, transmitted from any section Of
or Of the country to another. This matter, small
as 1t may appear is yet one which interests every i
aud facilitates business transactions 10 uss.se vi
of the highest possible advantage to the entire public
Another matter of graver interest to the COUNT
the Transmission of mails over railroads and by be
and inland steamers Railroad, steamboat and Ste.
companies, knowing full well the facilities they Dos
for the most speedy transmission of the mails in N.
partment at prices which amounted to nothing lea
extortion. The public, and especially the mer
classes in the cities, greatly interested in the
transmission of the mails which was possible au 4
companies, being fully aware Of this fact, charged
nous rates--rates which were wholly unauthorized =
laws of Congress relating TO this subject The
railroad and other companies combined together :
TEN OF exlortion Where there was only one rai,O
lar Ill fha hat
and Philadelphia the demand for the expeditions tn
sion of the mails was SO imperative that the ps
all classes called for such transmission let the e1
what it might. There was no reasonable relation "A
the expense incurred by the railroads in this seu
the enormous sums exacted by them for this I'd
sion. And where there were rival routes betweeu
these rival companies would compromise and
and thus compel the government to pay the Y
agant bonus, or not have the mails carried Nh
roads are chartered by State, and not by the d
government railroads could not be compelled to ca
mails, and under such circumstances would only d. y
their own conditions. No State ought ever to incc
a railroad corporation without provision compell
roads to convey the mails at a reasonable compe
But such laws have not been made and the public y
nience has not thus been provided for.
A gigantic system Of extortion by incorporated
was thus systematically attempted, and indirectly
ed by the press and by immense moneyed inters
meet such system and defeat il was work Of Do
Importance; and in this emergency Mr.. Campbell
found to be just the man. Independent, of stern in
liberal to do what is right, and never yielding to
tnnt demands nor moneyed interpretations, Mr.. Camp
done service to his country which will be duly
ated by the whole country when the whole is bro
| light.
| We cannot enlarge, even to mention other im
services which Mr.. Campbell has performed to the
ment As whole, no department has been more
bly, or successfully sustained, and when the nois
campaign is closed the whole country will be graft
| the services of James Campbell