The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-02-27

debt OF the city, TO whIch all interested IN the
credit ofthe city, should refer, for knowledge
of its financial condition and prospects.
OUR MAns.-Mr. Buchanan declares that
'''thc whole country is under great obligations |
10 our noble State for its triumphant support
Of the Constitution and the Union;" and the
Democracy Of Indiana are under obligations to
the "Pocket" for the glorious triumph in
this noble State" that has so seasonably
come to the support Of the Constitution and
the Union ofthe country; but what has the
Pocket, by whom the whole country has been
saved, got from the State or Union for saving
them? What has she ever received for her
devotion to the Democracy? Any thing but a
small Marine Hospital, which has been so
niggardly paid for, that the contractors
were "bursted' in building it. People in this
region are very freely used when their SER
vices are wanted; bit, like an old horse.
when the work is done, they are turned out
on the commons to shirk for themselves
Is this slavish submission, the true spirit Of
Democracy? Will the people of this district
consent longer to be made tools for the az
grandizement Of a few politicians, who forget
them as soon as they secure the places of pow
err and influence.
Almost all that the people in this part Of
Indiana can ask Of the General Government
are the benefits Of good mail facilities We are
independent Of her aid in everything else, and
if she would relinquish the monopoly which
she retains with such an exclusive grasp, we
could take care Of ourselves in this respect
But so long as she retains the exclusive right,
in return for all our contributions to the rev.
enues and political benefits of the Union, we
only demand a fair participation in the SER
vices of the Post Office Department. But in
in this, the only branch OF the public service
from which we can derive any benefits, we are
most shamelessly neglected With all our
important commercial interests, we have but
one daily mail and in one direction. With
many Of the thickly populated neighborhoods,
in our vicinity We have no mail connections.
With the important section of country along
Green River we have no proper direct mail
facilities. While the people Of Kentucky
have a daily mail in stage coaches from a
point opposite Shawneetown to Louisville,
which carries the mail in 48 hours, we have
oulya tri-weekly mail carried most of the
distance, on the back Of an old Rosinante, in
the charge Of boy, who makes the dis
lance, in good weather. in four or five days;
and in bad weather, sometimes, not at ALL
We have a series Of commercial towns, such
as Newburg, Rockport, Grandview, Troy,
Chameleon, Leavenworth, Corydon, &c, on this
route Of much greater importance than the
towns upon the opposite shore, all dependent
upon this wretchcd one horse mail. which
travels at the rate Of thirty or forty miles o
day, and which has to be loaded accord
ing to the state Of the roads; and an extra
mail bag is stored on the road to wait for tie
mud to disappear. The service is upon the
same scale of facilities and enterprise all
through the Pocket. Perhaps it may be, by
this sort OF old fogy administration Of shutting
out the light Of the age in certain districts
that the leaders hope to preserve their ascen-
dancy. But the days of the rule Of political
darkness are past and those who think of
blindiy leading the people will. themselves,
fall into pit.
The fault is in the apathy..of the people in
terested-in the lack of public spirit, and a
concert Of action; in neglect to insist upon
our rights, with a determination to have some
attention paid to them by those to whom the
people so freely give their votes. While the
government is appropriating millions for mail
service to foreign countries and for the benefits
Of maratime commerce. our own home mail
service along the most important avenue Of
inland commerce, cannot get two or three
thousands. And while appropriations are
made by the 100000 to build useless capitols
for the squatters in wilderness territory, the
glorious Democratic State of Indiana who has
just saved the Union, and the noble. invincible
Pocket that saved the State that saved the
decent mail service.
We are now discussing our local grievances
only, and as the piles of mail matter stored up
till dry weather and spring time, on the great
mail route between indianapolis and Terre
Haute belong to the nation and the public
at large, we do not embrace our private COM
plants.
The MORMON QUEsTIoS.-The Hon. George
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