Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-14

Thin aper, which We give entire Ibis morning, is
one Of lho most important thst has ever before is
sued from the Post Once Department For the first
te in the history Of the government there has been
established within the last year. system Of mails
reaching entirely eeross the continent and bringing
the most distant and Isolated districts Of wide
spread territory into contact with our mail system
III ext nsion Of the system during the last season
mss been over territory almost as vast as the coun-
Try over which It had before been spread; and we
have no doubt thst ours is ct present the most eOcs
sal postal system in the world
There is no doubt that the establishment Of mail
coach routes across the continent through regions
in which the white man is yet siraggler, and which
still held By the Wild Indians OF the West will
prove potential means Of suppressng the hostities
Of the savage which now 30 much annoy our people
To far-distant establishing through their
country, stintervals Of fifteen or twenty miles, posts
and relsys Of horses and coaches and 10 see com
panies Of eight ten white men boldly reversing
their country in perfect fearlessness, is quiet ex
hibiion of force and power, indicating mighty
potentially residing behind which, we are told,
strikes these wild men with astonishment and awe.
This, with the striking impression which our Utah
army made upon the savage mind in marching over
the plains last spring, must result long in estab-
fishing pacific relations with nearly all the Indian
tribes Of The trans Mississippi region
o. course, this immense postal system, which has
lately been converted from mere commercial agen-
" Neufc4lhE pacAaess dmOlg cltle8 villages, ana
populations for hire, into great political agency of
civilization, emigration and progress, which has
penetrated not only our popnlous districts in the
East, but vast territorial dominion In the West
of course, we say, this system which has been 60
prOdiRiousiy enlarged in its aim and design is no
longer aself-sustaining organisation. Everything
has been done By the Postmaster General TO reduce
the cost Of the system TO the lowest standard and
we have doubt that the country will sustain his
IN his able and indefahgable efforts 70 bring the
system TO IFS present usefulness end magnitude.
But the Postmaster General does not rest his case
here. He points out the modes By which the sys-
TEN can readily be made self sustaining and fnan~
ciRlly remuneratiVe. Three reforms viii render the
most colossal postal system in the world self sustain
ing. These reforms are, first, the raising of the
rate Of letter postage to i've cents for ell distances
second. the abolition Of the Thanking privilege Of
Congress- grown into an enormous abuse; and third,
the discontinuanee Of the practice Of requiring
coaches to be run q condition Of letting mails
over the routes which the mail is nCW carried in
coaches. The first measure would impose an addi-
tonel tax which scarcely a thousand men il the en-
tire Union would feel, and would moreover conform
the rate Of postage to the decimal currency Of the
country. The second would relieve the mails Of
three-fourths Of their present burden and bulk Of
matter. The third would relieve the government Of
the extra expense Of supporting a vast system Of
coach lines for travellers where il could procure the
transport OF mail matter horseback or in sulkies
ct onefourth the present outlay. We trust these
admirable recommendations Of the Postmaster Gen
eral viii meet the prompt approval Of Congress-
Washington Union.