Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-12-14

larsfor RECOMMENDATION ioat the mail ser
vice perforlaed for the Two houses Of Con
gress and the other departments aud of
GERS Of The government ip die trailsporta
tioR of free matter s
The cause Of these large deficits /,
! mainly attributable 10 Che increased ex,
pense 84of stansportali1g tho mails. III
/ 1854 lle sum paid hr this. service WIS
but i fraction above four millions and, .
quarlefs Since thai year ii his annually
increased until in 1868 it has reached
more tllshreight millions and 4 quarter
and fpf the service q 1859, tits estimated
that itI willamsunt % more thanste mil.
Hons fdollarrs
Y Thcrecenls Of lie Post Office Depart
mcut eItrbe made 70 approach or to equal
its eNpsa'ditares only by means Of the ies,,
aislaa4n Of Congress. III applying ahy
i remed care should be taken tLne tbe
|. pedple kl,allanot bedeprive,lfo tho ailyap.
tasest which, they are fairly entitled 10
tcceiYe from thefP ost Office Department,
HI The principal remedies recommended
70 tllf reconsideration Of ECongsesa'by Tie
Postmaster General, are. To- restore. HE
! fornfHr fsie 4f postage upon single letters
to fiV4 Gontsft 10 substitute for tho frank.
ans privilege, the delivery t9 those nov
! entitled tp elsjoy i, Of post Office Stamps
Tor Alelr correspondence, and to diraet
the DEPARTMENT. in nallips doutrlcta for
tlfat transportation of tile mail, to cofifne
4 ITSELF toEtlle payment of the sum ecessary
for tkIsEsia.lV Eurpose, withoutlequirin!.
Il 1t 10 lie flranspeftedtii post coaches OF carr
liag.s4 ar ally particular descriptions. T.
ussdef lhe present system, The expense
1. W ltlla sovef ntnent us greatly Increased,
y by fesuirilfs dat lie nlailIshafl b. carried
fl IN sasH yehietss rs viii accommodate
passd,t gelts. This wifi he done without
Pff fibA TIA Department. over all road
where the travel will repiuncrate Gle con
tract etsa 5ts5 t..a III
These Recommendations deserve The
great lldaoEfsid9ration Of Congress.
iii, would again call attention 10 tlie con-
structipn ef q Pacific railroad lme
\ and rFa action have but served to confirm
flne inf He trath and iusticetof the obselT
Eratiolls Which Imadeson this subject, Ii
any iast Ianil,lla' message, 10 which 4 beg
leave fespee aully to refer.
( 1t IL freely admitted that it would BE
iltIinexpedipnt fon This governments IL est,r-
55IFtise Ghe4power Of constructing the Padif
ssIIic railroads BY is own immediate agents.
ig.Such q policy would increase tic patron.
age oIIthe Executive. tosa danger Gus cx:-
.EFstent, ahd Introduce 4 systemsof lobbinsgs
land corruption, whiclilRo Eigiasnuaon tlo
Ip1rt 5g federal officials, could either pre-
Went 81 lelects This can only be. done By
Eahe Keen eye, and active and careful SUI
Iperyisidn Of individual and private inter
fest. The construction ofthis road ought,
therefore. To he committed b. companies
incorporated by The States, OF other agen-
Gies peeuniars interests would be directly
ihrolyed! Congress might Then assist
thefn Ill The work By grants Of land 81 of
money Es,t both. under such conditions
and r9slrf cti4ipsasg would secure The tlairs-
! I@ttation Of TROOPS and munitions Uf war
tree from any cisaige, and that ofe the
United States mail Al q lair and reasoha-
/ Ole price . ],
The progress Of events since Tire com I
,nenccment ofyour5 last session has shown
\ 'fow soon difliculties- disappear before Al
/ lit1ml aud determined lesoiHtion. Az That
Time. such Al road was deemed BY wise
/ ard patriotic IImen to be avisionary pro
jeGt Tbs great distance No be overedlno,
|. and the Intervening mountains and deserts
| in the way. we're Obstacles which, in the
kopinionof maily, could not be sufmounted.
| Np@, after the lapse Of but a single year,
these obstacles, i has been discovered,
-sHe farless formidable than they we're spp'
posed u BE aid mail stages with passen-
gers, now dpass and repass regularly,
twice III sseK week, by a common wagon
,oaI betWeen San FRANCISCO and 81. Lou
.5is And Memphis, in less than twenty five
4 days The service has been lately regu-
#latly'perflrmedl as it was, IL former years,
5lptwceli New York and this city.
MISUNDERSTANDING all authority to ap-.7l
IptoprialeInaonny for the construction Of
/ Isl road except that derived from the
warimakitig power of the. constitution,
there alh Important collateral considers
lions. uIsIin9 us; undertake. hework an
speedily Ais possible.
\ \ Tho first and memeniuons of. thdseis,
chat sudftf0alE world Id q powerful bond
of ,uiliol, betsaeri .fhe States cast and west
Of Lllo Rocks mountains. This issosef- |
t..ideutastto require nolllustrat;on.
], HUT .againy i'm 4 commercial pofhtofl
view, consider this the great question Of
iheday.5 WAhthe eastern front u our re-
public slfetching along die Atlantic, and
its. Weslefllsfreat along the Pacific, II all
ITO parts shoald be united By safe, easy
aud rapil 1fntereommunioit, W. must neS;
essarily camInasld avery large PorlionHof
The trade l5o4b pf Asia and EuropeE
Our recent treaties. ,Mith China and
japan, win open those rich anil poPalous
aai,,iiros ioiouf4eommerce and iho hisfoz
~ Of ti,eI MoIIld proves tllat#tlie4 nation
which haspainetl possessioniof Sic trade
win lssstaTn Asia. has always become
wealthy aid powerful. Tile peculiar Sc
orraphicalAnosition Of California and our
PaciiIic possessions, invites American cap
iJal and erltcrptiseI into this fruitful field:
To4reap I'LL fleh harvest, however. i Is
anihdispensibls pfsreq hisiie that wa.shalt
affst. hayses.a railroad to convey and ditcil
l,ae its sploda,ets throughout every poers
ion 81 the Unipa. Besides. such Il rail
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