Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-07-14
Increase Of Postage.

One Of The boldest attempts 10 oppress
the people and especially the people Of the
North, was made in the last days Of the
late session Of Congress, By the lOcoloco
majority Of the Senate,lO increase the rates
Of postage. The proposition was to increase
The present rate Of 8 cents to and 10 cts.
according 10 distance, and the vote in the
s'nats 90 this oppressive proposition was
rs follows
feas-Nessrs. Benjamin. Bright BrOd.
eriek, Brown, Clay, Clingman, Davis,
Fitch, Gwin, Hunter, johnson, Of Ark,
johnson Of Tenn, Mallory, Pearce, Polk,
Reid. Sebastian, Thompson Of Ky, aud
fulee.
Nays-Messrs- Bigler, Chandler, Clark,
Doolitile, Douglas, Fessenden, Foster, Ham
No, King. PHgh, Rice, Seward, Stuart,
Wilson and Wright
Here. it viii be seen, every man who 70.
ted to decrease the rates OF postage was a
Democrat; while every Republican pres.
ent voted against It, five Democrats only
voting with theml
The proposition to ircrease tue rates was
introduced by Mr.. johnson Of Ark. An
appropriate commentary upon bis scheme
is afforded by the following statistics, which
are taken from pamphlet,by PIiuy Miles,
upon tho subject Of postal reform. The
number Of letters carried annually 10 the
five States Of New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts,, Ohio and Illinois, is, 68,
66e. 500; ths number carried 10 the 6f.
teen Southern States, is 3592l,52I.
The expenses Of the P. o.
Department, in the five
first named States, are S3,l7i,433
Revenue derived from them S,370,356
Excess Of recp's over expends Sl9s,023
Expenses in Southern States S3,846,333
Revenue 1857 ,723
Deficit $2,20l,6lO
The only Slave State which pays its
own postage account in full is Delaware,
which annually pours into the National
Treasury, under this head the magnificent
sum Of one hundren and seventy one dol
tGrsi New York and Massachusetts, alone
pays S2,75O3eO per annum for postage; (;
their expenses for this object during the
same period, amounting to $l,42s, ,SO5.
The Southern and South Western States
pay for their postal facilities, the annual
sum Of S2,739,277; while the expenses
Of providing them, amountsto S4,3ls,7S0
1t will thus be seen that all the Southern
States pay less for postage than two North.
ern ones, while their expenses are three
times as large! The actual cost for carry.
ing letter in New England and New
York, is one cent and eight mills; in the
Middle States three cents and three mills
in the Southern States and South Western
States, six cents and seven mills; 10 Ark
ansas, eiykteen cents and three mills
Herein, il we mistake not, will be found
the entire milk Of the cocoanut which we
have opened. A reference TO the record
Of yeas and nays, by which the PROPOSE
ton to raise the rates Of postage was a.
dopted, will show that every member pre-
sent from a self sustaining State voted a.
gainst it, and that every member from a
pauper State voted for the amendments.-
1t was very natural that Mr.. johnson of
Arkansas, should make such a motion, be-
cause the burden Of the increase would
scarcely fall, in any perceptible degree,up-
on his own ignorant constituents, but al
most entirely upon the laboren aud me.
cbanics of the North, who are already dis
proportiOnately taxed Pittsburgh Gax.
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