, 1859-06-14
STOPPAGE OF THE MAILS In THE
NORTH WEST.


1From the Polo {Iu.> Advertised.
The Infamous conduct of tue present Buchan.
an ffo:Slarery Administration, in discontinuiug
| the mall service Of the Northwest, in order to
punish tue people for the crime Of being Re-
rub'icans and for loving freedom and for hating
Slavery, instead Of meeting dcnunciation and
scorn ut the hand Of every honest man, without
distinction Of party, finds shameless defenders
among the mereenary and unprinciplcd camp
| followers Of the l'ro.Slarery army. The pres
| nests ot tue Slave Power, has struck revenge.
IL. oiow Ut the tresides which glow in all the
| cottages which dot our prairfcs. The mail
service. which carries the life blood Of our
social system into every neighborhood, Inns been
| neaf'E destroyed here in tile North west By u
T 1Tgsenge On n, our people for daring 10 be free
me ITO Slavery press, generally, under thc
control Of oflce-holders, instead Of co1ninr mt
nlantully, and denounciug the unparalleled out
raEe upon the people Of tie Northwest, has the
n'endac!ty to endeasor to escape tue effect of
t"a t.'s 1f.on upon the scattered remnants Of the
!iro.;sla'ery ! Democracy, by falsely and u,alic-
lously charg'ng upon the Republicans in Con
.rsss, the fault OF not having passed tbc Post
U1hce Appropriation bill. The eflrontcry Of
tIis charge is without parallel. In the frst
p1acc. in the last Congress the Republicans, rs
ararty, were responsible for nothing, as they
were III minority in both Houses-the pnii-
S;ilarery Democrats having thirty majority i'll the
Aousc and twenty in The Seuatc, and Of course.
they pleased.
We will sny the failure Of the Oost Office an.
pfoE'4atlo, b'lito pass did not involve the ne
seSsltE u st0ping the mail service here in tl,e
northwest, any more than it did in the South.
ihe contractors could have raised the money on
tncIr certl1icates, or hare waited, os most af
them have proposed to do. till the appropriation
should be made by Congress- THEY get along
wen enough down South. and hare tic same SER
vice as usual; but it is only II. tue frsc North
that thc exc Sc is set up that there is no money
ana the mails he must stopped
'nt the assertion that is now made bv the
Most reckless and profigate pro-Slavery pa.
pgrs, that the Republicans in Congress prevent
su tue passage Of the Post Office Appropriation
hi! is not only foolishty but eutrageouslv false.
us Is shown by the records Of Congress- The
"llole and exclusive responsibility Of the failure
&" that appropriation bill rests upon the Pro Slave
~ democracy in Congress. The bill Was dcfta.ed
BY Ioonlbs. Benjamin und Muson, all ayeli)eno
Gratis to revenge thcnlselsc cs upon the people Of
the North, because their Representatives woul,I
not betray the interests OF their constituents
and voteto increase the rate Of ucwspaper and
letter postage.
The Pro Slavery Democratic Senate, by a
vote OF twenty.nine to twenty-cight, increased
tue rates OF postage, crery Republican Senator
voting IN the negative. tSrc Congressional Gko6t,
II S. te. sd Congress, page l45e.) The House
refused to tale up the bill, with this Pro-slarc-
r democratic amendment, but Immediately
passed a bill making full appropriations Of ere
~ cent necessary to carry oil the mails in the
refused to pass this bi1l because it had il it no
provision raising tho postage. Every Republi-
can III The House Of Representatives ynicd to
pass thss bill. (Scc Congressional Gioje I'd ds:css
18th Congress, page 1674.) 4 committee Of
conference WAS then appointed by both Houses
tee which consisted Of two TroSlayerv Demo-
Gratis 10 one Republican for each House, report
ea that both Hunses should pass bill making
tnll appropriations 10 carry oil the mails, but
nut 10 raise the postage. Such bill immctli-
ately pissed tic House unanimously, every Re- |
publican member voting for it. fSec Conarts-
xo"at 1l9b<, ID Sess. 18th Congress- page 1Je4.)
Tie bill then went to the >enate ia the last
hours Of tue SESSION, sufficiently carly for the
passage Of the same, and thtre it was delbcr.
ately killed hy Mr.. Toombs aud Mr. Mason,
fro Slavery Democrats, talking against tiuc,
snd until Congress finally expired Ut the time
ing on the floor when the Vice President cut
him Oh in his remarks, declaring the Scnate ad-
journcd. Pending this discussion in the Senate,
while Toonabs und Mason were talking the bill
to death. Mr. Fcssenaen, the Republican Scna-
t"r from Maine, speaking in behalf Of the Re-
pnbl.cans in the Sena:e, j., id:
Ihe hour has not yet quite arrived, md on
this side Of the House WE. ARE ANXIOUS TO |
SAVE, II POSSIBLE, THE NAIL SERVICE
OF THE COUNTRY. If gentlemen who arc
III the majority, and who have charge of these
n1attcrs. choose to talk The time away, NC ca,l-
not nc! h.lr # WE SIT HERE: READY To
RINES''
But this appeal Of the Republicans to save
The mail service Of the country yns lost and the
blu wns deliberately deteatcdb by the pro.slarerr