Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-03-16
Word in Season. 60 be Remember

The Irdanapoli. Journal saws: The y. D
senate. by = party vote. every Republicsn OF
posing il. decided TO double the present rates
4 postage 30 bent uroa u we're they that
hey put the provision into iUo t'il'. the Post
Route" bill and the Post Office App'spria
ton" bill The House. every Republican vo
ting ave struck cut the obnoxious clause.
aud sent the Jills bsck without il The Sen
ate under the objections OF Toombs and Ma
son. would uot concur. adhered TO their deter
mnaiion TO double the poslags, aud so failed
to pass any Post Route or Appropriation bill
This i brie fy the caese ofihe failure Of those
important bills. which ofers one q Two alter
natives 10 the Admiuistration. either to close
The Pos, Office. after iew months or 70 call
an extra session % Con gress Let us state the
history of the matter little more fully. tha,
all may understand Il. aud he able when the
time comes 10 set the matter right II misrep
reseu;ation be attempted On the Goth Of
February the Senate passed the Post Offics Ap-
preparation bill, srithOet any clause reiGfing Il
The rats Of postage About the same time they
passed the Post Route bill. on which was tack
ed a provision nearly doubling letter postage,
aud more than doubling newspaper postage
Every Republican voted mo- on the clause
Thus th~ iga bills went from the Senate. The
latter bill being OF importance was dropped on
ell hands. aud nothing more was done with Il
The House passed the Appropriation bill
mo cr
acly a. il passed the Seuats. only adding
some uninportant little appropriations. aud
sent il back TO the S,nste. IL was now The
business Of the Senate 10 concur : the Hous'
had accepted the Senate bill without demnr---
But the Senate, sfier agreeing to the Hous'
amendments. talked upon fhis LH also tas do1b.
Dosfsg, prorision. determined, on some bill o.
other. TO pass through the double postage tax
By this lat amendment the Senate lried L
compel the House under the screw OF ha'in'
the Appropriation bill defeated aud the Pos
Offices closed. 10 accede 10 the double postage
! But the House. on motion Of Mr. Grow, deri
ded that the Scuate had no night to original
measure for raising revenue. as the did, an
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The Senate in furry Of dignity refused. bu
at ait consented to Committee Of Couierenc
which after due consultation. agreed 90 repo'
TO both Houses, as a compromise. the oisl lhs
fret passed fke Senate. exactly a. 1t was passed
The Senate could hardly ask more than this
they should toe required to pass over sga'n
bill they bad already passed once. They yiel
ed nothing by this cosrse but the double pos
age The compromise, or original Senate oii
was passed BY the Hous~ at once. and 80 {.
as that body was concerned th, Post Office q.
preparations were safe. 1.-THE Senate woul
no, give Up It's darling idea of double posiag
Toombs, of Georgia. Mason. Of Virginia. an
Bayard Of Delaware, declared that II shoul
never pass the Senate. Il il had the House, al
lhey talked agains, time iill the session en-
ed and he bill was killed. Remember. u
House passed this appropriation bill exact
as the Senate had passed it. with a few lit
appropriation sddeG The Stuale refused
receive their own ball after At had passed q
House, unless the rate OF postage was double
. And after the refusal Of the House to concur
this abominable tax had made eolsmiliee
Of conference necessary. both Houses were q
. fered by the onmiitee. the original Sena
bill, exact. as The Senate had passed II hr'
The House passed il. The Senate refused
adopt their orn bill. and thus killed the apr
priation II an extra se,s ion oi Congress
called or the Post Offices closed by the fl
Of September. as it j. calculated they M
d be. the people i'll bear in n'ied that the se
, ate caused the mischief by refusing 10 pa
% he bill they themselves originated. becA
Z The Hous, refused TO sad de Il With the doul
i postage tax This is.he fact, - the ofhe
= reports show.