The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-06-08

pie would exist at all outside Of Lancaster;
1t is not only necessary rs convenience to
passengers, but for the transportation of
packages. Ia our busincs, we are obliged
! frequently to order small packages from
| Camden, Charleston, New York, or some.
whcrc else, and if these had TO lie at the
depot III Camden until some wagon chanced
to go down, or until the wheat was harvcs-
ted or the corn laid by, so that the people
could have time to haul, the consequence
would be that the Ledger would often have
to suspend. We are opposed to su,pcn.
sions in general and of the press in partcu-
lar and hence we cry out against the sus-
pension of our staging facilities. We im-
aglne that the merchants, and all others en-.
gagged IN business here, would feel IN equal
Inconvenience with Ourself in this matter
1t is this which prompted us to say week
or two since, that unless the mails were
conveyed in Stages between this place and
Camden, Lancaster would relieve the De-
partmcnt Of the expense of carry ing them.
We were not TOO hasty in coming To this
conclusion 50 far rs the Village is cunccrn.
ed, for our people intend, upon the failure
! of the Stage arrangement to Camden to
run an independent hack from this place TO
the Charlotte railroad TO connect at Ridge.
way if the people Of Liberty Hill desire il
and Will cooperate with us i: they do
not, We will make the Charlotte road at
nearer point. We will also convey the
mats upon this route free of charge if the
Department will allow US TO do so and
we vii! do this chccrfully, since the Govern
ment seems low down in funds, and not on.
y in the matter of funds. but low down
generally. For the convenience of our
| friends at Pleasant IIil!, Hanging Rock
Flat Rock, &c, il would still be important
to keep up the route To Camden, but from
what "e know of the people Of these Sec
tons, We would not be- aslonishcd 10 hear
that they too had caught the flame of pa
trlotic sentiment and designed TO aid uncle
Sam TO the extent Of carrying their own
mails
Many Of our readers doubtless remember
a statement published several months ago.
| showing the amount expended 10y the De-
partment for mail service in each State Of
the Union. By this exhibit. it was shown
that ihe amQupt expended for the Southern
! States was Gar less than the amnuut laid
! out for postal service in the Northern Suites,
| taking into consideration the population Of
each and the quota contributed by each sec.
t'"n'to the support Of the Government
! The amount expended for some of the
Southern STATES did not much exceed one
half Of the sum they were entitled To.
taking the whole fund laid out as . basis.
Among ihes,, was South Carolina, and the
fact elected comment from several "f our
ne" spnpers al the time. The dlsproportion
seemed Ia be ascribed TO The fact, that
the Southern States had been more mod.
est III their demands upon the Department
and less dligcnt in prosecuting them The
general feeling Vas that we needed and
were entitled to more mail facilities, and
under this state Of the case, number OF
new routes,Pere applied for, which, had they
been granted, would have placed Us nearer
, an equality with our more favored friends
OF the North. Among the rest, one or
two new routes leading to This District were
applied Cor, ahich we had occasion to men
lion at the time. We saw letters from scv.
er"I Of our members to Congress, written
to persons who were lnbofing to get these
routes established ; and these letters ex.
pressed the confident conviction that we
would succeed in our applications, alluded
to the discrepancy in the amount expended
by the Department for our State when com
pared with The amount expended for some
| o.her States, and conceived that all that
was necessary 10 secure our rights in the
premises was 10 ask for them.
Bot what has been the result In South
Carolina and few other Southern States.
where the mail contracts termiDate this year,
the postal service, instead of being increas-
ed as We all had reason to expect, hos been
veeIy materially diminished. The Depart.
ment has discontinued a number of old
routes, lessened the number of trips upon
others, and with the exception of few
cheap one horse weekly concerns, we have
not learned that any new routes are es;ab-
lished. Here we have practical demon
stration of the injustice, inequality and in.
stability of our present Government. IL
has diminished the mail service in few of
the Southern STATES that were before but
meanly provided for, while in the other
States the service remains the same and
this has been done at a time of general
prosperity. which was never surpassed, If