Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-03-06
Whole Number, 43S.
Ihe Nall SerIlee.

- htl>t WHOM hlAN NrNN NilN
destroy they first makemad, Ney
or WAS this uphorism more ihrlbl' y
illustrated than Ia the course 0i lh n
republicans over since the 9TH day a.
November, 1860, lfcvcry step the
have taken had hcvn one of pre-d'
tormined Irritation, they could ~ r
have succeeded Gcti,r in splittin
the Union Or producing the very
results they profess la doplorc, Th
latest act is that al Mr., Schuyl,
colihN, 0f Ind, the Pos,masler-GeI
cral OF Lincoln in future, scCundedb
Mr.. Daniel T.. Sicklcs, of this city, I
destroy tho mail routes ia the Will
drawing States, before they hny
time To get their own in operation
Upon reflection, Mr. ColiaN rath,
drew bacl, from such II bold ste
nhd finally 80 modified his prop
sition rs to leave the matter optiOr
al with tho P0stmastcr.Gcneral.-
In this shape il passed the ilons
but must 20 TO the Senate and I'll,
to the President before il bccom'
II law.
1t provides that whenever, in th'
opinion of the PostmaStcr,Gcncra
the postal service cannot he snit
continued, or the Post-Oilice !,
venues collected, or the postal law
maintained, or the contents of q 10
mails preserved inviolate till d.
livcrcd to their proper address, on
any post-routc, by reason of any ~
surrcction or resistance To tho laN
of the United States, the Postma'
cr-Gcncral is hereby authorized ,'
discontinue the postal service "H
such route, or any part thereof, N II
ut any Post t-oilicc thereon, till t.
same can he safely restored, ~
shall report this action to Congrc.
The above does not differ vcry
materially from the power alrcm
in the the hands of the PostmastcI
General, but it seems that anythh r
that can add to the prevailing oN
citcmcnt is grccdiIy snatchcd up ~
the Republicans.
But have these short sighted gen
tlcmcn thought of the fact, that tIIiF
stopping the mails is not unlike "
man biting his own nose otf2 L.
may be safely said, that the eff !
Of withdrawal of mail iacilitlc,
from the Southern States, wouli
produce ten times the injury and IN
convenience in the northern con
mcrcial centres, that it would in the
South. Nearly all the business nov
done in New York with the Soutil,
is transacted by letter. Few, y.sy
few southern men come on here nov.
-but there is, nevertheless, quite p
trade still in progress between weI!.
known houses Of this city and roi'.
able business men in the Soutl --
These letter orders arc ust ab'U.
all that is left of our southern tra &c
and now the Republicans pnrposo
to destroy that
Do they not sec, therefore, tha5
this is Il game that two can play nj g
And while they are, as they suppoeo
furnishing the South because ,No
does not like Abe Lincoln, they 1rs
Furnishing their own constltucnts
ten times as severely. Mr.. Dane
T.. Sicklcs, who encouraged and nd
vocatcd Mr.. CoIlaX's measure, '"-
serves to be distinctly rcmcmbercG
by New York merchants for this
act Of devotion to their interests -
Whether he was more anxious 10
see himself putfed in the Black Re
publican newspapers than he Was To
properly represent the interests Of
his constituents, we leave those To
judge who read the laudations of
him and those journals. We trust
he regards Tic pay he received u
sufficient equivalent.
The merchants Of New York
should not lose moment in forNnr'
ding to Washington rcmonstranccs
against any interference with he
commercial affairs of Few Yorls ny
this suicidal recommendation OF IN
tcrrupting the postal business Of the
country. The charges that tho
mails have been tampcrcd With,
are, we believe, all false, gotten mp,
like the other ISLANDERS upon tlc
South, to irritate the northern pee
people. Who ever heard Of ~ body
Of Legislators acting on mere n VS.
paper rumor before? If II serarH-
ton is to occur, the convenience OF
all parties will be promoted by lcay-
ing the postal arrangements as iaey
are, and if blindness and folly tayo
seized the Republicans. we dc not
doubt that President Buchanan wiz
promptly veto any bill which "u'y
promises to add fuel to the present.
hume.-Doy Book.