The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1862-11-20
The DAILY BU LLET 7 N.
w. T. HELMS, Editor.
winchcstcr, Tenn
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 80.
The "No-Mails."

oracy. The press, acting as the popu'
lar agent in the premises, has its duty
TO perform, in trying to trace up the
evil to its source, that the Government
may apply the proper remedies.
The gentlemen at the head of the
postal department, are censured by the
public, who perhaps make no allowance
for tho many difficulties. they have to
contend with in these times But that
thel evil in part may be traced to the
fountain head, We think there is no
question .~rBlame attaches to the Mail
agents and to the local route agents.
but the Post Master General ought to
be, able to keep the details of his de.
partment in better regulation and dis
cipline.
The route agents receive, usually,
the heaviest part of the public censure;
and though they do not always deserve
it, or any part Of it, yet, in the imme-
date cause of complaint of the people
this side of Bridgeport, if we are cor.
rectly Informed, the route agents, in
some instances, have failed to bring the
mails forward when they might have
done so.
The Post Office Department is,'-a
mighty piece Of clock-work, and it is
much easier to throw it out of time
han to put it in again. The Difficult.
ties which the chief officers of the de.
partment have to contend with, even
in % time of peace, are beyond what
the public imagine; and these are great.
" augmented in such u time is this,
when all the main arteries Of mail
transportation are under the control
Of the military. And here, in u
opinion, no small part of tho evil rests.
IT the Post Master General would step
across to the office Of his neighbor who
is at the head Of the War Department,
and these two would put their heads
together, for the sake of the soldier
and citizen, in the matter of keeping
the mails regular, a wonderful improve.
meIt would result. ,
There is not much doubt but that ar
my officers have sometimes stopped
the mails on different lines of road,
without any absolute necessity; owing
to want of due consideration of the
Importance of keeping the blood circu.
lating along the postal veins and arte.
rios of the country.
The interests Of the soldier has not
been properly looked to in this import.
ant matter. Their means Of commu-
nieation with their homes, has not re.
ceived the attention that it ought to
have received at the hands of the prop.
er departments.
Agents of the War Department, who
have a %momentary control of the rail
roads, should be just as careful to for
ward the soldiers letters promptly, as
to send forward his food or clothing.
There is no reason to justify the War
Department in stopping the mails mere
ly to save the transportation of the
posi-otice car; and those who do it
surely do not we'll consider that the
soldier, Us well as the citizen, is deeply
interested in the regularity of the mails.
We have, therefore, this double foun.
dation to stand upon, when we appeal
to all concerned to act with a wi ,er
consideration for the sake. of tho sol.
der and the citizen, with regard TO our
mail facilities. We appeal in the name
OF the soldier, far from home, wife and
child, Precious in bis sight is u letter