The New York herald., 1862-01-22

did suppose there would be any war what occasion
was there suppose that Davis wanted Improvement
Mr. BRIGHT said he had said repeatedly that he had no
recollection Of giving the letter Mr. Lincoln He had
before given Mr. Lincoln letter to Mr. Floyd, and il he
had been in colluson with the South he would
sent the Improvement in this government but
and Lincoln bored him for another letter and he gave it,
Mr. SUMNER said the gentleman from Indiana ntmated
that at there was some personal feeling against him.
Mr.. BRIGHT said he said no such thing.
Mr. SUMNER said he had personal feeling against the
Senator.
Adjourned
House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON Jan. 21, 1852.
DEFEAT OF POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS CAR
OUTSIDE TUE MAILS.
The House proceeded the consideration of the bill
regulating the carriage Of printed outside the
mails, requiring the postage to be paid, &c.
Mr. CoLEAx (rep Of Ind. explained and advocated the
bill.
Mr. MORRILL,, (rep) Of w., said the subject should bo
considered postal measure, and not a. a means Of
raising revenue. The committee Ways and Means ,oiu
propose newspaper stamp duty and tag on tegraphic
dispatches
Mr.. BLAIR (rep.) Of NO. moved to commit the bill TO
the committee Ways and Means with instruction to re-
port bill for stamp tax, instead Of postage on news.
papers
Mr.. RIDDLE (rsp) Of Ohio. moved to lay the subject on
the table,
Lost by 81 against o6.
Mr.. CoiFAx proposed substitute limiting its opera
tons to trains carrying the mails which are delivered at
the various post Offices and allowing newspaper dealers
to receive packages at the abatement as are allowed
to regular subscribers, adding tax Of three all
letters money and collection packages sent by express
companies and all elegraphc messages except those
for the government the press which substitute he
Orr Cofax) preferred to the original details of the b
drafted at the Post Oce Department and he wished
to avoid all reasonable objections that had been made
He said the bill was unpopular with the widely circulated
metropolitan press and the newspaper Dealers and he
Mr Cofax) had been severely criticised for reporting IT,
But the loyal public had insisted "tax and fight" in
which he Cofax) concurred and the most natural sug
geston that all mailable should pay postage
Therefore two bills were prepared. The aboshing
tAe frankng privilege was disasefu members as
1t took from them privilege they have enjoyed
since the commencement Of tho government,
but they patriotic enough to pass it, The
other was this BILL withdrawing a privilege Of ex-
empon from postage enjoyed since 1s45 by the prsss'
which they denounco unjust and unwiso. He argued
that for the first fifty years Of government
gess had construed the constitutional provision to ostab.
sh post Offices and post roads % give the department
the exclusive right Of carrying maable matter In 1s45
however, expresses authorized carry newspapers
provided they not intended for immediate dstrbu
ton to subscribers but intended for sale merchandise
ot Of which tho present system has expanded far be-
yond what the law has granted The result has been
that while in 1912 the newspaper postage after the
duc,on in rates. nearly $500 900, in 1881 it had
down to ssh 000-a loss Of third although the popu
ation had increased onsthird and the letter postage
wothrds Indeed the newspa postage had fallen on
per cent since last year although the has largely
increased the circulation of the papers, and the postage
r-lloQ
railroad service which has increased from hundred
to three hundred per cent in the past nine years.
From New York Philadelphia So rs per mile is paid
for railroad service. whlo the newspapers mainly
carried outside Of the mails in the very trains and
the department left to carry papers distant routes
whore expresses don't find it profitable. is fined
five dollars for writing "al weil a prepaid paper,
while at the same time post route established by
Congress Of papers FREQ. He also conended that
subscribers would not pay much under this bill
In Ohio they pay for the Cleveland daies shilling per
week. or SO SO per year. while through the mail, the
postage of cents per yoar added the total
cost S. rs. In Northern Indiana, paying twenty
per week for Chicago daics cost $40 40 per year. BY
mail subscription and postage would cost IS &c. The
Cncnnat acs insist that 90 600 papers go thence every
morning BY their calculation at the lowest postage
$50 900 OF the postage is thrown away, and about the
sae at Chicago Small their calculation Is compared
New York, and then adding other great newspaper
centres like Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia. St. Louis,
&C.. he believed that million dollars would be
realized and If with the ranking privilege abolished,
and the California mail paid for out Of the treasury
provided by law, and the supposed impossbility OF
making the department self supporting would be nearly,
If not quite realized
After speaking hour his time extended, by
unanimous consent and Mr. Coax read letter from the
Postmaster General favoring tho bi also letter from
valued friend, who urged him to give up the bil
the presswoud roll mountain on him and crush him.
He said his only rule to stand by his convictions
though the heavens fall and II he could aid in relieving
the people Of the necessary to make the Post Once
deficit, and this without adding burthen TO any one
the mountain might fall and his public life end. He
alleged in his quotation Of law made
by the Philadelphia Inquirer, by reading tho law
OF 1852 and 1852 which modified the law Of ls45
quoted by the Inquirer and be said he though he could
hardly hope for tho passage Of this bl with the able
tropoan press against IT, potential in forming public
opinion they He had performed his duty to the
de epartment and to the public revenues.
Mr.. HOLMAN, (opp) of Ind, suggested proviso that
this act shall apply and operate newspapers
distribution within fifty miles OF their place Of pubhca.
tion.
Mr.. MORRILL,, (rep) Of w., said any legislation this
subject should be strictly in relation the Post Oce
Department not as Of replcnshng the treasury
He was unwilling would be improper what
the Committee n Ways aud Means contemplate;
but he might remark that they propose leryin0 a
in form, perhaps by stamp, all newspapers,
and also tar telegaphc communications While ho
would cordially cooperate with the Chairman Of the Post
Oncc Committee Mr. Cofax in relieving the burhens Of
that department. he believed If we compel all newspapers
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