Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-02-06


carry whatever amount the Government
may sec ct to put upon them
Now. sir. everybody in the House. with.
] think. FIVE exceptions, voted the other
day that we must tax the people. What
tax could be easier upon the people-what
tax could be loss burIensome than to re-
turn to tho old ways of our fathers, which
We chaagSl in tinafof our prosperity anil
10 provide that all mlilable matter carried
ON mail trains which we support at heavy
expense. over the post routes established
by onr own laws. shall pay as postage?---
This deficit mast be ma.tc up somehow
Can any gentlemsn tell me more just and
c1uitA',le way Of making Il up3 If they
can. 1 shall be willing TO abandon this bill.
Til they do this. l cannot. whether it is
90 sncceel or fsils s',seo.-< 49,
Now. sir. when you contrast the legisla-
tion iu regard 20 papers and letters. you
see marked difference. No private citi-
zen can. BY the laws OF 1852 anil 1853.
serictlJ applied in their notifications Of
the permissive law Of 1915. carry letters
outside the mails. unless il be in stamped
envelope, whereby we derive revenue. II
this y inst and equitable in regard to let
ters. Then I contend that the same rule
should DO applied TO all msilable matter.
come now to another objection. which
! understand Is to be made to this bill. and
which l have seen indicated in some of the
sswspsper structures upon it. They say
ths Post Office syetem is the scoff and scorn
and eomssmpt Of the people; let it be abol-
ished. let everybody carry Letters - every
body now esrrys papers. as they please
Biz. admit that tho Post Office Depart
meut might be made more efficient
think It might be made the most popular
Department of the Government without
Increasing the burdens upon the people
bat when you strike il down-sn1 know
there are great many members who say
that It ought to be stricken down, and
thsse has always been in every Congress in
which i have served--ihis result will fol-
low. You will have the mails carried in
al the thickly settled portions of the
country. but when you cometo the spsrsley
settled districts. the people there have to
90 to county seats. or some points on rail-
roads to get their mails 1t may be q little
burden to charge three cents on letter
between New York and Philadelphia. but
out Of the profits which you derive from
that which you derive from that you send
ont your mails almost to every mans cab
IN throughout this wide spread Republic.
snd keep up . cheap communication be-
tween him and the friends he has left be-
hind him, in the home of his birth. Strike
down the postal system. and ask you il
you are going 10 have the letters carried
By express companies, who are to be the
substitutes. into the distant regions OF Ne.
brsska. which are to cheer the heart of the
man who has gone forth to battle with all
the privations of the frontier. and to make
the wilderness blossom as the rose I ash
II any private companions are going to car
~ letters ct three cents sp zee to that dis
tant region. represented by my friend, the
Delegate from Colorado? may be an
swered. yes. by express. Yes, sir, they
were. Before the last Congress passed {
law establishing certain post routes in tina
region. and authorizing the Postmaste
General to put on service. letters were car
red By the express companies. who haf
the monopoly. aa.i no Government mail,
to interfere with them. to the miners OF
the rivers and in the diggings and gulche'
for twenty-five and fifty cents apiece. and
even dollar apiece which the miners haf
90 pay. We established our system
which we are told Is the scott and scorr
and contempt of the country. and now let
tiers arc carried there by . tri-weekly mai
st three cents apiece. and think we have
made glad many heart by so doing
And so also with California. though at
somewhat higher rate Of postage. which
her delegation have always magnamimous
u agreed to in consequence Of the heavJ
burden of that service. Strike down thi
system. and you will not find express com
panies willing to go away from the line
Of railroads. except to large towns. who's
mail will be profitable to them. They vii
not leave the railroads with their daily sta
gcs. carrying the mail. till the daily rnn
out. and post-rider starts with his week.
mall on horseback. to supply the settle
meats ten and twenty miles apart. and a
he goes upon his weekly rounds is hailed b
sll: because, perhaps. he has brought
some lonely wife. weeping at her hearth
atone. the good news from, her husband
Tor whom she had given mp all else thi
sile of heaven. that he is we'll: that thong
she has surrendered him for the sake of b
country with . patriotism even superior
that Of the Roman matron. he is well. an
sends the kind crossings Of love and affe'
tion to gladden. hes hsart in her desola
home. - - F - sts
Ihsse express companies would not 6
to amp Of the out-of-the-wsy settlements
the heads Of creeks. and At the ends
roads. and away ont into the sparssly SO
tied regions, to rejoics the hearts Of tn
poor people. who are blessed indeed
these postal facilities. You may vote
strike down the system. but will vote
improve il. and make il still more sfectiv
still more useful, and still more honorab
20 our county. as
received letter upon this subject Il
other day, from warm and vslued friel
of mine. on . visit to Boston. which tai
,ks liberty to read to the House, omittiI
his Dsus: -Gsea f71g s1
80. re Bos7ox, january IL. 1862.
Mr. Coon FaRxD: / an here on busine
for day or two. and have just sssn in 4
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