Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-21
shamsfnl Ylolation Of Law.

tleir roliiical opponents, for no Other reason ~
than 10 make room for rieDds, who have Il,
comnllcd with no requisiliou o the law eX- rC
cent that OF taking the oath Of oilice, Wh''e q
the law provides Tor the removal at carriers IN IN
in extreme cases. it also says, ''it is not In' II
tended to remove carriers except lor cause CT
of upGirees and to reward their diligence o
hv promotion in the postal service" Plain .
lv il was never intended that carfiHis shoha 4
he removed On political grounds But oi
this we do not complain, We merely men
,ion this 10 show how great Tie wrong done
them.
In qualification Of lis act, it has heeu nlEea 4
that The arpoiniees a,c gentlcmen OF honesty
md integrity; lut is that fact alone to be
deemed sufficient ground for allowing tnem
To enter the Post Office and carry out yaln-
able letters which the owners ot those let
te,s themselves dare not enter and takeP Is
there Il man in Wilmington who sets so h'Sh
an estimate upon lis moral standing as to
have the assurance 10 urge that as sum
cient reason Why he should be allowed TO
assort III mails even 10 search lor what be-
lonns 10 him? This might be tolerated in
country office, where they hnve SENT
weekly mail, cobbler for Postmaster and
a shoe bench for distributing table; but it
won't do here. We don't propose to pay
twenty Eve hundred dollars year for liaN~
INF orr mails cobhled in like maunof.
The Post Office Department forced the
carrier system upon the public by refusing
to rent them boxes, except at the most eN-
orbliant prices, and now Postmaster ny
willully nu)liiyiug the law under Which car
riers al. appointed, renders that system N
operu,ive. Five thousand dollars year
paid by our business men for this depart
ment Of tile postal service alone, and une'
1t is more wisely administered in the luinl
than in the past lew days, this may PROV
l,Nt a email item Of the expense,
In the mail cars notices are conspicuous
postod, making it good cause Tor The reN
Yal Of route agent Il unauthorized perso
arc allowed to stop in the cars. Arc 70
masters more sacred tlan Toute aecnief a
the mails more secure when carried on
streets with no one to look out for the
than in cal guarded by tile ever watch
eve Of tie agenl There is moi man
woman in this community SO poor OF
scure as not to be directly interested in
most shameful subYcIsion of law. w
makes the matter more aggravatlng is
fact that We are compelled to send cur let
by mail, and are not allowed TO make us
any other conveyance.
Another consideration which suggest
self. and which, although Of the high
importance 10 the parties concerned
nothing in comparison to the pu
interests, is the manner in which
old and efficient empl, yees who are
retained, and in whom the public have
most uubounded confidence, ate com
missed by beng held directly rCsl Onsibl
they certainly will be, or any misieas
or malieasance in Office by those unqual
persons; for 1t matters not how well ca
mans reputation may be, he is never
nom the brand Of suspicion, which is
often misapplied by the hastily formed
mcnis OF unthinkng and iniudiccus pei
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Tue MIcnANICs' LIN LAw,-We
lsh. to-day, in an olhot column, The
chonics Lien Law OF this State, and h,
acknowledge our Indebtedness 10 an es
ed legal friend, lor true and correct
tie only one, VIC believe, TINT has as y
poared in print. Ills matter of com
TINT laws If So much general imporlaI
This ono, arc not published in the ne
ncrs of The State, for the inlormali0
Guidance Of those who are expcel
conform 10 lhom There Is no ST
Tie Union lint declines 10 publish il!
in thc same extent as Delaware, nm
time We hope, is not far Distant WHO
LEGISLATORS will see moi only the Wol
Int also the necessity of giving the I
publicity 10 the laws and enacments o
several sessions Tie people have
"a know what laws arc to govern III
sav nothing ol lie economy of tin
marcy which such course would n
totfose WHO row Lave to 20 or scnd
yer fol copies Of the laws from year
The Lien Law, which We give iroi
yate source to-day, will ba found ho
hA and interesting TO mechanics, Q
tors and those engaged in building
tons.
pRorurcT AND FAcT.-Dunng III
naft OF the Presidential campaign,
xiii il,qt lie election OF Grant wuul
In our financial troubles and place
and Industry upon solid ground. o.
yery fiist results, all the Radical org
ryliilcians assured us, was 10 be the
imgt,on OF gfeenbacks to par. lod'
was branded as selfstutihcatlon.
,pLan Grnnr's success was annour
though iGe piedicted result did not
once. wa were pointed to hundred
indications That 1t was coming.
waued more than six months amer
tiou md more than two months ai''
surutniiou, aud, IN the midst OF r
and mockinE Radical shouts that th
tton otthc public debt was in progT
wen, ,ip nom 13l TO 1S0. Times al
thnn they have been ia amy olte
ue last twelve. There is denress''
where, couGdcuce nowhere Inc
nlonn,y, and tie future is dark
shadows OF comug distress
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Here is picture from Mezical
at would seem taai God mas
c,fmes of the Mexican nai1n deprl
Of ueir judgmeaa From the wal
Hesitation, tue country abonnds
slus. bandits mud kidnappcrs; ~
uHd property are at the feet OF Tue
mpmhcfs ot socicy; We indusu
n country ure PROSTATE, properly is
u Yalueless, and Congress still ''hddI
II midst OF these consuming evils. "