The New York herald., 1869-01-28
RISG ORGANS AND THE FRAMING PRIvl-
LEGE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. ~, 1859.
n must have been observed that all the outcry
against the franklng privilege-not against the
abuses OF the system, but against the privilege
itsef-came originally from the sigh tan1 and
Treasury ring organs 1t Is true many respectable
newspapers have copied the articles IN question to
give their readers view Of both sides, but the
original outcry came from and has been kept up by
the ring organs.
have been looking into this subject, and have at
length found o key to It, II the national bank
organs can entirely abolish the franking privilege
only documents and speeches on their side Of
questions can be sent to the people. These
favored corporations are already enjoying subsidy
Of $325 They print the speeches OF their
Congressional toades on the finest paper, as they do
now, and send them over the country postage paid,
and yet take the whole expense, not from their own
pockets, but nom the national Treasury With the
poor members who have no friends among subsi-
dized corporations the Is quite dierent; unless
they can frank their speeches they cannot send them
The abolition OF the frankng privilege affects,
therefore, only those members OF Congress who take
sides with the people. The toadies OF the monopo-
hsts win have their speeches sent any way. Mean
while the ring members are franking right and left.
or course 1t is all right for member Of the
tariff league to frank all sorts OF tariff
documents. and no harm is done: but the instant
ing his speech advocating the rights or the people
and denouncine monopoly, terrible outcry Is made
, Iy sne tarm ring organs not one WORD Is said BY
tices and outrageous abuses OF the franking privi
lege on, no IL Is only when an anti-ring member
say one word about their own feats in the ranking
line: Let me therefore supply the omission.
organ, published in New York and sent throa9 the
mails under the frank Of sd. j. Morrell, M. CT Mr..
Morrel is member Of Congress from the Seven
Nnuof lATp
Of the First National Bank OF Johnstown unless re.
Gently resgnedh superintendent OF the Cambria
Iron Works Rolling MILL and last but least Is, or
was President Of the Industrial League Of Pennsyi-
Just what business this interior Pennsylvania
high tariff organs cannot well see have looked
through the copies shown me. but DO not find either
brated speech adyooatinS the extension of The nS
tional bank subsidy circulation to $500, ,OOo 900.
have been quietly waiting for some weeks 70 see
pressed so much holy horror when Lynch Of Maine
franked few copies OF 9 newspaper containing his
operations, and 1nd them all silent as the grave
While the irankng privilege exists BY law u is only
number Of newspaper purchased BY the Industrial
League oool he saves eighty dollars by the opera
every month he saves $500 per year that should 20
into the national Treasury.
been making all the outcry about The thanking prvi
iege knew nothing Of MI Morrell's case. That Is not
ct all likely, for he has been at the business for
months. While the National american, the defunct
organ Of the defunct high tariff Peter Cooper League
OfNew York. was alive, numbers OF were sent under
ceased to exist he appears to have taken another
paper under his frank and protection. Here Is q
abused, but the ring organs have not word to saw
Mr. M0rrells aDuse Of the franking privilege
seems all the more nefarious when consider that
he uses 1t to spread the perncious high tariff suDter
fuges throughout the country.