The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-03
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
IMPORTANCE or THE OLD POINT cow
FeHT CoSyEsTrDN-ITs 0BJEtT.
Malls trsm New York tn New Orleans IN
'FhlrtysnIne surs-IsertiHcatIOn of
Lgeal Postal serviseAFroIn
New Orleans 10 Hraxil.


Leeal Postal seryice-From
New orleans to Hrs.xll.
Discsnsferts Mt OH Point CoHf1rt-Ths
New Orleans Besegaiion-sea Hynsphs.
Editorial Correspondence N. o. Demoerss.J
Old Po1aT CONFRONT, VA, July 81, 1877.
Very important and beneficial results may be
expected by the South 10 flow from the Postal
Convention which assembled here on the 25tli
instant. and adjourned Yesterday. Tho Pos
tai Commission appointed by the last Congress
have not made d great deal Of noise, but they
have been busfy and eonscientiously engaged
In the work which has been entrusted to their
hands, and that work Is Of much larger i'm
pot'tancs than The people generally seem to
| have thought. / atn convinced that the Oh
| jact Of The Administration Is to give the
South the same complete, rapid and efficient
postal facilities that are now possessed by the
| North, and which are Of such vast Importance
to the business and Industrial interests Of
| that section Of tho Union.
OBJECT or THE CONVENTION.
It was to advance this object Of the Admin
istration that this convention was called.
Tho work Is moi unaecompanied by great aif-
Heulties. and it was probably thought that
tho government could proceed In the business
with more intelligence and rapidity after 1t
WAS In possession Of the views Of representa-
tive men Of the South as to the postal needs
Of their section. and the defects, deficiencies
and abuses of tho service throughout their
several States and districts, obtained through
such an nssembage
/ This plan seems TO me TO have been wisely
conceived. Hon Mr.. Hubbard. Of Boston.
chairman Of the Postal Commission, In very
clear and exhaustive speech. gave the eonvetl.
ton comprehensive outline of the postal
service North and South and perhaps there
are very few men In the South vino have the
faintsst idea Of the wonderful advantage the
East and West possess over the South In this
branch Of the public servies.
POSTAL FACILITIES NORTH AND SOUTH
During the last few years the postal ser.
vice In the North has been constantly i'm
proved, quielened and extended and while the
mail facilities Of the whole country have been
increased upward Of thirty per cent in four
teen years. those Of the South have been nc
tually decreased nearly twenty per cent. For
the star service that is all mail transporta-
ton except on railroads. the total expsndi.
ture in the South Is, ut this time, much less
than IL was in 1861. while for the whole
country 1t is fifty per cent more.
| do not propose to present all the facts an[
figures given by the able chairman Of the
commission in his remarks before tho eonven.
tion. The above are sufficient to arrest the
attention Of our people, and arouse them tt
tbn itnf nd -
for which this convention was assembled
which tho commission appointed by Congress
has in hand, and which the Administration
seems anxious to carry out.
We should feel no jealousy OF the extension
and perfection of the postal service in the
North. The States Of that section are part
Of our common country. and their people are
our countrymen. Indeed, we should re-
joce in their wonderful material ad
vaneement. and in the Improvement o
their railroad telegraph and postal
systems. But, | submit that when tht
fact is SO clearly and sharply presented tc
the country. that the Improvement Of the
postal service at the North has been made
largely at our cost, and to our 1etriment, tht
most bitter and vindictive of our Northern
fellow citizens should applaud the wise ant
generous purpose Of the Administration ant
the commission to set all things, in this mat
ter, ut least, even, and appropriate money
enough to give the South postal service ir
every respect equal to that Of the North, ant
one that, while affordng our great CONNER
cial centres with fast mails, will secure O
prompt and efficient service for every village
and neighborhood in our section.
WORK OF THE CONVENTION.
You have probably already received ant
printed the resolutions and memorial adopted
by the convention, after mature but harmoni.
Gus deliberation, as embracing the posta
needs of the Southern States Resolutions
and memorial both meet the approval Of tht
members of the commission, and / am as
sured those gentlemen will do all that is II
their power to have them carried out.
PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE CONVENTION.
think therefore, that this movement vii
result: First, in the establishment within
year of u fast mail between the cities of TIN
East and those Of the South, and which will
deliver mails, starting from New York q
New Orleans in thirty-nine hours. Secondly
in the speedy correction Of the deficiencie
and abuses which exist in our local posta
service, 50 that the rural districts of thcSoutl
will be regularly, promptly, and, as rapid,
as the difficulties in routes will permit, sup
piled with their mails.
To Tighten and facilitate the labors of the
Postoffice Department in carrying out this
latter object, the Postal Commission has ap
pointed, or will Immediately appoint, sub
committees in Virginia, North Carolina, Soutl
Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana to gather in
formation from every county or parish In th'
South; to make suggestions for the correc
, ton Of present mail routes and the establish
ment Of new ones; to point out abuses ant
suggest improvement in the service 1t will
be necessary, OF course, for the people Of tn,
, Southern States to actively interest them
selves in this matter and furnish the sub
committees with information.
THE POSTAL SERVICE IN LOUISIANA
/, / think that to New Orleans the importanc