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Editorial
January 9, 1830
Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
An editorial defends local postmasters against the Journal's blame for winter mail delays, attributing issues to weather and roads instead, and satirically suggests the Journal criticize its own editors. It notes the Journal editor's unsuccessful push to cut the local postmaster's pay.
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The Mails.—The Journal has discovered that the usual irregularities of the mails, in the winter season, instead of being attributable to the roughness of the roads, or the inclemency of the weather, or the tardiness of the contractors and mail-drivers, are altogether owing to the "rascally post masters," and the "stupid post masters." This is a notable discovery, and the terms are courtly terms. It is respectfully suggested whether the Journal would not be more at home, in pourtraying rascally editors, and stupid publishers.
The Editor of the Journal publicly proposes to reduce the compensation of the Post Master of this town—his private efforts to produce that result not having been crowned with the same success which once attended his labors in a similar case.
The Editor of the Journal publicly proposes to reduce the compensation of the Post Master of this town—his private efforts to produce that result not having been crowned with the same success which once attended his labors in a similar case.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Mail Delays
Postmasters
Newspaper Rivalry
Postal Service
Editor Compensation
What entities or persons were involved?
The Journal
Editor Of The Journal
Post Master Of This Town
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Defense Against Journal's Criticism Of Postmasters
Stance / Tone
Satirical And Defensive
Key Figures
The Journal
Editor Of The Journal
Post Master Of This Town
Key Arguments
Mail Irregularities Due To Roads, Weather, Contractors, Not Postmasters
Journal's Language Is Uncourtly
Journal Better Suited To Critique Its Own Editors And Publishers
Journal Editor's Failed Private Efforts To Reduce Local Postmaster's Compensation