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Editorial December 31, 1836

Richmond Palladium

Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

What is this article about?

Editorial criticizes the Postmaster General for providing expensive express mail to the East while neglecting the West, where regular mail is often irregular despite complaints, urging Westerners to demand better treatment.

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East and West.—We do not intend by this to refer to the late novel of brother Thompson, but to the difference of treatment to them by the Post master General. For the East is provided an Express mail to carry news from the extreme South west to the North east, at great expense. Before, their facilities for conveyance of news were great.— For providing for the East in this manner we do not Complain. We do complain of his shameful neglect of the necessities of the West. To us it is as important to receive the mails expeditiously as to the people of the East, and we can as well afford to pay for it. For us, however, is only not provided an express mail, but the regular mail is not conveyed one half the time with regularity.— Though from day to day complaints are made, no remedy is given, and the Postmaster has the power to correct the evil at any moment he may think it worth while to apply it.— How long will the people of the west look silently on and see their rights disregarded, and at the same time support and applaud the officers who thus treat them! So long as they suffer themselves uncomplainingly to be treated like dogs, so long will they be, and deserve to be.

[Cin. Gazette.

What sub-type of article is it?

Infrastructure

What keywords are associated?

Postal Service Express Mail West Neglect Postmaster General Mail Regularity

What entities or persons were involved?

Postmaster General People Of The East People Of The West

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Unequal Postal Service Treatment Between East And West

Stance / Tone

Critical Of Postmaster General's Neglect

Key Figures

Postmaster General People Of The East People Of The West

Key Arguments

East Receives Express Mail For News Conveyance At Great Expense West Lacks Express Mail And Regular Mail Is Irregular Half The Time Complaints From West Are Ignored Despite Postmaster's Power To Remedy Westerners Should Protest Unequal Treatment Rather Than Endure It Silently

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