THE POST OFFICE—NEW REGULATIONS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume I, Issue 24, 30 September 1843, Page 2

THE POST OFFICE — NEW REGULATIONS.

We often, complained of the manner in which the post office was .con ducted. under the old system. We have now not so tnuch to complain of the management as of the system itself.. Lord Stanley, has fairly placed a ye.to upon all colonial literary, or political intercourse—he has effectually suppressed the Press in this Colony at least, by the imposition of the Newspaper tax. — It was some comfort in former, days, under, the. feeling of oppression and injustice, to know that the

voice of our complain could, freely; travel from one end of the/British dominions to the other. We must/now, however, submit to be ruled, ruined a/d oppressed in silence. A tax larger than tie full price of a newspaper itself in America is imposed upon the smallest and most rperable paper that can be published in thy country. — If we send a paper to England, /r to any of the Colonies, we are compelled P pay the post office a penny, and if sentchrough the colonial post, two-pence for the/ame. — But we are made by the authority here, contrary even to Lord Stanley's fl gging regulations, to pay postage for ever/paper we receive from our friends, which mikes up in all a postage varying from 2d. tQ/4d. on every newspaper ; if we send a pape/to Sydney, for instance, we expect another in exchange, but the post office is not sapfied with making us pay for tho paper wo/send out of . the Colony, but they also extfrt payment from us for the paper we revive on account of the same. Our friend Wio returns the paper is of course treated in a Similar way : — This, however, is mistake of t/e post office here, but we_ are as much in thJpower of the local authorities as those at liojie themselves. We suftr for twelve months, until we can hear from/iome, for every blunder committed by tip most ignorant of our Colonial Rulers. We have no redress — we are slaves mockino* /urselves with the name of freedom. We trui the people will immediately <m the arrival of the new Governor petition him to suspaidthe newspaper gagging post office regulations. The Masters of our Colonial, tradersflo not want this postage, they will be perfect^ satisfied if they get their penny for every letter, they will always carry news-, paper/free. We can see no benefit whatever from these regulations any other than that of . stoppbg the Press. It is a regular tax upon j knoWedge, in every respect unworthy of the presort age, and most unjust towards the Coloiies. Bad as the Whigs were, they woud never have thought of imposing such an pfamous tax as the present. The Schoolma/ter has never been fettered by them in th? manner. We trust however the intelligence of the peoply will soon compel the iron fetters, which so ignoble bind him, to be torn ftf ever asunder. We hope the Anti-Corn-Kiw-League will soon upset the cruel and rionstrous Anti- Knowledge Faction. j / ■ -o '