Tlmt the .pie.nioii of tlie postal rev
enues and expenditures 111:1 1- he nimn
fully im.li-ist'ind, I also iili at ti it j, r.
to a statement made I'mm tlm 1 v.i
of the liepartinetit, showing the niim
l.erof posl-otlice.-i nnd leti.jth ,f
roilds in the I'nite.l Klates, lliu iiiiViu.il
amount paid for mail ti'atispnil:.iioii,
and llio itiiioimM of postal reteum
and expi.tidiiiues, at periods o ti
yeat-i iVoni 1 st .1 to 1 In, iiirlii-ive, and
in each year iVoi.i lsn t, .r;J. in. In.
site, with the length of tlm nnlioad
ioition of the post-roads, tho length of
r.iihvay pol:i,llii e lines, and the ro.f.
of the railroad i rtioti ,f thq Iriin-por-
lalloll, U'oiH tiiu tlatt) ol il.e couiiueiii'O
1 1 it-lit Ihei'cof ; I
Hce Ti.l, nbr st.m nient..
The third hih:Iioii of the hill, if imh-
e,, he bulistanlially hula le-en icluieiit
t the law aullir ii.iuu the free e-
change of newspapers, periodicals, nnd
iinK!.iic . i-iui'i n piinusuei's, aiel lint
free 1 ireillntioii of liesiapi't's , iii t'l
ni huhsi ril cr. rc.-i.liiis; or net ivinj; the
saute within the county of p.il,lii c.doit,
as il sloiid prior tu tini 1st dav of .nly
In tracing tho origin of this provision
it is rciniirkal.l.i how c;t!y a
diitu the lathers of tho Kcp'ihlic 11, 0
ui.cd the value and importance of tlii
iuei.ua for tho dU.:cuiiiialioii of intelli
gence and information allium; the nn-
pie.
The men who believed tlmt govern
ments derived thpii: just powers frui)
tho coir-mil of the governed, aud win')
were seekiuijc lo tstlilw,!) justice, to in.
sure tloiiicstin tiatifpuliiy, provido for
tho common defense, promote Ih. i.t).
