... For many of them the treasury is amply remunerated, and more, by the increased sale of the public lands, the increase of population, and the consequent increase of the revenue from the custom-house. ... you the copy of a paper I have prepared, at the request of Mr. Webb, of Boston, to show the progress of increase of the number of letters by the post-office here, since the reduction of the postage, ... is the demoralization of the public mind, in abating the reverence for law, and the sense of gratitude and honor to the government. [pg 021] In this respect, of bringing all the correspondence...