Postmaster Hall on Virginia Slave Insurrection Statute
Letter from Postmaster General Hall discusses Virginia statute punishing incitement to insurrection and the federal role in mail delivery. He cites Attorney General Cushing on Mississippi contrast, urges duties of postmasters to withhold or destroy such incendiary material, and affirms state's right to self preservation and suppress insurrection.
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