Perhaps in a manner it may be accepted as a faint tribute to our Constitution and a self-compliment to our freedom-asserting and freedom-loving character as a people to say that only in England could a history of postal agitation have been possible. It is in itself a small consequence, perhaps, but it is significant as a consequence and an outcome of that free, powerful, and independent public opinion which safeguards and promotes our liberties; it is only one of the natural results of that dominating spirit of democracy which has so broadened our boundaries morally and materially as a nation. THE END Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. Edinburgh & London End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A history of postal agitation from fifty years ago till the present d, by H. G. Swift