Mr. DIXON. I think the Senfrom No vada entirely mistakes the object of the bill. He speaks of trusting rebels or any other class of people for their ostage. If he will examine the bill, he will) see that it exressly provides that no stamps shall be sol on credit; that every person purchasing stamps must pay at the time in coin or in U.S. currency. That is provided in the 2nd section of the bill. It is not the object of the bill to give credit to any persons whatever who wish to buy and use postage stamps. The difficulty now is that there is no class of persons at the South with whom postage stamps can be intrusted for sale. Persons cannot in many places, be found capable of holding the Office o ostmas ter. We know perfectly well that the whole mass of the soutern people were engaged in this rebellion, almost without exception, so that there are not now to be found parties there who can take the oath of Office, which is retro spective in its character, except in comparatively fewinstances. The present law provides that stamps shall only be furnished to postmasters u. on credit; they only can receive them. Private individuals cannot receive them in that way. We cannot everywhere appoint postmasters who can receive stamps on credit, and as we cannot find parties in the South ready to advance money to the Government for the stamps, the difficulty is that there are, in important sections, no stamps for sale. Who suffer? Not the rebels only but my constituents and the constituents of the Senfrom Nevada. They write letters to the South, but often no return can come, because no postage stamp can be had. Now, what do we propose to do I We barely propose that if any individual, at the discretion 496 January 30, a?" of the PostMGenl, can give bonds for $100 or $500 worth of stamps he may receive them and he may sell them to such parties as require them, for cash, and only for cash. It would not doto allow him to sell them on credit, as this would interfere with the sale by postmasters; but if he is merely a custo ian of these stamps, and sells them to individuals who wish to use them for the time bein, for cash, I do not see how we are favoring reels. The fact is, Mr. President, the public interest must not suffer if we can avoi it. Here is a vast public interest. The object is notto benefit rebels; it is to benefit the whole community, and, if possible, to facilitate intercourse by means of the postoffice. For my rt I cannot see, nor could the committee, haw this is any way showin favor to rebels in an art of the country. The PostMGenl did not like to evade the law; other officers have been charged with its evasion; I do not say that they have been guilty of it; but he wishes to follow out the letter of the law, and if he appoints a postmsster he requires him to take the oath; but he does believe, and the committee believe, t tit is safe to leave stage stamps with a party who can give goo bonds, and that it is not necessary to require him to swear that he hits never been engagedin rebellion. If you do require that, you deprivo not only that community but the whole northern community of intercommunication. The bill enables the PostMGenl to avoid that evil.