Mr. Justice Field, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. The power vested in Congress “to establish post-oliices and post-roads ” has been practically construed, since the foundation of the government, to authorize not merely the designation of the routes over which the mail shall be carried, and the offices where letters and other docum…
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