human
Why should we be called upon to pass this Penny Postage Bill, said the opponents of that measure in August, 1839,
gpt
Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of the impressed stamp had not satisfied the Committee. This plan, as amended by the Committee, had not satisfied the Government. (See _ante_, page 13.) The paper makers and stationers were in a state of protest and alarm.
human
This part of the business must stand over, said the Government of the day,
gpt
How to carry out the scheme will require much consideration. It was here that James Chalmers, through Mr. Wallace, Chairman of the Committee, stepped in--the adhesive stamp saved the scheme. _That_ was the value and importance of his invention and proposal. It satisfied the paper trade;
human
Let the stationer, not the Stamp Office, said Mr. Chalmers,