Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-28

Enf not csatent NTH his. you lead his
ycmarks. Defence ofihe Postmaster. General,
'uheresS they are really oniy the resgh of an
ersminatiOn Of tie charges Of EaLricius As
10 re change oftgpe, L think upon recansid-
GRAFTON Of The circumstances ye,, cs,Mnot bot
-rcHse The cOnciu sions of f'hilo ignorant as
he must be Of any domestic internai resuta
HonS by your foreman or any other must
cgd'H differ tfh yon, thongh with due de-
ference, dilo.ing yon haze had greater oppor-
t"niiieS 10th If knoirins tie practice of' edt
oI's and Of courts as 10 tie propriety ofpnb
Hshiag UhatereI IS communicated. Li6eiS If
4 'ecottcct, haze sometimes cost primferS
he0ry damages
Mt hdriHg found sny substance TO support
he Jird charges Of Edbricius. % rant IF ca-
pacity and integFiiy.' kf rs attend to his Sd
nnmter. In az, after the usual prelude he
accuses die Postmaster General of iackuig
another quality, industry From what DIES
Fd6,ici"s drd~ this inference! Is 1t that the
u. ~ g regularly applies at the post cijfce,
IN person, GfJore 9O'ctock a. he morning for
ms letters aud papers, to take them Ia has re
SidCnce and there examine them free from
that Interruption unavoidable during the ses-
sioh IF Congress! SIT TINT he s,inte,ds
Gnd Keeps IA such order n machine wkose err
tent and variety Of ram fcations haze no equal
IN tie ,corld Whose symmetry 4 regularity
and utility must force tie admiration of all
who oieW 1t More than four tionsanm post
offices Gnd 500 contractors. to reeeiUs con
Stdt attention, new r0uG,s 10 be established.
mew LINKS to be continually inserted IA the
great Chain, aud get tie harmony stiH main
TUNED
Lei a. be considered that the u ~ e.. is
tie person to ichOm applications are nude f1,.
changes IA tie arrival and departure 0fmaiis,
erpedifidg, establishing and diScontiauing
them, for appointments Of new post,nasLers
and making all changes. ikat 10 i'm are nj.
dressed all complaints for Misconduct in forty
Jfpe hundred deputies. that americans gene.
rally hare leads to ,Ori.e as ucLi as TO com
plain and some idea may be formed ofthe
task he has 10 go through merely in reading
ms letters and assigning them TO the proper
CLERKS 10 JHperinteHd the numb,,' Of persons
requisite to aid an he performance ofthese
d"ties, is IA itseJt' no small task The nature
81 the business shears The d6Surdity of FdJr-
ciuSS Charge aud IL is cuident that the
machine wouid he MS0rgani-ed and fiji into
confusion, If there iUs'e not both rigiian and
Intelligent superiatenddnce. II is not to be
supposed that the Postmaster General in per.
son performs all the duties Of tie department,
any more than that a commanding eenersIdoes
GH the fighting or Mdt The head of a nation
heiSldteS, judges and executes every thing IN
perSO" In every particular branch. consist
ing IF many Individuals, there must be a
master spirit, Which, like the mind in the
human 6ods, guides and directs the whoie. If
Tie mind sleep the whoie bedy ceases ats finc.
toms Vthe mind be nwake aud an health
,,.f,,. az. Il Z =
diSordered by accident or injury, tie mind
directs ats attention to a remedy or to a supply
IF tie defect, In an establishment so ride{j
e:ctended, int, ioched and Idnnfed. disorders
'n1st arise aud Injuries be constantly inflicted ;
and common sense, reasoning fjOnl these uieips,
to ats present fOuTShime situation, must aiio,c
that its chef rs bath Intelligent and rig.iicm
absence from tie seat # government as
another Charge. .. That lie president and
Heads If Departments occasionally retire.
into tie country. during tie recess of Con-
greSS, and during the lot aud unheaithy sea-
sons. as tceH knOTn MOSt private individuals
Fec1W't Themselves, by occasional relaxation
and IL Touid be hard indeed it'a pubic office,
icere required TO drudge INCREASINGLY witAou
| regard to his heath or domestic concerns.
! Sd Charge as, Not rendf1t.g accounts. -
| II F01IIctnS means TO state thai General Pos
| Ofce accounts hare not been rendered foJ
tA'ee gears az as nat the fret, as may be as
certained at tie O6ice Of the 9Th auditor -
! There hare been several PoStmasterS General
| precedent to Nh. NeigS, aHd If FabIIcin.
can Sh6D that either If them, (aitho at one
time there tcere less than one hundred pos
| offices hrs been more eTpPditiOuS ia account
! ing than he has, sDjh Acknowledged thai
FabricilS has for once btmdered on some
thing hke tie truth INat Al is impossible Il
hare the nccONntTeHdered withinth three mouths
as fUideM from the nature IF tlngs tn,
great distance oC Some Of the offices. s. til,
constant Change OF p0StnGSterS
Ihare How accompanied Fdbricius tArOugi
has Un'l0MS charges, dHd AN aSt0uShed, o,
rsrieWing his materials to see Uhat pom,
p0uS SuperS;ractTe he has raised One nigh
suppose he had been forming a mag c ianthoy.l
to antHSe the people by soaring them wiM STA
dOWS or else thai has brain he'd been tu,'ne
by the contemplation or anticipation of III
uO"de1fui part he must ri in tie history O.
these Times. can almost see lam On fancy
peepiHg from some corner of his IUindOu
ami ieaiching some distant object. his coun
tcnance gromtng pate, ms hair rising om end
call has mJe " my deay observe fkat mon
strOUS animal, hOw rapidly he nloUes, leapin
from hiH to hiH. call an tie children, he pi
destroy then. oh he D,H kW Someboty. h
will kill us. hoto horribte iciH be our fat,
he comes iohere shall we fly p His dear ,Dif
in agony runs 10 HIM, throws her arm
around his nech erciaimine Uiere is N
monster ShoW him to me T. FaJricius pres
ing her 10 his Jason SEXES her hamd 4 pom
it towGrdS the drtGdtut object. In cain do
SHE stretch her aching eyes. she psreeiUcs
not for long time ;gradaaty she dsti
gUisheS the Otject Mat oiarned her doatin
spouse. IL approaches ana oil hor,iLie to ,
late. ieaping on her lily hand, proues to
flea.
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