Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-24
FIR = ne Frankfort .Argus.
TO THE EDITOR.
WAsUINGrON A

WAsHINGroN. Aug. 27, 1880
Dear SIR The happy effects Of reform are NOR. OBJ
p:oUs in the Post dice Department Than in any Other
branch of our government.
1t has already been seen, that the increase Of the
P0si-Ohce Ia fhis city than doubled by the
hinge, not OF Pos'-masier aog ether but of the bab
it- Of Executive officers in the anl abuse of their
itanking privii'g s
There is doubt that the NJ increase of the rsve
NUS Of that Department Tor the present YEAR will be
near one huudred thousand dollars perhaps more II
l. nppo'ed that the Increase at the New Oeans POST
ONCE aIo1e, viii ,xceei ten thousand dollars sttribu
ahe CHI Nv, il not entirely, to the facilities given to
the intercourse between that poir and the Atlantic CT
lies, by now mail route estab he'd by the presen,
Postmaster General from G orgia through Mobile To
the friends OF The admins IN 10 Kentucky the i'm.
provemsn OF the revenues derived from some Of he
reformed Port Offices n your State must be- peculiar
ly gratifying.
The off in Frankfort, Welded during the frat civ
months in 1929 the sum OF 1881 2l during the cor.
responding month. of 1880 has yielded SlIO2 O5
Here il an increase OF 1920 81, equal to toenty, fire
per rent.
The increase at Loui.vie lie still greater. During
the hrst six months Of 1929, that office yislled SI6II
70 During the corresponding six months OF 1880. H.
has yielded S2503 81. Here an ncreas of SSss es
equal to fifty fire per cent.
II was known tia, during the latter part Of Mr. Nc
Leans management, the expenditures OF the PoH.Of.
nee excesjed lis income. IL was supposed that he
had carried the establishment TO the ne plus ultra and
that his successor would be obliged rather 10 curtai
than extend 's facilities. So far are these sncipations
Eom being realized, that mail have been sx-
tended in all directions, and the speed OF the mails ON
old rcu'es very much increased. The growing reve.
Dues OF the Department promise continuation Of these
extensions and Improvements beyond eseDt concep-
ton.
To gehat is all this 70 be Attributed To the HAND
OF REFORM. The abuse Of the ranking privilege
hss been mnch curaiied, knowledge that no neglect
will be excused by the head OF the Department. makes
Posnsstsfs every where faithful and prompt, contrac
tors are compelled TO meet their engag-ments deJ.
~ and nm energy every where prevail, which can be
infused by nothing 80 eH-cualy by lhst slee ss
vigilance and Incorporating devotion 10 the public
interest which now Ptesides every branch Of the
| administration.
Mr.. Mclean deserves great credit for his manage.
meDt OF The D.psfimen but be could not reform il Il
30 Opposed. The reign of corruption IL noi the az,
NJ reform. Had MIR. Mclean attempted the reform
made by his would have cost him his place
i FN
All the efforts Of the opposition divide Republican.
have proved abortive. IL Isl Of great uneas
TO the contrvers Of the schemes Utica and Sa
| lina-and the nomnators in New-York and Albany
that they have effected nothiug--and that the repubI
party, maugrc all their Devices presents an unee
front, and is calm and firm, and well prepared fo
the contest, they have been since the origin
the government. The issue, under such circuInstan
ces, cannot be matter Of doubt OF this fact no me,
are more sensible than the bankrupt politicians VIII,
have caught up aDt-IDasonry az the latest disguise