Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-24

me. Whbom reading ", he sent u 10 M
Coyle, who brought II 10 me. | advised him to
carry Il to Mr.. Barry and tell hun what IL was
lie did so Mr. Barry said al 6rst he had neves
seen ii--lhen that he supposed il related mere
" TO n clerkship and did mol read 1t, Nj
Coyle asked Il he should not show II 10 me he
said no-be had great eonfiJe IN ne
u was of no consequence.
Specification 18th. Ills substitute for Mr.
MeLean's plan Of accounting for newspaper
postage.
Forms which relate to n business IN v hieh more
Than ten thousand persnns aie engaged are very
material, and should n, yer be changed without
great consideration aud very clear advantage.
They should be brief, plain, and attended viii,
" ihlle expense or labor as praotioaJls.
Under tho old form every Postmasfer was
iurnlshcd with n blank account, IN which was
coi"inn ior letter postage, ono for ne Nspsper
postage, and another for free news papefs a
column for tia day ol tho IA onth aud g. The Of.
hco or mail from whence received. o. The
arrival OF The mail the Postmaster oountfd the
cha'geable newspapers al Ia Gents at een., and
tue number Of Ace, Il marked tho number aud
amount on q post bill coming " th the mail
Also Tho same with respect to magazines and
pa'nphie's from iheie, when his account was
maze out, TIE aggregate were carried out into
,no columns mentioned la tue blank account
ms pan was plain, simple, aud intaligilr
Ju"go Mclean adopted "a new plan, AMI Mr.
oa'fy suosinoted the follow ing, as nearl, 40 1
can Understand II;
Anu Tosi,nastefs are, ms coon asa mail ar
'"es' 10 SEPARATE the newspapers into rs mary
parcels as there are papsrs OF different nance
me name "i the printing Office, and the number
ON eaeb, with the tut. OF postage, Is TO be- set
oo"h ~ a" account kept especially Tor that pnr
Pose ibefo are probably IA The United states
"o"'y io"r hhniied newspaper establishments
o"'ing ne Session ot Congress, here and ut
some OF Tue large Offices. papers are received
from almost every establishment In the country.
o"pposng papers 10 arrive only from one half
" 'pcS'' on any Que day, II would require the
"'a'hB OF two hundred laos, o. four baKes of
large paper, bstOre the Newspapers would be
III order Tor delivery his would OCCASION so
much delay lint IL. public will not submit To-
Ill Is therefore iaptaciicable. send here
WIN thu iofm a"d Instructions, thai you may
see that Il =" rs "n,n,elligible "a 1t i. impruc.
,iGabie, marked N. |.
itmay bu wrong 10 call this Mr. Bary's plan
II was least adopted by him, aud shsws hi,
na''e",ion to, u not ignorance of, the details
ol his office.
Specification 5ih. lis circular IN pa.,...
tors
The frs, object assigned for its publication !,
'hs embaffhsted state Of tho funds Of the d.
pn, fmeni, and n COZ, ludrs with the same And
II - to be inferred thai that great object the
'hPenishment 81 the funds, 10 to he attained ia
par by preventing the abuse Of tho thanking
privilege, aud by carefully charging double.
'r'pl., aud other letters, to tho f,lI e.tept oil
Ms law, aud by the non-reduct ION 10 s.se OF
excess In those 'espee 5, unless thu letters were
op med IN the presence OF II Postmaster or his
CLERK.
Every one n, all acquainted with the sub
lee hnuWa fbaI fhna.
important extent. Tho President aud higher
officers OF the Government, whatever eIube
rance there may bs IN the expression, will nor
believe u intended for them. Tbs Po.ima,-
terra are as body man Of honor. inteet,f, ana
standing 10 society, whose oath of Office Is IA
sufficient guarantee against such abuse.
The second IL a strained aud improper con-
Struction oft Ia" regulating postage Tho
origin Of TINT law was this A Postmaster
abae the postage on letter delivered iron,
his Office, HyeriBd TO be oyei.cbargod, which
the PosIinaster doubted. lie applied to tl,.
fosimafter General, M. Granger, who drsc-
Tod the abatement but when the law was re
Visod IN 1910 had the clause (misconstru.d bv
Mr.. Barry micIted, IN order TO protect Post
masters from SUITS. Such was the construction
gwen 10 the law nj ibii time, aud The prnctics
since. Nh. Barry has IN his circular. made
bill exclusive evidence whereas he Inv only
makes II conclusive in case of prosecution, the
0penug in The presence OF tbu pDst-oiheeT ex-
copied. The POslnasiers always exercised IA
discretion and denied orgrBnted the abatement
us they believed OF d0nb ed The man claiming
u, or olhe- evidence he might produce.
But The true object Of the circular wasfo
convey an idea to the public that the office wns
distressed aud embarrassed la ils funds by his
DTpIcCpaguT his w M .,
will show, and M. Barry might have ascr.
tanned, II he hid not been ignorant or inalten-
tive 10 the duties of his ofhce
Charge 9th Ills ,ncspaclty.
A man IN the h. aud important station Of
Mr.. Barry has frequently cause 10 snaIyze
aad Investigate have lent my slteniion' in
vain, GA various "ecasi0Ds, 10 discover ihess
capacities and cannot doubt lhn the want
Of them has frequently been obvious TO you
No greater evidence need be given Of these de-
flciencies, than the specifications mentioned
under the Sd chnrge.
have rarely seen man occupying any
thing more Than an ordinary situation IN soc,.
ely, 81 ignorant o the Geog raphy of the coun-
IT., a Postmaster General unin formed Oh its
"A knowledge essential TO the oil
6ce, Of the courses and characters Of it's waters
fthe ranges Of ITS mountains, but eyea Of thu
particular relations of the y, incipai aud prom
inenr places 10 each other, would sven to be
only to something munsirous in
natural economy. Yet this might be remeded
if bs could apply himself, with the xesi, fidelity,
and perseverance, ofhis predecessors, to the
broad field of the whole country. and NOT weB-
ry himself by narrow and contracted view OF
some particular portion OF IL.
OF some Of IT. important statistics, the ponS
ulation, tho character IL pursuits Of the people
in various paris, essential to an estimate of The
necessity or importance Of a mail. and the IRE
qnency or expedition with which il should DO
CARED, he Is entirely ignorant, aud has NO
quality OF the mind suited to the acquisition OF
sue h information. His memory is defective.
or OF a character which will not offend YOU
Ly speaking Of: he frequently forgels impo,-
tant transactions executed under his Immediate
direction, soom after he has given the order