Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-08
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Re'atng TO The administration aud present condition If
me t,oSf-Qgce Deparnem ef ne United Siatcs under
n s non. nHiam r. Barry, Postmaster General By
FRANCIS .. j SAITH, -Nrsbcr of Congress from Cum
0ef'G"d District, in MGino-[ CoNTiNUED.l
laking only these data, which have derived from
enuc sources auds not the labor performed by the De-
Parnent seen to be immense: Taking the organization
and DIVISION of labor in the Department specified aud
nrc they not as simple perfect and efficient any
could hope 10 make hcn Formucl OF all this, Mai b
administration Is entitled to the exclusive credit Much OF
present organization and coi cncy has been instituted
z nun since the spring OF 1858, when defects IN the
system were elected. But this period and the results
z 5Ncse improvements, with the improvements them
$, each branch ofthe committee Of The House has
u over az c"tfre Sttricc! Neither the majority nor
minority has spoken Of the department II is
and as 1t has been constantly since early in le; do
they pretend have examined into its present operations
beyond the general results of lis financial department
But, pursuing course marked rather BY the POI
i'tcai enemies of Major Barry if not by them crcIusirc
ty, the researches of the Committee have been confined
10 the discovery of the defects and faults which
lsedin the organization and operations of the depart
ment an times past, and wholly emitting to audc TO
ether Its faults or It's crits they and they
nave bccn Tor two years or upwards Can any say
That IN this, justice has be- ucio Nisior Barry ay
ing followed his cs,cnii,A a-li.e npriod ana Tame.
actions of the 1gSd sfaxA >-Anld have
certainty been moro tiA -
OF DONG justice to Major IA
lty 10 follow ihsha ,lsoaE. A
\ rotions OF the department.
uinphunt vindication of the Postniaste,
an the assaults OF his eneinies.~
bni Will add otLsr lac.se = - nauuu..scn,udS
July last lmUGmIrd 70 iT1'1I11IH
4 ss9Hatages and steamboats,, 600 0C0 miles nor,
III suikles and on horseback, making an aO
glegate oil E3,oUOOuO miles This Is increase upon
the extent which 1T was carried when Major Barry camt
INTO ONCE, oil ii ,OOO,OUG miles per annun.
Inc revenues OF the Department for the year endins
on the 5Oth June last, amounted 81 e3 zoo S7 This
vast sum- 1T should be remarked collected in sna
rdcuohs oil dollar, mostly those of up TWEEN
V,nve cents, and rarely exceeding the last sum.
Inc disbursements OF the Department during the sa ms
year, amounted to So S9U,3yl 81 aud this again in sinai
sums throughout the whole Union. This view shows
e uhiled nonIed operations of the Department have
amounted to s.: ,2!'S %, in a single year
here let NE ask whether the large number of Clerks
necessarily employed in the General Post Office Depart
iIehi-the lo,OH Postmastcrs connected with the De
Parmcntthc contractors upon 300 different routes
lhe %ooVu,OOO miles of mail transportation ycrpinp in
every uIecon and to the points Union
tr collection OF nearly three millions OF dOllars-and The
disbursement OF nearly three millions OF dollars more
not EXHIBIT an aggregate of business, all centerng back
upon the individual responsibility of the Postmaster
nFral alone, calculated To excite the wonder and adma.
| ton OF every man? How few have appreciated is tx
eht! How lew have placed ust estimate upon the re.
sponsibes and services Of this uch-abused oiiicer
Inc fost Office Department OF this nation is in the
aggregate, most stupendous work. And when the i'm
ensiy OF the machinery which is required to carry II
on sconsldered-when the almost countless rafcaiions
tAtRtsss ana the vast domain through which
are broagh into view, il must bc subject
and lRtua uaiiCn with the people OF This
tiiat the a,sereeute OF ' em6arrassncnts is go
1lliS worst Ra1nics assume to Charge