Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-07-20
GOVERNMENT FUNCT1oNARIEs.


Connected with National Government are many thou
sand unclonaries three thousand residing the city
OF Washington At the head of the whole is the President Of
the United Sae aided by his Cabinet consisting of seven
persons selected by himself with the consent Of the Senate m
his immediate and constant advisers Coordinate with the
Chief Executive of our nation the Legislative department
OF our Government the Congress Of the United States con-
ssng OF about three hundred persons the whole
the wishes and the interests Of every section and every mem
ber Of Republic. With the Executive and Legislative
departments Of Government stands the Judiciary con-
sstng Of nine Judges Of the Supreme Court with more than
thirty others of lesser gade having special supervision over
limited districts respectively assigned them.
Under these three united though distinct departments Of the
National Government agents appointed by
them, to perform the greatly and important duties
assigned them Among these sgents are in the city of
Washington several hundred clerks under the immediate
direction Of the different departments of the Government.
Connected with the Navy Yard Arsenal and other Govern
ment establishments in the national metropolis several
hundred individuals directly and constantly engaged in per-
forming duties assigned them agents unctionares
Of our National Government.
The national unctonares above referred to- located at the
heart Of nation, have their principal action and special
design in connexion with others distributed through our
whole body polite, thus promoting vigorous and heathful
republican Union In direct connexion with the General
Post Office with its clerks seventeen thousand
deputy postmasers, each having in charge post Office the
whole providing for communications to be from any
dividua to any individual at any point in widespread
Republic So under the direction of the War and Navy De-
pamens at Washington Military Posts and Naval Estab
shments, together employing twenty thousand nd-
vduas IN the service Of the country Added these the
Coast survey Engineers, Patent Office &c., each employing
numerous individuals in eectng very important objects for the
growth and the prosperity our country
With the whole Of these Government functionares or
nearly So dispositions, opportunities and obligations unite in
securing their separate efforts laying broad and
deep, and strong, foundation for Government and all
its institutions and blessings immoyabe as the mountains
which scale, and common the atmosphere which we
breathe Such foundation be found with certainty and
found only high state of intellectual and moral culture
universally difused Such culture thus diused cannot
fail to be made available for benefit the moment
the hundred thousand functonares of National Govern
men acting jointly with times that number in the SER
vice of the States, their official relations and influences
for that high purpose. Judging from experience few, if
any, Government functionaes whether State or National
want any thing than the opportunity lend helping
hand work great and common to ALL secure for it.
separately and jointly their willing and hearty aid. Post
masters uniformly 60 to the full Of their power in i'm
proving opportunities for the transmission of scientific know
ledge Members Of Congress- who regulate that power are
certain to extend it. BY liberal post Office laws as they
are to extend liberal and support institutions
pecay designed for the increase and diffusion of oso-
located in the District under their direct cognizance
and control Strong indications Of favor to the Public
Schools Of the District have recently been given, calling forth
unanimous and hearty appreciation from all quarters, in
manner to afford unmsakeabe evidence that no measures
can be adopted by Congress which viii be universally
popular rendering the intellectual and moral puations
the heart Of the nation, in the highest possible degree vgo
Gus and heahfu. H.