The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-16
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Tile enterprise in which we now emLa.,
of which this paper is at once the comnn -
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to their duties and heirrighis and to make them.
land the people at large, acquainted with The orqtln
EATON, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partmenis Of their Government. Tlere has hith
erto Leen no vehicle for, the regular and n,oner
communication Of Information Of this kind INC
lpublicaton OF The Laws and the issne of nstrle
TONS, more or less opprehensive and at intervals
lmcre or less extended, have proved who'll y made
gate, III tiie absence or the construction OF those
Laws, us applied 10 particular cases and of detaila
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions ineligible The valuable docurnents
annually reported to Congress, are too yolumino,ta
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the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
inss, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
! OF the Government, besides turning mostly aIpon
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some of them Indispensable: but there Is nuch
that do not reach the hands OF all nor if thew did
| do they furnish those rules methods and exam
pies, tor the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge OF public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent HIM
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make an honest effort to supplv
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
If we succeed in rendering the functions Of the
primary ofhces more uniform, methodical, aud ex-
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial! interests of the
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ever.
10 is known to most OF those 10 whom this M
per VIII be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Ohce Department until tbe,non,b
OF November last; with by far the larger portion
OF ooth postmasters and contractors he has had
direct intercourse, IN person or by letter He en-
tered the department fourteen years since. and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
Department, and subsequently, in the Treasury
lie has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements of business in all
the departments, and beng acquainted with those
who carry II on. Since his official conneciionf with
the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present lncumbents of the departments, and is ON
: them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduoualv
engaged for several years, in stud wing bv per-
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afford time for obtaining from the depsrtinents.
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by them during the preceding month. Tables q !
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only in two or three years Itis a
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that AZ one
month from the time of these issues there are of
fees IN the tables which are no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which are not in the tables
At this time there are perhaps three thousand
Offices Of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
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