The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-17
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CHARLES M. WnLAnD, Editors and proprisiors.
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me enterprise ~ winch we now embark AMI
OF which tins paper is at once the COMMENCEMENT
and sample of the papers that are to foIlos' /
for it's ann no less a purpose, than TO imn,,,,S'
strucuon, IN the general and detail 10 the oa;car
aud Agents of the American public in resnect boih
ITO their duties and their rights and to make them.
ana the people at large, acquainted with the organ
lizatlon, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government There has him
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and AT intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, IN the absence of the construction or those
LAWS as applied to particular cases, and of details
and Illustrations TO make the regulations and In
stIucuons ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too yoluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
| circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ings, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only 10
party ends and to matters of national policy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful IN themselves as far as they 90, and
some OF them Indispensable; but there is much
that 40 not reach The hands OF ALL nor if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods and exam
pies, for 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 honest effort to supnv
this Vacuum and to provide for these necessittes
If we succeed IN rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodical and 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
country And this we expect to do, to some ex
tent at least-apart from, and independently, Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
1t is known to most of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that The Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Ohice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, In person or by letter. III 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
e understanding the arrangements OF business in all
: the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry II on. Since his official connection with
s the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
# preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
Il presert ncumbents of the departments, and is on
lie becoming terms Of intercourse and civty with
e. them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduoualy
m engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
II sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
of daily routine and details of the Post-Ofce and
other branches of the public business. tits with
= this stock of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
ton, and for mparting minute and illustrative in
sruction, and valuable periodical and statistical
. information, that challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage
= We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month as
- the day for the publication Of paper, to
~ afford time for obtaining from the departments,
=, all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
J. by them during the preceding month. Tables az
: Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
| Regulations issued by the Post Office Depart
!, ment only once in two or three years. 1t is a
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
: hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues there are of
fees in the tables which longer IN operation
and offices in operation which not an the tables
" AT this time there perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
=, laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue of the last volume of regulations,
/, Of which many posmasters and others are wholly
= ignorant. We propose TO prevent, for the presents
= any increase Of the evil Of either kind, and from
. the time another issue shall be made, paper
!. will furnish the additions, corrections, and modf-
, cations, made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both Subjects up to and
: for time being. How much Of the present nisdi-
. rectinn, remaling, doubt, confusion error, and
D imposition will be saved by the progressive
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
n provided, and for which engage, every inteli-
n cent postmaster can estimate for himself.
: These advantages alone and Independently Of all
s Others are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper and will, 1t is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels Just pride In his office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe The considerations apply to
the orders and notices. decisions, and Instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the is intended in
resuect to them Notices Of the decisions Of the
RS Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
n of official duty or national interest," will find pluce
or in this paptr
A department Of our paper addressing itself not
y merely TO pUstmasters and other officers of the
q Government but to all other citizens who give
pr tenton to the affairs Of the nation snd the progress
at and development OF the {, untry, will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted to, or ars-
ing in Congress. At each session vast deal OF
valuable information is COMMUNICATED TO Con-
'e gress by the several departments aud their subor
Is dnate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
% reports are made by committees of both Houses
= But the great mass of the community know moth
- ino of the contents Of these documents and re
IN ports except the brief notices Of them, which
from time TO time appear in the public papers
The standing number printed Of each docume- {
al and report is only twelve hundred m the Senate,
" and fourteen hundred m the House or Representa-
n ves which al once shows the impractcability OF
n tbeir dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
l. tain short abrdgments or analysis Of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
8, therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
b. instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an easy index
20 those interested, whenever It is found desirable
IN Obtain and examine the document at large.
There is a large field before us, the materials are
| ample II will be our Jealous care TO collect and
y arrange them in the proper form. We have every
) confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
= enable us to accomplish il ALL The information
= we propose to give, compromising and confined
10 Ike action Of the Government, is solid, useful
nd T,ys might almost saw necessary to the orr
!, cerIf not to the citizen. 1t is intended for all
4 and put at price which constitute no obstacle
. with any Ifatthe end Of the year. any subscriber
shall find that he has not received the full value Of
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