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and Agents Of the American public, in respect both
TO their duties and their rights and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
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partments Of their Government. There has hith-
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrn~
ticns, more less comprehensive, and al intervals
lmore or less extenaad, have proved wholly made
UHdtG IN tKe XUS6s0k or we construction OF k0se
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ings, and the proceedings Of the Executive branch
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
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ples 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 an honest effort to Gupply
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tor of the Post-Ofice Department until the month
Of November last; with by far the larger portion
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many years previously, had been, irsti in the War
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
EIe has therefore had the best opportunities foI
understanding the arrangements Of business in al
J the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
present incumbents Of the departments, and is on
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them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
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