The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-03-29
CoNTEDERArE STATES or AMERICA,
post Office DEPARTMENT.

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CONFEDERATE STATS or AMERICA,
Post Once Department.
CRcuLAR LETTER No. LII is the wish
Of this government that ell postmasters
and other employees in The postal service
should continue 20 perform their duties
a. such. and render ~ their accounts and
nav ali MONEYS 70 the order Of the gov
eminent Of the United States, as they
have heretofore done. until the govern
mcnt Of the Confederate States shall be
prepared TO assume the entire control OF
/ IT, nostal affairs. This will be done asso1n AZ
practicable. But the causes Of delay in
/ cidert to the organization OF the depart
ment are such A. 10 place IL out Of my
power to determine definitely when the
/ new service will be substituted for the
/ Old.
ANY attempt to mix the employees Of
/ the two governments in the same service,
/ would be wholly impraetioable. And no
removals or appointments OF postmasters,
or others, in the postal service. will be
made by this department, nor will it re-
ceive returns relating 20 or moneys deriy-
ed from the postal service.
II the government Of the United States
should cease tocarry on this service. before
this department shall be organized and
prepared to take charge of 10. no great
shock 10 the public interests will be pro-
duced by such a course. as the Postmas-
ter General Is authorized to continue. pro
visionally, by proclamation, the present
postmasters. and others. in the postal
service. in office, and 10 continue existing
contracts for carrying the mails, until
new appointments and new contracts can
be made.
We must regard the carrying Of ouI
mails, at this time. by that government
a. a great public necessity 10 the people
Of both governments. refulting from
their past intimate political. commercial
and social relations. and alike important
TO the preservation Of the present inter
ests Of the people Of both countries. And
while that government. by its action. con
suits such considerations, our governman
and people should act with the same higt
: regard for great public interests. Such I
course on our part, springing from sucl
, motives, will preserve the character Of on
people. without impliring the dignity o
our government, and may lead to tn
! transfer Of our postal service from tn
J control Of the old to that OF the new gov
, eminent, with far less injury 10 the peopl
Of both than would necessarily flow fros
pTecipitate and ineonsiderate uction Of
the part Of either.
. CIRCULAR LITTER, No. 2.-Tbe Govern
r ment Of the Confederate States will no
( interfere with any existing contracts en-
tered into between the Government {
the United States and the pres mt cor
; tractors. until it assumes the entire cor
> troll Of its postal affairs. This course
rendered necessary by the utter impra'
q ticability Of mixing the employees of Tia
two governments IN the same service.
The question a. 10 whether the Cover
d ment Of the Confederate States wi
+ assume any liability to present contractor
before It assumes the control Of our post
affairs, involvesshe idea Of liability on III
part Of this government, for the oblig
= ton Of the United States, which cannS
be entertained by this Department. b
IL the government Of the United Stat
i should abandon the mail service in II
e Confederate States, before the Depar
ment shall be organized and ready
enter into new contracts, / am authorize
= to continue existing contracts. provisio
y ally, by proclamation, until the new Co
le tracts can be entered into.