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Men in office , Burke tells us , afe especialiy liable to be unfitted for conducting public affairs in times of emergency , or when any change in the
routine of business becomes necessary . The fact , and the reasons for it , are obvious enough ; but the remark comes with added force from one who , having attained ( politically ) to
" years of indiscretion / ' could find no higher , nor sounder principles of action , than expediency and experience , of the shallowest , and most literal kind .
A ccordingly , we may expect little reform in post-office affairs from post-office authorities . Makeshifts , and patch-work
remedies , are the extent to which our expectations may go ; and our gratitude is called upon with no small confidence for a few additional
lettercarriers here and there , a little more order in the dispatch of letters ; for the satisfaction of knowing that the letter-carriers are " superannuated as soon as they are incompetent to perform their duties . " and that the
contractor for the rides is " now (\) bound by a penalty for the due performance of the contract , " Indeed our satisfaction should amount to posi-
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tive delight in learning thai the contract has been so singularly bargained for that the contractor loses considerably ; a fact which accounts for the
hay less appearance of some on his stud . These , and such re-J forms , must we receive witln thanks , and not " look the gift horse in the mouth , " nor the ribs .
We do not mean to deny that there has been improvement in the arrangements of the post-office , especially with regard to the delivery of letters . But it is not sufficient for the
public service that public servants should do their duties tolerably ; they must be done as well as possible . A great nation , like England , abounding in resources , remunerating
its public servants in a way that no other public servants are remunerated , has reason to expect that its wants should be supplied in the best possible manner . The post-office , no doubt , is a fine establishment .
as it is ; but there is nothing to show that it might not be better . On the contrary , Mr Rowland Hill has proved to us that it can be very much better ; that , rapidly as the letters are conveyed , — if we compare their rate of travelling
* The Ninth Report of the Commissioners appointed to Jnqnirt into th * Management of the Post Office Department * Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty . London : printed by W . Clowes and Son , Stamford street , for her Majesty ' s Stationery Office . 1837 .
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THE TWO POSTAGES—TWO-PENNY AND PENNY .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 205, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/61/
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