Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-04
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newspaper, entitled
TIE CITY OF WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
Price, Daily, Ten Dollars per annum; aud
Thrice Week, (riz. Moadas, Wed.
nesday and Frday) Five Do'la~s
psr aunum: To BE- pabiisrcd eve
" afternoon At rwp O'clock.
Important public documents and state
papers will be printed at full leugth
competent reporter will be employed t-
furnish the proceedings of Congress Tor
the Gazette; ana all interesting articles
of intelligence will be CAREFUL, selected
aud published.
PROSPECTUS.
The Editor of the WAsHINeroN City
WzEkLr CARTE, from he patronas~
he has already received. and the sacou-
ragement he IS promised, intends, in o.
tOber next, to psblish daily paper, and
one three times week. 10 the prosecu-
ton OF this undertaking he has also bee
urged BY other causes, perhaps equally
powerful. When the extraordinary en-
crease population in the United States,
apd, Of course, the augmented demand
for iaforDation from tn seat OF ga'er.-
ment, are taken into consideration, an.
the fact, that IN the eastern section ui
the District of Columbia. embracing Pr-
pulIticn OF near twcaty thousand inhab!-
tan;s. there is but one daily paper. TIE
necessity and importance Of an addition
al one must at once be obvious. VIA :
ever may be the estimation in which
Washington is held, as 10 mercantile
transactions and information, by those at
a distance. it must be allowed, by al
who know it, to be the greatest focus OF
political Intelligence in the U. States /;
and the inst pornt from which must ema,
aate all the information of the count H.
relation to our pc itical transacuons.-
Much transpires that is lost for the want
OF a proper vehicle of communication,
that would preserve its independence 10
reviewing the operations o. the govern.
mcnt (; and many measures Of H. portance
are permitted to slumber amid he rub
bish Of legislative business, because they
are net duly ,nsidered Or properly DIS
PLAYED. In the harry OF, and perhaps,
we might also say, the inattentiJn some
times paid tn legislative sffal-s Of the
country. 1t "ften happens that measures
Of a dangerous political tendency, or, at
least, q InJoriuus consequences to me
nation, are adopted with but little oppo-
sitien, becaa'e those Consequences have
not been FULLY developed 10y Inc presses
at the seat Of government, and his CALI
nUt be done b. aJouI nal issuing seluo.s-
er than once day o. three times week.
The one already in eAi>teuce at this
place, however we'll conducted, is not
sufficient for This purpose, because the
press Ut political matter du ing the Sc
sion is so great that one daily Journal
cauuOt embrace tae Whole. and much
mast therefore be lost
In addition to this, il may be remark
ed, that, the columns OF tie National In
teiigencer are devoted, almost exciu
siv, ly to the proceedings and debates OF
the popular branch Of The ma ,onai legis-
iatu willis, those of the senate are ne
elected. or forgotten. This exclusion o.
the transactions OF - di.niied and i'm
poi taat branch OF our government, f-on
the public eye, has long been subject
uf regret anu complaint 10 the people 4
this country, aud, indeed, to the Senate
itself. Some Efforts have been made tn
crafty the ration, by ] lGll display OF the
proceedings OF this branch vf the iegis!a-
ture, bat those efforts have uniformly
tailed; and have failed. no: from the
want Of proper encouragement and pa
uondgr, but from causes il is not neces-
saLy here TO deyelope. From the natu e
.. thiSss, ore press, alone, cannot give
= 'ul! de,ai Of The debates aud proceed
ugs OF both houses Of Congress. To one,
therefore, IA exclusive attention has, hi-
he 10 been paid, 10 the almost entire oe-
eject OF the other. The Editor will how.
ever, labor to obviate this Inconvenience
aud remedy this evil, and endeaSor f"
give the nation an accurate daily rcpor'
If the proceedings of the national leg,sla
tufe, avoiding all Partially aud pre'e
renee Of one branch to the other.
Ihe political path he has hitherto pu
sued will s'ince his independence, an /,
he trusts, satisfy his patrons that no So
crfce OF truth or political integrity sha!
ever be made at the shrine OF party fee
,ng. He will endeavor to re; DER m
journal as tree froE party bicker.ng AMI
|lr'n,sity as possible, shle, at the SAM
,,me, the principle, it Inculcales shall be
decided y epubiican and patriotic
A. thp n m ola, guardian ut the public