Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-03-11
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:; ';{fi,uss1SsaEp i,i ibIi: BY,rEARcE 81 ohRIsTH.
,tTgE7BUsINESS BEFORE CON.
.GRESS.

There are ia the HaIls Of Congressbe
tween two and three hundred individuals
80 most Of whom habit has readeres the
use oCthe pen natural Ito macy OF 1hetn
almost "a Necessary. How iule employ
meat they have for the faco1ty oi Gem
position, an their daily vocation Ot ieg'sM
toss, our readers can imagine, It they tor
n moment compare the results N the la
hoTs of Congress win the great aggVesa-
'fIou Of Knowledge aAd talent IN the two
Houses. 1t is not surprising, 'h"reiore,
aha4 lhe members Of Congress commuhi-
ca1e ireely and fully with their friends at
home, nor that, in such letters OF theirs
as'fnd lheir way to the press, we find Ire
quenily views Ofpublic aifjirs quite as at
tractive as those which are taken EIthin
1he walls oflhq Capitol. ..-
There are, beSides, IL number Of gentle
Cnen, OF various talent, some visitors, 9th
ers resident, at Washington, whose exeu
SiVe occupation II is To communicate by
letter wiih the Ieadiag public journals all
over The country; a duty which uppears
to be discharged with much industry and
general ability A telegrsphic. intercourse
is thus established along the whole line
Of cities and towas from Bangor TO New
Orleans, and across tie country from the
Chesapeake Bay to the wuters Of the Up
per Mississippi. The number Of jour
nails having regular correspondents al
Washington scarce falls short Of hun
dred.
II twill be obvious, upon reflection, that
the co operation of so muhy minds and
hands in the same labor, must put forth
flood Of intelligence such as TO throw into
the shade the light that can be emitted by
any single press IN the city OF Washing
ton, which Iabors under the disadvantage
moreover,in competition with letter wn
ters, Of beng obliged 10 put into print cd
form all lis contents before they can en-
ter into the mail in company with the
missiVes from correspondents at Wash
ington, Tho reporters for the Washing
ton papers lie under another disadvan-
tagc, also, which, not desiring here to bt
drawn into a dissertation on reporting
we will barely alIudA TO: they are known
and 10 certuin exteDt, at least, respons
blg aud accountable for what they report
willis, lelter.vriters, if they make mis-
axes, or, what would be perhaps quite ai
extensive, il they report too exLctiy, are
in a situation to bear with composure ex-
hibiLions of wounded pride or lrrltated ser
siblIity, ,lexcHcd by their dellncatIonS aud
nnrrNtlons.
II hence happens that the Letters from
Washington furnish, in fact, murh more
sprIghlIy representations OF scenes at lht
Capitol than can be supplied by thos'
whose duty ObIIgCs them to ain rather a
an accurate chronicle OF facts than at.piC
tu-psque views Of things,
There arc 9ccnsiona' ", however. arii
gclcs furnished BY the Washington CORES
,Ondenis Of distant papers, which are 'h'
fuit Of more laborousl housht or indus
trious research ;hhn be daily reports; an
from the perusal Of which we draw Il
mitch instruction as we do Of amusemeD
from o,hefs. OF th,t description we ha~
jusf met with the following Inthe BostO
DAILY Advertiser, c"nIdlnlnG cenderhe G
elpw OF Tie b,Isiuess belore Congress.
anneurs to u, 10 he in the main accurNt
in its statements, and reasonable in 1t
4opinions We copy it, because We believ
twill be acceptable, aud may bs useful
10 Oursrosdcrs;
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