Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-12-21
PROSPECTUS FOR THE
gONGgFSSI0NAI, GLOBE AND APPENDIX


sought after BY the public, that we deem it
necessary only in this prospectus to say that
they will be continued at the next session of
| Congress; and to state, succlnctly, their con-
ttents. the form in which they will be printed.
|. and the prices for them.
The Congressional Globe is made up ofthe
daily proceedings of the two Houses of Con-
gress The speeches of the members are con.
densed, to bring them into readable length
All the resolutions offered, OF motions made
are given i'll the movers own words; and the
yeas and nays on all the important questions
1t is printed with small type-brevier and non
pareil-on double royal sheet, in quarto
form; each number containing 16 royal quar-.
| to pages. 1t is printed as fast as the business
done in Congress furnishes matter enough for
number. The first four weeks Of a session
usually furnish matter enough for one number
| week; and the balance ofthe session enough
for two OF three numbers a numbers week
The approaching session of Congress will be
a long one, and viii furnish matter enough.
Now, there is no source but the Congress
siona Globe and Approximation which a
person can obtain full history of the pro-
ceedings of congress. Gales & Seaton's Reg
lister of Debates, which contained history,
was suspended in the year 1887, and has not
since been resumed. 1t cost about five times
dS HNCil d oCoSioil do tliC congressional
Globe and Appendix, and did not contain an
equal amount Of matter, great portion of the
current proceedings being omitted.a
The reports of the Congressional Globe and
Appendix are not i'll the least degree affected
by the party bias of the Editors. They are
given precisely as written out by the Repor-
tiers and the Members themselves, and are sub.
iect to the revision and correction ofthe speak
ers.
Both Houses of Congress take the cougres.-
sional Globe and Appendix for their commits
tee rooms, and for the libraries of Congress.
So confident are we that all who subscribe for
these works will be pleased with them, that
we hereby pledge ourselves to take them back
and refund the money to all who may be dis
satisfied.
The approach ola Congress which will dis
cuss for the American people all the mast i'm
portant questions ever entertained by the ma
tional councils, and new and extraordinary
measures never before fully ventured upon,
has induced the publishers of the Globe to
make greater and better PREPARATION than
heretofore for reporting ard publishing the
speeches and proceedings of she next session
A stronger corps of reporters, new type, and
finer papes, will be provided, to present, in
the best manner, the debates and donps of
the representation of the Union. which assem-
hles under exciting circumstances, very vide
ly differing from the state of things encoun-
tered by any gfevious Congress. The exec
utlve power is at war with both the great par
ties thet compose the Congress- and one Of
these will have the recendancy in the Senate
twhile the other holds the power in thereon
ly chosen popular branch. In this attitude
Congress viii meet, to deal with the most in
teresting topiCs which lave invoked its Wis
dom. 1t will find the whole revenues of the
countay in the hands Of irresponsible func-
tionaries, in whom no psrty confdes. 1t will
find an oppressive tariff robing the great mass
ofthe people and the Government, It will
find q monstrous moneyed and specializing in
terest struggling to build up another indeDen-
dent taxing power in an incorporated estab-
lshment-giying as a vested right, to certain
classes, authority to counterfeit for the nation
a currency forbidden by the Constitution. FL
will find political agitators to Congress to
work for presidential aspirants, urging the
distribution of the National domain, and the
assumption of State debts, as means of enlis
ting in their political designs all the classes
who look to distribution as perpetuatng an
excessive tariff, to assumption as approaching
a national debt-opening a new field of specs
ulation ofIwhich a national bank is consider
ed necessary, as the grand stimulator. With
all these vast issues will be involved the ques-
ton of the next Presidency, on which it is
supposed every result will depend.
In such crisis, it is proper that the people
of every district in the Union should be well
informed of the course pursued by its particu-
lar representative and of the bearing of all
the discussions in Congress, and ofaA its pro-
ceedings. The important topics opened up
in Congress, will we have no doubt, greatly
protract the session. and consequently in
crease the volume of our reports. The Con
gressional Globe of the last long session made
up of the proceedings, including the votes and
arsynopis of the discussion, extended to almost
thousand quarto pages, small print. The
Appendix of speeches rev ised or written out
by the speakers, consisted, also of about one
thousand quarto pages. These volumns were
furnished for 81 each. The same amount of
matter reported and printed at the usual pr
ces, could not be afforded for less than $40
per volume. The matter being prepared for
our newspaper, we were enabled to transfer
it and convert it Into the book form, and sell
it at the reduced subscription price. But the
volume of the ceports, increased by the long
session of Congress made the cost of the pa
per alone nearly equal the price at which the
volume was sold. The publishers made moth
ing on their work. Anticipating that the apI
preaching session will not be shorter than the
long one of the 9th Congress, we had deter
mined to raise the price of the Congressional
Globe and Appendix to So each; ard to JUST
fly this enhanced price, incurred new expen-
ses to add to the value of the work But be-
ing impressed with the Importance of spread
ing information among the people, on the eve
of an election fraught with such consequences
to the country as that of the next Presidency
we Gave resolved TO adhere to the old price of
81 for the Appendix of speeches, to all sub
scrlbers up to the 1st of Janury next After
that day the price will be So for each.
AS some persons who may receive this pros
pectus may wish to subscribe for our regular
papers, we will here state that we publish a
Daily paper at $40, a Semtweekly paper at
IS; anda Weekly paper, with a complete in
dex to it, at 81 year, payable in adeance.
TERMS.
For the Congressional Globe, ST per copy.
For the Appendix, 81 per copy. Six copie S