Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-16
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and all the long speeches of members of Con-
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as there are numbers of the Congressional
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of a session. the numbers are published more
frequently than the Congressional Globe,
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The approach of a Congress which will dis
cuss for the American people all the most 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 and publishing the
speeches and Proceedings of she next session
A stronger corps of reporters, new type, and
finer papes, viii be provided, to present, in
the best manner, the debates and doings of
the representation of the Union, which assem-
kles under exciting circumstances, very vide
ly differing from the state OF things encoun-
tered by any grevious Congress. The exec
utive power is at war with both the great par
ties tibet compose the Congress; and one OF
these will have the recendancy in the Senate
twhile the other holds the power in the recen-
Iy chosen popular branch. In this attitude
Congress will meet, to deal with the most in
teresting topics which have invoked its WIS
dom. 1t will find the whole revenues of the
couatay in the hands of irresponsible func-
tionaries, in whom 10 party confides. 1t will
find an oppressive tariff robing the great mass
of the people and the Government, It will
find monstrous moneyed and specializing in
terest struggling TO build up another indepen-
dent taxing power in an incorporated estab-
lshment-giying as vested light, to certain
classes, authority to counterfeit for the nation
a currency forbidden by the Constitution. 1t
will find political agitators to Congress to
work for presidential aspifants, urging the
distribution of the National domain. and the
assumption of State debts, as means OF en!ls-
ting in their political designs all the classes
who look to distribution as perpetuatlng an
excessive tariff, to assumption as approaching
a national debt-opening new field OF specs
ulation of which a national bank is consider
ed necessar,, as the grand stinulator With
all these vast issues will be involved the cues
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 we'll
informed Of the course pursued by its particu-
lar representative and of the bearing of all
Il, Of. Ill
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
a synopis OF the discussion, extended to almost
thousand quarto pages, small print. The
Appendix of speeches revised OF written out
bv the speakers. consisted also ofabout 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 fer 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 APP
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 81 each; and to just
ty this enhanced price, incurred new expen-
SEES 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