Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-12-14
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c0fCpESSInN,J Glare AMI Appendix.

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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, succinctly, their con-
tents. the form in which they will be printed,
and the prices for them.
The Congressional Globe is made up ofth
daily proceedings of the two Houses of Con-
gress. The speeches of the members are cor +.
densed, to bring them into readable length.
All the resolutions offered, or motions made,
are given i'll the movers own words, and the
yeas and nays on all the important questions.
II is printed with small type-brevier and nom
parel-on double.royal sheet, in quarto
form; each number containing It royal quar-
to pages. 1t is printed as fast as the business
done in Congress furnishes matter enough for
| a number. The first four weeks Of a session
usually furnish matter enough for one number
| a week; and the balance of the session enough
for two or three numbers a numbers a week
The approaching session of Congress will be
long one, and will furnish matter enough.
Now, there's no source but the Congress
siona Globe and Appendix, from which a
person can obtain full history of the pro-
ceedings of congress. Gales & Seaton's Reg
ister of Debates, which contained a history,
was suspended in the year 1887, and has not
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as much for a session as the Congressional
Globe and Appendix, and did not contain an
equal amount Of matter, great portion of the
current proceedings being omitted.
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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.
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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 of Congress which will dis
cuss for the American people all the most i'm
portant questions ever entertained by the ma
tlonal 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
stronger corps of reporters, new type, and
finer papes, will be provided, to present, in
the best manner, the debates and dongs 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 grevious 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 the recen-
ly 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-
tonaries. in whom no party confides. 1t will
find an oppressive tariff robing the great mass
of the people and the Government, 1t will
find monstrous moneyed and specializing in
terest struggling to build up another indepen-
dent taxing power in an Incorporated estab-
as a vested right, to certain
a currency forbidden by the Constitution. IT.
will find political agitators to Congress to
work for presidential asprants, urging the |
distribution of the National domain. and the
of State debts, as means of enls. |
ting in their political designs all the classes
who look to distribution as perpetuating an
tariff, to assumption as approaching |
a national debt-opening a new field of specs !
ulation of which a national bank is consider |
ed necessar", as the grand stimulator, With
all these vast issues will be involved the ques-
ton of the next Presidency, on which it is !
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 J
lar representative and of the bearing of all
the discussions in Congress, and of all its pro- |
ceedmgs 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
gressonal Globe of the last long session made !
up of the proceedings, including the votes and
assynopis 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 ofabout one !
quarto pages. These volumns were I
furnished for ST. each. The same amount of
matter reported and printed at the usual pri !
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 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 50 each; and to just
fy 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
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scrlbers up to the 1st of Janury next. After
that day the price will be So for EACH
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