Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-05-16

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nROSPECTUS FOR THE CoNGREss
L IoNAL GLOBE AND APPENDIX.
These works have such wide circulation, an
have been so universally approved and soueh
after by the public, that we deem Il. neeessaf{
only in this prospectus to say that they will b
contnueda at the next session Of Congress, and
to state, ,succlnetly, their contents, the form in
which they will be printed, and the price fOr
them. g a. ... p &sE4eI s.
The Congressional Globe is made up of the
daily proceedings Of the two Houses Of Congress.
The speeches Of the members are abridged, or
condensed, to bring them int0 a reasonable and
readable length. All this resolutions offered or
motions madey are given at length, in the nov
er's own words; and the yeas and rays on, all
the Important questions. tits printed with
small type--brevier and n0npafeil--on n double
royal sheet, In quarto form, each number con-
tanning I6 royal quarto pages. 1t lie printed
as fast as the business done in Congress, furn.
ishes matter enough for a number. The frs,
four weeks of a session usually furnish matter
enough for one numher week and the balance
uf the session enough for two or three numbers
week. The coming session of Congress win
furnish matter enough, we suppose, Tot twenty.
Ave or thirty numbers, a.s
The Appendix is made up Of the Presidents
annual message, the reports of the principal Off
GERS of the Government that accompany IL and
al. the long speeches Of mombefs-of Gouvrsvv.
written out or revised by thsmsslves. IL Is
printed in the same form as thes q 0obgr6ssiOnal
| Globe, and usually makes about the same mum
I her Of pages. There are not so many nu,nbers
published the first weeks of a session, as there
are numbers Of the Congressional Globe, because
the members are slow in writing out theirspsech.
es. But towards the close of a session, the NUM-
bers are published moro frequently than the
Congressional Globe. 'tFF q EEA&@ 81
Each Of these works is complete N iteeIf;
but il is necessary for every subscriber who de-
sires a foil knowledge of the proceedings Of con-
gTess, to have both, because, them there should
be any ambiguity In the SYNOPSIS Of the speech
eT any denial Of Its correctness, as published in
the Congressional Globe, the reader may turn 10
the Appendix to see the speech at length. cor.
rected by the member himself
Now, there is no source but the CongressioD-
al GLebe and Appendix, from which a person
can obtain full history sof the proceedings OF
Congress. Gales and SeRton's lRsgister Of De
bates, which contained history, was suspended
in the year 1897, and has not yet been resumed,
1t cost about five times as much for session
as the Congressional Globe and Appendix, and
did not contain an equal amount Of matter, n
great portion of the current proceedings being
omitted. The speeches of both parties is pub.
lished in the Daily Globe, anr IN the Congress.
ional Globe and Appendix; other papers pub
! lish their OWN SIDE only. We are enabled TO
print the Congressional Globe and Appendix al
the low rate now proposed by having a large
| quantity of type, and keeping the Congressional
matter that we set up for the Daily and Semi
! Weekly Globes standing for the congressional
Globe and Appendix.
| Complete indexes to both the Congdessional
Globe and Appendix are printed al the close
Of each session, and sent to all subscribers, for
them.
The reports of the Congressional Globe and
| Appendix are not, in the least degree, affected
by the party bias OF the editors. They are Civ.
Ell precisely as written out BY the Reporters and
the Members themselves And the whole are
subject to the revision and correction Of the
speakers, as they pass in review in our daily
sheet, in case any misunderstanding OF misrep-
resehtation or their remarks should occur, We
make daily analysis of the doinaSln Congress
aud give our opinions In il freely, but this is pub
lished only in the Daily, Semi. Weekly and
Weekly Globes. The Daily Globe is SfO, tho
Semi Weekly Globe SIS, and the Weekly Globe
So per annum, NADvANce. The Weekly Globe
j. printed In the same form as the Congressional
Globe and Appendix, and conplste index
made 10 it at the end Of each year
Both Houses Of Congress take the Congress-
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rooms and for the libfafies Of Congress. So con.
hdent are we that all who may subscribe ior
these works will be pleased with them, that we
hereby pledge ourselves to take them back and
refund the money to all who shall be Dissatisfied,
II any peNon Shall wish to dispose of them. II
thoy willsend them to Us, we viii send them the
like number Of the .fItnrs volumes. The WhiV
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