The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-25
.uESCEEE.R.E'EOUS.
PROSPECTUS OF THE CONGRESSION-
AL GLOBE AND APPENDIX.
From the Globe:

AL 1LO6E AMI
The approach of a Congress which will dis
cuss for the American people all the most import
ant questions ever entertained by the national
councils, and now and extraordinary measures
never before fully ventured upon, has induced the
publishers Of the Globe to make greater and bet
ter preparation than heretofore for reporting and
publishing the speeches and proceedings of the
next session. A stronger corps OF reporters, new
type, and finer paper, will be provided, to present
in the best manner, the debates and doings of the
representation of the Union, which assemblies ua-
der exciting circumstances, very widely differing
from the state of things encountered by any pre-
rious Congress. The executive power is at war
with both the great parties that compose the Con-
gress and one of these will have the asccndency
in the Senate, while the other holds the power in
the recentIy-chosen popular branch. In this at
titude Congress will meet, to deal with the most
interesting topics which have ever invoked its
wisdom. 1t will find the whole revenues of the
country in the hands of irresponsible function
aries, in whom no party confides. 1t Will lind an
oppressive tariff robbing the great mass of the
people and Government 1t will find monstrous
moneyed ard specializing interest struggling to
build up another independent taxing power in
an in corporated establiShment-giVing, as a vest
edrigh to certain classes authority to counterfeit
for the nation currency forbidden by the Con-
stitution. will find political agitators in Con-
gress at work for presidential asprans urging the
distribution of the national domain, and the
sumption of State debts, as Il means of enlisting
in their political designs all the classes who look
to distribution as perpetuatlng an excessive tariff,
to assumption as approaching their stocks and
creating national debt-opcning a new field Of
speculation, of which national bank is consid-
cred necessary, as the grand stimuktor. With
all these vast issues will be nvoved the question
of the next Presidency, on which it is supposed
every result will depend
In snch crisis, it is proper that the people of
every district in the Union should be well inform
ed of the course pursued by its particular repre-
sentative and of the bearing of all the discussions
in Congress, and of all its proceedings. The i'm
portant topics opened up in Congress- will, we
have no doubt, greatly protract the session, and
consequently increase the volume of our reports. |
The Congressional Globe of the last long session
(made up of the proceedings, including the votes
and synopsis of the discuSsion) extended to al |
most thousand qTarto pages, small print The
Appendix OF speeches revised or written out by the |
speakers, consisted also of obout one thousand |
quarto pages These volumes were furnish for
> each. The same amount Of matter reported |
and printed at the usual prices, could not be af-
torded for less than 8 10 per volume. The matter
being prepared for our newspaper, we were en-
abled to transfer it and convert it into the book
form and sell it at the reduced subscription price
But the volume of the reports, increased by the
long session of Congress, made the. cost of the
paper alone nearly equal the price at which the
volume was sold The publishers made nothing
on their work Anticipating another session as
long as that Of the 9th Congress, we had deter
mined to raise the price of the Congressional
Globe and Appendix to 81 each; and, to justify
this enhanced price, incurred new expenses to add
to the value OF the work. But, being impressed
with the importance of spreading Information
among the people, on the eve of an election
fraught with such consequences to the country as
that of the next Presidency, we have resolved to
adhere to the old price of 81 for the Compression.
al Globe, and 81 for the Appendix of speeches, to
all subscribers up the lst of January next. Afer
that day. the price will be 81 for each