Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-12-07
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officer Of the Go, eminent that accompany III
and all the long speeches OF members OF eoi-
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as there are numbers Of the Congressman
Globe, because the members are slow IN VIII
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The approach of 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 forsreportlng and publishing the
| speeches and prceetlihgs OF. she next session
4 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-
Rles under exciting circumstances, very vide
ly Differing from the state of things encoun-
tered by.any grevlous Congress. The exec
utive power is at war with both the great par
ties thut compose the Congress; and one OF
these will have the recendancy in the Senate
twhiIe 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 wisS
dom. 1t will find the whole revenues of the
: co'iHtay in the hands of irresponsible. func-
| honarles. in whom no party conhdes. twill
find an oppressive tariff robing the great mass
of the people and the Government, 1t will
find monstrous moneyed and specializing III
tefest struggling to build UP another indepen-
dept taxing power in an incorporated estab-
lishment-givlng asa vested right, TO certaifi
classes. authority to counterfeit for the nation
T A currency forbidden by thetConstituton. 1t
will find political agtatofs 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 perpetuating all
excessive tariff, to assumption as approaching
F, national debt-openlng anew 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 Kof the next Presidency, on which it is
Fl supposed every result will depend ~
> In such crisis, it is proper that the people
of every district in the Union should be well
c informed of the course pursued by its particu-
y lar representative and of the bearing of all
e the discussions in Congress, and ofall its pro-
i, ceedings. The important topics opened UP
o in Congress, will we have no doubt greatly
i nrOtr9rf an1 nVtlx
r crease the volume of our reports The Con
i gressional Globe Of the last long session made
t up OF the proceedings, including the votes and
. aEsynopls of the discussion, extended to almost
t thousand quarto pages, small print. The
g Appendix OF speeches rev ised or written out
by the speakers. consisted also of about one
Il thousand quarto pages. These volumns were
furn she'd for 81 each. The same amount of
). matter reported and printed at the usual pri
ces, could not Be afforded fos less than $40
!. per volume. The matter being prepared for
a our newspaper, we were enabled to transfsr
it and convert it Into the book form, and sell
. it ct 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 ar.
preaching Session will not be ST orter than the
long one OF he 2fth congress, we had de ter
mined to raise The, price the Congressional
Globe and APPENDIX TO 50 each; ard to inst;
fy this enhanced price, Incurred new exSen-
ses to add to the value OF the work. Rat he
ing impressed with the irlnoltance of snreo1
ing information among the people. on he ev.
OF an election fIaught with such conseor,en.as
to the country as thr.t of the next Pres;denc,,
we gave resolved 10 adhere to the old price If
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