Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-04-27
PROSPECTUS FOR THE CONGRESS
1oNAL GLOBE AND APPENDIX.

,ed and sought after By the public, thai
we deem il necessary only in this ProsPec'
tus 10 say, that they will tie continued a
the next session Of Congress; and it
state succinclIy their contents, the form II
which they will be printed, and the price:
fro them.
The Congressional Globe IS made up o.
the daily proceedings OF the two Houses o.
Congress. The speeches Of the members
are condensed, to bring them into reada-
bic length. All the resolutions offered, or
motions made, are given in the movers
own words; and the yeas and nays on all
The important questions. Ii is printed with
ANAL type--breyier and nonparell-on
double royal sheet, in quarto form; each
number containing 10 royal quarto pages
II is printed os fast as the business done In
Congreas furnishes matter enough Tor
nunibcr. The first four weeks OF a session
usually furnish matter enough for one num-
Ter a week; and the balance Of the session
enough for two or three numbers week
The approaching session Of Congress will
be a long one, and will furnish matter
enough, we suppose, for fifty or sixty num-
beers.
The Appendix is made up Of the Presi.
dents annual message, the reports OF the
principal officers OF government that ac-
company it, and all the long speeches Of
members OF Congress, ritten out or reyi.
sed By themselves. 1t is printed in the
same form as the Congressional Globe, g.
usually makes about the same number Of
pages. There are not so many numbers
published, the first weeks Of the session,
us there are numbers Of the Congresslon-
al Globe, because the members are slow in
writing out their speeches; but, towards
The close Of a session, the numbers are
published more frequently than the Con
gressional Globe.
Each Of these works is complete in IT,
sell; but il is necessary for every subscrl-
Der who desires full knowledge Of the
proceedings Of Congress, to lave both;
because, then, if there should he any am
biguity in the synopsis Of the speech, or
any denial Of its correctness, as published
in the Congressional Globe, the reader
may turn to the Appendix TO see the speech
at length, corrected by the member him,
self
Now, there is no source but the Con-
gresslonal Globe and Appendix, from
which person can obtain full history OF
The proceedings Of Congress. GALES d
SEAToN's Register Of Debates, which con-
tanned q history, was suspended in the
1927 apl hnp Of hnnn
med. 1t cost about five times as much for
a session as the Congressional Globe and
Appendix, and did not contain an equal
amount Of matter, Sront portion Of the
current proceedings being omitted.
Complete indexes TO both the Congress
lonal Globe and the Appendix are printed
at 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 given precisely as
written out by the Reporters and the Mem
bers themselves, and are subjec TO the re-
vision and correction of the speakers.
Both Houses of Congress take the
Congressional Globe and Appendix for
their committee rooms, and for the libra.
res of Congress. So confden: arc 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 dissatis-
fled
The approach of Congress VIII oh will
discuss for the American people all the
most important questions ever entertained
by the national councils, and new and i'm
portant questions never before fully ventu
red upon, has induced the publishers OF
the Globe to make greater and better
preparation than heretofore for reporting
and publishing the proceedings and speech
es of the next session. A stronger corps
Of reporters, new type, and finer paper.
will be provided, 10 present, in the best
manner, the debates and doings Of the rep.
rcsentatives Of the Union, which assemblies
under exciting circumstances, very wide
~ differing from the state OF things en-
countered by any previous Congress. The
executive power is at war with both the
great parties that compose the Congress;
and one of these will have the ascenden-
cy in the Senate, while the other holds the
power in the recently chosen popular
branch. In this attitude Congress will
meet, to deal with the most interesting top.
les which have ever invoked its wisdom.
1t will find the whole revenues of the
country in the hands of irresponsible
funcionaries, in whom no party confdes.
1t will find an oppressive tariff robbing the
great mass of the people and the Gov
eminent. 1t will find monstrous mon.
eyed and specializing interest struggling
TO build up another independent taxing
power in an incorporated establishment
giving as a vested right to certain classes,