Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-03-26
PROSPECTUS OF THE CONGRESS
SIGNAL GLOBE q APPENDIX.

; we deem il necessary only in this pros
pectus to say that they will be continued
al the next session of Congress, and L
state, succincily, their contents, the form
in which they will be printed, and The
prices nj them.
The Congressional Globe is made up
of the daily proceedings Of the two Houses
OF Congress. The speeches of the mem
bers are condensed to bring them into q
readable length. All the resolutions, Of
fered, or motions made, are given in the
movers own words; and the yeas and
nays on all the important questions. 1t is
printed with small type--breyier and
noDpariel-on a double royal sheet, IN
quarto form, each number containing 10
royal quarto pages.
The Appendix is made up Of the Presi-
dents annual message, the reports of the
principal officers of the government that
accompany it, and all the long speeches
Of members of Congress, written out or
revised by themselves. It is printed in
the same form as the Congressional
Globe, and usually makes about the same
number of pages.
Now there is no source but the Con
gressiona Globe and Appendix from
which a person can obtain full history
of the proceedings Of Congress. 1t is
now recognized, by resolution, as the au-
thentc report Of proceedings, the earlier
volumes having been purchased for the
use Of members, and for the Congression-
al library. Gales g. Seaton's Register of
Debates, which contained a history, was
suspended in the year 1887, and has not
since been resumed. II cost about five
times as much for session as the Con-
gressional Globe and Appendix, and did
not contain an equal amount of matter, n
great portion of tho current proceedings
being omitted.
Complete indexes to both the Congress
sional Globe and the Appendix are print
ed 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 members them
selves, and are subject to the revision
and correction Of the speakers.
The approach Of Congress which will
discuss for the American people all the
most important questions ever entertained
| by the national councils, and new and ex-
traordinary measures never before fully
yentured upon, has induced the publishers
of the Globe 10 make greater and better
preparation than heretofore for reporting
and publishing The speeches and proceed
ings Of the next session.
All persons who may desire either, or
both of these works, should subscribe for
them by the 10Th Of December, else they
may fail to get them. People are still
subscribing for The Congressional Globe
for the last session of Congress, and we
have not been able TO furnish complete
copy of il since early in the session.
We will send the Globe for the APP.
preaching session to any person who will
return TO US all the numbers of it for the
last session, We usually print double as
many copies as we have subscribers at the
commencement Of session, and then,
perhaps, in few weeks they will all be
exhausted. We say again, that those
who want the Congressional Globe, or the
Appendix, must subscribe and send The
money for them by the 10th of December,
else they will not probably get them.
Persons subscribing for the Congress
sional Globe, or the Appendix, should be
careful to name the State. as we'll as the
post office TO which they wish the paper
sent, as there are many post offices of tho
same name in different States--Paris, for
example. We received money from Par
is, in one Of the States, many years ago,
and wo have not been able, up to this day,
TO find out from what State il was sent;
and the person who sent it has lost his
money. The rules of the General Post
Office requires the post masters TO endorse
the name of the State on every letter, but
many of them neglect to do il.
Every man in the country who desires
TO be informed of the public history or the
public men Of the country, should read the
debates Of Congress. Our foreign affairs
and the domestic concerns OF every Sec
ton Of the country pass under review IN
Congress. The discussions embrace men
and things, present and past history; and
the best faculties and highest attachments
are directed to their calculation. i is
impossible to be fitted for the political