The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Congressional Union 4 Appendix.
OF THE

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IHNHE undersigned respectfnlly inform th
public, that, with the com Aeucement O
the approaching sasSion Congress, they vii
begin the publication OF the "CongresslOna
IJSion" and Is Appendix" The 6nt will con
tam full and accurate history Of the DALI
lprooeedings Of both branches OF the natiOna
legislature. Il will be compiled with such care
that every citizen who is interested in the pub
lie afaiFs wiIFhnd il IA complete eynOpsis Other
uceedinRs, and a ready book Of reference up
on all questions WHOM come before them.
The second, (Ihe " Appendix.'O will contain
every speech which Is delivered in the House o
Representatives and Senate during the session
reported at length by full aud able corps o
Congressional reporters, and revised before pub
llcatiOn BY the authors, whenever it is reques-
ted. These TWO works will be strictly impaFtia
and are intended 20 be as interesting aud use
full to the man of business, and to the politician
OF the one party, as Of the other.
II may be said, without exaggeFa tion, that
the next session OF Congress is destined to b.
one of the most important which has token place
since the foundation OF the government II il
the longest session 1t iS the session which will
deVelope the general p an OF the presen admin.
istratiOn. Its measures will stamp the charac-
ter Of our institutions for years to come. Some oil
The most important questions which are cOnnec.
ted with our foreign relations, or our domestic
concerns, will be presented for their cOnsidrra.
ton. be 6nal measure OF ratilying the cvnsti-
tution Of Texas, which is to ooDsumma 10 her ad.
mission into our Union, and the admission oil her
members into our public councls-every meas.
uFe which affects the Oregon que,tion-ouF re
latiODs with MexicO-aS we'll as the final decis-
ion on the revived ZOll-Verein treaty these
and other measures which are more or less con-
nected with our foreign relations, will come un.
der the review Of the approaching Congress-
Most OF the eminently important questions " hict
relate to our internal cOncers-the reVisowOf the
Iarif-the adoption of the best mode for pre-.
serving the public moneys-a variety Of CONNER.
cial neutrality-suspicious. the best system for Fegu.
lating the important interest Of THxas-lhe In.
dian questions the land question-the hest sys
TEN for our navy-these and others will consti-
tute mass OF business which lie calculated IL
command much Of the time OF Congress and
much OF the attention Of the people. They viii
all be reported by the 6 Cungression UniUn"
The Daily, Semi Weekly, aud " eekly I'm
ion, will, as usual, embrace an interesting Varl
ETY. Of matter on political, ScIeLthc and literary
subjects, along with the current ne VS. OF the day
The editor will continue to devote all his ener
gies to the improvement of The Union F." He
finds manV accomplished men in this city. The
administration has brought with il consdera-
BILE accession of talents. Several tried aud die.
linguished members of the democratic party have
received Oiare under il. Some of them have
literally contributed their literary labOrs to our
benefit; aud we hope to enlist others in our ser
vice. Besides, the time is not far distant when
the editor intends to call Other talents 10 hrs
| tstance. His ambition is. TO make his paper
worthy ef the metropolis of the Union lie is
eTSuaded that, with the facilities which his po-
stion enables him to employ with the Official
md 9TH ola an, a
with the aid Of the correspondence which he j.
attempting to establish in foreign countries, a
paper may be published, which is not unworthy
of the support of his country. In undertaking
] the task, he knew he had many difficulties to
overcome, many lessons TO learn, many sacTif
Ces TO encounter. lie knew that, amid the ar.
duous cares of new theatre, he could not at
first do Justice wen to himself; but his zeal has
never tagged. What enthusiasm and Industry
can effect, i'll be fully accomplished Some
errors he may have already committed. But
upon one point, he can speak wirh great pleas
ure and with equal freedom. The mel who-AFe
admnis' ering this government are working men,
anxious, rs hs believes, TO do their duty, to serve
their country, to carry out the pledges under
which the President was elected, and the great
principles Of the party. So long as the admins
tTntiOn is conducted in this spirit, and upon those
principles, he is prepared to cooperate with them
in the public service; and to give them. az be
promised in his prospectus, :" fair, liberal and
efficient suppOrt''
We feel q deep sense Of gratitude for the
prompt manner in which our political freRds.
in every section Of the county, have already
cOme forward to sustain the Union." May
we not hope that our friends throughout the Uni
ted States will continue to assist our labOrs, and
prevail upon their friends to take some one edi-
ton the H Union"
0C As this will he the longest SESSION of Con-
gFesS, and will probably last eight months, we
have concluded to publish the CONGRESSIONAL
Union and APPENDIX on the following
TERMS.
For the Congressional Union, 81 so per cory.
For the Appendix, ST. so per copy.
Clubs will he furni.hed with Ten copies of
either the above works for Sl2; Twenty-6ve
copies for S25.
EXTRA WEEKLY AND SEMI-WEEKLYI
UNION.
or For Tire accommodation ofthose who de-
sire paper printed at the seat Of government
during the session Of Congress only, We will furn-
ish them the Extra UNIoN as follows:
semiWeekIy, l copy % 81 Weekly, eopp 81 90
copies 10 20 70 comics 10 90
IL copies :lOO d" IS copies 90 %
THE UNION.
Daily per year, for one copy. slo 90
SemIWeekly one cow 90