The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-10-17
Ya the People.

The session. of Congress, which mas -jus! teI
minated, will be long and gratenly s". iemenpo.sS
by all true republicans for the
Of many Of their cherished principles anu - ~.
nr,nciples which Il has been our constant enoI.
advocate and defend, and from which no prospss
;tv M adversity. can swerve Us; we cannos uo w.
m;ndf,l Of the attitude in which we are placed "
! recent vote of both houses Of Congress-we ~
ude to the contemplated withdrawn 2, .s.a ~
roma ge from the newspaper press. thls us. ..s
we cheerfuIly bow sensible AZ ~. =, ~ sr,,st
that this decision Of rsnsl W.
dimnishes our claim to the support Of nlgnSsS
noyver-that Of the people; and to them we conn-
IDENTIFY appeaito to aid us, by fhew patronage, in su:-
tanning al the seat OF government journal nst
;nfexbly devoted totheir interests ana tne uue "
terests OF the country.
| of sustaining a newspaper isnot the magnitude o.
s snbscriptlo list SO much the advertising Pal.
| ronaoe which may be bestowed upon 1t. inlatgas
cities. indeed, the latter IS usually tne
concomitaot Of the former, as it becomes the ans
vous interest of mercantile men to advertse "
those papers which are the most extensively cilcus
lated. Washington, however,, is oineren.y :MJ' s:
ated DEPRIVED of the advertising patronage inci.
| dent to d mercantile community, and burdeneQ
| with peculiar and enormous expenses which are
not elsewhere incurred, nothing but avery lct
of subscribing patrons can sustain paperin user'
/ n.ss--if. indeed. eyenin existence The propfis
tors of the Union" have hitherto spared no pains,
and no expense, to make their paper worthy o. w
i METROPOLIS, and worthy of the support Of na. ereas
nartv under whose banner they are enlisted. ~
ppubiishing The most full and ample debatesof the
two houses of Congress, it's believed, ever Deiofo
a,temnten on this continent in daily newspapers
thew have secured the services Of the
! which the country afforded, but at the enormous
cost Of q 900 or l5, 900 per year Their exten.
Give foreign and domestic correspondence y anoths
er large item of expense. but the instructive use
/ fulness of which Is SO highly commenced ana ap'
precated as to justify almost any ouuy 2 sau y.
Sill Il must be evident that these heavy expenses
cannot be borne, unless the subscription list is com'
: mensurate to the undertaking; and although we
can boast Of 900 subscribers, Cncluding daily.
tri.weekly. and weekly yet this list must be stil!
considerably enlarged to enable the propriefors Of
The ). Unjon to sustain all its usefulness, and 70
!, insure them against pecuniary loss. Invoking,
then, again, the aid and support OF al! true tlenal
Of republican government. and Pledglng ourselves
to renewed efforts in the cause OF the glorious prn
cines we cherish, we offer the following proposals
v The oDAILY UNION" will be published, y
d heretofore at $40 per anEum, payable 10 advance
Its character hitherto has been almost exclusively
le no,,t,cai We purpose in future to devote por
n- ton of its columns to domestic news OF general 10
rt terest and to literature, which, with
out npairlng its political influence, may render
Us the more acceptable to extended class Of readers
xt The "SEMI-WEEKLYUN UNION" will be pub
lished every Monday and Thursday. during 70
recess of Congress, at 80 per annum. TINS con con
on !, except local advertisements During the SEA
go. sons of Congress three numbers, insteadof two
q. will be issued, without any extra charge TO SUI
q, scribers 81