The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-14

we appreciate III the mOIc. lndt the puOuC may
there is no idle Wanting what we say of our
unremittlng exerions to MAINTAIN our position at
the head of the press this country, and that the
contemplate sneers of few envious scribes who
continually barking at our heels, are as false
as they are malignant, We subjoin the testimony
of this honorable gentleman OF the House of Re-
presentatives Inv Withdrawing the resolution which
he proposed the other day, VIZ, to pay the Union
and Intehhgener seven dollars and half per
column, he said
! understand that 9 petition was presented this
he
body for . certain consideration, Il mean the New
York HeraldD petition that referred to the COM
mttee ON printing; and am content to await the &C
ton OF the committee upon the subject wish to say
that will not renew the resolution to publish the pro-
ceedings Of this Houee In the National InfeLigencer
and the Union; and act In entire concurrence with
the editors Of the Infigencer who requested me to
Withdrew the resolution, in consequence o. the
| where. Their own self respect prompts them,
then, not to place themselves in position to
be stigmatized as the pensioned agents Of The 60
yernment. l., therefore, withdraw the proposition.
l believe that the House and the country oau-
th u. ' which proposed. know that W. SsV. not
had them heretofore. The only mode Ia to employ
these two papers, lths Union and lneIhseneer) and
the Information will be conveyed by them throughout
the country: know of no other paper out the New
York Herald Whieh has attempted it. That paper hos
"oHe moro thdH any OF c0NpeerS to accomplish this
P"Tpose, and is entitled TO credit wish to say that
do not wish to renew the proposition
For ourselves, we have no wish to make any
profit out of the actual printing and publication of
the debates, except in SO far as they may contribute
to add to the completeness of our paper. All we
desire is to be secured against loss; and although
the expenditure which an efficient completion of
the undertaking will require, may exceed our estl-
mate, we have come to the conclusion OF making
the experiment and abiding the result To any
one In the habit Of reading our columns, 1t is su-
perffuous to say, that, in our paper alone, out Of
The various papers published in the country, are to
be found full and accurate reports of public meet
ings Of aparties, also OF the debates IN Congress-
We have had for long time past, attached to our
office corps of the most talented and efficient
reporters in the country, who are in the constant
exercise of their profession, and consequently
well disciplined for all occasions where their ser
vices may be required. In every department of
the Office there Is large and well trained band
of workmen, fully competent to the proposed I'M
dertakipg, with the two most powerful steam
presses in the world, capable of working off ten
thousand sheets an hour. In addition to all these
appliances and facilities, which no other establish
ment on the whole continent could furnish, our
paper hdr, al TIC LIcScut tlHlS, d CUCuldtlOu
which occasionally borders on 30 900 copies daily;
and euo,cing the small estimate of Hre readers to each
copy, thus gires daily circulation of l2O, 900 to
10000. The gentry, merchants, manufacturers,
tradesmen, and seafaring and laboring population
of the whole country, are all fairly represented IN
our subscription book; and, as we have already
remarked, ours is the only American paper that
finds its way to foreign nations
We respectfully submit the above facts to the
Committee on Printing, to whom our application
was REFERRED and if they concur with us in believing
that the proposition we make is demanded by the
greatly augmented Importance which our country
has lately assumed in the eyes of the principal |
nations of Europe, as we'll from the chaotic and
revolutionary movements Of the latter, which have
compelled them to regard with interest our GO
vernment and our institutions, as from the pres.
fige and glory we have gained among them by the |
riumphs of our arms In the Mexican war-if they
concur with US IN thinking that the most in1uen-
tial dehberatlve assembly in the world should
have larger audience than the mere personal
friends Of that august body, and that the reciprocal
relations of the electors and the elected should be
on more intimate footing than at present-if
they have an earnest desire that the twenty mil
lions of this great republic should be fully and
accurately informed of the proceedings of their
Legislators, and that the struggling nations of
Europe and the nascent republics that are now
rising out Of the overthrown monarchies and dis
solved despotisms In the other hemisphere should
have beacon light and hambeau to lead them
on to rational freedom and to "Gfe, liberty, and
the pursuit Of happlness''-if they concur with us
in thinking that the renowned and talented states.
men of both houses of our Legislature should
have, as they deserve, worldwide audience-if.
in word, they wish to have the proceedings of
The Congress of America placed fully and fairly |
before the eyes Of the American people and the
world at large, they will act In the premises q n
their judgment must, after due conslderstien of
the above facts, necessarily dictate.