Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-08-12
provision ! made and ali other publication i inadequate with

provision made and all other publication inadequate with
out that
Impressed with au sense Of the importance and nsces-
sy of reporting and publishing the debates Of Congress- and
convinced that nothing less than the power of Congresss
power in point of authority and mesnsis adequate this
object the committee Of the Houses fully decided upon
reporting plan their respective Houses place this bust
under the cono and management of the Houses
each for itself The principle being agreed n the details be-
points Of anxious inquiry To accomplish the great
object in vew different degrees steps in the pubca
lion became Indispensable. First, prompt publication OF
the debates of each day the morning Of the following day.
and their immediate communication 10 the people in all parts
the United States To do this required the columns Of
the daily press and necessarily involved running report Of
the debate be put TO press most usually without revision
correction by the speaker SECONDLY revised and
rected publication Of the debates in durable book orm
.ttue the authentic parliamentary history of Congress
Interviews with the practical and propreors Of the large
printing establishments in this city show that be done.
The National nteigencer and the Union each will under
take report print publish, and circulate through heir ex
changes and subscribers the daily debates Of Congress
Messs Blair * Rves will engage 10 continue their revised
and corrected publication Of the debate the book om
in which is done. This is for the daily running de-
bate, and which is TO come out on the morning Of each day
after its delivery, and to appear also in the country edition OF
the paper Speeches detained by members for correction and
evisal will appear the daily papers, at the first moment
there for them without throwing the current de-
bate in the Congressional Register they will appear in
appendix but the whole running debate may be revised and
corrected tor prompt publication in the Register and for that
purpose the publisher of the daily reports will be required to
deliver each member copy Of the morning paper that he
may how he is reported in EACH and correct mmedi-
ae if he chooses and send the Congressional Register
to take its permanent place in the book form.
The committee have resolved that there should be two daily
papers, of each political party to publish the current de-
bates and this for obvious reasons idle to quarrel with
human Two parties exist, have existed and will
exist in this in all free Governments and is in vain for
the patty power endeavor monopoze advantages, and
wrong in ITSELF and often politically injurious, give
sided information to the public. The plan proposed for the
rty
equality and, what more enables the ea iers and
cpysts from each paper 10 the whole debate both des
and thus escape the evils Of sided and partial information
The revised and corrected dates in the book having
thing Of the party character Of political paper and contain
ing nothing but the debates and proceedings do not require
two establishments print them, and therefore proposed
to be left in the faithful and competent hands in which they
This the plan which has recommended itself to the
mtees of The Houses combining all the advantages
proper be obtained by the publication of the debates and
proceedings of Congress object which requires double
publcation-one the daily press for the daily information
of the people, and in the book FORM for the permanent
preservation of the debates and proceedings.
The committee have conferred with the propretors Of the
printing establishments referred and find them ready to
gage in the business according the plan proposed The
expense and the proper mode of making the compensation
the object of inquiry with the committees and for this
purpose the actual expense of reporng printing, publishing
and circulating the debates and proceedings OF Congress by the
daily papers has been carefully ascerned That expense is
found about five dollars reporting the quantity contained
in column, BREWER type Of the Union lnegence and
about dollars fifty for the composition setting up
the type Then follows the expense of paper ink
ptesswork folding packing directng exchange papers and
distribution throughout the Union The expense Of each Of
these items considerable of the WHOLE is large and the
last alone far beyond what unnformed persons would
suppose The distribution alone including folding, packing,
directing, &c employs six persons at night wages,
with the comforts Of FIRE in the winter, and lights always.
The of exchange papers great from the great num-
Der Of exchangesin which the beray Of the American press
INDUCES and almost dead loss 10 the large daily papers,
from the little which they make of the contents of the
papers received in exchange from the crowded local demands
upon their columns Yet this is expense indispena
pie the communication Of the contents of the paper to other
newspapers throughout the Union, and thus TO Tie people
Heavy then, the expenses of the papers, and requiring
the working of large system Of exchanges and distribution
before the debates Of Cor gess after being reported and put
type reach the eye OF the people the thirty States Of
this Union, and foreign countries let this part the
expense with all its attendant labor the propetors Of the In
telgencc and of the UnbDn willing to take upon them
selves in dusng the debates and proceedings Of Congress-
provided Congress will deay the expense OF the first
Items, the reporting and composition This the committee
consider not only just but generous and have the gaca
ton to say that the expense thus incurred will only be
small in comparison the greatness Of the object attained but
insignificant compared TO the expense Of attempting give
information TO the people through the multiplication Of public
documents The weekly expense computed at between
four and five hundred dollars during the sessions Congress
for each of the daily papers, giving aggregate for the whole
session. either long short Of less amount thanis frequent
y paid by Congress for the printing Of single docu
men often lost, IN great part even worthy oil distributions
for want Of a system Of distribution In conformity all
which, the following resolution is herewith reported
Resoued That in order full impartial,
and prompt publication the proceedings aud debates of this
House, the Clerk be authorized and directed into
contract take effect from this day. and continue until
otherwise ordered by the House. with the propeto Of the
two daily papers in this city the National Intellgencer and
Unon for the daily publication in each paper the proceed
ings and debates Of the House, and for the early subsequent
publication Of such speeches members may choose
and write full Lengths for which the Clerk shall make
weekly OF the contingent fund the Of ST. so
column of brewer type Proridd That the proceedings
and debate shall be transferred the country edition
said papers, and copy each Of said daily papers shall
furnished each member during the sessions Of Congress-
without additional charge.