Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-30

regular report OF the proceedings OF the SENATE
the EDITORS of the National Intelligencer nerposed
no opposition, made no objection, but willingly
saw the experiment undertaken. Il is due to can
dor to add thai, as men OF business practically well
acquainted with the difficulties il would have to en-
counter, they knew that the experiment must fail,
as il did fail, to answer the expectations OF the
Senate.
This plan went into effect at the commencement
of the first Session of this Congress. The Pro
prietors Of this paper could not afford to compete
with the official Reporter, paid out Of the funds OF
the Senate; and therefore made no attempt at that
session to report systematically the Debates OF that
body continuing, however, to report at more than
usual fullness the Debates in the House OF Repre-
sentatves presuming that the House, not suffering
itself to be oudone BY the Senate in just libera
ty, would indemnify them for the cost, not at the
rate paid by the Senate-for that would have far
exceeded their expectatons--but at some rate cor
responding with the expenses actually incurred
by them.
In this expectation they were disappointed; which
is stated now not by any means to complain OF II,
but in order to put themselves right before the
Public.
The Senate Reporter received, as we have stated,
for reporting and printing the Debates of the SEN
ate not only the twelve thousand dollars for which
he bargained to do the work, but six thousand
Observation-Disclosures
the Publishers of the Congressional Globe received
over twenty thousand dollars for certain number
of copies Of their valuable annual publication en-
bodying the already published reports of Proceed
ngs in both Houses and the journal in which the
Debates in the House of Representatives were
originally and fully reported received from neither
House any compensation or reimbursement. The
same work (the Congressional Globe will receive,
under its standing contract at this Session, over eight
thousand dollars for copies furnished to the House
of Representatives of its reports OF this Session
not more than enough, it may be, for the value of
the work, but an amount quite equal to what would
be sufficient to secure to the House ample daily re-
ports by the two established daily papers Of this
city, neither Of which has euer received from the
House directly single cent towards defrayingtheir
expenditure for original reports of its proceedings
All this is, however, but preliminary to what we
have taken pen in hand to say to our readerr-to
the gentlemen Of the Newspaper Press, and p the
Public generally, on the subject before US.
| The New York g Evening POST has distinguish
ed itself perhaps more than any one among several
journals by gross Misrepresentation regarding the
I past and proposed action of the two Houfes OF
Congress concerning the publication of then pro-
ceedings. From the assertions and commentaries
of that paper we copy what follows:
FROM THE EVENING POST DECEMBER IL.
/ - REPORTING JOB IN CoSGREss-lne cfbtactel
which Mr.. AsHmUs has hitherto borne the floor f Con-
gross had prepared expect from him the proposition
which he reported have submitted the House Rep
resenatves Thursday last in the terms Of the flowing
/ resolution:
ReSolUed That 10 order to full, Impartial
and prompt publication of the proceedings and debate Of this
House, the Clerk be authorized and directed 10 ente into
contract to take effect from the beginning Of the present ses-
and to continue until otherwise ordered by THIS House.
with the propeors Of two daily papers, for the PUBLICATION in
paper the proceedings and debates Of the Hour &C.
Near the close Of the last session. and when public at
tenton wholly pe-ocupied with other matters, acheme
similar in principle to this, imposed upon the Other branch
of Congress- Several thousand dollars have already been
paid the penalty Of this oversight yet the its
convers have hitherto comparatively escaped public ensure
Presenting upon their success the parties
forward and press the House of Representatives to pass the
above resolution by which they will be enabled, under egs
lave sanction 10 plumber the public treasury Of from forty to
| fifty thousand dollars year. Together they 1.-THE
Integencer and the Unon plot entrance into the
sury Of the Government which should be the highest duty
Of the public press protect rather than to plumber"
| FROM THE SAME PAPER DECEMBER Is.
| Correspondence Of The Eoening Post.
/ WAsuINGToS, DECEMBER Ii, lS4s.
"Mr. AsHMuS this morning informed the House that he
withdrew the resolution in consequence Of having received
from the editors Of the paper named note informing him that
after the debate Of Thursday, they could not consent TO
cept the printing those terms the doing might
them 10 the denuncaon however undeserved, OF being
the pensoned agents Of Congress Mr. A. said he would
leave the materto be disposed Of by the Committee Print
ing The project, believe, would have been defeated had
il been pushed vote, but II Is well ended Sepentyfvt
thousand dollars per sared by the abandonment
| Of the scheme"
/ FROM THE SAME PAPER OF DECEMBER l6.
"THE PRINTING JoB.We thought the other day that
had got rid Of the project to create job Of public print
ing for the purpose Of putting type all the windy
that uttered in the House Of Representatives whole
shame appeared to have seized those who brought
Of the National Inelgencer ashamed Of il and asked
Mr.. Ashmun, the mover, 10 withdraw il, &c.
public journal protesting to impsray public
matters forfeits Its claims to confidence when lies in am.
bush during the proposal Of an Objectionable measure which
promises TO increase its income and at last, when finds the
measure unpopular breaks silence TO deny its paicps
ton in proposing H. The press which is mute in such
becomes accessory TO the mischief The obvious is ID
interest in the wrong proposed, the ascrty IL should
show in branding with the condemnation il deserves"
There is more Of the same matter in the articles
Of the "Post:" we copy only what appears to ps
10 be essential.
Whatever malice may remain in the breast of the
/" Post" towards the Editor Of the q Union," On
clnded with this paper in its imputations,) the
consequence of the chickering's between those two
Democratic organs concerning their respective favo-
rites in the late Presidential canvass, we are not
aware Of any decent apology that the " Post" can
make TO the Public for its false and calumnious
charges against the Propretors of the National In