The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-12-10
Prospectus for the Globe.

TEyHE approach of Congress calls for the renewal OF my proposals an
which has hitherto attended this undertaking is hoped will continue. an
s"ss's Of ne ss TO bp psyPs on sh 'ss ' Ine d his%y of of t ts r eGSsssa @sS.n .a disc"
The adoption OF Congress has given the GLOBE an official character
been voted a. every successive session for many years, and by members
all parties; The press, too. of all parties, has borne testimony to the Il
The great celebrity with which the letter writers TOR the distant press CT
culate through the telegraph their hurried accounts and views OF the -
bates of Congress, renders more important than ever the full and e@t
official reports of the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. The hasy-and in ,"y
instances er pare-reIauons by teiegraphof what occurs j" Congress and and
sede, for the most part, the exact reports taken down by rsporiinn,a d. '" of
which formerly ~, in a IS, shape psm m"se or .I less abore "s !, Went ,h.;, the he Elections
and variety of coIorings, take the run of the country, an pro cee
ings of both houses unmudla,sd. Indeed, 40 newspaper u I gsse tne IN
and have room for advertisements and The miscellaneous E ~" e Sh an m W
pola.nl press by furnishing rapidly r y.wdu 1@o e mson lifted to the taste of
Is nroa;. penec. information Of what passes 10 IN Co c ess is greatly dimin.
IL nh' os c,fe",a n,a n Of the ne Official reports has b y y, :" !" ,es eIs.e e.
Soo,s 1 oa tnnow cuFS Si ;h and , It's almost in y en- oi leisure ~" a p%'I ,h he" ms,
VINO like to Sc what is actually done i" Co.. ss, aud to judge for them.
sIyes, q rather ri Than na, to receive impressions ,.O sf the 6n from s Si'""iI BATE, "t,
Ionize a work which preserves a full re h ,d Of the doHg' of the great NOV
ing and controlling powers of the r ,nons mo,..., mA
creased Importance of the duty he ,s undertaken as the only reporter and
sress. The coming session will ,oOably he extended nine months, and the
reports will not be comprised less vs.. nan 5,oUo r"ya. quar ooo pages Of be-
The reports for the las, Ios session made 1886 royal quarto pages, and
will publish in the ,PprNDlx for The next session all laws that may
b passed during the !. ssj in ~ " l"a1, has %sg no. be- bee" x do"s heretofore ef ,s s.,n Al
ton, the Subscription p'ice will be the same that it has been for several
The DAILY GLOBE will be published during the session n a superfne
double royaI sbet 1t will contain the debates as taken down b, the re-
and aeatered by the speakers, wheneveTthry make any alterations,
the current Jews OF the day, and miscellaneous matter. The main object.
for pubuspng the daily paper is to enable members ito see their remarks
in il and hr them, if they shall think proper, before they are published
in the C,NGREssoNA AL GLOBE AMI APPENDIX.
The CONG REsstoN AL GLOBE is made up of the daily proceedings of The
two houses of Congress, and printed on a double royal paper, with small
typ, (brevier and HonpareiI1 in qoaro FORM each number containing
sixteen royal quarto pages The speeches of the members in This first
@" ,s ar so%1 tin IS, CONDENSED Isp " the RI, report ,poo'a of 'ns FT m",ea. sps ,n1 " be,
proceedings, are given in the form of the journals, with the yeas and nays o n
important question.
The Appendix is made up of the Presidents annual me sage. the re-
of the principal officers of the government that accompany IT, and
all speeches oil members of Congress, written out or revised by themselves
is printed in the same form as the Congressional Globe, and usually
makes about the same number of pages during a session.
During the first month or SIX weeks of a session there IL rarely more
done than will make two numbers a week -one of the Compress.
sional Globe and one Of the .fppGadir; but during the remainder of a
session there is usually sufficient matter tor two or three numbers of
each every week. The next session will be unusually interesting. There
fore / calculate that the Congressional Globe and .ARpendir together will
at least 500 large quarto pages, printed IN small tyPe-brever and
Complete indexes to both will be furnished at the end Of a
session.
oil that may be mscarried or lost in The mails; but subscribers should he
particular to file their papers carefully, fOrfear that should not be
able ia supply ahuhe lost numbers.
If subscribers shall not be satisfied with the work, the money paid
by them for it will be refunded to them whenever they return the num-
bers which may have been received by them. Will give subscribe.
the subscription price for any Of the previous volumes of the CongytsS,On
Globe " the Appendir EXCEPT for The last session, and will thank any
person who will let me have them.
Ihaye a few copies Of the back volumes Of the Congressional Globe and
Appendix for sale al IS a volume, bound, which it il probable will be dis
of soon: and when they are, they witIthtn, no doubt, command Al
least $40 a volume, as they cannot be reprinted for less Than that sum
There are % back volumes. II
For one COPY of the Daiiy Globe during The session r as o.
For one copy OF the Congressional Glode during the session 3 90
For one copy OF the Appendir during IN session 3 0O|
The money may be RENTED by mail at my risk. Bank notes current
here by the 18th December, at furthest, to insure all the numbers.
The prices for these papers are 70 low that ! cannot afford to credit
hem out; therefore no person need order them unless the money aceompa
WAsnmGroK Crr. October II, 1851. /