Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-24
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u ME approach Of Congress calls for the ronow-
Il al OF my proposals. and preparations TO
spread Its debates before the public. Tho success
which has hitherto attended this undertaking It
Is hoped will continue, and enable me TO pcrPct-
uate tho full history Of the proceedings and ds-
eusdons OF the body on which the destiny OF the
rho adoption Of Congress has giyOn the Glopx
an oieia character as the lePoIeer OF ali tnat 10
said and done in the body; This sanction has
been voted ut every successive session igf maiy
yenrs, and by members Of all parties The press,
too of all parties has borne testimony 70 tho ndel-
ity with which tho duty thus eonhdod has been
The great celebrity with which the letter writer
for the distant press circulate through the telo-
graph thoir hurried accounts and views OF tho dee
u bates Of Congress, renders moro important than
ever the full and exact official reports of the Con-
oREssloNAL GLOBE The hasty-and In many ~.
occurs In Congress sup0Tsede, for The most part
the exact reports taken down by nportorai and
5 IN dhs me or less NoS
telegraph accounts, with all their lmportoctons
and variety Of eolorings, take tho run Of tho
ever publishes the full debate with the proceed
ings of both houses inundated. Indeed, no
newspaper can give Thorn and have room, for adj
vertisements and the miscellaneous matter easen-
tial to their existence, While, therefore, the tel-
ograph administers 70 tho eager appetite of the
public for Congress news, and meets tho neoessi-
ties Of tho political press by furnishing rapidly
written epitomo suited to the taste OF It's patrons
perfect information of what passes in Congress Is
greatly diminished. Tho circulation Of tho oil
cial reports has boon, to some oxtent, cut of by
the crude and diversified accounts which, hying
along the electric wires, satisfy curiosity, and II
is almost in vain that Truth puts on his boots To
follow. Still thore aro great many men OF
leisure and thought who like to 500 what is aetu-
ally said and done in Congress, and Ojudgo for
themselves, rather than to receive impressions nj
together from galvnnic batteries. There are 9th
ers, too, who, for the sake of tho nIturO willingly
} vyl Inf
o power Of the republic.
G Tho undersigned has made preparations COM
8 mensurate with tho increased Importance of the
duty he has undertaken Us the only reporter and
y publisher of tho complete debates ana proceed
: lngs OF both houses OF Congress Tho Copoing.
and Che TepJr VIZ not be- comprSod IN Isss,
than 5000 royal quarto pages Of broyier and nom
Pareil typo, making four volumes of near 200
pages zach sds The reports for the las. long session
each. 49, ~ f's''
win publish In tho APrrNDIx for tho next
I session oil laws that may be passed during tho
session, which has not been done heretofore, AL
though this viii increase in no small degree tho
expense Of tho publication, the subscription price
years past. - - =
0 The DAItT GtosE win be published during tho
. contain the debates as taken down by tho ,c
Porters, and as altered by the speakers Whenever
! they make any alterations, the current nova OF
the day, and MISCELLANEOUS mater. The main
object for publishing the daily psper r. 10 ratla
1SS r ITO to see set thsir remarks and aOT
published in the CoNOALssIONAL GLoBE. and AP-
D PRNDix.
IT.. The cONoggEssIONAL GLonE is made up of tho
r and printed on double royal paper with small
type lbreyier and nOnpareil,) In quarto form,
\ each number containing sixteen ROYAL ouarto
pages. The speeches Of the members In tLls ifSt
FORM are sometimes condensed, the full FepOrt az
the prepared speeches being reserved for the AZ.
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" ceedings, are given in the form OF the iourhals.
WIN tho yeas and nays on every important qucB-
: The APPENDIX is niado up, Of IN. Precedence.
annual message the reports Of the principal ode
ali sD ~ ~ Sp accompany IT, aud
, OF revised by themselves. II iS pIintod in ~
! same form rs the CoNoREssIo1tAL GLonY' ana
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there Il rarely more busness done than win mafe
two numbers Week-one Of the CoNdnfSefn,.,[
GLoBE and ono Of the APPE3eDIx but dtIrin y, ~
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. resting. Therefore calculate that tic CosSETs-
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