Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-15
TWIEE GL0RE.


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GNONGRESS has made the GLopE its organ Of
" communication with the country. TO fa-
cilitate this important object, and diminish the
expense 10 the people, the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE
and Arrr,spN, which contain the proceedings of
Congress revised by the members. are henceforth
to be conveyed through the mails free of postage
At the late session of Congress the following
Joint Resolution was passed :lali9 DAB ZllEIl73
Joint Resolution providing for the distribution of
the Laws Of Congress and the debates thereon
/. With view TO the cheap circulation OF the
Laws of Congress and the debates contrsbufsr, 10
the true Interpretation thereof, and to mako free
the Communication between the representative
and constituent bodies: sg,s,s MA -, sssstr,S
= Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Re
personalities of the United States Of America, in
Congress Assembled, That from and after the
present session of Congress, the Congressional
Globe and Appendix. which contain the laws and
the debates thereon, shall pass free through the
mails so long as the same shall be published by
order of Congress: Provided, That nothing here
in shall be construed to authorize the circulation
of the Daily Globe free cfpostagc. 81 ii sts.T
Approved, August 5th, 1852. ri,;r,a-,, ,,sis
The GLoBE will now, i trust. enter upon new
and moro extended career of usefulness. Con-
gress. which draws into its focus all the impor-
tant topics and events of the times, for is discuss
sion, and acts on them with view 10 the inter-
ests of the Republic. has provided amede through
which without cost for the delivery, all that is
said and done by the body that's speaks and acts
for thenation, shall be put Within the reach of
the poorest citizen. , -
The Iberality with which Congress patronizes
the work, enables the undersigned TO report the
proceedings, and deliver full sets of both the Con-
gressional Globe and the Appendix, continuing
the proceedings, daily debates, the written-out
speeches, the messages of the President Of the
/ United States, the Reports of the Heads of De-
partments, and all the laws passed, during the
session, for Three Dollars price which barely
pays for tho printing of the copies subscribed for
| by the people. Every one who will compare the
price of this work with any other, taking into
view the amount of matter and style of pnblica-
ton, will find that it is the cheapest circulated
| from any press in the world: and If the country
places .he true value its political institution.
-on the action of that representative body which
moves and maintains thenl-which brings under
review, discusses, and acts on al the interests oil
this widespread Republic. presenting % the PEG
pie every event, foreign or domestic, mat SUI
however remotely, infect the public inteFest-it
| may be called the best as well as the cheapest
publication in the world s5sfi htc gcr,.rr.,s
The approach of q Observation-Disclosures imparts
peculiar importance to the present session of
| Congress. Throughout the whole country there
will be soicitude to know what shape Congress
will -endeayor TO give to the national affairs 10
meet the incoming Administration. The debates
of the next session will, no doubt as heretofore,
| foreshadow its policy. II is one OF the adnira-
BILE features of our Institutions that the popular
body and Executive Head, both gifted with indie
| pendent power, and both representing the peo-
| pie and the States, shall act and react on each
other 1t is in this way the sovereign authority.
exerted through different agents and from differ
ent quarters, gives that direction which its supe-
rior force compels sometimes even dissenting de-
partments of the Government to adopt. Those,
| therefore, who would understand well the policy
which is likely to bear upon the next Admins
| tration, ought TO scan the debates of that Con.
gress which Immediately precedes il. Not mea-
sures, only, bat the men who are TO give them
effect, will depend much on the next Congress
for, without doubt, il will have its due Influence
| on the aeis of the new President, whoever he
may be, in regard to all that may interest the
constituencies represented by its members In re-
gard 10 the greatest, we'll the smallest mat
tiers and appointments affecting them. e'r
The proceedings of Congress arc first publish
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of all the members, to let them sec the reports
and make what corrections they think pro
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Globe is published during a session of Congress
at the rate of Ten Dollars per annum. ,
The Congressional Globe and Appendix arc
! ;scrm. each number containing sixteen pages.
| The ConcIcssiQnai Globe is made up of daily
proceedings of the t.ro f1,u,s-s, I'D the Appen-
dix embraces the long speeches withheld by the
sident of the United States, and the Reports O,
the Heads of the ExeSutiSe Departments. -
The laws passed during a session, and the in
deS to them are printe. az soon us possible after
the adjournment, and seMt 20 all subscribers for
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For one copy Of the Congressional Globe, S7's'
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December, atfurthsst, insure them all the mum
Il bers. - - : ~ = = :
| have about five hundred surplus copies OF
the Congressional Globe for the last session. which
contain besides the proceedings of Congress, all
laws and joint resolutions passed during the ses-
sion. The proceedings and laws make 1853 pa
ges, and the list of appropriations and index, not
yet printed, will make about so pages more.
will let those who subscribe for the Oongrrssiou-
| al Globe and Appendix for the coming session
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at these prices. sell the bound volumes here
for -Four Dollars volume, the three volumes
bound for Twelve Dollars. Every person who
takes any part in the politics of this country
should possess them.
| JOHN C. RIvEs.
Washington, October Goth, 1859.
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