Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-02-03
THE DIES MONIES RIER.
THE GLOBE:
Official Paper of Congress.

UlnClal Paper OF congress,
Congress has made the Globe Its or
gan Of communication with the country.
To facilitate this important objec. and
diminish the expense of the people. tbs
Congressional Globe and i.4ppendir-
which contain the proceedings of Con,
gress revised by the members, are hence
forth to be conveyed through the mails
free of postage. AT the late session of
Congress the following Joint Resolution
was passed:
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for
the distribution of the Laws of Con-
gress aad the Debates thereon. .
With view of the cheap circulation
of the laws of Congress and the debates
contributing to the true interpre,ion there
/ of, and to make free the communication
between the representative and consiitu.
ent bodies:
| BE it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representative of the United
States of america in Congress assem-
bied, Tha, 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 he mails SO long as the
same shall be published by order of Con-
gress: Provided. That nothing herein
shall be constructed to authorize the cir
cula,ion Of the Daily Globe free OF post
age. H.
Approved August 6. 1852.
The Globe will now, trust, enter up
on new and more extended career of
usefulness. Congress, which draws in
to its focus all the important topics and
events of The times for its discussion,
and acts on them with view to the in
terests of the Republic, has provided a
mode through which, without cost for
the delivery, all this is said and done by
the body which speaks and acts for The
nation, shall be pu. within the reach of
the poorest citizen.
The liberality with which Congress
patronizes the work, enables The under
signed to report the proceedings, and de-
liver full set Of both the Congressional
Globe and the Appendix, containing the
proceedings. daily debates, the written
out speeches, the Message of the Pres-
dent of the United States, the Reports
of Heads af Departments. and ali the
Laws passed during the session, for
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the printing the copies subscribed for by
the people. Every one who will com
pare the price of this work with any 9TH
er, taking into view the amount of matter
and style of publication, will find tina, i.
is the cheapest circulated from any press
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the true value on its political institutions
--on the action of the representative
body which moves and maintains them,
which brings under review, discusses,
and acts on all the interests of the wide
spread Republic, presenting the people
every event, foreign and domestic, that
can, however remotely, affect The public
in.erest--it may be called the best, as
well as the cheapest publication in the
world.
The Congressional Globe and .Ap-
Dendic are printed on double royal
sheet in royal quarto form, each number
containing sixteen pages. The Con-
gressional Globe is made up of the daily
proceedings of the two Houses; and the
Appendix embraces the long speeches
withheld by the speakers for revision,
the Messages of the President of the Uni
ted States, and the Heads of the Exc
cutive Departments.
The Laws passed during session, and
an index to them, are printed as soon as
possible after adjournment, and sent to
all subscribers for the Congressional
Globe and Appendix.
TERMS.
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For one copy of the Congressional
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! the next session. SO 90
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sure al the num- bers.
/ have abont five hundred surplus
copies IF 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
2,552 pages; and the list of appropria-
tions and index, not yet printed, will
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session have them at the following rates:
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