Washington sentinel., 1853-11-10
THE GLOBE:
THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CONGRESS-,
AND NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.


dated New York, nth March, l190, that the idea
i OF such paper as ! propose 10 make the Globe
originated in the mind ofthe Father Of his Country,
i He said: IA fta 20
Sits 70 be iaented that the editors OF the different
Gazettes In the Union do generally
recy linstsad Of stnfing their with scrly and
on all great national questions The upon which
would then fully the public and afford the best
data for ts Judgment spakss Wfhags ef Washington,
| po- TO- p. 81.
i Tax DAILY GLOBE AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GLoBE
In surrenderng my interest in the organ Of
i great political party, cherished the purpose Of
continuing the Congressional Globe, and, il possi-
be in time, to perfect il into full history Of the
i action Of Congress, giving the debates accurately
4 and fully with the proceedings-all stamped with
the verify Of an official record. From the passage
in the letter of General Washington which have
4 quoted, il will be perceived that he thought this
| Office might be combined with that Of a regular
newspaper; and is certain that the ayidity Of the
public for news of the less important kind greatly
contributes TO give wing 10 the weightier matter
| which may be called Congressional news. .sst
Having succeeded IN my purpose OF perfecting
the reports of the debates in Congress and giving
| them the official stamp, / now propose TO send
! them abroad in connection with the news of the
day, in such haste shall outstrip full and accu-
i rate intelligence sent from the seat OF Government
III any other form whatever. Ii will even antici-
pate the scraps Of news forwarded 10 cities within
two hundred and fifty miles of Washington by tele-
| graph. Before the events thus Transmitted are
published IN the morning papers, Qor instance, of
! the city OF New York; the Globe containing them
will have reached the post Office of that city by the
/ Express Mail of the previous night. The process
! by which this will be effected now lay before the
/ public.
will have corps of sixteen Reporters in Con-
gress; each in succession will take notes during
hve minutes, then retire, prepare them for the
Press, put them slip by slip in the hands Of COM
positors, and thus, while debate is going on in
Congress, il will be put in type and in few min
ntes after il is ended il will be in print. shall
by this means, be enabled 70 send by the Express
i Mail of o'clock p m. for the East, West, and
4 North, and by that Of o'clock p for the South,
all the proceedings Of Congress- up to the ordinary
hour Of adjournment. Thus the accurate debates
of Congress will reach the cities two hundred and
fifty miles from the Capitol before their daily morn
ing papers are in circulation. s |
| The miscellaneous news shall be careful to
gather from remote sections of the country by tee-
graph. will obtain from the Executive Depart
ments, through official sources the matters of mo-
ment transacted in them, and through agents
employed for the purpose, all the city OF con-
sequence in sufficient time TO be put into the Globe
and mailed in the Express Mail trains. In this
| way hope TO create new era in the dissemina-
i ton Of news from Washington. Hitherto no news
paper has attempted to give authentic accounts Of
things done al Washington before the public mind
i at a distance had received its first Impressions
form irresponsible teegraphic dispatches, or by
4 Washington has now become SO great centre
i of political interest during all the year--thc pro
ceedings of the Executive Departments and the
information collected by them even during the re-
cess OF Congress is of so much Importance TO the
interests of every section of the country--that
shall continue the publication of the daily paper
4 permanently, with view TO become the vehicle
i the earliest and most correct intelligence.
y is part OF my plan TO reduce the price Of the
daily paper to half that Of similar daily papers, and
thus hope to extend its circulation so as to invite
advertisements. / will publish advertisements of
the Government. To subscribers in the cities L
i hope to submit such terms will induce them to
j advertise their business in every village through
out the Union, where the Globe is sent daily under
| the franks Of members of Congress, all OF whom
take IT. and some ofthem large number of copies.
i The installation OF new Administration and q
new Congress portends much change in the COURSE
of public affairs the result of the next session.
1 Many vast interests which We're brought up the
| last Congress were laid over by the Democratic
majority TO await the action ola Democratic Ex-
ecutive. The new modelling of the tariff the new
land system the question of giving homesteads,
and making every man freeholder who may
| choose to become one the approximation Of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans by national railroad
across the territory of the Union; reform in the
Army, Navy and civil offces-all these great ques-
tions, with thousand minor ones deeply affecting
muttudes Of men and every State in the Union
/ will, now being matnred by public opinion, come
1 mp for the Governments decision. These new
i
disposed OF by sew actors on the scenes at WASH
ngton, will be apt to modify greatly, il not alter
essentially the party organizations of the country
! TO these elements of interest another is likely
to be introduced by the interposition Of the agta
| tons of Europe After nearly forty years of peace
| in Europe there is an evident restessncss that
now seems fraught with tendencies threatening
war; and II war comes, in all likelihood there will
follow such universal change that the United States
| can scarcely hope to escape its vortex. Indeed
ic thato
| isalready drawn into European difficulties. These
circumstances are calculated to draw the public
| mind towards the next Congress with much ex-
| pectaton. E
double royal size, with small type, (brevier and
| nonparelD at five dollars year. 1
| The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE will also be printed
on double royal sheet, in book form, royal
quarto size, each number containing sixteen pages
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE proper will be made
up Of the proceedings of Congress and the running
debates as given by The Reporters. The speeches
which members may choose TO write out them
| selves will, together with the messages of the
President of the United States, the reports of the
Executive Departments, and the laws passed by
Congress, be added in Appendix. Formerly
i received subscriptions for the Congressional
Globe and Appendix separately. But this has
not been found satisfactory, inasmuch as it gave
an incomplete view Of the transactions in Con-
gress and therefore have concluded not to sell
them apart considering that neighbors can have the
advantage of both by clubbing, in case individuals
shall find it too to be at the charge ofboh
To facilitate the circulation of the Congress-
iona Globe and cheaper il 10 subscribers, Con-
gress passed last year Joint resolution making il
free of postage ! annex it, as the law may not
be accessible to postmasters generally;
Joint Resolution providing the distribution Of the Laws
sAs4t Of Congress and the Debates thereon.
With view TO the cheap circulation the laws of Con-
and the debates contributing to the nterppa
ton thereof and to make free the communication between
the representative aud constituent bodies:
BE resolved w he Senate and House Of Representatives.
Of the Ui,fed States Of srica IN Cgress assembled That
from and after the present Congress the Con-
gressona Globe and Appendix, which contains the
and the debates thereon, shall free through the mails
gress Proridd That nothing herein shall be construed
10 authorize the circulation Of the Daily Globe Of
postage. Approved, August 9, 1852 /
As sell the DAILY GLOBE at half the price OF
similar publications, so the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE |
and APPENDIX is sold for half the cost Of so much
composition, press work, and paper. This ! can