The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-12-14
The DAILY GLOBE
THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.

The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.
In surrendering my interest in the organ of a
great political party, cherished the purpose OF
continuing the Congressional Globe. aud, if pos
sbie, in time, to perfect it into full history OF
the action of Congress, giving the debates accu-
rately and fully with the proceedings-a stamp
ed " th the verify of official record, From
the passage in the letter of General Washing ton,
which have quoted, it will be perceived that he
thought this Office might be combined with that
of regular newspaper; and il is certain that the
avidity OF the public for news of the less impor
tant kind greatly contributes to give wings to the
weightier matter which may be called Congress
sional news.
Having succeeded in my purpose of perfecting
the reports of the debates in Congress aud giving
them the official stamp, l now propose to send
them abroad, in connection with the news OF the
day, in such haste shall outstrip full and accu
rate intelligence sent from the seat OF Government
in any other form whatever. II will even antci-
pate the scraps OF news forwarded to cities within
two hundred and fifty miles OF Washington by
telegraph. Before the events thus transmitted are
published in the morning paPeis, (tor 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 pro.
cess by which this will be effected now lay be-
fore the public.
will have a corps of sixteen Reporters in Con
gress; each in succession will take notes during
hve minutes, then retlre, prepare tnem TOT the
Press. put them slip by slip in the hands Of COM
posItors, and thus, while debate is going on in
Congress, it will be put in type. and in few min
utes after il is ended 1t will be in print. shall
by this means be enabled to send by the Express
Mail of 5 O'Clock p. IN. for the East, West, and
North. and by that of 8 o'clock p. m. for the
South, all the proceedings of Congress up to the
ordinary hour of adjournment. Thus the accu-
rate debates OF Congress will reach the cities two
hundred and fifty miles from the Capitol before
their daily morning papers are in cir cuaton.
The miscellaneous news l shall be careful to
gather from remote sections of the country by
telegraph i will obtain from the Executive De.
partments, through official sources. the matters
of moment ansaIted in them. and, through agents
employed for the purpose, all the city news Of
consequence in sufficient time to be put into the
Globe and mailed in the Express Mail trains. In
this way I hope to create a new era in the dis
| semination OF news from Washington. Hitherto
no newspaper has attempted to give authentic. .ac-
| counts Of things done at Washington before the
public mind at distance had received Its first
| impressions from irresponsible telegraphic dis
patches, or by letter-writers biased by peculiar
views ugs3
| Washington has now become go great center
of political interest during all the year-the pro
ceedings Of the Executive Departments and the
| information collected by them ey en- during there
csss of. Congress is of SO much importance 10 the
/ interests of every section OF the country--that
shall continue the publication of the daily paper
j permanently, with view to become the vehicle