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

| II will be seen by the annexed extract from
letter Of General Washington 10 David Stewart
dated New York, nth March, 179O that the idea
Of such a.paper as propose 10 make the Globe
originated in the mind ofthe Father of his Country
| He said: tit
sit is to be amented that the editors Of the different
recy nsead Of stung their papers with senrity and
nonsenscal defamation which would read III they were
great national The prinepes upon Which
the difference Of opinion arises as the decisions
would then come fully before the pube and afford the best
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The DAILY GLOBE AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE
| In surrendering my interest in the organ Of a
great political party cherished the purpose of
continuing the Congressional Globe, and, il poss-
Bile, IN time, to perfect il into full history OF the
action OF Congress, giving the debates accurately
| 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
quoted, il will be perceived that he thought this
! Office might be combined with that OF regular
newspaper; and it is certain that the aydity Of the
public for news of the less important kind greatly
| contributes 10 give wing TO the weightier matter
which may be called Congressional news. S
/ Having succeeded in my purpose Of perlecting
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 aud accn-
rate intelligence sent from the seat Of Government
| IN any other form whatayer. il will 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 ars
published in the morning papers, (or 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. I
Twill have corps of sixteen Reporters in Con.
! gress; each IN succession will take notes during
nve minutes, then retire, prepare them for the
Press, put them slip by slip in the hands Of COM
i positors, and thus, while debate is going on in
Congress, II will be put in type, and in a few min
utes after il is ended it will be in print. / shall
by this means, be enabled to send by the Express
Mail of O'Clock p. M for the East, West, and
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
i of Congress will reach the cities two hundred and
fifty miles from the Capitol before their daily morn.
j ing papers are in circulation.
The miscellaneous news shall be careful 10
gather from remote sections of the country by tele-
! graph. will obtain from the Executive Depart
ments, through official sources, the matters Of mo-
ment transacted in them, and through agents
employed ior the purpose, all the city news ofcon-
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 dssemina-
! tion of news from Washington. Hitherto no news
| paper has attempted 10 give authentic accounts Of
things done al Washington before The public mind
Il
form irresponsible telegraphic dispatches, or by
etter-writers biased by peculiar views
/ Washington has now become so great centre
Of political interest during all the year--the pro
! ceedngs 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
permanently, with view to become the vehicle
OF the earliest and most correct intelligence.
/ II 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. 4 will publish advertisements of
the Government. To subscribers i'm the cities
! hope TO submit such terms will induce them 10
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 II, and some ofthem large number of copies.
The installation OF new Administration and
new Congress portends much change in the course
Of public affairs the result of the next session
Many vast interests which were brought up in the
last Congress were laid over by the Democratic
majority TO await the action of a 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 ofices-all these great ques.
tons, with thousand minor ones, deeply affecting
multitudes OF men and every State in the Union
come
up Tor the Governments decision. These new
issues, cooperating with old ones coming up 10 he
disposed OF by sew actors on the scenes at Wash
ingon, will be apt TO modify greatly, if not alter
essentially the party organizations of the country
To these elements OF interest another is likely
10 be introduced by the nterpositon of the agita-
tons OF Europe. After nearly forty years of peace
IN Europe there is an evident restessmess that
now seems frangm with tendencies threatening
war; and if war comes in all likelihood there will
nlfsla
can scarcely hope TO escape its vortex. Indeed
from late events tits apparent that our government
is already drawn into European difficulties These
circumstances calculated to draw the public |
pectation. ysf gs s
The DAILY GLoBE will be printed on fine paper,
double royal size, with small type, (brevier and
nonpareil,) al FIVE dollars year.
The CONGRESSIONAL. GLOBE will also be printed
on a double royal Sheet in book form,- royal
qnarto 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 an Appendix. Formerly |
received subscriptions for the Congressional |
Globe and Appendix separately. But this has |
not been found satisfactory, inasmuch as il gave
an incomplete view OF the transactions in Con- |
gress; and therefore have concluded moi TO sell |
them apart considering that neighbors can have the
advantage of both by clubbing, in case individuals |
shall find il too onerous to be at the charge ofboth
To facilitate the circulation Of the Congress- |
ional Globe, and cheaper il to subscribers, Con- |
gress passed last year Joint resolution making IL |
free of postage. annex IT, as the law may moi |
be accessible TO postmasters generally;
Joint Resolution providing the distribution Of the Laws
Of Congress and the Debates thereon.
With view 10 the chcap circulation Of the OF Con-
gress and the dsbates contributing to the interreta
ton thereof and to make free the communication between
the representative and constituent bodies:
BE resolved by the Sndtc and House of Representatives
Of the Uaifed Iaes Of Ameyico ia Cbngess asem5ied That
from and after the present session Of Congress- the Con-
gressonal Globe and Appendix, which the laws
and the debates thereon shall free through the mails
so long the shall be published by Of Con-
gress: orfded That nothing herein shall be construed
to authorize the circulation Of the Daily Globe free
postage H Approved, August ., 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
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