The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-12-15
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TNHE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CON-
"A GRESS, AND NEWSPAPER FOR THE
PEOPLE.--It will be seen by the annexed ex-
tract from letter of General Washington, to
David Stewart, dated New York, I7th March,
1890, that the idea of such a paper as l pro-
pose to make the Globe originated in the mind
of the Father Of his country. He said:
''lt is to be lamented that the editors of the
different Gazettes in the Union do not more gen
orally and more correctly (instead of stutfing
their papers with scurrility and nonsensical de
clamaton, which few would read if they were
appraised of the cohtents) publish the debates
in Congress on all great national questions
The principle upon which the difference of o.
pinions ARISES, as well as the decisions, would
then come fully before the public, and afford
the best data for its judgement. u Spark 5 wri-
tings of Washington, vol. 10. p. 81.
The DAILY GLOBE AND THE CONGRESSIONAL
GLoBE.-ln surrending my interest in the or
gan of a great political party, l cherished the
purpose of continuing the Congressional Globe,
ard, if possible in time, to perfect it into full
history of the action of Congress, giving the
debates accurately and fully with the proceed
ings-all stamped with the verify of an official
record. From the passage in the letter of Cen
eral Washington which have quoted, it will be
perceived that he thought this office might be
combined with that of a regular newspaper
and it is certain that the avidity of the public
for news Of the less important kind greatly con-
tributes to give wings to the weightier matter
which may be called Congressional news.
Having succeeded in my purpose OF perfect
ing the reports of the debates III Congress and
giving the official stamp, now propose to send
them abroad, in connection with the news of
the day, in such haste as shall outstrip full and
accurate intelligence sent from the seat Of gov
ernment i'll any other form whatever. 1t viii
even anticipate the scraps Of news forwarded
to cities within two hundred and fifty miles of
Washington by telegraph. Before the events
thus transmitted are published i'll the morning
papers, (for instance Of the city of New York J
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 10 reporters in Con-
gress; each in succession will take notes during
five minutes, then retire, prepare them for the
Press, put them slip by slip i'll the hands of the
compositors, and thus, willie debate is going
on in Congress, it will be put in type, and in a
few minutes after it is ended it will be in print
I shall by this means be enabled to send by the
Express Mail of o'lcock, P. M, or the East,
West, and North, and by that of o'clock, P. NJ, !,
for the south all the proceedings of Congress up
to the ordinary hour of adjournment Thus the
accurate debates of Congress will reach the cit
les two hundred and fifty miles from the Capt.
tol before their daily morning papers are in cir
culation.
The miscellaneous news | shall be careful to
gather from remote sections of the country by
telegraph / will obtain from the Executive
Departments, through official sources, the mat
tiers moment transacted in them, and, through
agents employed for the purpose, all the city
news of consequence in sufficient time to be put
into tho Globe and mailed in the Express Mail
trains In this way hope to create new era
in the dissemination of news from Washington.
Hitherto no newspaper has attempted to give
authentic accounts Of things done at Washing
ton before the public mind at distance had re-
ceived its first impressions from irresponsible
| telegraphic dispatchers, or by letter writer's
biased by peculiar views.
Washington has now become so great CEN
ter Of political interest during the ycar-the