The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-16
The DAILY GLOBE
TIE CoNeRrss,oN., G1opr

Fately dnu iuHy Win liz pTUCetuIDSS-dt stamp
ed with the verify of an official record. From
the passage in the letter of General Washington
which l have quoted, il 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 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 and giving
them 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 accu-
rate intelligence sent from the seat nj Government
in any other form whatever. 1t will even antici.
pate the scraps OF news forwarded to cities within
two hundred aud fifty miles OF Washington by
telegraph. Before the events thus transmitted are
published in the morning papers, (for 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.
tore the public.
will have a COPS of sixteen 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 in the hands of COM
pos,tors, and thus, while IA debate is going on in
Congress, it will be put III type, and in a few min
utes after it is ended 1t will be in print. l shall
ny this me ms be enabled to send by the Express
Mail of 5 O'Clock p. m for the East, West, and
iNOItDs anu ny tlat Ol y % ClOCk u. H. IOF 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 circulation.
The miscellaneous news shall be careful to
gather from remote sections of the country by
telegraph. | will obtain from the Executive De.
partmen,s through official sources. the matters
of moment transacted in them, and, through, agents
employed for the purpose, all the city news OF
consequence in sufficient time to be put into the
Globe aud mailed in the Express Mail trains. In
this way l hope to create a new era i'll the dis
semination of news from Washin gton. Hitherto
no newspaper has attempted to give authentic &C.
counts Of things done at Washington before the
public mind at a distance had received ITS first
Impressions from irresponsible Geographic dis
patches, or by letter writers biased by peculiar
views
Washington has now become so great ceite.
Of political interest during all the year-the pro-
ceedings of the Executive Departments and the
infor collected by them even during theSe
Cess of Congress is of so much importance to the
Interests Of every section of the colntry--that |
shall continue the publication of the daily paper
permanently, with "A view to become the vehicle
of the earliest and most correct Intel igence.
1t is part of my plan TO reduce the price of the
daily paper to hall that of similar daily papers:
and thus l hope to extend its circulation so as TO
invite advertisements | will publish advertise
ments of the Government To subscribers in the
cities I hope to submit such terms as will induce
hem to advertise their business in every village
throughout the Union, where the Globe is sent
daily under the franks of members of Congress,
all of whom take it, and some of them q large
number of copies.
The installation of a ne administration and n
new Congress portends much change in the course
of public affairs as 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 Demrcratic Elk
ecutive. the new modelling of the tariff; the new
land system; the question of giving homesteads.
and making every nah a freeholder who may
choose to become one; the Approximations of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a national railroad
| across the territory of the Union; reform in the
Army, Navy, and civil offices--all these grea,
questions, with a thousand minor ones. deeply af
fecting m"ltitudes of men and every State in the
Union. will, now being matured by public opin
ion, come up for the Governments decision -
These new issues, cooperating with old ones
coming up to be disposed of by new actors on the
scenes at Washington, will be apt to modify great
ly, 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 agita.
tons OF Europe After nearly forty years nfpeace
in Europe there is an evident restlessness thai
now seems franght with tendencies threatening
war: and if war comes. in all likelihood there will
follow such universal change that the United
States Can scarcely hope to escape its vortex. In
deed, from late events it is apparent that our Gov
ernment ls already drawn into European Difficult
ties. These circumstances are calculated to draw
the public mind towards the next Congress witt
much expectation.
The DAILY GLoBE will be printed on fine pa
per. double royal size, with small type, (breviel
aud nonpareil,) at five dollars a year.
The CONGRESSIONAL GLoBE will also be print
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4uarto size, each. number containing sixteen pages
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE proper will be made
up of the proceedings of Congress and the run,
nIng debates as given by the Reporters. The
speeches which members may choose to write GU
themselves will, together with the messages of tn
President of the United States, the reports of the
Executive Departments, and the laws passed BY
Congress, he added in an Appendix. Formerly
received subscriptions for the Congressional Glob,
and Appendix separately. But this has not bee,
found satisfactory, iUasmurh as It gave an incom
plete view OF the transactions in Congress; ant
therefore ] have concluded not to sell them apart
considering that neighbors eau have the advantag,
of both by clubbing in case individuals shall 6nt
il too onerous to be at the charge Of both. A3t
To facilitate the circulation Of the Congression
al Globe and cheaper it to subscribers, Congres
passed last year a joint resolution making it ire
of postage. annex it, as the law may not be ac
lcessible to postmasters generally:
Joint ReSoluiiOn providing TOT the distFtOut0n q
the Laws of Congress and the debates thereon.
With a view to the cheap circulation of the law
of Congress and the debates contributing TO IN
true Interpretation thereof, and TO make free III
communication between the representative an
constituent bodies:
Be 1t resoioed by The Senate and House Of Req
resentatipes Of the United States of america !
Congress. assembled. That from and after the pres
ent session of Congress, the Congressional Glob
and Appendix. which contains the laws and III
debates thereon, shall pass free through the mail
so long as the same shall be published by order q
Congress: Provided, That nothing berein sha
be construed to authorize the circulation of til
Daily Globe free Of postage.
Approved, August 6. 1852.
As I sell the DAILY GLOBE at half the pric
of similar publications, so the CONGRESSIONAL
GLnpE aud APPENDIX is sold for half the cost q
so much composition. ptess-work, and paper
This I can afford to do. inasmuch as the isubscrip
ton Of Congress almost covers the cost of compo
sition, and this enables me 20 sell for little NOR
than the cost of press-work and paper. 1t re
!, quires the sale of about 5000 copies to reimburs
expenses. II 500 only were sold, the cost Of eac
} copy would be about Sl0l! The debates IN tn
English Parliament cost about eleuen times a
much as I charge subscribers for the debates j
Congress, equal in quantity, and a. we'll reporte
and printed.
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