Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-11-20
THE GLOBE
THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CONGRESS, |
AND NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CONGRESS,
AND NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
il will be seen by the annexed extract from a
letter of General Washington to David Stewart,
dated New York, 18th March, $780, that the idea
OF such paper as | propose to make the Globe
originated in the mind ofthe Father of his Country
| He said:
at to be iamsnted that the editors Of the different
Gazees In the Union do not generally and
recty dnsead Of stung their papers with scurrty and
nonsenscal defamation which few would read they
appraised Of the content publish the debates Congress
all great national questions The principles upon which
ssn os % as S q the
data for its judgment" -parkss Writings Of Washington
| DOL. 10, p. 81.
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, if posi-
BILE, in time TO perfect il into full history Of the
action of Congress, giving the debates accurately
| and fully with the proceedngs-all stamped with
the verify of an official record. From this passage
| in the letter of General Washington, which have
quoted, it will be perceived that he thought this
/ Office might be combined with that of regular
! newspaper and ii is certain that the avdity of the
public for news of the less important kind greatly
contributes TO give wing to the weightier matter
| which may be called Congressional news.
/ Having succeeded in my purpose OF perfectlng
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-
/ rate intelligence sent from the seat of Government
| in any other form whatever II will even antici
pate the scraps Of news forwarded to cities within
i two hundred and fifty miles of Washington by tele-
4 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
j Express Mail of the previous night. The process
by which this will be effected / now lay before the
| public.
will have a corps 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
positors, and thus, while debate is going in
Congress, il will be put in type, and in 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. m. 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 in circulation.
The miscellaneous news shall be careful to
gather from remote sections ofthe 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 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-
ton of news from Washington. Hitherto no news
paper has attempted to give authentic accounts of
things done at Washington before the public mind
at distance had received its first Impressions
form irresponsible telegraphic dispatches, or by
letter-writers biased by peculiar views.
u Washington has now become SO great a centre
of political interest during all the year--the 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
permanently, with a view to become the vehicle
of the earliest and most correct intelligence.
1t is part of my plan to reduce the price Of the
daily paper to half that oFsmar 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
hope to submit such terms as will induce them to
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 il, 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 ola Democratic Ex-
ecutive. The new modelling of the tariff; the new
land system; the question of giving homesteads,
and making every man freehoder who NAV
choose to become one the approximation Of the
i Atlantic and Pacific oceans by national railroad
across the territory of the Union; reform in the
Army, Navy, and civil ofces-all these great ques-
TONS with thousand minor ones, deeply affecting
multitudes Of men and every State in the Union,
will, now being matured by public opinion come
up for the Governments decision. These new
issues, cooperating with old ones, coming up TO be
disposed OF by sew actors on the scenes at Wash
ington will be apt to modify greatly, if not alter
essentially the party organizations of the country.
To these elements Of interest another is likely
to be introduced by the interposton of the agita-
tons OF Europe. After nearly forty years of peace
in Europe there is an evident restlessness that
now seems fraught 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. Indeed
from late events il is apparent that government
is already drawn into European difficulties. These
circumstances are calculated to draw the public
mind towards the next Congress with much ex-
i pectation.
i The DAILY GLOBE will be printed on fine paper
double royal size, with small type, (brevier and
nonpareD at five dollars a year.
i 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
i 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 it gave
an incomplete view of the transactions in Con-
gress; and therefore have concluded not to sell
them apart, considerngthat neighbors can have the
advantage of both by clubbing, in case individuals
shall find it too onerous to be at the charge ofboh
! To facilitate the circulation Of the Congress-
iona Globe, and cheaper II TO 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:
Jo,rt a.ofrtcx r~,v,dx. a.. l..
| Of Congress and the Debates thereon
Wha view to the cheap circulation Of the laws Of
and the debates contributing the interprea
ton thereof and to make free the between
the representative and constituent bodies:
BE resoired by e Senate and House If Rep7esentdres
IF tie United States Of America In Cgress assembled
from and after the present session Of Congress-