The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-23
THE DAILY GLOBE
AND
THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.

DAlb1 oLODE
AND
THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.
In SURF endering my interest in the organ of
great political party. l cherished the purpose o
continuing the Congressional Globe. aud, if pos
sible, in time, to perfect it into a full history oil
the action of Congress, giving the debates accu.
rately and fully with the proceedings-all stamp
ed with the verify of an official record. From
the 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 a regular newspapers; and it is certain that the
avidity of the public for news of the less iinpor.
tant kind greatly contributes TO give wings to the
w~eigh,ier matter which may be called Congress.
sional news.
Having succeeded in my purpose Of periecting
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 ou.strip full and accu-
rate intelligence seat from the seat ut Government
in any other form whatever. 1t will even antici-
pate the scraps o. 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, (tot 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 VIII be effected l now lay be-
lore tie public.
will have a corps of sixteen Reporters in Con
4 PTcSS :, edCf1 III succession VIII thhe uOtcS uutlhg
five minutes, then retire. prepare them for the
Press, put them slip by slip in the hands Of com
| Positors, aud thus, while a debate is going on il
Congress, it viii be put in type, and in a fe W min
utes after il, is ended 1t will be in print. l shall
by this means be enabled TO send by the Express
Mail of 5 O'Clock p. m for the East, West, and
North, aud by that of 9 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 viii! reach the cities two
I l-l.z - ET,- -, f~..n H. r,..l ~
their dairy morning papers are In eli culation.
The miscellaneous news | shall be careful to
gather from remote sections Of the country by
telegraph. | will obtain from the Executive De-
partments. through official sources. the matters
Of 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 and mailed in the Express Mail trains. In
this way l hope to create a new era IN the dis
semina,ion OF news from Washington. Hitherto
no newspaper has attempted to give authentic ac-
counts of things done at Washington before the
public mind at a distance had received Its first
impressions from irresponsible te!egraphic dis
patches, or by letter writers biased by peculiar
views
Washing, o., has now become so great a Get
of political interest during all the year-the pro
~ceedngs Of the Executive Departments aud the
Information collected by them even during there
cess of Congress is of So much importance TO the
/ tAiC a ~ Z Nt'o VI ~ " tft W q
shall continue the publication al the daily paper
permanently, with a view to become the vehicle
of the earliest aud 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 | hope 10 extend its circulation SOFAS TO
invite advertisements | will publish advertise
ments of the Government To subscrin ers in the
cities I hope to submit such tefms,as will induce
them 10 advertise their business IN every village
thro ughout the Union, where the Globe is sent
| 4 a.. -1 l.. H. ,-,l - s. ~o,.t, ~ o.-.-
all of whom take it, and saIne of them a large
number of copies.
The installation of a new Administration and q
new Congress po,tend$ much ct,ange in the coarse
of public affairs as the result of the next session
Many vast interests which were brought up III the
last Congress were laid over by the Democratic
majority to wait the action of a Democratic Elk
ecu,ive. The rev modelling of the taFif; the new
land system; the question of giving homesteads.
and making every man a freehoIder who may
choose to become one; the approximation of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a matte nal railroad
across the territory Of the Union; reform in the
Army, Navy, and civil offices--all these great
questions, with a thousand minor ones, deeply ar.
teciing mni,itudes of men and every State in the
Union, will, now being matured by public opin-
ion, come up for tbs 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 DC introduced by the interpositinn OF the agita.
lions OF Europe. Alter nearly forty years 0fpeace
in Europe there is an evident resilessness 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 ats vortex. Ia.
deed, f,om late events it is apparent that our Gov.
eminent IS 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 vii! be printed on fine pa
per, double royal size, with small type, (breeiel
aud nonpareil) at five dollars a year.
The CONGRESSIONAL globe will also be print
ed OH a double royal sheet. in book form, roya
quarto size. each number containing sixteen pages
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE proper W i'll be made
up of the proceeding of Congress and the run
ning debates as gwen by the Reporters. The
speeches which members may choose to write out
themselves will, together with the messages Of the
President Of the United States. the reports of the
Executive Departments. aud the laws passed by
Congress, be added in an Appendix. Formerly
received subscriptions for the Congressional! Globe
and Appendix separately. But this has not beer
found satisfactory. irasmuch as 1t gave an incom'
plete view of the transactions in Congress-; am
therefore | have concluded not to sell them apart
considering that neighbors can have the advantage
of both by clubbing in case individuals shall fnt
it too onerous to be at the charge of both,
To facilitate the circulation of the Congression
al Globe and cheaper it to subscribers. Congress
passed last year a joint resolution making it fret
Of postage. l annex it, as the law may not be &C
cessible to postmasters generally:
{ Joint Resolution providing for the distribution o
the Laws of Congress and the debates thereon.
With a view to the cheap circulation of the Jaw
of Congress and the debates contributing to tn
true Interpretation thereof, and 10 make free tn
communication between the representative an,
constituent bodies:
Be it resolued by The Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of The United States Of .Ameriea i
: Congress assembled, That from and after the pres
!, ent session of Congress, the Congressional Giob
and Appendix. which contains the laws and th
debates thereon, shall pass free through the mail
so long as the same shall be published by order q
II Congress: Provided, That nothing herein sha
h be construed to authorize the circulation Of tn
Daily Globe free of postage.
Approved. August 6. 1852.
As I sell the DAILY GLOBE at half the pric
OF similar publications, SO the CoNGREssloNA
GLOBE and APPENDIX is sold for half the cost G
. $500