The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-12-29
JOURNALS.
THE GLOBE.

THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CON-
n 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, 17th March,
$780, that the idea of such a paper as 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 stufing
their papers with scurrility and nonsensical de-
clamation, which few would read if they were
appraised of the contents) publish the debates
in Congress on all great national questions
The principle upon which the difference of O.
pinions arises, as we'll as the decisions, would
then come fully before the public, and afford
the best data for its judgement. Spark S wri-
tings of Washington, VOL 10. p. 81. .
The DAILY GLOBE AND THE CONGRESSIONAL
GLoBE.-In surrending my interest in the or
gan of a great political party, cherished the
purpose of continuing the Congressional Globe,
and 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-an stamped with the verify Of an official
record. From the passage in the letter of Gen
eral Washington, w which have quoted, it will be
perceived that he thought this office might be
combined with that of regular newspaper
and it is certain that the ayidity 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 in Congress and
giving the official stamp, I 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 in any other form whatever. 1t will
even anticipate the scraps of news forwarded
70 hivx fxuo rod 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 process by which this
will be effected now lay before the public.
/ will have corps of 16 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 the
compositors, and thus, while debate is going
on in Congress, it will be put in type, and in
few minutes after it is ended it will be in print
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. 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 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
ters 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-writers
biased by peculiar views.
Washington has now become SO great a cen
r-rsfr r,alifical irfarast during 10 he