The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-02
THE DAILY GLOBE
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.

the passage in the letter of General Washington
which l have quoted, it will be perceived that h
I, thought this office might be combined iwith ths
of a regular newspapers; and il is certain that tn
avidity of the public for news of the less impor
tant kind greatly contributes to give wings to III
/, ~weightier matter which may be called Congre:
sional news.
Having succeeded in my purpose of ~perfectin
the reports of the debates in Congress and givin
them the official stamp, | now propose to sen
them abroad, in connection with the news of tn
day, in such haste as shall outstrip full and accu
rate intelligence sent from the seat of Governmer
in any other form whatever. II will even antici
pate the scraps of news forwarded to cities with
two hundred and fifty miles of Washington b
telegraph. Before the events thus ar
published in the morning papers, (for instance, Q
he city of New York The Globe containing then
will have reached the post office of that city b.
the Express Mail of the previous night. The pro
cess by which this will be effected | now lay be
fore the public.
will have a corps Of sixteen Reporters in Con
gress; each in succession will take notes durin.
five minutes, then retire, prepare them for tn,
Press, put them slip by slip in the hands of com
positors, and thus, while a debate is going on il
Congress, it will be put in type, and in a few mia
utes after it is ended It will be in print. / shal
by this means be enabled TO send by the EXPIRES:
Mail OF 5 O'Clock p. m. for the East. West, and
North. and by that of O'Clock p. m. for thu
South, all the proceedings of Congress up 10 thu
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 l shall be careful to
gather from remote sections Of the country by
telegraph. / will obtain from the Executive De.
partments, through oflicia! sources. the matters
ofmoment transacted in them, and. through agents
employed for the purpose, all the city news Of
consequence in sufficient time to he put into the
| Cloha anJ MAILED in tho FSpras- NJ Ill rain, T.,
this way l hope to create a new era in the dis.
semination OF news from Washington. Hitherto
no newspaper has attempte TO give authentic &C.
counts Of things done at Washington before the
public mind at a distance had received lis. frst
impressions from irresponsible Geographic dis
patches, or by letter writer's biased by peculiar
views
Washington has now become so great a center
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 coantry--that !
shall continue the publication of the daily paper
permanently, with a view to become the vehicle
of the earliest and most correct intel iyence.
1t is part of my plan TO reduce the price of the
daily paper to half that of similar daily papers:
and thus | hope TO extend its circulation so as TO
invite advertisements 1 will publish advertise
ments of the Government To subscribers in the
cities | 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 a large
number of copies.
The installation of a new Administration and.s
new Congress portend< 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 Democratic Ex
ecutive. Tine new modelling of the tariff; the new
land system; the question of giving homesteads.
and making every man a freehoIder who NAV
choose to become one; the approximation of the
Atlantic aud Pacific oceans by a national railroad
across the territory of the Union; reform in the
Army, Navy, and civil ofices--all these great
questions, with a thousand minor ones. deeply af-
fecting multitudes Of men aud 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, if not alter essentially, the party organizations
Of the cnuntry.
To these elements of interest another is likely
to be introduced by the interposition OF the agita.
tons OF Europe. After nearly forty years of peace
in Europe there is an evident restlessness tina,
now seems franght with tendencies threatening
war; and it 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
eminent is already drawn into European Difficult
ties. These circumstances are calculated to- draw
the public mind towards the next Congress will
much expectation.
The DAILY GLOBE will be printed on fine pa
per. double royal size, with small type, (brevier
and nonpareil,) at five dollars a year.
The CONGRESSIONAL globe will also be print.
ed on a double royal sheet, in book form, ROYAL
quarto size, each number containing sixteen pages.
The CoNGREssIoNALGL GLOBE proper will be made
up of the proceedings 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 pf the United States, the reports of the
Executive Departments. and the laws passed by
Congress, be added in an Appendix. Formerly /
received subscriptions for the Congressional Globe
anh Appendix separately. But this has not been
tound satisfactory, iEasmuch as II gave an incom-
piete view of the transactions in Congress-; and
therefore | have concluded not to sell them apart,
considering that neighbors can have the advantage
of both by clubbing in case individuals shall find
it too onerous to be at the charge Of both,
To facilitate the circulation of the COMPRESSION.
al Globe and cheaper il to subscribers, Congress
passed last year a joint resolution making it free
of postage. | annex it, as the law may not be ac-
cessible TO ~postmasters generally:
Joint Resolution providing for the distribution oil
the Laws of Congress and the debates thereon.
With a view 10 Inc cheap circulation OF the Jaws
of Congress and The debates contributing to the
true Interpretation thereof, and 10 make free the
communication between the representative and
constituent bodies:
Be 1t resoloed By he Senate and House of Rep.
resentafiues Of the United STATES of .fmerica in
Congress assembled, That from and after the pres,
ent session of Congress, the Congressional Globe
and Appendix. which contains the laws and the
debates thereon, shall pass free through the mails
so long as the same shall be published by order of
Congress: Provided, That nothing herein shall
be construed to authorize the circulation of the
Daily Globe free OF postage.
Approved, August 6, 1852
As / sell the DAILY GLOBE at half the price
of similar publications, so the Con- E
GLOBE and APPENDIX is sold for half the cost of
so much composition, press-work, and paper
This / can afford to do, inasmuch as the subscrip.
ton of Congress almost covers the cost of compo.
sition, and this enables me 20 sell for little more
than the cost of press-work and paper. It re-
quires the sale of about 5000 copies to reimburse
expenses. II 500 only were sold. the cost of each
copy would be about $l04!! The debates in the
English Parliament cost about eleuen times as
much as / charge subscribers for the debates in /
equal in quantity, aud as well reported
and printed.
The next session of Congress will be a long one:
and it is believed the Congressional Globe for IL
will reach 1000 royal quarto pages, as the last