Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-11-30

ton, TO ill up the outline which the
meager records of his times have left us
But it is singular how much of Lord
Chatham. who fourished within the
memory of the present generation, still
rests upon vague tradition. As a states
man. indeed. he is known to us by the
events which history has recorded to
have happened under his administration.
Yet even o! his share in bringing these
about. little has been preserved in detail.
So. fragments of his speeches have been
handed down to us. but these bear SO
very small proportion to the prodig g'ous
fame which his eloquence has LETT behind
! it, that far more is mamifestly lost than
has reached us; while Of his written COM
positions bat few letters have hitherto
/ been given to the world.
Tie imperfect state OF parliamentary
reporting is the great cause of this blank.
What SomerS and Chatham have lost
in fame by the oblivion Of all the mas
terly efforts of their minds which, WELD
ing the power Of Parliament. conducted
the march of the Government during their
connection with il, the history of the
nation hes also lost for want Of the vigor
and verify, the clearnesS, the freshness
and beauty with which its events ard
their causes might have beea preserved
III the luminous eloquence Of its orators
The great men who conducted cur Rev
olutionary struggle in the Continental
Congress have left no history behind
them of the views ani events which had
their birth in the ir debates, except in
the meager. formula of journal. The
lervid feeling of the hour, the impelling
circumstances, the argum mt, the eager
controversy which set the subject IN ey.
cry variety of light passed away with
the breath that gave them utteranCe; and
men who were not surpassed, In the
opinion OF Lord Chatham, by "the master
statesmen of the world" have bequeath
ed to posterity nothing of the eloquence
which guided our National Councils bat
"the shadow Of name" Recent publ-
cations show how graphic history becomes
when the actors in it speak for them
selves, and events they emerge stamp
themselves on its page. Congress has
now taken care that this sort of genuine
history shall fall from the press. full and
perfect. day by day; and thus every
public man will make his own history,
and blend it imperishably with that of
his country.
The Congressional Globe and Appen-
dix is SO voluminous that it can only be
read By our busy countryman partially
during It's progress Some are Interested
in one measure, some in another. Differ
ent sections look for the most part 10 the
action of their several representatives.
the concerns Of one frequently posses
sing no interest for the rest-and amidst
the mass it is difficult for each section,
or individual, to get at the special mat
ter most interesting to them. TO obvi
ate this. and enable all to get at glance
general view Of the entire proceedings
OF Congress. and TO fix their attention on
what suits their particular views, will
! publish in future. in addition to The Dali
ly Globe and the Congressional Globe ana
Appendix, TUEsDAY's. CoNGREssIoNA
GLOBE, containing brief of each day
debate on every important subject dis
cussed during the preceding week, ar
ranging the names of the speakers pro and
con. and presenting the points discussed
and leading arguments on each side.
somewhat in the mode III which forensic
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send gratuitously to every subscriber TO
the Congressional Globe and Appendix;
and TO those who may consider this sum-
mary sufficient without them, the sub
scription price for this weekly will be
two dollars per annum.
The brief synopsis OF de bates will fill
but small part of the contents of this
large weekly sheet. 1t will contain ev-
cry important item Of foreign and domes-
tic news which can be cleaned from the
daily print during the week, together
with that which may be brought by tele
graph before going TO press. 1t will con
tain, besides, the interesting miscellany
which is given in the Daily Globe. and
he Washington gossip of the letter wri-
ters, extracted from the different newspa
pers which employ them. whenever they
shall be esteemed of such import as TO
interest the readers Of the Globe. and bear
such probability on their face as TO war
rant their insertion.
As this weekly paper will be sent to
all the subscribers for the Congressional
Globe and Appendix. it will certainly
have a more general circulation than any
other newspaper in the United States.
and will, the re fore, invite advertise ementS
from every section of the Union, espe-
cially the wholesale merchants in the
great cities. which will give il additional
interest with business men everywhere.
The Daily Globe will be printed on a
double royal sheet. twice a day during
The sessions of Congress-at eleven
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and once day at five o'clock. p. m:
during the recesses. at five dollars a year
for either the morning or evening edition.
The evening edition is the one most
suitable for subscribers who live out OF
this city, as it viii. contain. besides The
full proceedings of Congress of the day
before published in the morning edition,
a full synopsis of those of The day. to-
gether with the news by telegraph, and
| from other sources, up to the hour tha:
it is put TO press. 1t will contain, also,
all laws and joint resolution passed by