Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-14
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THg WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

RrpunIicAN TO make the latter Q oretnorouRh
ana Reliable newspaper for Families and Clubs
throughout the country, than II has been here
tofore In making this statement we do not
wish to be understood IS apologizing, In any
manner, for the past conduct Of the WsHKLr
REPUBLICAN. II has been worth all that We
have charged for 1t. Prosperity In the world,
for which we are partly indebted, and exceed
,pRly thankful, to our numerous patrons, war
rsu,s no In promising 10 make still better
paper Of tho WEEKLY REPUBLICAN in the future,
at he savns price, than It has been In the past.
In making this announcement We do not In
tend to enter Into an extended detail statement
Of all the improvements We shall make, but, In
q general way, 70 indicate what We propose
doing, assuring the public that We shall use
our utmost endeavors TO perform faithfully all
that We promise.
Tho fscilltIcs afforded us TO produce tho
rough national newspaper are greater than are
enIoyed by the publishers Of any other journal
In the country, for the following reasons,
lst. The REPUBLICAN 10 published at WASH
ington City, the sost Of the Nstional Govern
I'd. tn, President or THE Uxrr,p STATES
being authorized by an act Of Congress to select
ons paper as the oficil medium Of all the Ere
cutiye Departments Of the Government, we take
pleasure In stating that he has done us the
honor 10 select the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN under
the law Of Congress referred 70. .'p.
Sd. The Congress and the Supreme Court and
the Court Of claims Of the United States, sever
Ally cit here during each year, and We employ
Q corps of able RKPoRrsRs, whose duty It u
TO furnish the daily records Of those high tri-
bunals.
lth. Washington being the Headquarters for
Ill he nj n nf
the United States, by virtue Of the relations az
listing between tho Government and the Ma
TIoNAL REPUBLICAN, referred to above, nothing
that Is proper 10 publish, Of Military and Naval
operations, can or shall escape our notice.
9Th. Our "Foreigu Relations" now mere
Important than ever, will be the subject of our
constant and paternal care.
9Th. The Finances of the Government, which
always affords an ample field for the journalist,
shall meet with the most careful attention OF
the undersigned. Some Of the ablest writers
in the United States are frequently employed to
discuss the subject In the REPUBLICAN.
9TH. Our Postal arrangements, SO important
TO the people OF every community, be 1t large
or small, especially to those who can read and
write, are duly noted in the several changes to
which they are subject during the year.
9Th. The great interests represented by the
several bureaus of the Interior Department
will, not be overlooked In the WERKLI RlPuB.
LIcAS. Especially shall We keep our Agricul-
tural readers, throughout the, Country, posted
up concerning everything OF public interest In
the Agricultural Bureau.
9th. The Patent Office, being within I've
minutes walk Of our Office of publication. 1t
will be an easy matter, as It will be pleasure
for us to keep the Inventor and Artizan advised
of all improvements.
10th. The Smithsonian Institute, established
in Washington, having already become one of
the highest scientific institutions in the nation,
we shall avail ourselves OF the advantages ofits
Bureaus Of Art and Science to enrich our COL
umns for the instruction Of our readers.
18th. Washington being the central city OF
the Union, the learned and influential men
every class In society congregate here military
naval, and civil officers Of the General and
State, and territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tives of every branch Of business taxed by the
Internal Revenue Laws-deputations of citizens
for purposes Of State, and politicians and theo-
logians of every stripe, who come in focks,
some for office, some for business, and some
for pleasure. Each and all of these corners
and goers increase our labors, and contribute
TO enhance the value Of the columns Of the Re-
PUBLICAN in some manner.
18th. The Official, civil, and uncivil repre-
sentatives Of every foreign nation on the earth,
are found here, and cannot act or move unher-
aided by our active attaches.
Above, in q general form, we have given
t,oelpe reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
published in the City of Washington, possesses
greater facilities for obtaining all the import
ant news Of the day, Of every description, than
any other Journal in the United States. The
highest evideIce Of this, which relieves Us from
the charge Of sgotism, is the fact witnessed all
over the nation daily (by those who care to OBJ
serve III that the leading, widest circulated,
and most influential journals in the United
States gather the most important Departmental
news, especially OF our military and naval
operations, official and otherwise, from the
columns of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. This
10 true in face OF the well known fact that
many of the proprietors Of those journals pay
enormous sums OF money yearly to "Asso.
ciated Press" and Especial Correspondents, -
90 called, to furnish them with the current
news of the day. We regret to say, in this
connection, that those correspondents do not
always inform their employers that they are
not the authors of many Of the most important
dispatches they send over the wires at an ex.
pense of four cents pr vord, by crediting them
10 the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they In JUS
tice should do. We especially think they
should credit us when they encroach so far al
TO telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
their otc, compositions. However, we beg par,
don for this complaining depression, and will
not deny that we observe, In all this unfair.
ness, a compliment to our industry on the part
of these plagiarsts.
Politically the REPUBLICAN will support as
earnestly as possible the civil and military
policy of the present Administration, while
that policy is for FREEDoM in its brosdest and
highest sense, and agai,sst SLdy nv. When TIE
present, or any Other Standardization, pnrnes a
different course the question Of human slavery,
~ Isau oppose il NTH our Nigh. and main, God
hflping Us, PATRONAGE Oh NO PATRONAGE.
The domestic and personal news of the day
will always receive prompt and careful atten.
ton.
The Literary Department of the REPUBLICAN
will be supplied with choice, selected and ORR
ginal prose and poetry, from the ablest writers
IN this country and In Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, to enter
the columns Of the REPUBLICAN that will offend
the suscsptibilities of the most refined.
In brief, we purpose making the REPUBLICAN
sFANlLY Newspaper Of the highest and most
complete order.
1t 10 but proper and inst to our readers to say
that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corps
Of Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL RE.
PUBLICAN are thorough, practical newspaper
men In the broadest sonse of the term. The
principal Editor, and his chief Assistant, have
both been engaged Tor more than twenty years
1--WE are both young men yety as Journalists
upon the leading presses of the country, occu-
plying AT times lhe most arduous and response
BILE positions. This NAV seem like "blowinp