Daily national Republican., 1863-12-01
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1HE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,

proprietors of the DAILY and WEEKLY NATIONAL
RvpuBlIcAS, to m AXE the latter more thorough
and 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 as apologizing, in any
manner. for the past conduct Of the wEKKLr
REPrBLIokF. II has been worth all that we
have charged for Il. Prosperity in the world
for which We sre partly indebted, and exceed
iugly thankful, to our numerous patrons, war,
rants us in promising TO make still better
raper of the WEEKLY REPublicAS In the future
NJ he same price, than 1t has been in the past
In making this announcement we do not In
tend TO enter into an extended detail statement
ot ill the improvements we shsll make, but, in
4 general way, to indicate what we propose
doing, assuring the public that we shall use
our utmost endeavors to perform faithfully all
hat we promise.
The facilities afforded us to produce tho
rough national newspaper arc greater than are
enIoyed by the publishers Of any other journal
in lie country, for the following reasons:
lst. The REPuBLlcAS is published at WASH
tncton City, the seat Of the National Govern.
ngpt.
"a. TIE PRxsIpEST OF THE UNITED STATES
icing authorized by an act of Congress to select
one papsr as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutlve Departments ofthe Government, we take
pleasure in stating that he has done us the
honor 10 select the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, under
the law of Congress referred to.
3d. The Congress andth Supreme Court and
thr Court of claims Of the United States, sever
ally sit here during each year, and we employ
CORPS OF able REPoRTERs, whose duty II Is
TO furnish the daily records OF those high tr-
buua,.
,th. Washington being the Headquarters for
oil the operations OF the Army and Navy OF
toe United States, by virtue Of the relations ex-
!sting between tho Government and the Ma
TIuxAL REPUBLICAN, referred to above, nothing
that is proper to publish, Of Mihtary and Naval
operations, can or shall escape our notice.
9TH. our Foreign Relations" now mere
~ por ant than ever, will be the subject of our
constant and paternal care.
C;h. The Finances OF the Government, which
always affords an ample field for the journalist,
;n0ll meet with the most careful atteption Oi
The undersigned. Some of the abest writers
!u the United States are frequently employed to
tscuss the subject in the REPUBLICAN.
1th. Our Postal arrangements, so important
u tie people of every community, be 1t large
o. small. especially TO those who can read and
rite, ore duly noted in the several changes to
"hieh they are subject during the year.
sth. The great interests represented by the
several bureaus OF the Interior Department
VIII not be overlooked in the WEEKLY REPCB
LlcAN. Especially shall We keep our Agricul-
,Gral readers, throughout the country, posted
gF concerning everything OF public interest in
the Agricultural Bureau.
oh. The Patent Office, being within five
minutes walk of our office of publication. Il
will be an easy matter, as II will be a pleasure
for us 10 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 adv antages of its
Bureaus Of Art aud Science to enrich our col
nmns for the instruction of our readers.
llth. Washington being the central city oi
the Mon, the learned and influential men
every class in society congregate here military
naval, and civil officers Of the General and
State, and territorial soyernmenis-represen
tives Of every branch of business taxed by tn,
Internal Revenue eLaws-deputations of citizen.
tor purposes of State, and politicians and theo
logians of every stripe, who come in Hooks
come for office some for business, and some
Tor pleasure. Each and all OF these 'rnert
and goers increase our labors, and contribute
10 enhance the value OF the columns oil the RI
PUBLICAN In some manner.
t2th. The official. civil, and unciyil repre-
scnlatiyes of every foreign nation ON the earth
are found here, and cannot act or move unhcr'
aided by our active attaches.
Above in general form, We have given
'rFp. reasons WHY tuc NATlpNAL hbfl bLlSAN,
putlishcd in the City Of Washington, Possesses
greater facilities for obtaining oil the import.
ant news Of the day. OF every description, than
an, other Journal in the United States. The
highest evidence OF this, which relieves - from
,hr charge of egotism, Is the fact witnessed all
over the nation daily (hy those who care to oil
.ervc iIJ that the leading, widest Circuai cd
and most influential Journals In the United
States gather the most important Departmental
nrwe. especially of our military and nava
operations, official and otherwise from th,
columns of the NATIONAL KrPrBLICAN. Til,
.s true in fact of the well known fact thai
iuany Of the proprietors of those Journals pay
rncrmous sums of money yearly TO "Asso
yn;cd Press" and especial Correspondents, ~
80 called, to furnish them with the current
r,ws OF tue day. We regret 10 say, In this
eUnnectun, that those correspondents do not
llways inform their employers that they are
Hot the authors of many of the most important
dispatches they send over the wires at an ey'
Trnsc Of four cents pr rord, BY crediting them
10 the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they in JUS
nee should do. We especially think they
should credit us when they encroach 80 far At
to telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
Ncir otrn compositions. However, We beg par
ior for this complaining depression, aud will
10, deny that We observe, In all this unfair
ness, u compliment TO our Industry on the Parl
Of these plagiarists.
FO.iLically the REPUBLICAs will support as
earnestly as possible the civil and military
policy Of the present Administration, while
hut policy is for FREEDOM In its broadest and
highest sense, aud against SIdv ~. Whea he
present, or any other adm n'Stration, pursues a
different course on the question Of human siarery,
~ hall oppose With our Nigh aud main, God
klpmg US, PATRONAGE OR no PATRONAGE.
he domestic and personal newe Of tho day
will always receive prompt and careful atten-
tlOn.
Inc Literary Department Of the REPUBLICAN
will be supplied with choice, selected and orl
s.nal prose and poetry, from the ablest writers
- this country and In Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, to enter
the columns of the REPUBLICAN that will offend
t!s susceptibiiIties of tho most refined.
IN Uriei, we purpose making the REPUBLICAN
FAMILY Newspaper of the highest and most
complete order.
ltis but proper and just to our readers to say
'Aat the Publishers, Editors, and entire corps
OF Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL Re.
PUBLICAN are thorough, practical newspaper
men IN the broadest sonee of the term. The
;rp.ipal Editor, and his chief Assistant, have
9TH Lcen engaged for more than twenty years
l"o are both young men yet as Journalists
y. u The leading presses OF the country, occu-
Ing at times the most arduous and RESPONSE
&C Positions This may seem like "blowing
1-T own trumpet" 30 II is. But, good reader,
sc have night to blow II, for we have earned
,Lut right besides, you are entitled to know
whether he REPJ la TDnIuctpd hy nvpn