Daily national Republican., 1863-12-12
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TuE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

and reliable pewspspsr for Families and Clubs
throughout the country, than II has been here
tofore. In making thls statement We do not
wish to bs understood - apoiogiziug, in any
manner, for the past conduct Of the wExxLr
REPuSLIcAN. II has been worth all that We
have charged for II. Prosperity In the world,
for which we are partly indebted, and exceed.
ineiy thankful, to our numerous patrons, war
rants rs in promising TO make stirl botter
parer Of the wrExLY REPUBLICAN In the future,
at ne sans prtas, than II has bean In the past.
In making this announcement We do not In
tend 20 enter into an sxtsnded detail statement
Of all the improvements We shall make, but, In
q general way, TO Indicate what We propose
doing, assuring the public that We shall use
our utmost epdeavors 70 perform faithfully all
that we promise.
The facilities afforded US to produce tho
rough national newspaper are greater than are
in the country, for the following reasons;
lst The REPUBLICAN 10 published at Wash
ington City, the seat of the National Govern
ment.
Cd. TIE President OF THE UNITED STATES
being authorized by an act Of Congress to select
one paper as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutive Departments OF the Government, we take
pleasure In stating that he has done us the
honorto select the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN under
the law Of Congress referred to.
Sd. The Congress and the Supreme Court and
the Court OF claims Of the United States, sever
ally sit here during each year, and We employ
a corps of able RRPoRrBHs, whose duty Il h
TO furnish the daily records Of those high tri-
buuals.
An. Washington being the Headquarters for
nil the operations OF the Army and Navy of
the United States, by virtue of the relations eX-
lsting between the Government and the Ma
TIOSAL REPUBLICAN, referred to above, nothing
that is proper to publish, Of Military and Naval
operations, can or shall escape our notice.
9TH. Our "Foreign Relations" now more
Important than ever, will be the subject of our
constant and paterral 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 tue United states are frequently employed TO
discuss the subject in the REPUBLICAN:
1ih. Our Postal arrangements, so important
TO the people Of every community, be it 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.
sth. The great interests represented by the
several bureaus of the Interior Department
will not be overlooked in the WEEKLY REPrB
LICAS. Especially shall we keep our Agricul-
tural readrr., throughout the country, posted
up concerning eycrything OF public interest In
the Agricultural Bureau.
OH. The Patent Office, being within i've
minutes walk Of our oflce Of publication, It
will he an easy matter, as 1t will be q pleasure
for US to keep the Inventor and ArtiLan advised
of all improvements.
l0th. 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 OF It's
Bureaus Of Art aud Science to enrich our col.
umns for the instruction Of our readers.
hat- ~
the Union, the learned aud influential men
every class in society congrcgate here military
naval, and civil officers of the General and
State, and territorial governments-represent
tives of every branch of business taxed by the
Internal Revenue Laws-1cputation of citizens
for purposes of State, and politicians and theo.
logians OF every stripe, who come In focks,
soms for olEce, some for business, and some
for pleasure. Each and all of these c mers
and goers increase our labors. and contribute
10 enhance the value of the columns Of the Re.
PUBLICAN In some manner.
18th. The Official, civil, and uncivil repre-.
sentatires OF every foreign nation on the earth,
are found here, and cannot act or move unher.
aided by our active attaches.
Above, in a general form, we have given
ttot ve reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
published in the City Of Washington. possesses
greater facilities for obtaining all the import.
ant news Of the Iay, OF every description, than
any other jour .Al in the United States. The
highest evideIc cs OF this, which relieves US from
the charge Of ogotism, 10 the fact witnessed all
over the nation daily (by those who care to oh
serve III tat the leading, widest circulated
and most influential journals In the United
States gather the most important Departments
news, especially Of our military and nava
operations, Official and otherwise, from tn,
columns OF the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. This
is true in fac. OF the well known fact thai
many of the proprietors Of those journals pay
enormous sums OF money yearly to "Asso
cta;ed rress' and Especial Correspondents, ,
20 called, to furnish them with the current
news OF the day. We regret to say, in thl,
connection, that those correspondents do mo-
always inform their employers that they ar,
not the authors Of many Of the most Important
dispatches they send over the wires at an eI
perse Of four ee'a' rord, BY eredlting them
10 The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they In Jus
tice should do. We especially think the,
should credit us when they encroach so far al
TO telegraph our sdaoriais, bodily, as beinx
Aeir oan compositions. However, we beg par
don Tor this complaining digression. and will
not deny tLat We observe, in all this IN fair
meas, compliment to our industry on the part
oil these plagiarists.
Politically the REPUBLICAN will support "A
earnestly as possible the civil and military
policy OF the present Admi inistration, while
that policy is for FKEEDoM In Its broadest and
hteheo: sense, and against Slap ~. When he
present, any other adm n,stration, purs1les a
different course on the question Of human slaperv,
Vs hdH oppose il nth our Nigh and main, God
hs.Ding HS, PATRONAGE OR no PATRONAGE.
The domestic and personal news of the day
will always receive prompt and careful atten-
tion.
The Literary Department Of the RKpuarIc.s
will bs supplied with choice, selected and ori-
ginsl prose and poetry, from the ablest writer's
IL this country and In Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, to enter
the columns of the RePuBLIcAN that will offend
the suscgptb!lities of the most refined.
lu briei, we purpose making the REPUBLICAN
aFAMlLY Newspaper Of the highest and most
complete order.
1t 10 but proper and Just to our readers to saw
that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corps
OF Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL RE.
ruBLICAs are thorough, practical newspaper
men In the broadest sonss of the term The
principal Editor, and his chief Assistant. have
both been engaged for more than twenty years
1--WE are both young men yet y as Journalists
upon the leading presses Of the country occu-
Pylng al times the most arduous and responsi.
bid position, This may seem like "blowipg
our own trumpet" 80 IL is. But, good reader
We Ave r.gnt to blow 1t, for we have ca rned
tAa' hELli Iesldes, you are entitled to know
"ue'u9' NE kEPrgLIcAS Is conducted by expe.
Tlen's' OF inexperienced men.
Nstg small portion OF the WEEKLY REPuB.
LlcAS VII! be devoted TO udvcrtisiny aud ouIy
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