Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-23
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TIE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.

~ - tho t'etOhs pu' ponu VI VINO uuuotbikucuS
proprietors ofthe DAILY and WEEKLY NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN. to make the latter more thorough
and reliable newspaper for Families and Clubs
throughout the country, than 1t 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 WEEKLY
REPUBLICAN. 1t has been worth all that we
have charged for 1t. Prosperity in the world.
for which we are partly indebted, and exceed
ingly thankful, to our numerous patrons, war;
rants US In promising to make a still better
paper of the WEEKLY REPUBLICAN in the future,
Of ne 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
Of all the improvements we shall make, but, In
general way, TO indicate what we propose
doing, assuring the public that we shall use
our utmost endoavors to perform faithfully all
that we promise.
The facilities afforded us to produce q tho
rough national newspaper are greater than are
enjoyed by the publishers of any other Journal
In the country. for the following reasons,
LIST. The REPUBLICAN Is published at WASH
ington City, the seat Of the National Govern
ment.
I'd. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
being authorized by an act Of Congress 10 select
Unc pd,tr as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutive Departments ofthc 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 aud the Supreme Court and
the Court of claims of the United States, sever
ally sit here during each year, and we employ
u corps of able REPORTERS, whose duty It Is
to furnish the daily records Of those high trl-
bunlls.
4th. Washington being the Headquarters for
all the operations OF tho Army and Navy of
the United States, by virtue of the relation. CT.
isting between the Government and the Ma
TIONAL 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 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 RErJ BLICAN.
9Th. Our Postal arrangements, so important
TO the people of every community, he II 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. Tho great interests represented by the
several bureaus of the Interior Department
will not be overlooked in the WEEKLY RgPuB.
ILcAS. Especially shall we keep our Agricul-
lural 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, It
will be an easy matter, as 1t will he a 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 of its
Bureaus Of Art and Science to enrich our COL
umns for the instruction of our readers.
llth. Washington being the central city OF
tho Union, the learned and influential men
every class in society congrcgate here military,
naval, and civil officers OF the General and
state, and territorial! governments representa-
lvvs of every branch of business taxed by tho
Internal Revenue neutrality-suspicious. of citizens
or purposes of State, and politicians and thco-
lOgians Of every stripe, who como In focks,
some for Office, some for business, and some
for pleasure. Each and all of these mcrs
and goers increase our labOrs. and contribute
TO enhance the value Of the columns of the Re-
PrRLICAs In some manner.
l2th. The official, civil, and unclvil repre-
scntatives of every foreign uation on the earth,
are found here, and cannot act or more unhcr-
aided by our active attaches.
Above, in general form, VIC have given
tre'rc reasons why the NATIONAL RRPrRLIcAY,
published in the City of Washington. Possesses
greater facilities for obtaining all the import
ant news Of the lay, Of every description, than
any other jour al in the United States. Tho
highest evidence of this, which relieves vs. from
the charge O' sgoiisni, lie the fact witnessed all
over the natiJn 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 Departmental
news, especially of our military and naval
operations, official and otherwise. from the
columns oil the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. This
Ia true in face of the well known fact that
many of tho proprietors of those Journals pay
enormous sums of money yearly to "Asso.
ciatcd Press" and Especial Correspondents"
so called, TO furnish them with the current
news IF 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 tine wires at an ey-
pensc of fJW cents p u0rd, by creditlnE them
to the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they in JUS.
tice should do. We especially think lnCy
should credit us when they encroach so far as
to telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
heir Ort compositions. However, We beg par.
don for this complaining depression. and will
not deny that we observe, In all this unfair
ness, compliment to our Industry on the part
of these asidrlsIs.
Politically the REPCBLicAS will support as
earnestly as possible the civil aud military
policy Of the present Administration, willie
that policy Is for FREEDOM In its hruuduSt and
highest SENSE, and dyduHt S!oVr r. liLea he
present., or any OTHER aim R.StrdfiOn, p,lrsfsS q
different c"urS, an The GUCSiiDu ~ human Siapery,
N, hall OpppEs Il mdh oar tniyh ami main, Col
hlpiug as, PATRONAGE OR NJ PATH MAGE.
The domestic and personal news Of the day
will always receive prompt and careful atteii-
ton.
The Literary Department Of the REPUBLICAN
will bc supplied with choice, selected and ORR
ginal prose ana poetry, from the ablesL writers
In this country and in Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, TO enter
the columns Of the REPUBLICAN that will oiIuud
the suscgptibilitirs of the most rrlurd.
In bricI, We purpose making the REPUBLICAN,
a FAMILY Newspaper of lhe highest and most
complete order.
1t is but proper and Just to our readers tnsay
that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corps
of Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL Re
PUBLICAN arG thorough, practical newspaper
men IN the brondest sunsc 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 yetD us journalists
upon the leading presses o tho country, Occn.
pying at times the most ariuous aud RESPONSE
bic positions. This may seem like "blowug
own trumbpI - lut tFhnI r,,,I.r