Daily national Republican., 1863-12-08
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TIKI WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

,ronrietors of the DAnr and WlnkLY NATIONAL
p,prnI,oAy. TO make the latter more thorough
and reliable newspaper for Families and Ciuos
throughout the country, than II has been here
toforc. In making this statement We do not
wish to be understood as spologizing, In any
manner, for tho past conduct OF tho WEExIr
Rrpru,oI,. II has been worth all that We
have charged for 1t. Prosperity In the world,
for which we are partly indebted, and exceed
,ppIy thankful, 10 our numerous patrons, war
rants us in promising to make still better
paper of the WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, In the future,
al tbe same price, than n has bssn 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
a general way, to indicate what We propose
doing, assuring the public that We shall use
our utmost endeavots to perform faithfully all
that we promise.
The facilities afforded us 70 produce tho
rough national newspaper are greater than are |
enjoyed by the publishers Of any other journal |
in the country, for the following reasons:
let. The REPUBLICAN Is published at Wash
iugton City, the seat OF the National Govern
ment.
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
honor to select the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN under
the law of Congress referred to.
Sd. The Congress end the Supreme Court and
the Court Of claims OF the United States, sever
ally sit here during each year, and we employ
corps of able REPoRTHRs, whose duty 1t is
TO furnish the daily records Of those high tri-
bunals.
4th. Washington being the Headquarters for
all the operations Of the Army and Navy OF
the United States, by virtue Of the relations ex-
isting between the Government and the Ma
TInSAL 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 paternal care.
9Th The Finances OF the Government, which
always affords an ampeneld 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 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 he overlooked in the WEEKLY REPuB.
IclS. Especially shall we keep our Agricu.
up concerning everything OF public interest In
the Agricultural Bureau.
9Th. The Patent Office, being within 1--we
minutes walk OF our office Of publication, 1t
will be an easy matter, as 1t 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 Of 1t,
AntR Nnn n
umns for the instruction Of our readers.
Ilth. Washington being the central city o
iI,r MON the learned and influential men o
every class in society congregate here-miitnry
naval. and civil officers of the General an
STATE. and territorial acknowledgements
1i,es of every branch of business taxed by tn
Internal Revenue Laws-3eputations of citizen
for rurposes of State, and politicians and thee
logians Of every stripe, who come IN nocki
some for Office. some for business, and som
for pleasure. Each and all of these conner
and Cocrs increase our labors, and contri6ut
10 enhance the value OF the columns oil the Nj
"J,lICA~ in some manner.
I4,h. The Official, civil, and uncivl repr'
zcutativcs of every foreign nation on the eartt
are found here aud cannot act or move unhe
added by our active attaches.
Above, in a general form, we have give
t,rclrc reasons why the NATIONAL REPURlICAi
puhlish"d in the City Of Washington. possess'
t,rrrtrr facilities for obtaining all the impor
ant news O1 inc uhN, VI tNc'N ucSsl lp'i'hb wa
anv other jouIssl in the United STATES. II
highest evidence OF this, which relieves as fro
the charge Of sgotism, is the fact witnessed q
over the nation daily (by those who care to {
serve it) tlst the leading, widest circulate
and most influential journals IN the Unit
States gather the most important Department
news especially of our military and nav
operations, official and otherwise, from Z
columns of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. IT
is true in face OF the well known iact 10
many of the proprietors OF those journals p
enormous sums of money yearly TO " Ass
ciated Prcss'' and Especial Correspondents
so called, to furnish them with the cure
news of the day. We regret to say, In Il
connection, that those Correspondents do n
always inform their employers that they q
not the authors of many Of the most inporta
dispatches they send over the wires at an {
pense of four cents pr cord, by crediting the
to the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they In j
tice should do. We especially think tn
should credit us when they encroach 80 far
10 telegraph our editorials, bodily, as bell
their otc,. compositions. However, we beg pa
don for this complaining digression, and "
not deny that we observe, In all this unfa
ness, a compliment " our industry on the pa
of these plagiarists.
Politically the REPUBLICAN will support
earnestly as possible the civil and militia
policy Of the present Administration, VIII
that policy is for FREEDOM in hs broadest al
highest sense, and against SldvrV. When
present, or any ONer dfuinistrdtion, purfhes
different course on The question Of human Sldve,
ips shall oppose Y Vlh nigh, and main, @
hs!pbig as, PATRONAGE OR NO PATRONAGE.
The domestic and personal news Of the d
will always receive prompt and careful atte
ton.
The Literary Department of the REPUBLIC
will bc supplied with choice, selected and @
ginal pro-e and poetry, from the ablest writ
in this country and In Europe.
W. shall permit nothing, knowingly, to en-
the columns of the REPUBLICAN that will oilt
the susceptbiiities OF the most refined.
In brci we purpose making the RsPUBLIo
aFAMll.Y Newspaper Of the highest and m
complete order.
ls tut proper and Just to our readers to
that the Publishers, Edtors, and entire col
Of Reporters engaged upOn the NATIONAL
PrHI'AS are thorough, practical newspa
men in the hr0adust spnse of the term.
principal Editor, and his chief Assistant, hi
hnrh D"rn engaged for more than twenty ye
1--WE ar" 10Th young men yetD as Journal
upon the leading presses of the country, oc
pying at tlmrs the most arduOus and rcspol
bic positions. THIS may seem like blow
our own trumpet" 70 Il is. But, good reat
we have a right tO blow Il, for we have ear
that right; besides, you are entitled to kn
whether the REPURLlCAs Is COnd Irtel by eX