Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-01
PROSPEROUS
orTnE

Il Ia the present purpose OF the undersigned,
proprietors Of tho DAILY and wExKLI NATIONAL
REPUBLICANS, 70 mako the latter more thorough
and reliable newspaper for Families and Clubs
throughout the country, than IT has been hero
tofore.
In making this announcement we do no. 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 endeavors TO perform faithfully all
that We promise.
The facilities afforded us To produce 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.
being authorized by an act Of Congress TO select
one paper as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutlve Departments Oft 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 and the Supreme Court and
the Court Of claims OF the United States, sever
| blb ntTt zach loAI, tuu W. tmplOy
q corps Of able REPoRrRRs, whose duty II u
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 e1-
listing between the Government and the Ma
| rIoNAL REPUBLICAN, referred 10 above nothing
that is proper to publish, Of Military and Naval
operations, can or shall escape our notice.
5th. 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 ample field for the journalist,
shall meet with the most careful attention OF
the undersigned. Bone of the ablest writers
in the United States are frequently employed 10
discuss the subject In the REPUBLICAN.
It'll. Our Postal arrangements, so important
to the people Of every community, be 1t large
or small, especially 70 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 REPun.
LIcAN. 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 Oflce, being within I've
minutes walk Of our office Of publication, II
Will DG hu OhbJ as IL Will DC n DleAbuTe
for US 70 keep the Inventor and Artlzan advised
Of all improvements.
10th. Tho 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,
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 governments-represen
tives Of every branch of business taxed by the
Internal Revenue STANDARDIZATION of citizens
for purposes Of State, and politicians and theo-
logians OF every stripe, who come in 1ocks
some for office, some for business, and some
for pleasure. Each and all of these cnmers
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-
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,oeive reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
published In the City Of Washington, possesse.
J greater facilities for obtaining all the import
T ant news OF the day, OF every description, thar
any other Journal In the United States. Tn,
highest evidence OF this, which relieves US from
9 INC CuhIko VI okOllbLu, 10 IhCL Witnessed
4 over the nation daily (by those who care to OF
q serve it) that the leading, widest circulated
q and most influential journals in the Unitct
!, States gather the most important Departments
! news, especially Of our military and nAva
: operations, official and otherwise, from thu
= columns of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. This
' Is true In face OF the well known fact that
many Of the proprletors OF those journals pay
; enormous sums of money yearly TO "Asso.
clated Press" and especial Correspondents, I"
so 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 cord, by crediting them
TO the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they In JUS
tice should do. We especially think they
should credit us when they encroach so far as
10 telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
their opn compositions. However, we beg par.
don for this complaining depression, and will
not deny that we observe, in oil this unfair.
ness, q compliment 10 our industry on the part
Of these plagiarists.
Politically the REPUBLICAN will support as
earnestly as possible the civil and military
policy Of the present Administration, while
that policy is for FRKEDoM In It's broadest and
highest sense, and against Slavery. When h.
present, or any Other administration, ptrslss q
uWu6I cObTse O7t IN YtcStlOu OF nhnldpl SldUeTn
0 vs Lhdu oppose with our might aud main, Ged
! helping Us, PATRONAGE OR NO PATRONAGE.
The domestic and personal news of the day
! will always receive prompt and careful atten,
! ton.
1t is but proper and Just to our readers To say
that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corpi
Of Reporter engaged upon the NATIONAL Re
PUBLICAN are thorough, practical newspaper
men in the broadest sonse Of the term. Tn,
principal Editor, and his chief Assistant, hay
both been engaged for more than twenty year
( 1--WE are both young men yet - as journalist
upon the leading presses Of the country, occu
plying at times the most arduous and response
BILE positions. This may seem like "blowinI
our own trumpet" 30 It 10. But, good reader
we have q right to blow 1t, for we have eArne,
that right besides, you are entitled to know
whether the REPUBLICAN is conducted by expe
rienced or inexperienced men.
D A very small portion of the WEEKLY REPUD
LIcAH will be devoted to advertising, and onl,
that class Of advertisements which will prov
OF the greatest value to our country readers viii
i be admitted. 1t Is printed on a Double supe
1 Royal sheet, 81 by ~ inches, and contains 5.
d columns Of reading matter.
The Literary Department of the RKPUBLIcAl
will be supplied with choice, selected and orr
: ginal prose and poetry, from the ablest writer
7 In this country and in Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, to ente
the columns OF the REPUBLICAN that will oflent