Daily national Republican., 1864-12-10
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WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,,
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WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.
II Is the present purpose Of the undersigned,
proprietors ofthe DAILY and wExKLr NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN,, To make the latter more thorough
and reliable Newspaper for Families and Ciubs
throughout the country, than 1t has been hero
tofore,
In making this announcement we do not In
tend 70 enter into an extended detail statement
Of all the improvements we shall make, but, In
general way, 70 indicate what we propose
doing, assuring the public that we shall use
our utmost endeayors to perform faithfully all
that We promise.
Tho 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;
lst. The REPUBLICAN, is published at WASH
ington City, the seat Of the National Govern
ment.
I'd. THE PRrsDxSr or THE UNITED STATES
being authorized by an act OF Congress TO select
ono paper as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutiye Departments ofthe Government, we take
pleasure In stating that he has done us the
honorto select the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN under
the law Of Congress referred 70.
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
q corps OF able REPoRTKRs, whose duty Il is
10 furnishthe daily records Of those high tri.
bunals.
9Th. 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
TToNAL REF UBLIoAN, referred 10 above, nothing
that Ia 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. Some Of the ablest writers
In the United States are frequently employed to
discuss the subject in the REPUBLICAN.
7th. Our Postal arrangements, so important
10 the people Of every community, be 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. The great interests represented by the
several Bureaus Of the Interior Department
will not be overlooked In the WEEKLY RRPUB.
LIoAN. 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 0flce, being within Eve
minutes walk Of our Office Of publication, II
will be an easy matter, as II will be pleasure
for US TO keep the Inventor and ArtiEan 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 ofitt
Bureaus Of Art and Science to eHrich our col
umns for the instruction Of our readers.
1lth. Washington being the central city o.
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 acknowledgements
tives Of every branch Of business taxed by the
Internal Revenue Laws-deputation of citizens
for purposes Of State, and politicians and theo
logians Of every stripe, who come in nocks
some for ofiice, some for business, and some
for pleasure. Each and all of these C ,mers
and goers increase our labors, and contribute
TO enhance the value Of the columns Of the RE.
PUBLICAN In some manner.
12th. 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,oelvs reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
published In the City Of Washington, possesses
greater facilities for obtaining all the import.
ant news of the day, OF every description, than
any other Journal In the United States. The
highest evidence Of this, which relieves Us from
the charge Of egotism, Is the fact witnessed al
over the nation daily (by those who care to OF
serve it) that the leading, widest circulated
and most influential journals in the United
States gather the most important Departments
news, especially Of eur military and nava
operations, official and otherwise, from the
columns of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. This
Is true in face Of the well known fact that
many Of the propietors Of those journals pay
enormous sums of money yearly TO "Asso.
clated Press" and Especial Correspondents, %
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 per Word, 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
TO telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
their otsn compositions. However, we beg par.
don for this complaining depression, and will
not deny that we observe, In all this unfair.
ness, q compliment TO our industry on the part
Of these plagiarists.
Politically the REPUBLICAN will support as
earnestly as possible the civil and military
/
that policy Ia for FREEDoM In its broadest and
highest sense, and against Slavery. When d,
present, or any other administration, purslles q
different course on the question Of human slavery
Ue EhaH oppose u With oar migh aud niain, God
hslpiylg 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 corpt
Of Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL RB
PUBLICAN are thorough, practical newspaper
men In the broadest sonse of the term. Th,
principal Editor, and his chief Assistant, hav,
Doth been engaged for more than twenty year
1--WE are both young men yet y as journalist
upon the leading presses OF the country, occu
pying at times the most arduous and ruspOnsi
bic positions. This may seem like "blowinI
our own trumpet" 30 IL Is. But, good reader
we have right 10 blow 1t, for we have earnet
that right; besides, you are entitled TO know
whether the REPUBLICAN 10 conducted by expe
rienced or inexperienced men.
A very small portion of the WEEKLY RKPUB
LIcAS will be devoted to advertising, and onl,
that class OF advertisements which will prov
Of the greatest value TO our country readers vii
be admitted. 1t is printed on q Double Supe
Royal sheet, 81 by ~ inches, and contains q
columns of reading matter.
The Literary Department Of the RKPUBLICAl
will be supplied with choice, selected and orr
ginal prose and poetry, from tho ablest writer
In this country and In Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, TO ente
the columns Of the REPUBLICAN that will often
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