Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-02
P r o p e O T o s
The WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

proprietors ofthe DAILY and WEEKLY NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN, to make the latter more thorough
and reliable newspaper for Families and Clubs
throughout the country than II has been here
toforo. 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 Il. 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 n still better
paper of the WEEKLY REPUBLICAN in the future,
at The sumo price, than Il 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
a general way, to Indicate what we propose
doing, assuring the public that we shall use
our utmost endeayors 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 joarnal
in the country, for the following reasons;
lst. The REPUBLICAN lie published at Wash
I ington City, the scat of the National Govern
ment
I'd. THE President OF THE UNITED STATES
being authorized by an act of Congress 10 select
Vss pdpsr as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutive Departments ofthe Government, we take
pleasure in stating that he has done MS 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 REPORTERS, whose duty II 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.
listing between the Government and the Ma
TroNAL 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,
2 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
TO 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 REPUB.
LICAS. Especially shall we keep our Agricul-
tural readers, throughout the country, posted
up concerLing everything OF public interest in
the Agricultural Bureau.
9th. The Patent Office, being within fve
minutes walk OF our office OF publication Il
will be an easy matter, as II 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 its
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 o
every class in society congregste here-military,
naval, and civil officers Of the General and
State, and territorial governments -representa-
tives'of every branch Of business taxed by the
Internal Revenue Laws-ieputation of citizens
for purposes of State, and politicians and theo-
logians of every stripe, who come in tocks,
some for Office some for business, and some
for pleasure. Each and all of these corners
and goers increase our labors, and contribute
to 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 a general form, we have given
tiCeIUe reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
published in the City Of Washington, possesses
BEthlCI ldClllllCo lbl All import
ant news of the day, OF every description, than
any other Journal In the United States. The
la highest evidence of this, which relieves US from
the charge OF egotism, is the fact witnessed all
over the nation daily (by those who care to oh
serve lt) tEAt the leading, widest circulated,
and most influential journals in the United
e. States gather the most important Departmental
news, especially Of our military and naval
operations, official and otherwise, from the
L columns of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN This
Is true in face OF the well known fact that
many of the proprietors Of those journals pay
enormous sums Of money yearly TO " Asso-
ciated Press" and Especial Correspondents, -
n so called, to furnish them with the current
news of the day. We regret to say, in this
connection, that those correspondents do not
70 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-
y 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 30 far as
to telegraph our editorials, bodily, being
their OICH compositions. However, we beg par.
don for this complaining digression, and will
not deny that we observe, in all this unfair.
ness, compliment 10 our industry on the part
OF these plagiarlsts.
Politically the REPUBLICAN will support as
u earnestly as possible the civil and military
u policy of the present Administration, while
that policy is for FREEDOM In It's broadest and
highest sense, and against SLGV ~. When M,
present, or any other administration, purSles q
different course on the question Of human Sdvery
D, shall oppose 10Th our Nigh: aud main, Coz
helping us, PATRONAGE OR NO PATRONAGE.
W The domestic and personal news of the DAY
~ will always receive prompt and careful atten
nj ton.
ng The Literary Department q the REPUBLICAs
Il: will be supplied with choice, selected and ori
Of ginal prose and poetry, from the ablest writer
70, 10 In this country and in Europe.
OF We shall permit nothing, knowingly, TO ente
er the columns Of the REPUBLICAN that will oflenC
u the suscgptibilities of the most refined.
e. In brief, we purpose making the REPUBLlCA,
a. a FAMILY Newspaper of the highest and mos
le. complete order.
to 1t Is but proper and just to our readers to ga,
of that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corp
re- of Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL RE
~ PUBLICAN are thorough, practical neWspape
CHI men in the broadest sonse Of the term. Tn
la principal Editor, and his chief Assistant, hay
ny both been engaged for more than twenty year
ne tive are both young men yetD as journalist
M. upon the leading presses OF the country, Occu
plying at times the most arduous and TuspOnsi
BILE positions. This may seem like "blowin
our own trumpet" 30 It is. But, good reader
we have a right 10 blow 1t, for we have sarue
}. that right; besides, you arc entitled to knOS