Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-04
P R o 8 p e G T U s
Thu WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

| hkPVbioAH, 70 pake the latter more thorough
and reliable newspaper for Families and ClubG
throughout the country, than II has been here
tofore. In making this statement we do not
wish TO be understood as apologlzing, in any
manner, for the past conduct Of tho WHnKIT
REPUBLICAN,. It has been worth all that we
have charged for It. 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 stu better
paper OF the WEEKLY REPUBLICAN in the future,
at The some prioe, than II has been In the past.
In making this announcement We do not In
tend to enter into an extended detail staten emit
Of all the improvements we shall make, but, In
a general way, to indicate what we propoNe
doing, assuring the public that we shall uie
our utmost endeavors 20 perform faithfully all
that we promise.
The facilities afforded US 10 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
lngton City, the seat Of the National Govern
ment.
I'd. TIE President OF THE UNITED SrLTEs
being authorized by an act of Congress TO select
one paper as the ofilcial medium OF all the Exc
cutiye Departments ofthe Government, we take
pleasure In stating that he has done us tho
honor 10 select the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN under
the law Of Congress referred to.
Sd. The Congress and the Supreme Court and
J the Court Of claims OF the United States, sever
! ally sit here during each year, and we employ
q corps Of able REPoRTHRs, whose duty II 70
| to furnish the daily records Of those high trl-
bunals.
4th. Washington being the Headquarters for
all the operations Of the Army and Navy of
the United States, by virtue Of the relations eI-
lsting between the Government and the Ma
0 TIoEAL REPUBLICAN, referred to above, nothing
that is proper to publish, OF Military and Naval
: operations, can or shall escape our notice.
! 5th. 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 writer's
= in the United States are frequently employed 10
: discuss the subject In the REPUBLICAN.
b. It'll. Our Postal arrangements, so important
9 TO the people OF every community, DO 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 Office, being within 6yo
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 ArtiZan advised
D 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 fits
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 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-deputations of citizens
for purposes OF State, and politicians and theo-
logians of every stripe, who come in nocks,
, some for ofice, 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.
12th. The official, civil, and unclvil repre-
sentatiyes 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
, tioslUe reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
puDllbneu IN inc Clty OF 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 cgotism, 10 the fact witnessed all
over tho nation daily (by those who care to OBJ
serve lt) that 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 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
80 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 er-
pense of four cents psr iDOrd, by crediting them
to the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they In JUS
tice should do. We especially think they
! should credit us when they encrOach 80 far as
TO telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
their olSn 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
i
that policy Is for FREEDOM in Its broadest and
highest sense, and against SldVtrv. When he
present, or any other administration, pursues a
different course on The question Of human slavery
zoe shall oppose Nth our might aud main, GSd
helping as, PATRONAGE OR NO PATRONAGE
The domestic and personal news Of the day
will always receive prompt and careful atten-
J ton.
The Literary Department Of the REPUBLICAN
will be supplied with choice, selected and orr
ginal prose and poetry, from the ablest writer's
In this country and in Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, to enter
the columns of the REPUBLICAN that will offend
the susceptbilities Of the most refined.
In brief, we purpose making the REPUBLICAN
, a FAMILY Newspaper of the highest and most
complete order.
; 1t Is but proper and Just to our readers 10 say
that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corps
of Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL RE
: PUBLICAN are thorough, practical Newspaper
, men In the broadest sonse 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 yeti as Journalists
, upon the leading presses of the country, occu-
! plying at times the most arduous and response
. bic positions. This may seem like "bloWing
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