Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-22
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1st- The REPUBLICAN is published at WASH
lngton City, the seat OF the National Govern
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I'd. TIE PRssIpksT OF rHn UNITED sTArrs
being authorized By an act Of Congress 70 select
ors pdpsv a. the omctal medium. OF all the Exe-
cutive Departments OF the Government, We take
pleasure In stating that he hss done us the
honorto select the NAriosAL RnPuHJoAr under
The law or Congress referred 70.
I'd. Tue Congrces and 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 knroHrHRs, whose duty IL 10
70 furnish the daily records OF those high tr.
bunals.
tth- Warrington being the Headquarters for
all tho operetions OF the Army and Navy Of
the United States, BY virtue OF the relations en-
isting bctvccn the Government and the Ma
rtorAD knrumJoAr, referred 20 shove, nothing
That "a proper 70 publish, OF military and Naval
Operations, can or shall escape our notice.
9th. Our "foreign Relations" now more
important than ever, VIII be the subject Of our
constant and psternal care.
9th. The Finances OF the Government, which
always Affords an ample Held Tor the journalist,
shan meet with the most careful attention OF
the undersigned. Some OF the ablest writers
In the United statos arc frequently employed 70
discuss the subject In the REPUBLICAN.
tn. Our Postal arrangements, 90 important
10 the people OF every community, be II large
or small, especially 70 those who can read and
write, are duly noted In the several changes 10
which they are subject during the year:
9Th. The great interests represented by the
several Bureaus OF the Interior Department
VIII not be overlooked In the WEEKLY RnPUB.
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 dve
minutes walk Of our office Of publication, II
for us 70 keep the Inventor and Artizan advised
Of all Improvements
1Oth- Thebmithsonian Institute. established
In Warrington, having already become one OF
the highest scientific Institutions In the nation,
We shall avail ourselves Of the advantages ofits
Bureaus OF Art and Science 10 enrich our col
umns for the instruction Of our readers.
18th. Washington being the ceatral city OF
the Union, the learned and influential men
every class In society congregste 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-ieputstions Of citizens
for purposes Of State, and politicians and theo
losians Of every stripe, who come In aocks,
some for Office, some for business, and some
for pleasure. Zach and all OF these corners
and goers increase our labors, and contribute
70 enhance the value Of the columns Of the Re-.
PUBLICAN In some manner.
18th. The Official, civil, and unciyIl repre-
sentstivcs Of every foreign nation ON the earth,
are found here, and cannot act or move unher
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Above, In 0 general form, we have given
tsslss reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
published In the City Of Washington, possessee
grostor facilities for obtaining ali 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 egotlsm, IL the fact witnessed ali
over the nation daily (by those who care 70 OF
servo it) that the leading. widest circulated
and most influential Journals In the United
States gather the most Important Departmental
neUe. especially of our military and naval
operations, Official and otherwise, from the
columns OF the NATIONAL REPusLroAr. This
10 true IN nee 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 Correspondence, !"
90 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 az.
pense Of four cents per cord, by crediting them
70 the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they In JUS
tice should do. We especially think they
should credit us when they encroach so far as
70 telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
p.sir Don 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 "A
earnestly as possible the civil and military
policy Of the present Administration, while
that policy IL for FRnHpon In Its broadest and
highest sense, and a9di,a Slavery. When he
present, or any ottsy administration, ptirsles a
different course on TIE question Of human slavery,
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heiptao us, PATRONAGE on NO PATRONAGE.
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