Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-18
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TIKI WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

IL II the presont purpose OF the undersigned,
proprietors ofthe DAILY and wEKxLY NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN,, to make the latter more thorough
and reliable newspaper for Families and ClubS
throughout the country, than Il has been here
tofore. In making this statement we do not
wish TO DO 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, 70 our numerous patrons, war.
rants rs in promising 10 make 4 still better
paper ofthe wnnKLI RHPUBIJcLs In the future,
at tAs sams price, than II 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
q general way, to indicate what we propose
doing, assuring the public that We shall use
our utmost sndeavorS 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 scat OF the National Govern
ment.
I'd. TIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
being authorized by an act of Congress 10 select
oss pdper as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutiye Departments ofthe Government, we take
pleasure In stating that he has done us the
honor to 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
corps Of able RKPoRTERs, whose duty Il is
70 furnish the daily records Of those high tri-
bunals.
4th. washington being the Headquarters for
all the operations Of tho Army and Navy Of
the United States, by virtue Of the relations en-
isting between the Government and the Ma
T1oS1I REPUBILoAS, referred 70 above, nothing
that Is proper TO publish, Of Military and Naval
operations, can or shall escape our notice.
9Th. 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 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 RKPUB-
LIcAN. Especially shall we keep our Agricul-
up concerning everything OF public interest in
the Agricultural Bureau.
9th. The Patent Office, being within I've
minutes walk Of our office Of publication, II
will be an easy matter, as 1t will be pleasure
for US TO keep the Inventor and Artizan 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 its
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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 representa-
tives of every branch of business taxed by the
Internal Revenue LRws-deputation Of citizens
for purposes OF State, and politicians and theo-
logians Of every stripe, who come In aocksi
some for ofice, some for business, and SOME
for pleasure. Each and all Of these cNmerI
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 uncivi 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
toelvs reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
Published in the City Of Washington, possesses
greater facilities for obtaining all the import.
ant news OF inc Jay, OF InAD
any other Journal In the United States. The
highest evidence Of this, which relieves US from
the charge Of egotism, 10 the fact witnessed all
over the nation daily (by those who care to oh
serve it) 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.
elAted Press" and Especial Correspondents, 81
so called, to furnish them with the current
news OF the day. We regret to say, in this
connection, that those correspondents do moi
always inform their employers that they arc
not the authors Of many Of the most important
dispatches they send over the wires at an ex.
pense Of four cents par Dord, by crediting them
to the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they In Jus.
tlce 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, a compliment 10 our industry on. the part
of these plAgiarists.
earnestly as possible the civil and military
policy Of the present Administration, while
that policy Is for FREEDoM In Its broadest and
highest sense, and against Slavery. When he
present., OF any Ouier communication, plrSleS a
different course The question Of human slavery
zoe shall oppose u Nth our might aud main, God
helping US, PATRONAGE OR NO PATRONAGE.
The domestic and personal news of the day
will always receive prompt and careful atten-
ton.
The Literary Department the REPUBLICAN
will be supplied with choice, selected and orr
ginal prose and poetry, from the abest writers
In this country and In Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, to enter
the columns of the REPUBLICAN that will offend
the susc0ptibllities Of the most refined.
In brief, we purpose making the REPUBLICAN
aFAMILY Newspaper Of the highest and most
complste order.
It Is but proper and Just TO our readers to say
that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corps
OF Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL RE.
PUBLICAN are thorough, practical newspaper
men In she 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 yetD as Journalists
upon the leading presses Of the country, occu.
plying at times the most arduous and response.
BILE positions. This may seem like "blowing
our own trumpet" 30 II is. But, good reader,
We have right to blow 1t, for we have earned
that rghti besides, you are entitled TO know