, 1870-12-11
WASHINGTON.
4 Correspondents Life There.
The News and its Commentators.
The Frcss' Relations with GOy-
crnHCnts
Sketches Of Old Correspondents.
The Days of On1cial Organs.
Anecdotes,


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ANccootcS'
,rRnx orr ows cosxrsrosprsr.,
w.su,xc7ox nec G.
Nooe.fsee anes w -Aots~s AAa oob.A
my studies OF this alleged representative
bpdy IumAnv caees Representative only Of
r.rrrs ri rI,ce-ke.cerr. OF prcporde'atiug
-, ;n,a+.st m = not.n,i.l family person.
~ =. 40 ;,,,,,.hte and a,n,oet admirable
c4otssm Of ta'ent'-oi "ni.e ..a.as,a .aS
still, as ali thc+e elements 'un"eneo Auu ..,,
are 1 rart Of American koc1ets, We may eu11
cn1i,1e Congress = representative body. 1t Is
.er....ntx,iye of this time two years Ego, at
IePteeoAS
ieass' o,,rs,,,x-nvx~
1ah
OF Which are eefepsesentAs'o 4e1one
10 write lbo7t these legislators AND Their le8-
t.1.,;on, Ue are representative Of An insti-
80. -, ,~;th r,oa.,,, fo,1n. NJ ,,oxo,r,.
ta''oa ese ;ea.;tnt;o,, - t,-..n .s aox.en,,an,
n'ent M tIe"to''on ~ no1aea nc 6o'e3a"eu''
-s spt to he wrong "a patuea !; more apt to
right up promptly and zee the new dlspeuSa-
,,srt ;t..lf and M lorrrr !. .nv,.ery exnent to
- .,.. 49, s.a.a, rn;,o- ,-;o,,. fnr,,,s
soe 'soosaut ~" pte70 ".1e' '@'o1s. ."Es .o.t4s
We are Al ett1sa0S. n our o'ue1eot Ways 4"u
According to cur several sagAcities. or want OF
e.g.eity. to de eruine wbt, the people want
II lhe4 vsnt the 1i..}e and The small. the half
,,,' .,a.. s, ~ ,a-z1;s
.Is ~. 1,s.sss.,.;.t 49, a,s,,s
tue l'eA e'oA ea' 'ne ee4 v. "A'I ee'o'
OF II amongst us! II the* Eant tue eupstAn-
tis, tho results. the ostensible, the off cial coz
cr,sirrs. tue sutremely conventional, hero it
il! ! might give Tou instances OF these tvpes.
bui what II The 1ite? Most OF sou illust1ate
for Yourselves. II the atmo-rhc-e and
etinulun Of this toft OF Ieglslatlve society
are aIeo war,ed, III. clues. the miss
irs eequence4, the 1eanings. the entity OF
rel A1ate acts. here 4 little clAss works for
ai.a: also. Yum Lave cnlv in your vas, 4cyre-
gate of the class Of ro,ders, 10 coa]escs sith
the pattit q which exit, 70 make yont iourn1l-
irni 10th ng but your prejudice: tho daily
color Of the lille with winch you riee- i
nervous, sbsorblns. Ut lucrative profession
il oufa. Without aE intellectual ~ sion in it,
1t u aIN 10 IL. aces ncIAtlnE- IT. hzs It's a:-
r4e'tices aiio us 1ou1neymen, hs ia1htal me
and ''s aeqo'iet rAns. II 1s no neirer per
fScffnl, to% dDdn Congress. the Executive
N,af1, ur tic people, Ent the history Of jour
ua1ism IS related 10 cur Government il curi-
m. ,Ta nrocrs.s;rn T1sa a.,mn-ts,;c .,ss,n,
~. i,-r,ra,, p mr., - f,r,nr- a@cs,S
I1s,e. of ei.r % te c.,s,aF ~ ias's,s sSsS y :.
daily c&1vcbiuuce Of tho people Render
f,,.rrstir ard ali rt.-xn ~ tl;a In1;.;ci,r "a
kind OF niddlemnh who sudsists hy shaving
both .-.....-...,
Le' us take MP the subject OF government
n.-r .x coparspoxprxcy
The first tYater Stated uud., the Federal
govern melt 1as JOHN Fenno.s Gazette Of The
f1ui4r5 :1ates, at New York. II was Indirectly
controlled by the Treasury Department, then
the only DEF artmenf ailh much pap. and Was
the organ II Hamilton John Adams Was \
correspondent for it. under the name OF
"Daybl1- To Offset this paper. Madison
gave assistance to fIepeau IN establishing tho
National Gaz.t1t, aid Jefferson gaze Philip
Fleneau, who vas college graduate. the
o. y 1i-posAble nf1i>e In theState Department,
trtnslatiuE clerk
Ihcse papers are collected ID the library OF
Congress, and the following IL the lend OF
Fenno's prospectus IN his first number
PLAN
OF TuE
GAZETTE OF TIE CS1TEp Sra7Es.
ASA11vSAL p.rHR
To ~ ,,,,sha,, a, s.-rf NJ ,hr- raae,a1,,over
rept aua Il, cotntr,se. as 1usiy as poss,lle. The
fo!juJs,uc Objects. IL:
!. Easiy ant Autneat.c accounts OF the proceed
tuEa 81 ouRrcss
!mpasual sAeteoenn ~ tne Mensaes g o. .onR1eas;
!, re,,srsf snn .n. E-1-s, ots1,sr-e ~ nss1irn.
ixt
!. A seueso Of paragraphs ca,culatcd to catch tbs
"ns1t uanuc1s ~ they !1-e, &c, DC. Ae.
rooltsaed every Mednestay ana saf1.oa!
,se ,ns,Hs TT Iii ~ rsses y, q, =, M
tnWne INN, thc cnntinenre ~. NJ inc C1tv Csfrs
IIuus+. as. nj NJ. Sc TlIuam street
JOHN Fksso.
THE rAPEHs n WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIONS
FreueAu. the Madlsonlan editor, Wan tie
ADLER Of tue two, AUD, from the beginning. the
outside aggressive Journalism OF the country
has bten more influential and better eYs
tanned than the pAl-journa'ism. FreneAl
fi,la.lv provoked Hamilton, in thc third gear o
Warhinetou's adn,,nis .atlon. to reply to hin
aucp.raou-ly, fIAmiton ea,ing truly that Il
be a government clerk and edit polsica
n.,,e1 vas ..ludeli .ats, unfit, aud inconsisten
Min republican put,ty.- Fraueau publishe.
m afli5syjt cenying tia. JeHer.on ever gave
cent or wrote / line Tor hts k.aper. TINS "a
the flint ntvepat:er var under the republic
nflirial sA1srv Va. =a5O q year: he Iuodellet
and took n.nch Of hi. news from the Leytiel
tHal!and) CARTE. j. ffuIson ia said 10 hast
aiw.ys affected uLco cesn in newspapers
Hamilton tegan public life as nesrpApe
contributor, aid lie ips,iEa ed tho earliest per
to1ai journalism under the government. Jel
frtson, however. alleged That F1enesu ha
lased The republic from being monarctized
Frne.u's ii.ld WAS uoon competed for b
af,r.x,ra ,he aufo1a. md lie Jeis1sonis
rrcrr vi ote cotnn,c,t. and in uuisou over 4
tbe connttr. Then II .,l;ron. under the nn,n
OF ..Ilely,liu.." )" ait .cloI Han,tlt. n, wio Wtot
u,.l.r tut. 1..mc OF -.raeificur." W..hinrto
W,ns t1,.t t},c :. ,,rr1r>t,o, :. il, 1.raro.ux ~
H,ci,,.:a 1are,s r.,c cn,,,r.s M decencr
n,r.Ttt,el.ss Erere.u sa,,, G;m 1l,,ca con;e
rr.,i. .vcrT d.y -'1s~o ~ei'@
.n.Ma. .n,,x,srp.77ox
,,,,ar,;,S s,a n W;c1,.e, III, sf,erss1
t.nncIrrtnsn and Sen.1or xrota in the =,
TOrG' The cav thp rte+in. nj retired 10 p.ac
m ar1jcle unnn The cnrruntiona of the admit
i.,r,tinn tl..t a rJ,i,, Contractor rndrr1e
Linn for. When Adsms eamn in. almort III