There are not so many numbers published the iirst
weeks of a session, us there are numbers of the
singres.doual (ilnhc; because the members are
slo-.v in writlin out t'leir speeebes. ljut ton aids
the close of a session the numbers are published
more frequently than the Congressional (iloiie.
Each of these wmks is complete in itself; but
il is necessary for every tmhscribi-r who desires a
full knowledge id' the proee.iiiiis of Congress, to
nave notii ; l.eeaiise, then, it (here siieuld lie any
ambiguity in the synopsis of the speech, or any
denial of ils correct ness, m published in the Con
gressional CI. die, (he reader may turn to the Ap-
1U to see the speech at length, corrected by the
m-'ti.ber himsi !!".
.Now, there is no source but the Congressional
(Jlobe and Appendix from which a person can
obtain a full hist.iry of the procei dinnsnl Cu litres.
'ivLi Sit S,:tov's lb-lister of Debates, which
contained a history, was suspended in the year
IS J ainl h -h not sinre been resumed. It co.'t
about live times as much for a session as the Con
gressional (ilobe and Appendix, and did not con
tain an e pi.d amount of matter, a moat portion of
tliecurreol proce. .!i:i.;s being omitted. The spee
ches of both parties are published in the Daily
C!ob-, and in the Congressional Clohe and Ap
pendix : othci papers publish their oirn nith only.
We are enabled to print the Congressional Globe
and Appendix at the low rate now proposed, by
having a l.irj;e ijuantily of type, and keeping the
Congressional matter that we nt up f.ir the
Daily uml Seini-weekly Globed standing for the
Congressional (ilobe und Appendix.
