Gazette Of The United States

PLAN

Of the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
(A NATIONAL PAPER.)
Published at the Seat of the National Government.

CONTAINING,

I. EARLY and authentic Accounts of the PROCEEDINGS
of CONGRESS—its LAWS, ACTS, and RESOLUTIONS,
communicated so as to form an HISTORY of the TRANSACTIONS
of the NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.

II. Impartial Sketches of the Debates of Congress.

III. ESSAYS on the great subjects of Government; also upon
the national and local Rights of the AMERICAN CITIZENS, as
founded upon the National or State Constitutions; also upon every
other Subject, which may appear suitable for newspaper discussion.

IV. A SERIES of PARAGRAPHS, calculated to catch the
"LIVING MANNERS AS THEY RISE," and to point the public
attention to Objects that have an important reference to domestic,
social and public happiness.

V. The Interests of the United States as connected with their li-
terary Institutions—religious and moral Objects—Improvements in
Science, Arts, EDUCATION and HUMANITY—their foreign
Treaties, Alliances, Connections, &c.

VI. Every species of INTELLIGENCE, which may affect the
commercial, agricultural, manufacturing, or political INTERESTS of
the AMERICAN NATION.

VII. A CHAIN of DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

VIII. A SERIES of FOREIGN ARTICLES of INTELLIGENCE.

X. The STATE of the FUNDS—Courses of Exchange—Prices
Current, &c.

CONDITIONS.

I.
Published every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY.

II.
The price to Subscribers (exclusive of postage) THREE DOLLARS
per annum.

III.
The first semi-annual payment to be made in three months from the
time of subscribing, and future payments to be made every six months.

SUBSCRIPTIONS
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To the PUBLIC.

AT this important Crisis, the ideas that fill the mind, are preg-
nant with Events of the greatest magnitude—to strengthen and
complete the UNION of the States—to extend and protect their
COMMERCE, under equal Treaties yet to be formed—to explore
and arrange the NATIONAL FUNDS—to restore and establish
the PUBLIC CREDIT—and ALL under the auspices of an untried
System of Government, will require the ENERGIES of the
Patriots and Sages of our Country—Hence the propriety of increasing
the Mediums of Knowledge and Information.

AMERICA, from this period, begins a new Era in her national
existence" THE WORLD IS ALL BEFORE HER"—The
wisdom and folly—the misery and prosperity of the EMPIRES,
STATES, and KINGDOMS, which have had their day upon
the great Theatre of Time, and are now no more, suggest the most
important Mementos—These, with the rapid series of Events, in
which our own Country has been so deeply interested, have
taught the enlightened Citizens of the United States, that FREE-
DOM and GOVERNMENT—LIBERTY and LAWS, are inseparable.

This Conviction has led to the adoption of the New Constitution;
for however various the Sentiments, respecting the ME-
RITS of this System, all GOOD MEN are agreed in the necessity
that exists of an EFFICIENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

A paper, therefore, established upon NATIONAL, INDE-
PENDENT, and IMPARTIAL PRINCIPLES—which shall
take up the premised Articles, upon a COMPETENT PLAN, it is
presumed, will be highly interesting, and meet with public ap-
probation and patronage.

The Editor of this Publication is determined to leave no avenue
of information unexplored:—He solicits the assistance of Persons
of leisure and abilities—which, united with his own assiduity, he
flatters himself will render the Gazette of the United States not
unworthy general encouragement—and is, with due respect,
the public's humble servant,
THE EDITOR.

POSTSCRIPT.

SIX Months have now elapsed since this paper was ushered
into existence—how far the spirit of the plan has been exhibited, and
adhered to, is not for the Editor to say.—A generous and candid public
has awarded its approbation, by a subscription which is said to be
more extensive than usual on similar occasions.—An acknowledgement of
the favor is therefore due from the publisher.—The expense attending an
undertaking of this kind is always great; in the present instance, it has
not been counterbalanced by any of the customary receipts on account of
advertisements—the object being an extensive circulation, the Editor con-
ceiving that their insertion would have counteracted that part of his plan,
has never admitted any. This consideration if it was necessary to be
suggested, would point out the importance of punctuality on the part of the
Subscribers—it appears to have been very generally attended to, as the
payments have been unusually prompt.

It is necessary to observe that the number of names which have honored
the subscription, (at the present time about 650,) is not sufficient to defray
the expense of the publication, and to afford the Editor a competent
support, on a supposition that the whole should be collected.—Additional
subscriptions are therefore solicited; and when it is considered, that the
paper is new in its construction; contains intelligence of the most inter-
esting nature; abounds with more originality than any other periodical
publication; and, viewed as a miscellany, is cheaper than any maga-
zine, register, &c. it cannot be doubted but that it will receive an adequate
patronage.

In the present number, the publication of the Journals of the Senate
is commenced. As there is no gallery to the Senate Chamber, all that
can be known of the proceedings of that Most Honorable branch of the
National Legislature, is from their Journals; in this view of the subject, it
is supposed they will be interesting to the public. The price of the Laws and
the Journals of the two Houses only, which will be given in the course
of one year, amounts to more than the subscription.

The Editor is determined to prosecute the publication, upon its original
principles: He hopes to make it more interesting, by the communications
of his ingenious correspondents. He solicits the aid of every friend to
science, freedom and government. And such speculations as bear a
friendly aspect to the peace, honor and prosperity of our rising nation,
will be received with gratitude by the public's humble servant

JOHN FENNO.