The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-29
Telegraph ic Reports.

Telegrap hic Reports.
The facilities which the telegraph aords for rapid
communication systematically perverted that in
,olerabe nuisance has been created man in New Or
leans may conceive any falsehood, and in few mo.
ments he have that fasehood printed and published
in New York the latest Geographic intelligence When
information conveyed by the mails was difficult to
manufacture news Men who wished to mslead the
public knew that their letters would be accompanied by
other letters, and perhaps by individuals who would
give the lie to startling announcements But things
changed and the weak ambition OF portion OF the
press "get ahead Of their contemporaries haf aided
producing the change, and thereby created dangerous
and mos, immoral element OF journalism In their eager
to "get ahead they publish dispatches from
anonymous sources and occasion give publicity to
the authors OF the dispatches they publish 1t time that
public attention be directed to this matter the end tina,
public opinion may apply corrective 10 put down
the mere spectators the curiosity and ceduy of the
public The who gives publication false report
should not be allowed shield himself under the words
"teegraphic dispatches" When he has been the means
OF dipping the public he should be required expose the
person who duped him, or be regarded as particeps
er,m,ias
We have been induced 10 make these remarks a, the
present time because of the various and contradictory
elegpbc dispatches relating to the Cuban revolt, and
TO those who have left jurisdiction TO aid that revolt
II is perfectly clear that both sIdes-the Cuban sympa-
hzers as we'll the Spanish spies and agents in this
couniry-have manufactured facts for the purpose OF in
auencng public opinion. and they have found a mos;
potent auxiliary in "telegraphic dispatches"
In order to illustrate what have said, need only
quote from the New York Herald Of Wednesday That
paper publishes these words
By Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, August M, 1851.
The President has arrived. The abinet i'm medarey
bsd meeting IL was in session this evening gov.
ernm en-, agent goes the Saranac to Havana
On the strength Of this despatch. the Herald says it's
editorial summary Of :" the latest intelligence Z"
The President panied by the Sec eiary the In
terror has Just returned posthaste to Washington, the
rbe and shocking intelligence from Cuba having abruptly
cut short ine pns en va. h ~ ,. a
ming which the following heads OF the executive depart
ments were present, IN consultation WIN me resident
Hon Thoma. Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. A II, II Stuart, Secretary OF the Inferior.
Hon. Nathan X. Hall, Postmaster General.
The following members were abscnti
Hon c. M Conrad, Secretary of War.
Hon. j. J. Crtenden, Attorney General.
or course the proceedings in cabinet council have no,
ranspired A Of the results however, informed
Havana which leaves Norfolk TO day; and doubtless. he
goes armed with instructions for rigid inquiry into the
cu,cd Havana, and into the facts and circumstances
tend ing their uon sud also with Instructions of in
auiry concerning the firing at the United States mail.
steamer Falcon. II is highly probable, that this
special messenger will bear 10 Mr. Owen some very Import
ant Information.
Now, il is known to every one in Washington that
neither the Presden, nor Mr.. Stuart in Washing
ton on Tuesday last Wednesday last To-day s the
goth yet neither Milard Fillmore nor Alexander H. n
Stuar, is in Washington. Mr.. Conrad, marked an
absentee is here in Washington; him three day,
ago on the Avenue front OF the State Department tn,
members of the cabinet now in Washington are
| l. Thomas Corwin, Acting President.
| a. Nathan K Hall, Postmaster General.
8 William A. Graham, Secretary OF the Navy.
a. C. M. Conrad, Secretary of War.
| The absentees are;
| l. Willard Fillmore, President
| O. Daniel Webster, Secretary OF State.
/ g. John J. Cri,tenden, Attorney General
1 4. A. II. II. Stuart, Secretary OF the Interior
The cabine, meeting mentioned by the Herald is there
fore sheer fabrication, based elcgraphic despatch
which every one in Washington knows to be withoa
foundation. II men will persist in making profitable
market for fasehood and fail 10 expose the manufac,u
ren Of false information, then alsehood must flourish
that is all.
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