The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-13

ferng the partisan feeling exhibited by the newspaper
agents who send dispatches through the telegraph,
The statesman who shall devise system Of managing the
lightning lines that will free II from its present abuses win b.
public bencfacor The Union certainly has not 10 learn
this late day that the telegraph Is not responsible for the
character Of the by persons whom the
paper publishers employ themselves and who have
with the telegraph company II the Union gets de-
spatches which reliable the fault Its Why
does not employ its agents whom 1t can
depend upon for and impartial reporti What
complains of of the line abuse practised by
its agents. and not by connected with
the telegraph company 1t would be nonstrous abuse and
perverson the purposes and objects OF the telegraph if
the company should undertake to decide upon the character
of messages and say what should and what should not be
the Union does not like the dispatches sent to by
its agents. ought to stop paying its agents Tor them
that would be eectual correction Of the abuse than
attempting any impossible restriction upon the free by
every the facilities fer sending intelligence through
the telegraph. philadelphia Ledger.
The term telegraphic abuses, free to admit
used by in its popular and not its proper We
had idea of finding fault with the workings
management Of the telegraph per than would have Of
holding the papermaer to accountor the sad and wicked
which is frequently made Of his invaluable produc-
tons. The reputation SO long enjoyed and so worthiy
by the senior proprietor of the Ledger the pres
dent of of the besmanaged and most reliable tele
graphic lines the world the strongest evidence Of the
accuracy of statements which have disposition
discuss or deny.
We do not find fault with The telegraph but with those
who make of the telegraph the medium 10 convey
false and occasionally maioously false intelligence from
one end of the Union the other with lightning speed
What was originally nuisance has grown into sys-
ematic abuse deepseated and apervadng that many
of our leading journalists utterly loss to what
steps should be evil which has grown
its present magnitude first, from neglect and secondly,
from fostering but still unwilling hands.
Until The Newspaper press select for their telegraphic
agents of education and character whose agency is
to be restricted to transmission Of carefully
facts and individual opinions, wishes hopes,
cannot look for any permanent radical Improvement in
present eegraphic system of reporting for the press in
this country That such be found, and chat
few such SO employed cannot be denied. What
we desire is, that the exception should be the fue
SO the telegraphic reporting arrangements the
Union are concerned they Of somewhat independent
character We belonged to what is termed the sas
sociaed press and have desire to become member of
that teegraphic body until It's arrangements in
accordance with present mode Of thinking. We
of opinion that the readers Of the Union would be
obliged 10 us for knownothngs (teegaphc) returns
Of the Virginia elections for aboltonists of
the Burns riot at Boston, for hna.ica eetonllers
version of the Portland outrage Actug upon this opn-
ion we have private, exclusive agents and our
telepraphic reports Of startling conspicuous
character those Of neghbors try, at least
present them to the reader in reliable aud unobectona
bic shape