Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-03-11

poees as no uisldnl uay, our dCiuc
shore. and possibly BRAZIL and Peru,
connected by telegaph,c lines with New
Yori. Then suppose the wires compile
ted Shich are already being advanced
to Ink Constantinople. Athens, Cairo.
Cilcutta, and perchance, at period not
very remote, Canton, Jeddo, and Mel
boune, to Paris and London; while Lon
don and New York clasp hands, sub rosa,
over the bed of the Atlantic. and wni
per in each others ears the secrets Of
the world Will not nations then throw
aside the hornbook. look into one anoth-
er's hearts, and learn new lessons? But
iDhat these lessons are to be. who can say?
VIII not diplomacy, at least.turn a new
leaf? Shall We not all live more in a
twelvemonth than now?
But we are not over sanguine about
the immediate "good" to come from this
advance TO the people. We remember
The "Cfy stal Palaces?" 1t is amusing.
therefore, to read in the London Times
such sentences as this: when the con-
tinent Of Europe and the continent of
America are united by the electric cur
rent. which is to pass and repess from
the British lies as it is head qrarters
Inoie it reverenlly, reader. the British
Isles are 10 be ''the head quarters" Of
tie electric cur,eHt9 it seems difficult TO
conceive that the civilized nations of the
world will not become so bound together
by community of interests, that the era
of vpprofc6le aOarfare and of selfish ty-
rannies will find its natural terminate on.
There, now. Dear Mr.. Times we will
forebare to question your motives, ifyou
will but have decent respect for our
common sense. After just coming fresh
from the work of backing the "unprofi-
liable warfare OF the Crimea, and while
even now standing up frankly in support
of the 'selfsh tyrsnnies' Of Victoria.
Louis Napoleon. and Francis Joseph. do
spare plain republican stomachs the re-
'ceSt4eA especially from your cuisin. of
any more such fstulent humanitarian
lollipops. We suspect. however you
have just been iudulging in page or so
of PuncA and a cup of Mocha, and are
inclined to be irresistibly comic. If so,
you have surely succeeded. But pray,
leave words Of so deep meaning to honest
men! For "dificulI" as it may be "to
conceive, I'VE venture to say that not
twelve month will pass after the maiden
message Of that telegraph over which
you grow "fanatical." =" before you will be
talking broadsides of hot shot against
your lily cousin, Johnathan. Have
you not seen children quarrel all tie
more bitterly because they were friends,
and because it was mutually such cry
ing shame that one of them should wrong
the other? And will not you, too, soon
be caught saying. "If it were in the days
of our remoteness and ignorance. it could
be borne; but 10 think Of our cousins
acting thus after The intimate and dear
relations established between US By that
telegraph; it is impious and intolerable." "
Won't you, Mr.. Times ? And in your
next treaty, shall we not read discreet
stipulation to the effect that when next
you and your trans Atlantic cousins fall
out and commence 10 take each others
lives, you sLalI both be sensible nough
TO spare so valuable piece of property
that while you spill rivers OF human
blood. that clever little subaqueous high
way 10 trade and intelligence shall be
inviolste z?
Yet, spite OF the i'll advanced bumor of
the Times, or the evil purpose Of sover-
eigns or peoples, the Atlantic Telegraph,
if successful. will be grand stride in
the history of The race. And we opine
that the year 1857 will be momentous
period indeed, it it be remembered for
aught else as Of greater value and interest
than The IN rnonEind
But we are reminded that telegraphs
are teaching the world the lesson of brew
ity in the expressions ofthought. a dol
lar a nord for news hence 10 Europe
and words will be chosen. II authors
paid such price for the introduction of
their thonghts to the public. libraries
would shrink to readable dimensions.
A dollar word-we will stop.
The BLACK SHEEP IN UTAH.-Brother
Brigham Young. High Priest and FIRST
President of the Mormon Council Of
Latter Day Saints at Great Salt Lake
City, and hold-over Governor of Utah !
Territory, thus endorses the bad charac-
ter of some of his followers:
We can pick out elders in Israel ri .ht
here who can beat the world at gam
bling. who can handle the cards, can
cut and shuttle them with the smartest