New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-05
NEW WORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY JANUARY 8, 1857

political point ~ view, oo.hmg would be gSDed "
VI er running the Atlantic With the seegfspnc suss
by that route. Moreover, that route w1ah esd We
vue across . volcanic region These conzutute Cd
s,ructops that In the present state OF our knc~sase
are fatal 70 ssch . rosts.
The ony practicable route for q submarine telegraph
between he United States and England appears 10 be
along the "pIsteau" Of the Adsnuc wnereoa u Il
proposed to lay the wire that now in process OF con-
siructon.
can epteIprise from the British shores subnsrln- all
the vay 20 one Of our seaport torns-cEt oosoi 10
tine Of pe4ce the line along the plateau voUld, oy
reason of it graf Advantages, take a. zoe oasaot
And IN war the Briii-h authorities need bat cat the
American cord take charge Of Its office al the other
end TO render the whos line imperative or Pefiecoy
useless TO us.
II cannot but be regarded by every wise snd good
man as fortunate that this grea; enter
Prise of the sub Atlantic telegraph the 1odnt wJrk OF
England and America This circum-t.nre ougo' OF u
self TO serve guarantee 10 the world tlat 10 eve OF
war-sbould war uDbspply ever be wsged oVF ven
u csc two n.topshat that cord never ~ be broken,
or 10 be used otherwise than freely and iary alks oy
the two nations, then citizens and subjects.
We have lust seen the great nstiOns OF Europe
en- crying from the horrors OF fierce and bloody war
aud vet 10 their honor and the glory OF the az" De II
said that tAt strife vengeiu though II was, ~as nor
ssy,ge enough to break singe loe OF Geographic
wire The lightning 10 and fro with meas ASes De-
tween St. Petersburg and the capitals OF rrsoce and
England a. DOS does. And in case OF var vim tnis
Joint means and enterprise of the tao peoples upoo toe
quiet bottom Of tie deep sea, neither OF toe twl 0v
erunerts would dare take that cord anu IN ue tsce OF
the Christian States and peoples OF the age, sonVei
into military engine, ~ De iulned asans' US Join'
owners and partners.
Our fellow citiz-us who contrived, planned, and
brought this noble work are too sasaous aud
patriotic not to have perceived that lying az does
wholly within the control of foreign Power, tht
Povei were il nation OF Goths and Nsni-ls' might
turn the path they about TO make tor the n hnS
at pg The bed of the ocean against their own cJuotry
in war but they knew the people on tue o.hef sl1e,
and frusted 10 higher and nobler sentiments The
British Government interfere With the free use oil ma
cable war; The spirit OF the age - ssain-t sucu a
act and State within fhs pale OF Cerlsenio n nu;a
less n at great English nation Of noble people ~odt
dare 10 DO such hing. Her people and rulers would
not If they could; they could not, If they wOali We
IN gtt as well thnk of esriog up DOF, IN peace the
rsw ave between Canada and the States or OF aoro-
gstire the steam-engine because i: may be turned
against us in war.
When Capt. Cook was on his voyage OF discovery,
Franc. and England sere at var Tue hlng OF france
was requested not TO let hs AIMED cruisers destroy tne
recorcs Of that expedition in case any OF tnsm shjud
fall in with IT, You recoiect the noble reply: war
"pot against science" and forthE With every m Al OF
war bad orders 10 treat Cook as friend shoo'd they
fail in with binl and ess ist not Intercept him IN the
object of his cruise. To this day the msmofy of t1at
King is held in more esteem for thai act and sentiment
than for any other act OF bis reign.
A little more than three yeirs ag' at the maritime
Conference of Brusst s where the principal naons Of
the world bed IN the persons Ot their reoressnt
tyes to device uniform p ysc1 research a. ssa
10 be board chip for arklng the e'vstoos
upon its winds and currents those fdDctOnans alluded
10 this sen nent Of the French Monarch and spe hed
each 10 bis own Government 10 order t1at In case OF
war this abstract log should also be regarded as
sacrt thing. II il made so. The armed cruisers oil
Of the various nations that coo JersOg IN TINS sys
tenn Of research required to tOucn that record WIN
lone but friendly hanos.
This submarine telegraphic line Is an achievement
with which this very syeem OF re-earco hss had s1ue
thiIg TO Go in bringing about and Is hkey
that il will or can be mOnOp lied by aug poser
for war purposes Family and clearly 1t may he con-
sdered III oiu properly Of those nations who are
operating cO-wOrkers and joint la0orers In that
beautiful system of physical research by waich way
for the lightning ha. been discovered under the sea and
across the ocean.
This ,ystem of research hiss been proclaimed over
ard over again, was not undertaken tor the exclusive
Adv aDtsge of any one people or nation, but tOr the
benefit Of commerce. the i'd ancemen. OF science and
for the benefit and provement OF the whole human
fsmly and with this understanding the nations OF Ed
rope entered into 1t. .-,
great enterprise This. may with propuey uoder
these Circumstances demsnd fsir paricPa ION in all
its advantages.
But suppose we should stand aloof and that toe en-
terprte low on OF should be abandoned by our cit-
zehs ard Governm Mt and then suppose var TO cons
In lees than six months after its declaration the British
Government could, on its own account, have wire
stretched along ths 'eearspblc plateau oetSeen New
Homeland and Ireland.
You do rot desire me in your note to consider the
Christsnzpg political social and peaoe-p'eserSns IN
fueDces which this fascicle OF c,pper threads wnen
once stretched upon the bed Of the oce.n ia TO have
al tn. refore DO not offer any of the vieFa which
present Themselves from such 8 stand point. THIS
much howe may say: submarine telegraphy ,s 10
js infancy but il s in be act OF making the stride OF
full grown giant and prob lem can TO my mind be
more satisfactorily demonstrated than % the praenea-
bity Of readily and almost without risk l,yiag fhe
wre from land to land upon this "tesCspb,c plateau
Of the Atlantic. Respectfully, &c
- ME-. MAURY.
Hon c. C. CHAJyEE House OF Representatives,, Washns"n
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