The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-18
QUEENS MESSAGE AND THE PRESIDENT
h. Esp0gsE THE SPIRIT or THE PRESS.


o.nnot think or write on this subject in ordinary
IT,, language fails and thought is overwhelmed in the
t.apatjon Distance and time are annhiiated Unite
r. seem to be merging into the infinite and glimpse
In at state wherein onr thoughts shall be commensu-
- with the spheres breaks upon the mind
ii ry,om the New York Courier and Enquirer, Aug. III
IN. Queens message has really The public
"a which has for days been anxiously awaiting the de-
Z uissye and been tantalized with alternating hopes
n ears ia regard to the possibility Of It's transmission.
@ relieved last evening by the positive assurance that
He pyal communication had actually reached our shores
From tho Baltimore American, August III
ria sucoess of the Atlantic telegraph Ia assured All
,Lts as 10 its ability transmit Intelligent written
ces have been dissipacd by the dispatches we pub
nh today The great enterprise OF the ago Is com
mse and henccforth our communication with Europe
I'm be as niar and instantaneous as the varied inter-
M tho world and the intelligence OF the age may de-
mand
from tho Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug III
The Atlantic telegraph cable has spoken. The silent
- onitcant voice of science has vibrated ACROSS the
~ M the Atlantic Great Britain speaks in the OF
North America, that instantaneously recognises the
% and relics to Great Britain, which interchangingly
J viftly appreciates the responsive language. Space
sen the two countries has been Gnnihilatcd by the
ssay energy and perseverance Of man. The great
tngs tho mighty warriors, the profound statesmen of
,h earth fade into Insignificant distinction before the
ussl and energetic citizens whose confidence and zeal in
inole thought have led To the accomplishment of
th most interesting and dfcult tasks yet undertaken
and completed by the Of the nineteentl century.
prom tho Baltimore Patriot August II J
soeb triumph constitutes am epoch in the worlds
history which, perhaps signalizes the closing cycle OF
,h nineteenth century prominently than amy other
rod of tme-so far scientific achievements are con-
oeredsnce the dawn of Christianity II may be con-
sered privilege TO have existed contemporary with such
an event and therefore let all rejoice There are those
Who look upon the opening OF new era fruitful in
n ,,oJ ur..at and
physic and moral happiness tending to aneiorate man
condition. promoting peace, harmony ana an lmmeas
unbly exalted degree of human excellence. All this
and more may flow from the great scientific triumph
which it is privilege this day to sgnalize conformity
with our brethren of other civilized nations
From tho New York Daily News, Aug III
The dispatches received last evening which will DO
sup elsewhere leave little for doubt concerning
the completion Of the Atlantic telegraph And admit
ting the assumption that the great work is complete it
IL not easy to oyerestmate its Importance, either IN
humanitarian or an economical point of view.
Il cements the bond Of union between the civilized
nations Of the world than which nothing could be more
des,be 1t paves the way to universal brotherhood,
than which nothing could be universally import
ant II demonstrates fact which tho civilized
world to wit the fact that the civilized world thanks
70 God and scence-has the of daily communities
ton continent with continent, people with people,
state OF things under which is almost impossible
and consequently universal peace and harmony, working
with Christian good will and for the universal welfare, is
almost inevitable Glory to God, and honor to Of
science for such, and every such, consummation
| From the phlla eiphIa American, Aug III
This day will almost universally be made occasion
for public rejoicing In almost every city there has been
more OF less preparation for nauguratng the actual and
final triumph in becoming people who sympa-
thze with every step OF advancement the age makes 1t
should be SO celebrated This telegraph in active
opeation will influence every department Of business and
n
gether by it's very grandeur Of conception and its eleva
on of tone Half tire mischief fear will be forgotten
before it can be perpetrated by snch agency and
much intended mischief will be defeated, because 50
great power must be guided by the best and not the
worst in either nation II there is nprightness dignity
honor in either of the great communities this honor
must and will guide line OF teegraphic communication
which thus makes mans capacity 30 nearly supreme It
wonld put the very powers OF evil 10 shame IL were
not
From N. Y. Times, August III
The Atlantic telegraph Is In working order The mes
sage Of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to the
President Of the United States has been received and the
answer IF the President will be ut once returned 1t
received in Washington last evening, and from the
rather ambiguous in which it worded, being
without any date signature naturally excited some
suspicion that it might not be true But despatch
from the agent of the telegraph assurance that the
message what 1T purportcd 10 De- ana WAS actuay
received from Yalenta.
The telegraph therefore, Is success and though this
Information would be more satisfactory if it were
panied by some definite intelligence regards the length
of time required to transmit the message, accept 1t as
sufficient evidence that the cable is Ia working order
Nothing add to tho greatness and importance of
this simple announcement The magnitude of the snbr
ject trascens tho power Of language. The simple fact
ia the simplest form of words is of the sublimest
passages In the history OF human affairs 1t can be
neither magnifed diminished and we would not DO
guilty imperence Of attempting tosuggcst thoughts
event like this when the mind Of every one capa-
BILE Of thinking will DO sufficient for its own meditaons
From the Philadelphia Icdgor, Aug. i'll
The present is but the infancy OF tclegraphing The
work that has been done is indeed noble monument to
the superiority of our age all the past but it has
also shown up the weakness and unrelabiity of great
many OF most scientific men. 1t was just the same
with steam vessels Before steamships navigated the
Atlantic DR. L4rdner demonstrated, ho thought con-
clusvey, that such vessel could hold enough coal to
carry her the Atlantic and noble lord, de-
voted TO scientific pursuits confident in these cal
citations that he offered to eat the Goals probably he meant
the cindcrs Of any vessel that should accomplish the
feat Well, he did at least bite the dust" But pre-
lcons and calculations, and assertions of the inevitable
failure of the telegraph enterprise, rife among
considerable mt the moment of the arrival of tho
Niagara in Trinity Bay, that the whole American CONT
nent caught fairy mapping by the news, and
small part Of the subsequent delay has arisen from the
fact that no suitable arrangements had been made
shore for the cables reception In fact science to
great extent follows after facts to account for them in
all sorts of ingenious ways but it seldom pushes ahead
OF them, except in the minds of very few courageous
as well as clear minds In them alone il leads through
brilliant conjecture to scientific discovery Those few
minds the only really great Of country and of
age.
So long as the cable could not DO laid there were pen-
ty of men who could account for that There were it
was ssd precpitous clasms at the bottom Of the sea-
that would break any cable Such a ctasm existed