Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-10-02
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Brenthts thrrc tie iran with soul 20 dead,
Who never to hin II ~ said,
THIS Is my own, ny hative land"
ESQ, from prcsenr~ppcnranccs, that man could
nOt he found here tonight.
The energy, the zeal, and the enthusiasm with
which you have united, fellow citizens Ia celebrate
the successful laying Of the Atlantic Cable, the
creates work Of the ngc, all attest the interest yuu
feel in the success and prosperity of our common
country, and in cvcr' hing thar is calculate to pro-
mote the general welfare. Aud who that has known
anything of the American people. aud particularly VI
the IeutIc Ut CaIinrLia, had right 10 exucct that
there would BE- anything else than zeal and cnthu,-
asin ON Suth an "tcaSipn; or that We would do 9th
crw>c, than attest, ~ most uuIisiHkahlr manner
our great JOY at the successful Termination ui such
All rbt"il iIsci one that has auuliatcd time and
space, and brought together the old and new NUrid
in bnd 81 iIaitrnal feeling, cciEcntd hv interest
that nottingham sever ne that dl>pcls all Wis.
ions OF war. TINT converts the sword into pruninr
hook, and makes commerce. what il really ought 10
be, king If the civilized world say, Why should
we not rejoice and that, too, with exceeding prrut
joy? Vino have 1t better right IT, feel proud vi this
achievement Than the American people, for il is to
one Of our own citizens that We are chiefly indebted
for this great success. To Cyrus W. FIcid, the
brother Of the man u hO now graccs the Suncu,c
Court Bench Of California, all honor is due for pro-
jc,tIng this, the greatest enterprise of this or any
other age.
l. there man woman here Tonight whose
pulse docs not quicken, whose breast does not swell
n,
supcndous enterprise; Tie grandeur of which DER
whclms the imagination, was conceived, and planned
aud carried Out by one at our own cOunir, nicn-bv
"a " Ito was the architect III his own fortunes
Who does not envy him, who is UNIV illnr to nc cord
to him all honor or praise? Born ~ he was, not 10
fortune, but to Erent talents; reared not in the lap
nf luxury, fIsicrcd by powerful aud influential
friends; but living III country where u MUS is I'M
cuggcd BY tile tralIincls of hereditary distinction
he went forth 10 seek his fortune and make his marx
upOn the page Ut his cuuntry'S history. And how
gIOriOisly he has succeeded. The record il made:
the history Is written aud until the lust ~ lube Of
recorded time, the worshipcr Of genius, and Of art,
will pause over the glorious picture with an aston
Ishment only cunllcd by his delight, AT the success
Of the wonderful conception. HIS success, fellow
citizens, is our success; and If his honor and glory
not ours, the fruits Of his genius and enter rise
uIc. And here IL will not be inappropriate for me
To renal K, that 10 American skill and CntcrbTsc
must he ascrbtd the chef credit Of having made
the first practical application Of the two grrut ngcn-
cics that have rcvnlniIOnzcd the Orld,-stean and
electricity. know thai il has been claimed bv our
English friends, that James WHIT, "a Brion, was the
first IL discover the power Of steam M u motive
agent; and that Dir. Iymingt0n first applied it to
steamboat purposes. That he constructed an en-
gne in 1885 for prOpclling boat BY the power of
steam, and that in 1859 cunal-bnnt then construct
cd piled with some success on the Forth and CLYDE
That aguin, IN lsU1. Mr.. j.; mingtOn at the insiga
tinn al Lord Dundas, constructed u steamboat for
towing vessels on the same canal But fellow chi
that one John Fitch, born at Windsor, in Connect
cut, in l1i3 was the first toapply steam motive
agent for the purposes of Navigation; and in his
life which has recently been published il is cOncu-
sivcly demonstrated that lac moved bout BY steam
power on the 18th day Of july 1855. two years be-
fore the discovery is even claimed flor Mr.. Lyming.
ton. And Mr.. hugo Rio. an EnglishInnn, and good
in his work published in London in iS5l
says, "the first really successful steamboat was
built in New York, and launched in lso7 and was
under the superintendent Of Mr. Full
ton" Again the same author says: 1.-THE first con-
siderable si-niil voyage was successfully ptriIntd
by his Mr.. Fmltoms vessel between New York and
Albany und this public demonstration Of the prac-
licaLility Of steam navigation gave the i'm pulse
which has set steam in action the navigaLle wat
ers Of every quarter Of the globe"
10 far as electricity ia concerned. I presume the
TACT will not be questioned that 10 Professor Morse
must be- awarded the honor Of having first applied
The agency Of electricity to Geographic PURPOSES
His simple and beautiful machine, invented in 1888,
the first practical step in the art If ccctI cul
hing either in Europe or America. And |
since then the inventions Of Royal T.. House, aud |
David Hughes, have constituted the chief improve.
ments made in the art.
| refer 10 these things without anv intention of |
1ctracting in any way from the merit so Justly due
10 the English people, or Of inStituting invidiOus
between them aud our own citizcns-
For il must be borne in mind that 10 the Eng.
ish we are more largely indebted for our learning,
md literature, and for the arts and sciences. than 10
my other people on the globe And while we nre
hus Acknowledge o." merit which is due to our
'wn SONS, mus uni iurEci that to British enter
rise, and TO British capital and TO the liberality Of
he British government, we are largely indebted for
he successful accomplishment Of the great work
vhich we have met to celebrate. And trust that
70 feeling Of jealousy will ever intervene To prevent
ither nation from acknowledging the merit due to
he other in their nniring efforts to bring the enter
rise to successful Termination.
said q moment sinsc. fellow citizens, that five
oud not appropriate the hnnOrs due 10 the project
r ofthe work, the fruits Ofhe enterprise were ours
Ind who tan picture the results that will flow from
Is success: The imagination pals in its attempt
0 grasp the theme. Already the encouragement has
one forth, that hereafter the nations 0f the earth
re to be united by ii network Of telegraphs cncr-
ling the globe. That Europe, Asin, Africa, and the
isant Islands Of the are 10 BE- brought together
one common bond funiOn ind brOlhrrhoOd : and !
Int III our Intercourse with each other, time aud
'doved with ubqrty and ornnirresence, as to ell