The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-11
wr,,aaApHIc COMMUNICATIONS TO
UTAH.


R1pod Of A' "mN*'' twL "a Ishs
- .s;~s aud ths Militia IN
The Committee on Military n a:, - ua.s. n.n,ai,
whom war "'s snI mi p shaflner. proposing to es-
tal,sh telegmphe commu'''.a'ion ~ ss., s u.'s
OF Utah and ths w" i"pA' 49,, w. u;n.r, ,;var linz
the westerly 's'nu"' " ',aasr ransae,.tioa anl
TO Utah have h"d 'ne SA'"' '''
report
,,,a, the memoriarts we'll known throughout the
u,s Or DEVISED many lines OF telegraph both in this
,v and Europe aud your con''nittee there'ofe nave
~ ,h; ability full confdence that II the authority Of
~ ,,nment Is given them they will perform all
No. n,omise
,oa in their memorial that
vast Importance OF telegSphic facilities for com
indication between the federal government and the
MI and military authorities stationed ~ the interior
T,ores al any tine is too obvious to require comment
INF IN connection with military "ose"fds q ear''Ae ehafaee
we may quote the remark, often repsa'ed ~ governor
Nee that il telegraphic facilities had existed south
'',uv ~ the commencement Of the Mexican war, the
n,oent might have prevented much iosS OF NE ana
ayd half million OF dollars ny "nye Ne'of'H "espca
4 ,ea,a,ces already indicate that nmilar TniarK -
.nra or less applicable to the Mormon dimcnllies
s' st sp,aks volumes this subject; and that fact
sL, our intelligence from the eTfremuS y europe ID
,o Gar reeks later than from the American army on the
Io,s Of Nebraska and Utah, near s cs"frs q oar os0"
hs secretary Of War; in his annual report at the COM
ancamnt of the present session, while recommending
~ ;n,edate opening of two routes between the Atia
*; states and Pacific coast besides the sa route nom n
- M tha Colorado says
"a line Of stockade posts upon two Of these routes
old not require very large force 70 maintain Them
and II placed at proper 'i'n'"".es ai'y ~ - ~ :
" .; ans OF safe and rapid transportation OF the
,a and perlect protection 10 tyyaphic hne from one
- n n, oAer schic latter object @od :" nS o. ~oah Jar
M1h
~ :, ,,,,.,;,ioo them .
secretary Floyd In reply to letter addressed TO him
80 vour committee has replied in letter dated March
Is 1853 very strongly recommending to the patronage
~ government the enterprise OF the petitioners. Inc
's,t 81 this repor
1bse opnions OF the late Secretary Marcy and the
uresent Secretary Of War; Floyd, are entitied TO- anu
have great weight on the minus u your co'n' =.
Indeed, so connected WIN sne oper"'os " W." as e
telegraph become, thai ~ must ~ 10 "ilo' -
dspensable TO the succesS'n ole'aon - m y "a .,s
munitions Of WAL themselves lheIe can haroy NC
doubt that all the expenses Of the various teiegiaph INES
to the Cmea, during the war there, were lsAd tehoa
by the facilities they gave ior communication oc'~oe"
the armies there ana thcir scve'Ai NOME governments
Indeed the doubt mas peen eAp'esSeu m'e'no', ~"ou
The aid Of the telegraph that war couid nave peeh sue
ccssfully carried on by Great britain anu France
A far grander result may DC hoped Tor ana expecteo
from the establishments u tnc mug oo,'ei'p' ~ y,
emoralists in their proposition to Congress for al
though 1t he initiated - m!'ary measure: eao'
hut be evident to all that wheh the Necessity 'of t''s
using it shall 1t will remain portion OF ina. great
bond OF domestic intercourse which mus event"ay Gnu"
Die the people the Atlantic coast TO hoid houy con-
with their ieiiow'ctzns On 'he iMeo' nio.s" =,
ia a but fraii wire, u VAL become tne srea' cnn VI
union bind the wide extremities OF our ieder" Union
to each other,
The me,norialsts propose, should their prayer oe
granted, to connect washington WIN 'ne army =, o''