Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-09-24

Ihe aruCe Wnicn We copy DeiOW from Inc London
lmes on the foolish display we first made the
cesfu laying of the Atlantic Telegraph cable is all well
deserved. But what will The Times say when it re-
cees the account of the great celebration of the event
made here on the lst of September? While we were
making fools of ourselves and Illuminating Broadway
Englishmen says The Times, did not even light
kitchen dip, nor ring bell, let off squib 60 out
into the street" or make any sign whatever.
Yet the half has not been told The Times. When
it hears of the general jubilee of the lst it will doubt
less hide its arrogant head and feel ashamed that nothing
said or done in all the British Isles on the consum
nation OF this successful private speculation
We have not had word for two weeks over the
wires yet the cable is aid and Jonathan runs wild
We are in fair way for another unpleasanness with
cousins across the Atlantic. This time too there
can be no amende it's all come and gone and it's now
matter of history that when America all enthus-
at the of the electric telegraph we all took
it very easily indeed. They have literally "piped and
we have not danced" for England and America have
been married, and the former has behaved if wholly
unconscious of the ceremony New York and every
other city of the urheSt West went off into ecstacies
1t was dozen anniversaries of independence rolled into
one.
Ther" many salutes as at Cherbourg three
hundred and thrtythree guns from the batteries hun
dred guns here, hundred there a hundred monster
rock blasts in the Central Park and heavy salues
from the top of the Astor Hotel ALI the church bells
rung Every house was Illuminated in that extern
pore fashion which tells better than own brilliant
the banners of every nation and of nation and
tranSparences with sentiments, verses puns alegores
and devices, i'll which, if England had not its due need
of honor it was not at least forgotten.
The Agamemnon was the greatest of kings Cyrus
the new made grander union than that of Media and
Persia; the cable had opened Field of usefulness
the Niagara and the Hudson had beaten the Atlantic
and the union of the two worlds-it reads almost like
profaneness-was actually ranked with the Declaration
OF American Independence The cable itself is declared
to be the wedding of the two cousins the strongest
bond of amity the deed of eternal partnership But it
is vain to think of beating neghbors-now hardly
| transatlantic--at this sort of description
All this time did not ring bell Or let off squib
light kitchen Dip walk out into the Streets
do anything whatever in honor of the event In all
England we believe that not one congratulated his
| neighbor about it. We were all pleased in our own
quiet fashion, and somewhat surprised at so complete
success coming quickly the heels of repeated fail
Of course those who had shares in the company
delighted to find the quotation rising from $50 to
900 The Queen did her duty though unfortunately as
it turns out only the first sentence of her message ar
we'd in time for the first burst of American ubilaton-
The Lord Mayor followed.
We cannot charge ourselves with having sighted the
OCCASION We sent one of our best men aboard the Ag-
amemnon On her first attempt, and he did as much as
could to tell the fearful tale 1t really would not
have been common humanity to risk his life second
time in enterprise of apparently such remote success
When success came at last, proclaimed it in terms
as we sufficiently gOWHlS. 11aQ we raised our
key note higher should have been thought prop
er inmates tor private lunatic asylum.
The High Church pulpits would have denounced our
exataton of the miracles of science and our worship of
progress and the poor cable would have been forthwith
stigmatised as an engine of AntiC Christ The fault if
fault there be, is liz the British public 1t is not so in
tensey interested in this affair the Americans are
There must be for this, we are not an
unreasonable people Without the least wish to show
slight without being conscious of it, we have be-
Of notiO
with so great an event. Among the future marvels oil
nature Bacon predicted communication by sympathy
The communication has surpassed Bacon's expec
tatonS, but it is not with the expected amount of
pathy. This is question which concerns both the A
mericans and ourselves
In matter of fact this is greater event to the United
States than to ourselves They gain thereby instant
communication with .the wholeof the Old World. WitI
them is the union of the whole world one of their
transparencies has it, We gain only the United States
and British America The information to be expected
from these places will be chiefly interesting to merchants
who regard the electric wire as convenience, or ne
cessty, and not as new source OF pleasure. In Other
respects American intelligence is often startling curious
dismal and interesting as matter of speculation, but
without the sentimental interest which attaches to the
events of most States in the Old World Scarcely any
thing ever happens this side the Atlantic which is
not associated with reading travels our acquan
tance or our pursuits.
Every novelty is the next step of train already deer
new world, which few of us have seen and which VIZ
do not read much Of But the Americans themselves art
somewhat to blame for the lesser interest with which
read fresh from that quarter or hail the prospect
of instantaneous intelligence. How many times during
the last ten years have the steamers brought US the dis
agreeable things that all the American papers were in
blaze of Indignation against this country for stupC
affair that we absolutely knew nothing about Have
we not the conviction forced upon US that American
f politicians scrupe to raise capital at cost BY
to the very verge Of WARP 1t is the belief of this
try that have several times avered war by conces
sOns which only not dishOnOrabe because dictated
by horror of with own flesh and blood men
n common stock using our own language.
+ There is the misgiving that we may have to d.
this again and again. and that there American poll
o ticians specializing on this game. Now the Engis
i don't like this they feel somewhat aenated by it ant
they don't feel and unreserved pleasure at tn
Il sight of an American mail 1t may any day bring
new demand, unjust in ITSELF and not improved by tn
language. The Americans may like this they may fec
it amusing they may even find it But, if the
choose this ne they must not also reckon upon low
it or sympathy, as it is now called. A choice must
l. made in this, in other things. The Americans ma
appeal to what set of feelings they please but not to
a at and if they wish to be overioyed at t
thought OF hearing every morning what they were don
and saying overnight they must adapt their deeds
c words to this new and more intimate relation.
n Our recent proceedings with regard to British Coun
bia will prove to the whole world our anxiety to avoi
all occasion of quarrel but nevertheless we should
d be surprised if, the interchange Of compliments ono
over, the first real message by the cable some
dieulous moehill magnfed into mountain by the pull
lie press and indignation meetings at New York. Ma
9r it not be So May orebodng be proved needles
ye and discourteous But it will not unless America
statesmen resolve to be just in their demands
amicable in their tone
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