The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-22
TIE ATLANTIC 7ELEGRaPH- IN ENGLIm
VIEW or IT
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From the Iondou rmcs.l
We believe correct ia stating that 500 mills
telegraph have never before been successfully laid mi
water and yesterday received intelligence that n
munication is fully established beneath 1000 mile,
stormy occau under asupcrincumbcnt OF water MI
depth of which may be calculated "a miles Only NJ
when il has succeeded, we able fully 10 realize
magnitude and the haTd'hood OF the enterprise On
what Jagged mountain ranges is that slender thread E
cd in what deep oceanic valleys does It rest when IN
fash that carries the thought of man Gom one coninM
to another darts along the wire through what stran
aud unknown regions, among things uncouth and wip
must it thread its way IL brings up tidngs from IN
vast abyss but not Of the abyss ITSELF but Of men M
ourselves who dwell beyond.
Since the discovery Of Columbus nothing has been dom
in any degree comparable TO tho vast enlargement whit
has thus been given to the sphere Of human actyty
We may that this the most difficult problem Of 1s
has been solved BIO Justified in anticipating that there
no portion OF the earth surface which may not be p
ia immediate communication with MS. We know h,l
we have in our hands the Of practical ubquty
Distance as ground of uncertainty will be eliminated
from the calculation of tho statesman and the merchant
1t is violent presumption to suppose that within N
very short period shall be able to present to read
crs every morning intelligence of what happened the IN
before in every quarter of tho globe. The admiralty
know to within few miles the position OF every shin
her Maesty's service. The intelligence of Canm Ma
or an Indian mutiny will reach before the first b
that has been shed is cold, and shall BIO able 10 ec
OF intelligence.
We see with not unnatural satisfaction that the ady
tage of tue discovery will DO the greatest to those cU
tries the possessions of which the most remote u
therefore that England has to gain than any IA
rivals More was done yesterday for the consolidation
our empire than the wisdom Of eur statesmen, the m
crafty of our legislature, the loyalty of coona
could ever have effected Distance between Canada am
England il annihilacd For the pun pose OF mutual CON
munication and Of good understanding the Atlantic
oJ md bacn rs wei In III
one country Nor any ono regard with indifferent
tho position in which the Atlantic telegraph has pla
lib in regard to the great American republic 1t has bal
undone the Declaration of 1876 and gone far to max
lis one again. in spite of ourselves, people To IN
ties of blood, language, and religion, TO Ii
intimate association in BUSINESS and complete symps
thy on SO many subjects is added the faculty
Simultaneous communication, which must give 10 all thes
tendencies to unity intensity which they mover bci
could possess.
We are most happy that 1t has fallen to the lot Of It'd
country to carry out enterprise in which human nd
ture is deeply interested in concert with the only oh
nation the globe in which the flame OF science is fl
ned aud kept alive by the breath of freedom Let th
who are assembled at Cherbourg to celebrate another
velopment in the art Of destruction, and to fee the IN
auguraton OF fortress avowedly designed to threats
the independence aud prosperity OF these islands er
the nature of the enterprise which has thus beer
executed, and turn from the contemplation of science d
graded into the handmade of slaughter and devastaor
to science applied to her legitimate Office the conc
ator the beneacress and the enlghtener Of the whole
human military monarchy has created Cheri
bourg political freedom and commercial enterprise ha
made the Atlantic telegraph, and they have nothing u
blush for in the comparison.
From the Liverpool Journal]
Two-thirds of the of the world appcrtah hI
Great Britain and America, and this will nI
crease population increases and while stimulating
trade throughout the universe, the trade between Eng
land and America will forever be paramount The maiu
part of this trade refers to cotton and both coun
may be considered almost exclusively interested n M
growth and manufacture of that plant IN immense ben
eft will be derived for both by what may be considered
instantaneous communication between the two great
marts of trade In week or two we shall know in li
erpool. each day, what they are doing in New York and
New Orleans; and the merchants in Wall street will hav
response, in equally short time, of what the banked
are doing on the Liverpool Exchange.
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Considering all the circumstances attendant the AL
antc electric telegraph it is impossible to appreciate t
immense advantages which must proceed from IT, and
there will be nothing cxtvagant ut all in coming to the
conclusion that the completion of the wire "Wednesday
last na,y.roti social and commercial reoolon The ELECTS
schtch cannot be oieuisc than good
From the London Chronicle.
1t is curious that this completion Of work which links
together England and the United States should have
been consummated at time when tho British Queen i
personally intcrchanging expressions OF amty with INF
sovereign of another allied State Such inteTcours
whether passing and ceremonial permanent and bu
nesslikc in character tends more than anything else
insure the peace of this world and to promote in cons
quence, the welfare Of all civilized nations. Visits The
that to Cherbonrg may do much hut the establishment
of regular and instantaneous of communicate
will accomplish far more towards consolidating Friendship
between rulers and peoples, and eacng every cause
trace of dssonancc long before it pen into hostility
To commence the Atlantic Telegraph will doubt prov
most successful and profitable instrument But It's
lca functions and international agencies of eve
higher Importance and will establish it as Of TIL
chief civilizers and pacificators of mankind.
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