Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-03
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Enron NATIONAL DEMooRAT;-
s,r:-The Monitor, paper published in
Can Francisco, and devoted (as it says tc
catholic literature, eschewing politics and
,olomics in its last issue contains, together
with other very interesting matter, long ar
tcle from which it would appear wonder
fol discovery had been made by its editor
namely; that the Atlantic Telegraph atfail
,roso swindle. Alas for the dignity, the
honor. the honesty of two of the greatest ma
tiops upon whose immense possessions the
srr ever shone. Where now will be founC
,be individual So rash, as to place confidence
N tbe faith or commercial honesty of the
Oricipators or conductors of any enterprs,
wboteyer? Here is an enterprise, which, tC
use the editors own highly ornate and truly
classic expression, first set the Union "a-gog,
and then for purpose was reduced to the
level of "ditchwater.
The Atlantic Cable was laid at an enor
NOUS expense-England on the one side ant
the limited States on the other, were deeply
concerned and took lively interest in the
matter: in fact, the public faith of botl
countries became, to certain extent in
volyed. Men Of the greatest responsibility il
the Old and New World are its directors. -
But vet the sagacious editor of the Monitor
Dronounces it a swindle And as the editor
of the Monitor must be profoundly learned
man, representing the Catholic Intelligence,
(which we very much doubt, as we are as
sured that several of the most distinguished
Of the clergy, and Archbishop Alemany him
self, do not recognise it as the exponent ol
Catholicity-the Monitor is a private specu.
lation, and has nothing to do with the Church
further than the interests of its proprietors
are coDcerned,) we are forced to the conelu-
sion that the connecting of the two cont
nents by telegraphic communication was un-
dertaken for the dishonorable purpose OF
swindling. If such be the facts, then we
must say, with the editor, that since the days
of rigging tie market" and cooking ac-
counts such a swindle has never been per
petrated. And here we regret our misfor-
fortune at not being fully initiated, as the
editor gravely assures us that the full force
and true sublimity of the terms " rigging the
market" and cooking accounts are known
and duly appreciated by the initiated alone
As long as the paper protesting to be the
organ of Catholicity confined itself, as it
promised, to the dissemination of Catholic
intelligence, we felt no inclination to review
or criticise its articles. But, as soon as it
broke its faith-freely given in its prospectus
and undertook to censure the commercial
acts and honesty of corporations in this coun.
try, we, as an American citizen, have right,
nay it is our Iuty, to examine into the sub
ject of his animadversions and set the public
Alright, should the Monitors review be
wrong.
Should any of your readers doubt the
good faith and reliability of the Atlantic Tel
egraph Company, we refer such to perusal
of the list of its stockholders. Their charac-
ter, in our opinion, will outweigh the erudi-
ton of the editor, and sustain our confidence
in the company.
A word on the gentleman's logic He ap-
pears to have studied this noble science or
art, in the same school in which he found an
empty Queens message" and formed his
ideas of ragamuffin government. He
says, Law perpetrated a great swindle, and
wisely concluded from this that, therefore.
the Atlantic Telegraph Company is a
swindle. Suppose we bring this mode of
reasoning to the Monitors doors, and say, a
certain editor once wrote very stupid and
very foolish article; therefore, this article of
the Monitor is very stupid indeed. Why sir,
it is our opinion that the editor would feel so
enraged by the sophism, that nothing short
Of setting fire to the Bay, and destroying the
shipping interests Of San Francisco, would
appease him.
Hoping you will excuse the length of this
communication, we will add word of ad-
vice to the editor of the Monitor: to rusticate
for a short time in some quiet spot---we
would suggest some comfortable ranch be-
yond the Bay-study little logic and revise
his studies of English grammar, and, after a
time, return with renewed vigor to his ardu-
Gus duties in the sanctum
Yours, &c,
THE FAMOUS O'REILY.