The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-12
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.
C0NGRATULAT0RY ADDRESSES.


TO FIELD.
... ST. JOINS, N. F.. August 10, 1853
The following is copy of the address presented
to Mr.. Field to-day:
To Cyrus W. Field Esq, General Manager of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company:
We, the Executive Council of Newfoundland, have
great and sincere pleasure in offering you con-
gratua tons in the success of the grand project of
laying the Atlantic Telegraph cable. Intimately ac-
quainted we have been with the enterprise which
has distinguished you from the commencement ofthe
great work elegraphc connection between the Old
and New world, and feeling that under Providence
this triumph is mainly due to your well directed
and indOmitable eXertons, desire to express
to you high appreciation of our services to the
cause of the worlds progress, and our sympathy in
those feelings inseparable from the present pro-
found result We recognise in this achievement
the creation ofnew bonds of commercial and social
union between the people of the two great nations
thus marvellously connected, and we are gratifed
to remember the and contributed toward this most
important object by the colony of Newfoundland,
and the privileges conferred upon the company you
represent We sincerely trust the best expecta-
tions of the results of the enterprise to all the in
terests associated with it may be abundantly full
filled, and that you, sir, individually, may reap
from it an ample recompense for your many labors
and sacrifices, from its conception to the present
hour.
On behalf of the Executive Council of Newfound-
land. LAWRENCE OBGIEN, President.
MR.. FIELDS REPLY.
To this address Mr.. Field made the following re-
To the Honorable the Etecutire Council of Nc,cfound,
land
President AND HoNoRABLE GENTLEMEN-I thank
YOU with all my heart for the cordial manifestations
of your good will. There is however, nothing
new to me in the present tone Of your feelings.
Upwards of four years ago, when first laid before
the Legislature of this colony the plan of uniting
the two continents by means of the telegraph, the
communications received your ready countenance;
and in the charter of Incorporation then passed was
Lad ,t,plnt
its final accomplishment. The terms of that char
ter were liberal and encouraging; but had your
counses been guided by different spirit the pro-
ect would have been abandoned, and years. per-
haps, might have passed without witnessing this
happy union of the two worlds, with the beneficent
consequences it is destined to diifuse. The exclu-
sive privileges conferred by the colony the New
York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Com
pany, made her the subject of severe crticism and
it is therefore with satisfaction observe the APP
proving terms in which you refer to them.
Every enlightened country recognizes a right of
property in those who organize work where sci
ence or SKILL or capital has been invested This
protection is necessary to draw out the efforts of
men in new works of public utility for who would
SOW if he could not reap and while the individual
has his reward, society is the gamer by his labor
In the exclusive privileges you have conferred on
the company represent, the principle of copyright
only is involved, and think there can now be no
doubt that your policy has cOnduced to the interests
of the colony. While confidently trust that the
future may be productive of much benefit to your
people from the great work which from the begin
| ming to the present time has had your consistent
and liberal support, shall look with peculiar plea
| sure on the advantages resulting from the proud
position of this colony in the Geographic connection
of the New and Old Worlds, and Shall be ever ready
| to promote your views of advancement by all the
means In my power. CYRUS w 'FIELn
ADDRESS OF THE ST. JOHNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Mr.. Field this afternoon received the following
address, at the Merchants Exchange, from the
Chamber of Commerce
70 G. W. Field, Esq, General Manager Of the. Allan
TIC Telegraph Company:
SHs-The Chamber of Commerce of st. Johns
have the high qualification of welcoming Won on
your return to these shores after the accornplisb
inent OF the great undertaking in which you have
been engaged for some years past Personally
known as you are, sir, to the members of the Cham
| Der of Commerce, they have watched with deem
interest your ndefaigable perseverance in CARVING
out the vast scheme of the Telegraph
Company; and whllet they sympathsed with YOU in the
disappointment You must have experienced at the
failure of 1857, they felt assured that your well
known energy, combined with the scientific skill of
those gentlemen who were associated with YOU.
would have eventually succeeded if success were
practicable. Devoting, sir, as you have done, your
fortune and talents to this great enterprise the
Chamber of Commerce rejoice that you have seen the
fallment of your most ardent wishes, and they beg
to express their fervent hope that be spared
many years to enjoy the fruit of your intense labor
and that You may receive, on your return to your
native land such a welcome from your countrymen
and friends as may in some measure compensate
you for the DAYS and nights of anxious care that
you have passed. WALTER GRIEyE, President"
t.a tf MR.. FIELDS RESPONSE. -.#t.
Mr.. Field to this address replied follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS THE CHAMBER OF
CoMMERCE-GENTLEMEN: The address you have pre-
sented is deeply gratifying to my feelings on this
occasion. will not affect to conceal from you that
the successful result of the laying of the Atlantic
telegraph cable fills me with great joy While
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