The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-21

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The Failure OF the C~bls-What tho World
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The attempt to lay the Atlantic telegraph has
again failed. We are not sure that Mr. Field
did not abandon the undertaking and return to
Queenstown too soon, and that the Agamemnon
is not still waiting at the ocean rendezvous for
her consort These doubts, however, will scou
be cleared up, and we shall know the true condi-
tons under which the failure occurred So far
az now can be seen the failure is simply me
cbanical one, and in this age of mechanical tri-
umphs does not by any means imply that the
telegraph will not yet be successfully laid. The
world has now become accustomed to the use of
telegraphs for althe purposes Of civilized life.
On either side of the Atlantic there are already
erected some 10000 miles of electric telegraph,
and all the great interests of the world look to
an union by the Atlantic cable.
When such an event shall take place the
world will acknowledge a new impulse The
great centres of civilization will receive in
stantaueous intelligence of what is passing else
where, and its frs. application viii be to those
transactions that distribute the surplus products
of the earth among the nationa The operations
in the great markets of the two hemispheres
will be reported daily to each other through
the agency of the telegraph. Under its
guidance commerce will cease to be that sys-
tenn of uncertain adventure which it was in the
olden time. The wants of the consumer will be
at once made known to the producer; and the
merchant, ceasing to be the speculator, increas
ing his recompense through the possession OF
exclusive intelligence, will become merely
the legitimate medium Of exchange between the
two, and receive the equitable reward for his
labor. Thus the benefits of production will be
more equally distributed among al, to the
manifest advantage Of all
But in the moral, and particularly in the po-
litica world, its effects will not be less certain
| and palpable. Far outstripping the sun in his
daily course round the globe, it will recount to
each people it rises to the abors of the day the
acts and thoughts of those whose day has already
| past If q throne be overturned in France,
or Ministry in England if revolu-
| ton occur in Spain or a conspiracy be
| discovered in Russia; If a representative
Of one or other Of the contending parties
among ourselves be elected to guide for q time
our destinies as nation-whatever event stirs
the great heart of people. will be Immediately
known to all the rest, and they will be engagedin
considering its bearing and results at the same
moment of time This facility Of instantaneous
intercourse will make the nations better ac-
quainted with each other, and through that &C
quaintaDce soften and ameliorate the relations
Of political and international communion. With
nations ii is the same as with individuals-fre-
quent intercourse modifles their appreciation Of
each other, and often creates personal regard.
One of the most prolific of the changes the
Atlantic cable is destined to produce is that
which affects the relation Of the newspaper to
| the com mrn;tv A martial re-.i-<:-- has OIL
ready been produced In the last ten years by
the establishment Of the electric telegraph BY
increasing the sphere Of its daily report of
events, intellectual curiosity has been stimu-
lated, the operations Of the mind quickened,
and the demand for newspapers has been so
increased that the circulation of cnterprisng
journals is now represented by thousands
where it was by hundreds short time ago.
And 20, too, when the columns of the He
RAID shan contain each morning q report of
all the prominent events that have occurred the
day before in Europe. Asia and Africa, as well
as America, il will become more than ever q
necessary accompaniment Of the breakfast ia
bic; and the only limit that may be anticipated
to its circulation will be the mechanical one
Of the number Of copies that can be printed by
the most improved mechanism Thus the news
paper will become the more intimate compan-
ion of every man; and those who take only
weekly paper will abandon 1t for daily,
and every one look for his morning
journal, in order that be may see
daguerreotype Of the whole world Of yesterday
Upon the journals the change will not be less
great We look forward confidently to the
time when the HERALD will contain, besides its
local and city intelligence and advertisements,
nothing but mass Of faithful telegraphic re-
ports Of the events In the whole world Of the
previous day. with our editorial comments
thereon. This is the electric Placer Of journal
ism that we still hope to open.
But II Is not in detail that the vast results
to mankind from the successful laying Of
the Atlantic cable can be estimated.
In order TO form any idea Of these we must con-
template the Atlantic telegraph marshalling the
mind Of the whole civilized world to unity Of
thought and action. In this humiliation Of
time and space how great viii be the expedition
given to the march Of human progress! There
will be no waiting to know the positions that
other nations have occupied before we advance;
each division of the great army Of civilize-
ton. knowing the line OF march and speed
Of lite fellows, viii advance unhesitatingly
in the path of its Development, receiving and
giving continually support. With such per-
fiction OF system and intelligence, how much