Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-08-21


At celebration at Fishkil, n. T., Ii
honor Of the laying Of the Atlantic cable.
Mr.. Beecher made speech. and from biz
Five theughts' az that occasion we cut the
following
| Icapnot help thinking that while they
! Will make some allusion to the progress If
human mind, there is poetical thought tbas
! VIII disclose. hare Thoughts all the May
down tonight, how stra6ge It win seem 10
have that cord lying at the bottom Of The
sea, perfectly undisturbed by the howlinu
Of storms aud the thunder Of uayies.--i.sr
down beyond the anchors Eeach--sto sse
that highwa3, and know that there wiz be
leaEshQnakes that win shake the world; but
fhe cord win be undisturbed. Markets
will come mp, and fortunes will be made.
and down IN the bottom Of the sea the ei
lent wire will carry the news to as. Eur.
tunes viii go down, and the silent road viii
bear the message and thus, without v0Ice
to speak. it will eomoaunicate tE41nders and
earthquakes But al these thiaqs win %
through the sea- apd BY 4 silent travel.
though quicker than thought they win come
and tken Hash aat on the Other ado again
with fresh excitement. 20 me tho fanc.
tious of that wire seem sublime.
Fellow-citizens, mark the advantages
which are to be derived from the connec-
tion Of the continents By this wire. Tom me
tue pre-emiHent adTaatage seems to be this
lit is bringing nations nearer togethcr.--.
We augur the best Of results from this
II is the separation Of nations, as OF indi.
viduals, that works mischief The silent
man is usually q man full Of prediuclea-.
full of misconceptions. bringing mon tor
gether We not only rub down the rosgh
corners, but we also take down the wrong
impressions. Men that were supposed 10
wear satanic garments and eloTen hoofs ara
after all. found to be very little dlacrent
from other people. Bringing neopie TO.
gether is the way to disperse wor3ds of m
kind feeling. The more Intercourse nations
have with each other. the greater is the
tendency to stir the world iato habits Of
good will. Bringing the easicrs Of the
earth, thus as they are. together, win con
tribute TO hasten the day Of universal bf6ih.
erhood
But mark one thing wh1e this wire
viii work in the FIRST instance woFk towards
monopoly. in the second and main instance
it win work towards diffusion and fho COM
mon veal for shaagh nerehagis and 1sol.
iticians viii in the first instance be tic
users. yet I, the main the people FiH Be the
ones that viii peap the heucfts II it Were
possible for knowledge TO be conEned to
few--if it were possible for nonopolsss 10
lock up the end Of this wire. il might be
disastrous 70 the people and 70 governments;
bat nov it has teadsRsy 80 make saex-
ledge co-extensiye with tie globe, for what
is known ia London IL tha rnoruing win be
known here before the morniag. What i
spoken st u IN London win Sc known to
as at 5 according 10 our time. and the en-
tepFises of ell the commercial centers, and
political capitals of the world viii be known
70 rs IN less than en- honf's iinses and when
revolution shall more the old kingdom.
when these fhroes begin to be feli ii oao.
hosr Ne sAall ieel the appFehsnsions aud
termenls. fsie 10 longer IN its own bosom
that France can keeE nst secrets Il zno
longer ia the old British Isles that their
knowledge can be confped~~lG IS fla4hsd
oYeF The norld The elobc win have but
one ear and that ear viii ha oftf5Hhero.