The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-04-15
Morning. April Is, 1868
DIsPArcHEs.-The New York Tribune
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the Democratic party. Inc statement II
without doubt true to great extent, say.
the Chicago Post-the tone Of the Associated
Press dispatches from the South and Eas
shows it. Two dispatches received on the
Pacific coast within few days go to confirm
the statements of the Tribune and Post
We refer to the kilograms giving Wade's
Cabinet, and the rumor that Chief Justice
Chase was the author of a communication
published in the Int lligeIcer, showing that
Wade could not act act as President. TelF-
grams from the South frequently bear marks
of hands belonging to the white man S
government" -Mnysrile appeal.
The truth of the foregoing has long
been apparent. There is but one prom
Using way of relief and that is through
the plan which has long been before
Congress of making the telegraph q
Government institution, like the Post
Office, and putting its use within the
reach of the entire public. As at pres
ert conducted, the great telegraph lines
make important news monopoly and
its transmission matter of political
and personal speculation. The spirit
of enterprise which induces newspaper
capitalists to band together for the
purpose of relieving one another from
the vast expense Of receiving individual
dispatches is as commendable as any
other we'll conceived business arrange
ment. But il is born of monopoly and
works injustice to the people. The
sole right, vested in a few persons, to
employ the Postal service would be q
magnificent scheme and would make
the business OF letter writing and send
ing sure source of great wealth =; but
it would certainly prove great detri
m.nt to the public. Now the fact
is, the electro magnetic telegraph
has wrought a grand revolution i'll
tho world of letters and Of news.
The speedy transmission of intelli-
ligence has become as much mat
ter of necessity as speedy travelling
facilities. AS steam has created an age
for itself so has electricity brought about
an indispensable necessity for its own
employment. The Postal Service is a |
matter of slow growth and cautious ex-
periments. A man need not be very
old to remember the time when the car
rying, by mail, of an ordinary single
letter cost twenty-five cents. Early |
Californians wei, recollect when Uncle |
Sam was unjust enough TO charge them
ten cents for carrying letter to and from
the Pacific Coast and the Atlantic States.
That " old fogv," England, long ago
taught the United States the practical
bili;y, wisdom ard money-mahins char
rctsr Of the penny post. The principle
which gave success explains itself. The
cheaper the rates of postage, the more
letters seat. The same idea is aprlica-
bic to telegraphiug. Let the Govern
.uent become the proprietor Of the teie
graph and put its condGction under tie {
control of officers and operators ap- :
pointed by and salaried by itself, and !
* the rates of tclegraphing at such +
igare as the public can afford, and very t
3oon it will happen that where there are
low thousands there Will be millions Of ;,
niles or wire stretched from State 10 j:
State and town to town. The new ar
might well lie made 2 part
f the Postal DepSrtme nt-the telegraph >,
flee and the post Office being combined c
% great a convenience as the use of the v
elegraph sIou!i be made to serve every -
.mily. however limited its means. Such e
Icilities would, moreover, promote the T
rowth ana increase the number Of daily
ews2apers, and thus cheaper willie Il
wing wider djaasion to news which t.
very man should be acquainted with. u
TO being self sustaining or remuuer- :
tive, there can be no doubt Of its sue
ass. The same argument arises in its
Ivor that has been vinlicGtcd with re- VI
ard TO the Postal service. Place the
Tres within the means of the people
nd a hundred dispatches would be sent
here one Is ,e.egraphed row. 1t costs 20