The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-22
THE FRENCH cAHLE.

tfrom. the Cincinnati Commercial, July col
orr solemn neighb0r, the Cincinnati Gazette, has
it, delicate ana profound onvctions' that il viii be
fearful thing TO let France In upon us through an
ocean cable before our mighty Congress has given
400 pounds TO the mile attached to France,
must not be inserted in the shore OF Massa-
400 pounds to the mile. The Emperor Of
amount Of imperialism into this country unbeknown
to itseifas MI Lincoln might have said, but proba
ply dd mot say Of h s are two taas are
sable to granting permission to stick one end Of
copper WIRE Weg " aoS pounds g the mile into
ror, or the French government--whIcn IS
erc,ss Censorship over the teesram so' The
second Ia, that we must be at liberty to lay return
we the
be largely present in these suggestions In the first
place the French governments exercises its authority
IN the censorship established over the pubic press
and the kilograms of the French empire. THIS is
done day ana night. We do not get any kilograms
censor, and we cannot get them from France with
out change in the fmperiaI policy.
there without the permission Of the French "nvern
ment. The demand, therefore, that we snail wait
for freedom to all manner Of dispatches IS pracu-
Caiy that we shall await the downfall OF the French
empire before permitting ourselves to communicate
with the European continent through France. We
tile French cable to touch our shores. The 'e.fete
despOtisms OF Europe" have control OF the iIngllsh
cable; and we ger exactly the intelligence thai the
OnicIas-that Is TO say, the 'minions OF despot-
ism'--allow u.s. The thing certain is that win a
competing line OF ocean cable the prices OF des.
patches would come down, anu the Circulation Of
Intelligence increase. That would be hard for the
despotlsms Of course. but We, as free men Of the
first water ought to be able to stand 1t little
while. The point that we must demand permission
to lay cable to France VIII be appreciated by our
capitalists who want to so into the cable business
and by no others. When cable company Is
formed and the cable is made we VIII begin to look
about on that subject. II France would let US
touch classical shores with copper wire Spain
might not object, and as last resort we cOula ap-
peal TO the Hon. Samuel Shelfabarger who Is regu-
latiDg relations with Portugal. The plain fact Is
that the only parties upon earth interested IN pre-
venting the completion OF the French cable are
those interested III maintaining the present mo-
DOpOly.
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer, July 2o1
We observe that some questions have arisen be-
tween our government anu France In reference 10
the permission to land the cable upon our shores.
The exception taken Is the permission given to the
French government to have the censorship over the
wires. We consider this small mater. IN case Of
war we could seize our end OF the cable. and In time
OF peace the censorship would 30 far Is we are con-
cerned, amount to nothing. Until our capitalists
build u telegraph Of their own TO Europe, we ought
not to be scklers against those lines which foreign
ers establish on our shore. In the language Of
Pope:-
Speed the swift intercourse from soul 10 soul,
And watt a sigh from Indus to the Pole.