Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-05
MORSE.
Complimentary Dinner By the
Citizens OF Rev York.
&c Tells ihe stery of EsIs GTsas
Invention.
Estimate Of the Telegraph by
CODgressssa

GObE Sssssa I--s
A complimentary dinner, given II
New York city on Tuesday evening isse,
10 Prof. Morse, the inventor Of the mag
netic or electric telegraph, elected from
tbat gentleman 8 most interesting
sneach- In the course of his rensrks be
referred to the conception, the origtn'
and the early struggles OF his inYenil0n,
together with his desire 70 nave the
Government take Possession OF " ~
p0stsl purposes, and me rlolcbie ,G9s'
nnon bis invention by memoefs Oh CoI-
efess Ali this, except the mere conIs
fioD of The telegraph, has occurred "Asn-
IN fhirtv-tvyo or three years, a-sosc3 o.
tinna So brief, coDsidsFipg the immense |
n-aportious and importance OF tLe 'sie-
grs5hie svsten as it now eXtsts, tGae II |
SseTns almost incredible that SO yss5
revolution can have been accomp ueo |
in SO small q number Of years. II sol |
xavnya nom France 10 tile y .iJen !
Stats. ia 1882, es Prof. Morse 5e Us
thet he conceived the ideR OF telea aph-
inc nv. means Of magnetism or eiecJTlcl'y
by wires extending fron city 10 GNS.
Taree wears later he eXhi6ite9 a shoIl
line in operation, and II 1875 ne 5,l eA
hibited . miniatUTe telegrSpo 70 Co1-
I
| Frorn that time until 1913 his experiences
| ives hsrd and disc0ufagiDg. In the
aarly mart Of 1913 there Was bill before
| Conrress appropTistiug $50 600, to be eZ-
| nentfed uuder the direction OF the POST
! msster-4eneral, 10 aid IA the c9ostsuc
/ ticn OF 8 iiEe of wires over the ioftg
1,jias of distance between Baltimore sut
/ SJosbinoton. Ig was st this time that
/ his invention was made the bust oi the
coarse ard uzfseling riGicule of some o.
the mem beTs Of the House. cave 1hL-
son. of Tennessee, VINO soon &I'eL "s4Ns
heeane Pcstnnester-G General, aua WHO
lived 10 be ashamed Of his WORDS pro-
pcssd to amend the bill so as 20 0e
vote one-bsf of the sum 70 e2
Deriments In mesmeilsm. tT4o! =
1S. Houston, or Aiso@lnai tH1uSo'
frat NIillsrisrn shCuId also bs inc uied 10
tb@ hare6-s of tbs appropriation. Then
Stanley. @! North Carolina, and Joan-
son hsi sclrr further cruel foD over the
msasure. II Is difHcul now 70 lmsgihe
that such things can have been sails O.
the telegraph but twcBi iy-hFe years ago
These short.sigbtsd men, however, were
not a majority OF the House SUI, VITA
their followers, they mustered eigats-
thrae votes against the bill toelghty-nine
in its favor. Three more members q the
Tohnsop, Houston and Stanley sc9oc.
wpnlh have killed the bid, and Sc Fro
fessor Morse feeliCgly saf1, Wdasa h4 E.
&" consigned the invention 20 cuit siou'
The line from Washiog-oa TO BAltlinofe e
was com pleIedin lSli 8nd DEM 3us' flIl'l
its priceless value and capabilities Ia tiIsi
vaar. Prior TO this tine Professor Morse
had found stsu0ca iilend s29 qs-ahet ~ iu
alfred Vail, OF New Jersey. Ills mQhSs
yant toIthe aid Of the inventor ID heie
him through the terrible struggle Hnloa
. gariUs 90 often encounters with poFer'y
and human iucTedIlily. Tae me va
soon after ex.aLd 81 TO Pniladeippiai
partly by The sii Of private cspitai OBJ.
tanned in Wasbiugt0r, Baltimore ald
pDilade,phis the owners Of the Pnna'
, iglphia Lsdqtg and Baltimore a42 tax
ing 0ouRp!cu2g5 pSrt In promoting tne
enferprise, Since the miniature tele
graph Z as confined 10 the cotunda OF the
cypitoI at Washington Il is but quartet
OF 8 century, and low the wires nearly
. encircle the gio1e.
Ga the sut jset Of priority Of Invention
a about which there bGs been some az
4 tempt ct dispute, Prot. Morse simply
a refei red 20 the S0OYe dates, ana rsieiie'
to the conclusive verdlets gwen py ta
h Governments sad peoples OF Europe
IDENTITIES and orders conferred upon MA
hT n Ira1eau SovereigUs, 2 Congress
Europaan nst!oDs, convened 10 Paris y
% ie5S at the instsrJe Of the PreHch Eth
naror. voted him four hundred thonsan
, franfs - as 4 collective token OF the p0n
lie gratitude ju-tly excited by bis inyel
& tion u In 1868, an IuterDsuOnsI Col
ventiou. heid Ia Paris, consisting {
~ tvpnty nations, adopted bg name %
~ - annsratus Morse y for the service
oil me International lines, this asofe
vas still further contirmed oy Al atel
al retionai Telegraph C5uvenuoni he!i
Wanna tEis wear. Thsse tacs CoAstlIu
81 fbe verdict of Europe as 20 t1a lu5.nti
~ the c!ajIus OF Prof, Morse. Ihey idei
al tifv his name forever with Tue oEig'
-: and Invention Of TIE Magnetic lei
O. graph, and pE0ge thai the "oIia .,,S, oo,
NJ That great instrumentsitf TO Z ne Nt i0'
~ intellect; al In5tTuInenEatity 'uSt 9llI :,
:. more conclusivsly than say othSL .
- I acquired dominion OF man ever Lae II !
terious p0Eer5 of nature, ana .Iq7'ras IILa..
-. more clearly snd DObiy lne lntelisciu
&c rIoyrer ~ man than ary oiuef form
d " The far sighted sagRcity OF Profess
M, rae was shown in bis early ana ps
sistept effDIt TO persuade the cover
oe mani to adops the telegraph as Z part
:, the nostsl ssr7ies. a. that time he {
n fertd il for nstional use for SlO0,G0j, l
ne bis offsr was declined. Nov, when !
u ted graphic system extends over {
whoie continent, and ts!egrspnie prs
ns eriy amounts 10 not less than Aily =
-, lIioIs Of dollars, s1me meA}oeFs "
iu- G,vernmsut have at last walked uP to
u, 1eistIops to the postal service, and p
IA pose to make Il 3 Government lnsti
=. lion. Is is very qlss;ioa2b.e n
- whether sach s tsiTg should be ooi
-, P.iyste enterprise has worked TIE pf'
'Si lem cut, and there is not muoh Toot.ml
~ hope that the Government now Sill
lA' better with teiegTsphs thsa At did in
- psst with roads and canals.