The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-05


T1E POSTAL TE TELL @0ks
In his last message to Congress Pres'-
dent Grant says:
rvou,d reccomnend also tho appointment OF
..or,mittee oe commissions to take into eonsadr |
.e,sion the best method equitable to private cor
,,-,.;oos Who have invested their tims and cap |
t,.l in the est,blishment Of telegraph lines for
a.. t;overument acquiring title to all the tele- |
.,.ph lines nov In operation and Of Connecting
eh;s s.-vce with the postal service OF the nation
r, i. mot probable ths< this subject could receive
-,,uer consideration during the limits Of asnort
.,~.aOn of Consress, but it may be initi.ted 81 |
sA.t further action may BE- fair TO the Govczn-
,.eut and to the private parties concerned
Here he leaves the subject. for the
present.
AMI now. in the name of the common
atty of journalism (such of the newspa-
per press of the United States rs by rea-
eon of limited means and other hedging
circumstances are debarred from the en-
ployment Of the telegraph as vehicle OF
news, in the name of the every day peo-
ME Who are now constrained to regard
the sending Of dispatches as nm lnfre-
quent luxury; and in behalf OF justice.
public economy and the general good, do
We pray that the Congress Of the United
States may be persuaded. at as carly a. day
q is consistent with thorough weighing
and Investigation Of the matter, to pass
such enactments of law rs will take the
great telegraph system of the country out
Of The pcepostercus monopoly which now
holds Morse's discovery within the stocks
and pillories of its power and put it
where the people can afford to inter
change the immediate communications OF
biography one with another.
When the inventor of the electro-maS-
netic telegraph made his great discovery.
he simply combined and utilized certain
forces of nature. By q monstrous and
artificial perverzion of the everlasting ft-
Dess of things, this needful and benefcenf
. Utilization has been made the body ser
want of the most''grasping and merciless
nouopoly Of the times-a monopoly 80
vast and wealthy IS to be able to override
all opposition, brow-beat the public and.
"a "a fear. exact terms of its own dicta-
ting from Congress.
A. we'll mouepolize the ocean; the Mis-
daippi; the wind; The fire; the ram; the
pover Of steam or the force of gunpow-
Der - that this tripped and harnessed
tam of loadstone and lightning should
b kent for hire and retail doing by
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Give it to the people. no matter at what
cost; give It as freely as the mails are
Given; and FIX it within such adjustable
Rniiss as that the sliding scale whereon
- uices move shsA ever tend down
v.ra toward the constantly accruing pos
sibilities of cheapness-and not upwards
award the inca ure Of exclusive dearness,
= now.
"Itis along of tbs centra!izins ten
denotes of the age" say the soiidifed
md immutable bisots who worship the
innocuous and sheeny ghost Of suFPos-
tive jefferson: 1.-THE telegraph people
hare put up q job to sell coasress their
worn out stock in trade" say the ire
irresistible conservators Of The Sagacities
tho Smart Alecs Of the day they who
IRE too marvelously on the alert to be
caught mapping. and who d. habituaily
sac.iIice the benefits of wholesome meas
urea to tn. slinidng genius OF suspicion.
And Who cares If these eesaksrs and
oyer-keen amateur detectives are ON the
right scent-so far as their smelling will
e,xry them? What of it? There was NO
1Ahei6e Railway for twenty years after the
epad discovery in California because the
s1uilding of it would be to fly in the "a.
ered face of State Rights and set Intern
Il improvements to trainplins upon thu
Conxitution. Centra1ize? Why not
soy? Haven't We been mastering ar
niles and burning powder andreconstruct
ing the Constitution and asserting tn
very elements of the Declaration OF In
dependence foc twelve gears. more o
lssa. all for the sake of enough central