The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-29

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-lSh. The
question was recently asked: q" l. Edison the
inventor OF the monograph ?" With all due
credit to Mr.. Edison. desire to state that the
photograph. or n similar instrument. WIS
known to the pagan Irish druids and the
Tuaiha -danans before tho second arrival If
st. Patrick. He found them at Tara aud ut WI
rious other places on his mission. He couldn't
understand the mechanical construction Of
them. but. regarding them as objects of pagan
worship. destroyed them wherever found Tho
pagan Irish also had some system of tclc-
graphy. or other means Of rapid communicG-
ton. which was subsequently known to the
Danes. who acquired the ar during their four
hundred years soiourn on the island. 1t was
this knowledge that made them powerful else
how could they. living in holes or caves un-
der the ground. scattered almost over the entire
island. assemble simultaneously and give but
Tie 10 the Ga"dhll II is surmised by some
writer's that. they used sgnnl lights from the
rnths or forts IN which they lived. but | think
the theory impructi able. because the Irish
were well organized and continually on the
io'k-out ior any suih evidences 81 n sudden
The guatha-de.danan- aud the Druds. who
invented tho talking and musical arhinHs
and perfected ana improved the arts. sciences
ana mcchanisms. were III" electricians nstrouO-
mer- inventors. mus ,ans. histmrinns, po'ts
priests ~. Of an 'ient ireland. When Eurnp'
WIS almost entirely sunk in barbarian and liz
tcll"etuul darkness, the Druidicnl institutions
IN Ireland were the only seats Of learning whore
thn 'lenres were encouraged and Brought INTO
full development. As men Of science. they
could produce snow or ruin heat or cold hrtt
or darkn -. They W ~ also skilled artiioers.
Look. again. NJ the evidHnnrS of ar N trrturnl
beauty and strength which are yet LEFT ~ i'm The
remains II old castles and towers, whi u
coul.lnt have been built without the aid Of pow
erful machinery. the use Of which they evil
IDENTIFY Understood.
some historians assert that the Druids wore
forbidden hv the inviulHhle rules of their in
sttution to divulge 10 the people any of their
theories or To commit them to writing. These
memory by tedious course OF study Others
maintain that books were written. but destroyed
by 81. Patrick. who dreaded II the knowledge
contained in those works WAS disseminated
among the people ih"y would hecome as argu-
mentutiVe AMI M stubborn in their Resistance
TO Christianity a. the learned Druids AT all
events. evidences which once existed OF tho in
telligence, power, and greatness Of the Pagan
irish are almost-in fact. cntirely-ODlteratcd
and lost.
II Mr. Edison had been alive Mt the period
mentioned. and an Irishmnn. he would now boa
Irish history and tradition would now speak
ot him rs "A magician who practised the demo-
niacal arts OF magical Incarnation and his use
full and beneficial inventions would now be ex-
unct and forgotten. like those that once existed
in Ireland In behalf Of the memory OF Prof
and deem II hut an art of Justice that they ha
recognized and acknowledged as the learned
and experienced men all true sons Of the Gael
believe them TO have been. The pngnn IRISH
vencratcd and adored the sun. and THF SUN
which il read daily by thousands Of their de-
their Vlndicaton. THOs j. BRosEAN.
NEW YORK, July %.