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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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FOOTNOTES:
[A]
It
is
worthy
of
notice,
that
when
the
Bill
granting
a
charter
to
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company
was
offered
in
the
British
Parliament,
at
least
one
nobleman
found
fault
with
it
on
this
very
ground,
that
it
gave
away
important
advantages
which
properly
belonged
to
England,
and
which
she
ought
to
reserve
to
herself:
"In
the
House
of
Lords,
on
the
twentieth
of
July,
1857,
on
the
motion
for
the
third
reading
of
the
Telegraph
Company's
bill,
"Lord
Redesdale
called
attention
to
the
fact
that,
although
the
termini
of
the
proposed
telegraph
were
both
in
her
Majesty's
dominions,
namely,
in
Ireland
and
Newfoundland,
the
American
Government
were
to
enjoy
the
same
priority
as
the
British
Government
with
regard
to
the
transmission
of
messages.
It
was
said
that
this
equal
right
was
owing
to
the
fact
that
a
joint
guarantee
had
been
given
by
the
two
Governments.
He
thought,
however,
it
would
have
been
far
better
policy
on
the
part
of
her
Majesty's
Government
if
they
had
either
undertaken
the
whole
guarantee
themselves,
and
thus
had
obtained
free
and
sole
control
over
the
connecting
line
of
telegraph,
or
had
invited
our
own
colonies
to
participate
in
that
guarantee,
rather
than
have
allowed
a
foreign
government
to
join
in
making
it.
At
the
same
time,
if
the
clause
in
question
had
the
sanction
of
her
Majesty's
ministry,
it
was
not
his
intention
to
object
to
it.
"Earl
Granville
said
this
telegraph
was
intended
to
connect
two
great
countries,
and,
as
the
two
Governments
had
gone
hand
in
hand
with
regard
to
the
guarantee,
it
seemed
only
reasonable
that
both
should
have
the
same
rights
as
to
transmitting
messages.
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