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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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America
has
no
official
honors
to
bestow,
no
knighthoods
or
baronetcies
to
confer.
But
one
honor
it
has,
the
thanks
of
Congress,
which,
like
the
thanks
of
Parliament,
is
the
more
highly
prized
in
that
it
is
so
rarely
bestowed,
being
reserved
generally
for
distinguished
officers
in
the
army
or
navy,
like
Generals
Grant,
Sherman
or
Sheridan,
or
Admiral
Farragut,
who
have
won
great
victories.
Yet
such
was
the
feeling
on
this
occasion,
that
when
Senator
Morgan,
of
New
York,
moved
a
vote
of
thanks
in
the
name
of
the
country,
it
met
with
an
immediate
response.
It
was
at
once
referred
to
the
Committee
on
Foreign
Relations,
which
reported
unanimously
in
its
favor;
and
when,
some
weeks
after,
giving
time
for
due
deliberation,
it
was
brought
up
for
action,
it
passed
with
entire
unanimity.
In
the
House
of
Representatives
it
was
preceded
by
many
bills,
so
that
there
was
danger
that
it
might
not
be
reached
before
the
end
of
the
session,
yet
on
the
very
last
day
Speaker
Colfax
requested
unanimous
consent
of
the
House
to
take
it
up
out
of
its
order,
which
was
granted,
and
the
resolution
was
then
read
three
times,
and
passed
unanimously.
It
is
as
follows:
"Resolved,
by
the
Senate
and
House
of
Representatives
of
the
United
States
of
America,
in
Congress
assembled,
That
the
thanks
of
Congress
be,
and
they
hereby
are,
presented
to
Cyrus
W.
Field
of
New
York,
for
his
foresight,
courage,
and
determination
in
establishing
telegraphic
communication
by
means
of
the
Atlantic
cable,
traversing
mid-ocean
and
connecting
the
Old
World
with
the
New;
and
that
the
President
of
the
United
States
be
requested
to
cause
a
gold
medal
to
be
struck,
with
suitable
emblems,
devices,
and
inscriptions,
to
be
presented
to
Mr.
Field.
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