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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
94
There
was
no
good
thing
which,
as
it
seemed
to
me,
I
could
not
do
in
Congress
with
his
aid.
When
he
died,
it
seemed
to
me
that
no
good
thing
could
be
done
by
any
one.
Such
was
the
position
of
Cyrus
W.
Field
at
that
stage
of
the
great
enterprise.
But,
thus
at
last
fortified
with
capital
derived
from
New
York
and
London,
and
with
the
navies
of
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
at
his
command,
he
has,
after
trials
that
would
have
discouraged
any
other
than
a
true
discoverer,
brought
the
great
work
to
a
felicitous
consummation.
And
now
the
Queen
of
Great
Britain
and
the
President
of
the
United
States
stand
waiting
his
permission
to
speak,
and
ready
to
speak
at
his
bidding;
and
the
people
of
these
two
great
countries
await
only
the
signal
from
him
to
rush
into
a
fraternal
embrace
which
will
prove
the
oblivion
of
ages
of
suspicion,
of
jealousies
and
of
anger."
Mr.
Seward
might
well
refer
with
pride
to
the
part
he
took
in
sustaining
this
enterprise.
He
was
from
the
beginning
its
firmest
supporter.
The
bill
was
introduced
into
the
Senate
by
him,
and
was
carried
through
mainly
by
his
influence,
seconded
by
Mr.
Rusk,
Mr.
Douglas,
and
one
or
two
others.
It
was
introduced
on
the
ninth
of
January,
and
came
up
for
consideration
on
the
twenty-first.
Its
friends
had
hoped
that
it
might
pass
with
entire
unanimity.
But
such
was
the
opposition,
that
the
discussion
lasted
two
days.
The
report
shows
that
it
was
a
subject
of
animated
and
almost
angry
debate,
which
brought
out
the
secret
of
the
opposition
to
aid
being
given
by
the
Government.
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