[Gutenberg 62214] • The proposed union of the telegraph and postal systems / Statement of the Western Union Telegraph Company

Excerpt from The Proposed Union of the Telegraph and Postal Systems: Statement of the Western Union Telegraph Company

Government, however, most effectually insured its successful extension, when, contrary to the practice of European powers, it declined to assume the control of the Telegraph, and referred its inventor, after the thorough investigation of the Postmaster, General, to the people as the proper recipients of his discovery. It was the healthy act of a government which recognized its duty to protect, instead of absorbing, the enterprises of its citizens. That duty is as clear today as it was then.

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