68 THE NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. command, served under me twenty-five years ago, and I found him even then a good surveyor and draughtsman (cheers). The selection of officers which has been made reflects great credit on those who arranged this expedition. I am sure the time will come when you, Mr. Mayor, will be glad that, by your exertion, your hospitality, and your cordial welcome, you helped to cheer forward so truly important an expedition (applause). Not only will this line unite us with America, but by branch lines with Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, and Prussia; thus bringing the whole northern continent of Europe into connection with Canada and the United States. There is nothing to be done but what has been practically proved capable of accomplishment by men possessing the necessary judgment and energy for such a subject. Colonel Shaffner has been engaged in carrying out telegraphs beyond the Alleghany moun- tains (hear, and cheers). There is nothing on the coast of Labrador, under water, or in the ice of Greenland, to prevent the success of the undertaking. The notion of damage to the wire by icebergs is a mere bugbear. While an iceberg floats no wire once laid can be touched by it, and in shallow water care will be taken to avoid abrasion by laying the wire between headlands which prevent icebergs from entering those valley-like fiords up which the wire will be carried. Believing the northern line to be the one likely to succeed soonest, for the reasons I have stated, I have much pleasure in proposing—“ Success to the North Atlantic Telegraph, coupled with the names of Col. Shaffner and Dr. Rae” (loud and long-continued applause). Colonel Shaffner, whose rising was the signal for a renewal of the applause, said:—I would much rather be engaged on the service of the telegraph at this moment than be here (hear, and cheers), honoured even as I am by this distinguished company. I should feel myself more at home in carrying on this enterprise on the route itself, than in being honoured by the most distinguished men in the world (applause). In it my whole heart and energies are absorbed. Seven years have I been engaged in it, and seven years more I am willing to devote to it if necessary, and if my life be spared—ay, seventy times seven, if it were possible—in order to succeed in establishing a connection between the two hemispheres by one electric flash (loud cheers). I am anxious to see not only this line carried out, but others. There is work enough for all. But this one is my special object. In 1854 I petitioned his Danish Majesty for this, and he made no special reservations for the people of Denmark, but granted me a concession, to be free, liberal, and open to all (applause). The King of Denmark pledged in the concession to support its impartial use, and that the telegraph should be without restriction—free as the constitution of

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