. A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day. ency was forever eclipsed. ForVice-President, George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania was chosen. The convention by which Mr. Polk was nominated was held atBaltimore. On the 29th of May, 1844, the news of the nomination wassent to Washington by the Magnetic Telegraph. It was the firstdespatch ever so transmitted; and the event marks an era in the his-tory of civilization. The inventor of the telegraph, which has provedso great a blessing to mankind, was Professor Samuel F. B. Morseof Massachusetts. The
. A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day. ency was forever eclipsed. ForVice-President, George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania was chosen. The convention by which Mr. Polk was nominated was held atBaltimore. On the 29th of May, 1844, the news of the nomination wassent to Washington by the Magnetic Telegraph. It was the firstdespatch ever so transmitted; and the event marks an era in the his-tory of civilization. The inventor of the telegraph, which has provedso great a blessing to mankind, was Professor Samuel F. B. Morseof Massachusetts. The magnetic principle on which the inventiondepends had been known since 1774 ; but Professor Morse was the firstto apply that principle for the benefit of men. He began his experi-ments in 1832: and five years afterward succeeded in obtaining apatent on his invention. Then followed another long delay; and itwas not until the last day of the session in 1843 that he procuredfrom Congress an appropriation of thirty thousand dollars. Withthat appropriation was constructed between Baltimore and Wash-. PROFESSOR MORSE. POLKS ADMINISTRATION. 447 ington the first telegraphic line in the world. Perhaps no otherinvention has exercised a more beneficent influence on the welfareand happiness of the human race. When Congress convened in December of 1844, the propositionto admit Texas into the Union was formally brought forward. Dur-ing the winter the question was frequently debated; and on the 1stof March—only three days before Tylers retirement from the presi-dency—the bill of annexation was adopted. The President imme-diately gave his assent; and the Lone Star took its place in theconstellation of the States. On the day before the inauguration ofMr. Polk bills for the admission of Florida and Iowa were alsosigned; but the latter State—the twenty-ninth member of the Amer-ican Union—was not formally admitted until the following year. CHAPTER LVII. POLES ADMINISTRATION, AND THE MEXICAN
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