. A history of the United States . on, in which non-voters under the law Avereallowed to be represented; a new and more liberal consti-tution was drawn up and afterwards (1842) adopted by apopular vote in which Azotes of men who were to be enfran-chised were received, and so the Dorr War came to an TELEGRAPH; ANESTHETICS. 229 end without bloodshed.^ Some of the descendants of the oldDutch patroons in New York (sect. 35) still held the landsgranted to their ancestors, and claimed from the tenants pay-ment of the old annual dues in produce. A growing dissatis-faction with this arrangement had ex
. A history of the United States . on, in which non-voters under the law Avereallowed to be represented; a new and more liberal consti-tution was drawn up and afterwards (1842) adopted by apopular vote in which Azotes of men who were to be enfran-chised were received, and so the Dorr War came to an TELEGRAPH; ANESTHETICS. 229 end without bloodshed.^ Some of the descendants of the oldDutch patroons in New York (sect. 35) still held the landsgranted to their ancestors, and claimed from the tenants pay-ment of the old annual dues in produce. A growing dissatis-faction with this arrangement had existed among the tenants,who at last, about 1840, refused to pay rent. The militiawere called out to aid in its collection, and this is knownas the Helderberg War. In1847 and in 1850, a political ;, faction known as the Anti- -^ i, v^,.^ Renters made its the matter was com- ^ -^^^ promised — the owners offeredto sell their rights at a fair fig-ure, the tenants bought them,and this relic of feudalismpassed SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. 252. Telegraph; Anaesthetics.(1827 -1846.) — Activity ofthought was not only mani-fested in social and politicalmatters, but also in the field ofscience. Samuel F. B. Morse, an American artist, havinghad his attention turned to electricity as a means for trans-mitting messages over wires, took out a patent for a systemdevised by him for this purpose in 1827. Money was lacking,but after long efforts, during the closing hours of a sessionof Congress, an appropriation of 130,000 was made to assisthim in testing the invention. In 1844, with this money a ^ In 1888 an amendment to the constitution of the state greatly enlargedthe suffrage, and in 1893 other restrictions were removed. All the Dorrparty desired has now been obtained, and more. 230 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. line was set up between Baltimore and Washington, which areforty miles apart, and his plan proved an entire success. Thefirst message sent was, What hath God wrou
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