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Effect of the President’s Communication

           Thecrowdgraduallydesertedthesquaresandstreets.ThefourrailwaysfromPhiladelphiaandWashington,HarrisburgandWheeling,whichconvergeatBaltimore,whirledawaytheheterogeneouspopulationtothefourcornersoftheUnitedStates,andthecitysubsidedintocomparativetranquility.

           Onthefollowingday,thankstothetelegraphicwires,fivehundrednewspapersandjournals,daily,weekly,monthly,orbi-monthly,alltookupthequestion.Theyexamineditunderallitsdifferentaspects,physical,meteorological,economical,ormoral,uptoitsbearingsonpoliticsorcivilization.Theydebatedwhetherthemoonwasafinishedworld,orwhetheritwasdestinedtoundergoanyfurthertransformation.Diditresembletheearthattheperiodwhenthelatterwasdestituteasyetofanatmosphere?Whatkindofspectaclewoulditshiddenhemispherepresenttoourterrestrialspheroid?Grantingthatthequestionatpresentwassimplythatofsendingaprojectileuptothemoon,everyonemustseethatthatinvolvedthecommencementofaseriesofexperiments.AllmusthopethatsomedayAmericawouldpenetratethedeepestsecretsofthatmysteriousorb;andsomeevenseemedtofearlestitsconquestshouldnotsensiblyderangetheequilibriumofEurope.

           Theprojectonceunderdiscussion,notasingleparagraphsuggestedadoubtofitsrealization

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