The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-11
The Revolution of 1s4a.


evening from the interior of this State, there can
be no doubt OF the election of Mr.. Bouck by ma
jority varying from 10000 to I5,OOO-and the over
whelmng defeat of the whg party-the utter pros
tration of all their hopes and expectations for two
years at least. c
BY this election the great State of New York has
declared list, against the increase of the present
State debt-2nd., against the enlargement Of the
Erie Canal, except by the expenditure OF its
al revenues-3rd., against the expenditures of more
money by the State in the construction of the Erie
Railroad-4th,, against the incorporation of an sold
fashioned national bank"-5fh against a high, une-
quail and onerous protective tariff that will injure the
shipping and foreign trade-6th., against reputation
of all kinds, all shapes,and all forms and 7th. and
y,against the ruthless war which has been waged
upon the President and his administration for the
las, eighteen months.
The State OF New York has spoken emphatcally
on these points of public policy-and therefore has
decided in favor of moderate measures, both State
and National-and particularly in support of the ad-
minlstration of John Tyler, whose character and
patriotism has been INDICATED. This being the
case, 1t may be asked what will be the effect upon
Congress at the next session, and what should the
President recommend in his message1
We do not know officially what measures he
will bring before the next session, but we would
recommend the following LIST. The creation of
sound nation currency, on the exchequer plan or
any similar one; End A proposition to enact
general International tariff law, offering to average
the duties on foreign productions scale of reci
proclty provided England, France, and other coun-
mes, arrange their duties on the same principle 3D.
The modification OF the Bankrupt Law, by including
banks and corporations, with other amendments;
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9th. The creation Of international copyright
law; 6tn. The maintenance Of the independence
of Texas, and the immediate collection Of Mexican
claims; and 7th. Some disposition of the public
lands in connection with State debts in such way
as will raise the credit of hhe States, and repudate
Reputation. IVA
These are some of the measures that should be
brought before Congress at the next session Mr..
Tyler has now the "vantage ground" and if the
present Congress should neglect their duties and
idle away their time as they formerly did, let the
President call Extra Session Immediately after the
4h Of merit March, and ,cho dare take the respons
btiity OF paying the past game again. The
President has the power in his own hands, and he
demolish the two ultra factions like reed be-
fore the wind. Courage, Captain. Go ahead.
DICKENS NorEs-1NTERNATIoNA Cory RIGHT
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN LrTERATURE.-Three ed-
tons of Dickens "Notes" have been issued in this
city--snd one in Philadelphia, and one week has
not yet expired since the firstcopy received by
the Great Western. Probably $4,000 copies have
been lssued-and so great is the competition among
the publishers that Dickens Notes. were actually
selling at one cent per copy yesterday by the news
boys-rather below par Not one publisher who
has engaged in the business can make anything by
tit is positive loss to all But with this ''Fle-
msh amount" il is also certain that the very
bounded sale and circulation of such fiimsy works,
glut the literary market, and absolutely annlhlate
American literature, except that connected with
the newspaper press.
What is the cause of this state of thingsl What
is the of the present depressed state of
American literaturel Why is it that authorship in
the United States is synonymous with pauperisml
Why is it, in other words, that American literature
is measurably extinctl Leavns out Cooper and
Irving, where have we half dozen authors who
have made money! ..Jtl o.
II is true, Stephens, in his pictorial travels,
and the compilers of school books, in some few
instances, have succeeded But this does not
prove the existence OF an American literature,
such. And while such men, with Mr.. Irving
and Mr. Cooper (who, by the bye acquired much of
their celebrity abroad) have gained livehoods hun
dreds have been able to keep themselves in bread
and salt. Many authors and authoresses, IN the
United States, including theI contributors and con-
ductors OF the magazines, put af1oat, too,
often to meet an early DEATH struggle on under i'll
requited remuneration for their labor; or are ut
mstely forced to abandon all thoughts OF author
ship, to seek existence in other channels. What
inducement TO write for, or publish a magazine
xxhpn he ha.t L.
lished at merely the expense of typography and
paperl What American will undertake TO write
book, when he knows, whatever its merit or deme-
nit, publisher will buy the manuscript, when an
English book on the same subject perhaps can be
obtained and republished for nothing,
What is the remedy for all this Can we sumose
among seventeen millions OF people, a larger propor
ton of whom can read than in any other country
so very few men have been fourd capable of author
ship1 Have we not seen American authors driven
in poverty from the field, while American publish
ers have grown rich by the republication of English
literature What is the remedy Evils very often,
and fortunately for mankind carry within their ele-
ments means tor efFecting their own cure.
The time has passed when future publishers are
to realize fortunes by Peddling in foreign literature.
The Harpers publish and sell novel at
% cents which they formerly sold for four or five
times that price, showing their former profits Pub
fishers have now become so numerous, and the New
World and Brother Jonathan coming strouel, in
competition with our large caterers of other mems
thoughts obtained on grautous terms, the gene
raj scramble has become so active in this honorable
traffic, that they are in a fair way to knock each
other down. The consequence is, we shall soon
see the Harpers, Carey, Lea 81 Hart, with other
publishers in the United States, warmly advocating