New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-10
huur O,..4 ] sHI grateful strttufs,
EDWARD LYTTON BILwER. HENRY HALiAM,
THOMAS CAMPBELL, SYDNEY SMITH,
ALFRED TE\NiSON, II u. MlLMAN,
T TNIFOlRD, SAM FLkOGkRs,
THOMAS HOOD, JOHN FORSTER.
LfIGH HUNT, BARRY CORNM Al a.
To CHARKs DIcEsNs. ESQUIRE, nllrd States.

TryfLAsD dor London ,6h March. 1872
Mr. DEAR SR-We learn by tie newspapers
that you syelywherc, IN America, .tlr up tho
question OF International Copyright, and thereby
awaken huge dissonance where all else ~ere III.
umphant unison Cor you. am asked my opinion
Of the mater-and requested to write it down in
words
Several years ago. If memory err not, | was o>e
Of many English writers who under the auspices
OF Miss Martineau. did s!ga petition to Cougre-s
praying for An international Copyright betwces
the Two nations, which, properly, are not tao Ia
tions-but oBe-indirisibie by Parliament, Goa.
gre.s, or any kind Of human law or diplomacy be-
ing already m ted by Heavens act of Parliament
and the everlasting Law OF Nature and Fact To
that opinion still adhere and am like to Continue
adherlng.
in discussion Of the matter before any Congress
or Parliament, manifold consideration, aud areu-
mertations will necessarily arise. which 10 iIe are
not interesting, essential for helping me 10 a
decision. They respect the time and manner IN
which the thing should be- not al "a whether the
thing shsuli be- or not. Ia a. ancient Book, rev
enced, | should hope, on both sides OF the Ocean,
It was thousands of Years ago written down in he
most decided and explicit manner, Ihou shalt
not steal That thou belongc.t different ma
ton. and Clnst steal without being certainly hang
ed for H. give. thee no permission To steai. Thou
shalt not in any wise steal Al all som y writer
down for Nations and for Men, IN tie Low Book
Of the Maker Of this Universe. Nay, poor jeremy
Benin IN and other. step ~ aer, aud viii de-
moRstraic that il i. actually orr trgc convenience
and expedeacy not % steal which /, for my .hnre
on the great scale. and IN the small, and 200 a
conceivable .ci!-s and shapes DO also frmi, De-
'ieye it to be. For example, II nations ab,tsincd
from stealing, what need were there Of fighting
with it, butchering, AID burnings-decid,iy the
most expensive thing IN th- world How much
more two Nation. which. as .ad a,c but one
Nation knit in thousand WAY. by NatGn. and
Practical lntcrcours,: indvi.ibio brother element.
Of the same great SsXENDoN, ia which IN all hon
orablc ways be- long lie
When NJ. Robert Roy McGrteor lived in ib,
district Of Mentc.th, on the Fighlnrd border, two
centuries s.o, he. for HE part foind it more con-
senicnt To supply himself with beef by stealing il
alive from the adjacent gems, than ~ buying II
killed IN the Stirling butcher, Market 1t was
Mr. Koys plan Of supplying himself with beef in
those day.---th!, Of stealing y. Ia many 4 ,'lc
Congress. in the district OF ,ientrIth there WI.
debating. doub' il not, and much .pecious argu-
mentn,ion ;h., way and that before they could 49,.
certain that, really and truly buying was the Le-i
way 20 get YOUR beef, which however IN tie log
run they did VIII one assent find IL ndsputabl,
to BE-. and accordingly they hold b, il to th. diy
Wishing you a pleassn, voyage, AVID swift ard
safe return | ROMAN always.
My dear cir yogrS, very siBo erely
THOMAS CARLYLE.
To CHAsLt' DieSts', Esquire. IN tie United states