New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-06
NEW.YORK TRIBUNE.
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b..ut;ful 10 me as when caught the first
~. n q Albion's chalky cliffs They were as
80. Of paradise, and as much nearer and
go il the actual, as they were more somprehen-
~. ~ the senses than all ideal worlds The good
S,v.rth 10 spite Of the world buners IS yet
,,4b cIinging TO- and my first step from the uncer
-, ,lspk TO common dirt was like treading on
..<,ne;ty with the bare feet. And then, there was
a. r,uspcs Of the " Old World with its ages and
us.uss to lend illusion to the enchantnent ana
he;slten the beauty Of the scene.
A, nv business lay in London, made scarcely
.bsl, IN Liverpool only sufficient to see that it has
more the air Of an American city than any other in
England or perhaps Europe. Liverpool IS destined
:. /. tho greatest mart on the Eastern Continent
s,,osuh,, dinqv yet, it is cleansing itself and
5,uy INTO staieness and beauty, while its bust
mes. ,v,ri, expands withuuparalelled rapidly In
a.. ,..oect NewYork alone, viii compare with
Liyerool-I know Of no other place. Though Of
course far behind London with its two millions Of
populsfion and onesixih Of the shipping and com
nece of Britain, yet it is far ahead OF London, II
IRA moment we consider its age tnd advantages
IT,
rarsop. Its Docks are tie grandest and noblesi
nsouuments of tbs kind in the word-those OF Lon
soa though gigantic, will by no means compare
with them The trans Atlantic Steamers having
leir European terminus at Liverpool, give 1t great
consequence, more than simply drawing travel thu,
way--it concentrates mass OF trade which is in.
erea,ing daily and the facilities for getting at its
IN nf fft.r -
naturally turn greatly TO the advantage Of Liver
rool. And the Liverpool merchants have more en-
tervrse than those OF London-they offer them
,elyes To the world in better business guse and,
finally all that heart Of England in which Manches-
ter Birmingham and hundred great towns beside
he, has ito natural pusation toward Liverpool for
export andimpOrt.
| find the Custom House much more particular
than with u.s. Though | had no contraband articles
was closely examined as were all the passengers,
and one or two who CHANGED TO have american re-
prints Of English Books lost them altogether
They are determined on the International copy
right question and If they avoid IL, will not let
ffeprnt go into the country | think the officer
who seized these books said they would be burned
after certain time had elapsed. ] should recon-
mend keeping the volumes until they accumulated
sufficient quantity, and then send them abroad
aud sell them at auction or pcddc them out. We
have and do pirate great deal from the English,
and more perhaps from other European nations
but | remember something about little pamphlet
pabished by Wiley & Putnam in London, giving n
catalogue OF over 300 American works mostly His
,0fcsl Geographical, and other school books, which
Mad been pirated in Engand-most of them pub
hshed without an acknowledgment of the author
snd some OF them as original English works. The
Unpublished by Wiley & Putnam certainly lndl-
Gated that we were no more than quits with all our
sedmgstll tins fact of piratcal reciprocity. while
stands as a credit mark TO both the English and
American author, does not make the piracy Just
Any more than Slavery by statute in the Southern
States is right because there are lower Slaves IN
fl in the midst Of England and other portions Of
Eunpc
don't know much about the merits of this bone
81 Literary contention, though am quite satisfied
q the influence it had on Dombey Dickens when
he wrote his ambrosial American Notes. IL would
hrst seem as though the author ought to be salts
ned with the legitimate market ON which he based
1is Issue Dickens for instance, wrote his book
directly for the English market, and got his pay,
BIS fol- price. Each volume was SO much in his
PICKET and fhc set his price high enough he ought
70 be satisfied beyond that To take the admiration
q the world, which paid HIM a mos. decided com
Piment in passing ON his image toward Immortality.
Milton was glad TO get ten pounds Tor his great
copyright, and probably Homer gave his to the
vVad-but this is no reason why authors OF odoy
acndbe SO stupid; nor does II look much like caring
ts Immortality to see them endeavoring to patent
tier wares al over the globe. a mans mind IS
has property within certain limits-nOt altogether
tor snpposng an author should write book and one
man should buy volume and lend II TO all his
nelehbor, who might learn it by heart--whst rule
could protect bis mind in such an extremity
should be sorry, for long time yet to see any re
Hretions adopted which could tend to raise the
rce Of reading for the age is such that books and
papers are sought in proportion as they are cheap.
The present arrangements OF the press in Eng
and are not so bad as when the Bible was first
tsnsaied-ior then the book was made so exclu-
ave hat only COO copies were sold in three years
s'la they thoroughly exclude the ma from not only
We higher literature OF standard works but also
BON the news OF the day The thinking political
sod religious mind OF England has little or nothing
10 10 with the million. These latter who herd in
tae MINES poiteries. and many oithe manufacturing
towns know as much Of what their governme nj and
US doctors are about as they do of the old gentleman
"a 'he moon and positively no more In the first
I.'e'newspaPers are placed by their price beyond
we teaoh Of the abOring mass in the second their
wml1fM necessities are such they have no time. II
WY nsa disposition or ability TO read aud. in the
-, "e'e are several shires where the London
s-.,.l.. = '"~eeu LNgisSh papers, would need 10 be
IA. eu 70 insure sn understanding OF them
80 = no oAe English people may well exclaim
'snAes How good English you speak" and
I's" As truly exclaim in Lancashire and
Sv-essnere Whist execrable jargon IS spoken" -
s.s newspapers are sold for sixpence sterling
efaSi 70 oar shilling, or loaned for All hour for
s,lfNoe' e4ohto four cents. and the threeiourths
PcOp'e are working for from one to two shil-
49, ps' usy and driven hard at that there is little
~ 'nst they will spare the three pence or SIX
I,S nun lne all absorbing tap room for the news
asos . were is kind Of hopelessness consequent
6si-.se condition OF labor IN England which has
eal"' az abandonment OF all care for intellectual
N a. Ihs mass Of the people see no eminence
inv s, es'sncc 10 which they may aspire by indus.
asn ..Am! and knowledge; but only blank,
,onsS, =. ntlorward way OF toll on from morning
Nsu' a. their life time.
man, ~ WHO us do YOU see n newspaper IN every
xorlS ..a' and knowledge Of his country, the
hodv ;;a'es Of society, &c. in his head Every.
and ,nerc as in the United States part
.terestsS Tue ruling power. anxious for and in
Churrh every movement OF the State or the
a. the r ,ou might as well inquire OF door post
hon =, ' poor about this or the other nsttu.
Of the s,. em; isuspect it is somewhat the policy
the hst, r rna'ns powers to keep the people from
hss, ~, iney have found the common head and
4 man .. oaient and seditious when INDUCED with
u,' Mhe nominations of creed and caste tbrus,
Tbs Gun But this is going from the point.
SS''0'n House also looks close 10 mans To-.