The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-19
SeuPPressed Portions OF Mr.. Wobster's
speech, In the case OF Goodyear vs.. Day,


TO THE PUBLIC.
This is indeed an age to be remembered. On Sa-
turday May l, many of the leading presses of New
York sroaned under the accumulated weight Of
some twelve to fifteen closely printed columns, pur-
porting to be Daniel Webster's great speech on the
India Rubber case, at Trenton.
Now, whether or not that publication was Mr..
Webster's speech, propose to inquire, and supply
the answer by few comparisons Of this spurious
with the real speech, carefully reported by Pro-
lessor Leland, assisted by two other Photographic
reporters In comparing the spurious with the real
speech OF Mr. Webster, find about two columns
wholly suppressed-the suppressed parts being taken
from different portions of the whole
also find many things printed as having been
parts Of Mr.. Webster's speech, which he did not
utter, and probably never conceived also find
throughout the whole speech, perhaps q hundred
specimens of Photographed errors,' (simar to
these appended below; in other words, what an.
pearsto me to be wilful perverson of Mr.. Websters
language, If not bold attempt to make that great
and profound statesman and lawyer the author of
statements and propositions which, upon a careful
Investigation OF the testimony, he wisely and con-
ut Trenton, before learned judges.
This spurious publication seeks throup hout and
docs make Mr. Webster frequently say he thinks
Charles Goodyear the inventor of vulcanixed rub
ber whereas In truth, he carefully avoided saying
so from beginning to end of his speech, as he de-
yered it at Trenton, and the true report shows.
heard and watched every word OF that great mans
ingenious, mastery and able argument upon his
clients wicked and bad cause, and before he COM
menced, said to myself now shall test the vr-
tue Of that "God-like" man. shall see if he will
prostitute his great powers for money; and waited
and watched every word he spoke from beginning to
the end, to see if he would pronounce Charles
Goodyear the true and original author, and thereby
do what his clients had paid him an enormous sum
for and agreed to pay much more, as am informed,
doubtless in the expectation that he would degrade
bis character to win for his employers temporary
triumph
But Daniel Webster did not thus prostitute him
self he did not express his own convictions that
Goodyear, his nominal client, was the original and
true inventor of vulcanized rubber. Nowhere in
his real speech did he say before the court in that
court house, that he himself believed Charles Good
year the true and original inventor of Vulcanized
Rubber. He did all for his cause that he could do;
he went an round about it, travelled outside of the
travelled record, and gathered material not in the
case to serve his clients in their helish desires to
rob mo of my rights but he did not believe that
Charles Goodyear was the author MORGAN any other
Intelligent man who reads the testimony, only
about three-ourths of which has yet been taken on
the part Of the defendant.
careful comparison of few of the real wordfor-
word expressions Of Daniel Webster hereafter pub
lished beside the spurious production, may enlighte
the reader may give him insight into the motives
and objects for employing Webster at all: and fail
true motives now for publishing such an untrue and
false paper as this pretended speech Of Webster.
Can any man at all acquainted with Webster's
power in the use of the English language fail to
LEGATION? No; Webster dead, his ashes would
rise in Republication" Of such hideous deformty of
a "Webster's Speech ! was in hopes that the
combination satisfied to leave this case for the
decision of the court.
What do they expect next to do What now
outrage will they next attempt? What right have
they to change and make Mr.. Webster's speech, to
patch up great mans great public speech with
admixtures of words, and ideas, and sentiments of
their own, and the suppressng Of vital parts of his
argument, and then publish, without ono word of
comment or explanation, such deformed, dis
jonted, distorted and patched up thing, and pass it
off for Daniel Webster's real speech I have em-
ployed COUNSEL have paid them q great deal of
money for their manly efforts to defend my rights
but such latitude in the employment Of counsel is
every way novel, and worthy such wicked
and foul conspiracy as has for years been waged
against me.
The first extract subjoined, of the suppressed
most material, most vital part-the real point of
law ana fact in the consprators' claim. Why was
j suppressed! why was garbled report published!
Can they answer! | Will answer for them. 1t
and wholly dangerous to be seen by lawyer who
understood the pleadings and testimony yet it was
the best pretence which the greatest in the ma
tion could make for their ridiculous and false claim
and fraudulently re-ssued patent.
There are other portions Of the speech which have
been carefully suppressed. few more of the many
suppressed parts are also suboined Nobody will
suppose for moment this suppression was acciden
tai, as these suppressed portions numerous and
tell tale. The real, bona tide speeches will be
published soon they be written out in full.
bs oo.n May sSe HOW 4E
is commended that rubber and sulphur cannot be
vulcanized in dry or atmospheric heat. Well,
suppose it cannot; what then! that is not the
question. The question is, whether they can be
vulcanized by artificial heat. That is what we
claim;-heat What this patent claims is, the vul-
canizaton Of rubber and sulphur by artificial heat,
however produced.
Ia tI,a &c
to all mankind, in all ages Of the world, in all
ditions Of society, especially in cold climates there
must be artificial heat, and the means of producing
it are various; but, no matter, the result is the
same. Hent is heat, however produced, or by what
soever agent, or whether produced by steam there
fore or by coal, or by faggots-it is the thing
Why did not our learned friend argue that he
could not electricity! Is there in the world an
agent Of heat like electricity
Friction. too, produces artificial heat remem-
Der, that in poem published not great many years
ago, describing the progress Of man from the savage
to the civilized state, it is written
To cook his victuals is mans first desire
So two dry sticks he rubs and lights the fire
So friction is one mode of producing heat, electr-
city is another. The method of communicating heat
is not patentable. One method is described, and
that description entities the patentee to it; but all
analogous methods are known as public property,
among which is steam. He does not conine his APP
pication of heat to heat produced by any particular
agent thing. | agree that if one should now in
vent some new method Of generating heat not
known at the time of Goodyear's invention, and
which had never been known, and he should now
take out patent for that new mode of producing
heat the consequences would be, that Goodyear
could not that new method of making heat to
cure India rubber, any than he could use it to
warm himself, or to impel steamboat; but it would
be absurd to say that the invention Of the mode
Of producing heat would vulcanize rubber, or to
take patent steam engine and use it, or use
patent stove.
What | mean TO saw is that IL yould he absurd TO
say that the inventor of any form fashion of new
heat, or method of producing heat, could on that
count vulcanize rubber take patent for a steam
engine, and use that patent in n steam engine, q
patent stove, and that patent stove, because to
theone or to the other we had the means of apply
ing heat generated by some newly discovered agent
Those who owned the patent steamboat or the pa
tent stove, would not be entitled to his newly
.t.l ion &C haaf