New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-12
In subsequent speech, maintaining thas the
Copy Right should be for life, or for i0rfy-t"o
wears. whatsoever term should be the longer
Mr. Mseaulsy remarks:

Copy Rlgnt sDOulo DC ioi ii@' VI
years, whatsoever term should be the longer
Mr.. Maesulsy remarks;
r,.o,hs t,s,,nee ogtwo contemporary suthors, ooca
,IS distprui.hed in the lighter arts OF literature
usdsIre IA rtlay and Miss Austen The moot oeaun
fu OF The novel; OF Ms. Austen "oaa aA1e ge -.
- Ger he composition while the copyright oil AAfane
IIrblsys Eeeiina would last sky Two years %
serye tie eor;rast-tweuty eight years Tor one "orA
"a vears for the other each being OF the same
rIsss az literature he taking upon sell 70 de-
-eyrnne upcu the merits Of TIE enc work or Of the ote
hut he simply sd6uced tie instance % show the IN
eousl working OF biz noble friends proposal upon two
works Of the came kind Observe what his noble
Friend would do. His noble Friend would add twenty
I'VE wears 20 the rxty two years in the one case aud IN
the other leave the tven; eight years where they were
thus making difference a. between twentyelgm and
eighty seven He would raisc the short term 70 iorty-
Two years, and while his noble Friend extended the
difference between the two terms 10 sixty years, be
dminishedif TO eighteen or twenty years indeea II
gentlemen would 20 through the literary history OF me
country and. taking the principles OF his noble Friend
and Of himself apply them % the works q authors Tor
tvo centuries srd half they would harsy find case
IN which the application Of tis noble Friends proposal
could be wished for in preference TO that which ne hai
the honor 10 submit an amendment xilton died in
1914 Now, all N.ons copyrights would, by the pro-
positicn Of his noble Friend, expire IN 1867. Conas
was written in 1894 TO CoBts, then, his noble Friend
gave six;y.hve years Of copyright to Prd4aS Lost
Ao,ises twenty eight years. Compare his proposition
with that Of hs noble Friend and he would venture 70
ssy that the House legssting only IN the case
Of tie works Of Milton, Il would determine that the
fsirer ard more legitimate seheme-tae scheme more
gratifying 70 is own mind-more consistent with rs
own sense Of justice the suthsr-snd in every way
more beneficial 10 the public would be- that al the
works Of thGt great writer should have copyrsat o.
fory.two YEAR,, rather than thGt the worst OF them
should be protected avery long term and the best
Of them left with scarcely any protection a. all Take
another instsnee-take Dryden the rex great name IN
Enaluh poetry His noble Fnend's proportion would
give magnificent protection 10 the inferior poetry upon
Oliver Cromwell and 20 the Uiid GdllGrt and 0ther
bad psys while 10 the Fables and 70 the Ode "a H0z9r
Of 81 Ctcilids Day, which were published toward the
close Of the authors ie and which ciAsed among the
roFt exquisite productions Of his pen, tee protection
would be comparatively sight and insignificant Inc
verses which Dryden wrote upon DIVER CrOmwsil
were published In 1859 the copyright proposed by as
noble Friend would extend 20 lI26, term OF sky
eight years but 70 Drydens last volume timing TIE
IdbIs and the Ode n Honor Of 81 Cecili6s Day. the
copyright according his noble Frends pl<n, would
be cut down 20 twenty eight yeart 20 has t1e copy
right Of Drydons wort work. would continue FOR sky
erht year, while the copyright Of The Fables and OF the
ODE in Honor Of ~ Ceclas Day, the last gres, work
Cf his lie would continue only for twenty eight years
Then take Pope-it really msttered very little what
great author one referred TO- and the multiplication OF
instances after all ui-ht appear 10 he wholly unnecet
saTy-but take Pope His noble Friends proportion
would give 20 PopCs Past0Tcis which were written
when the author was only sixteen years OF age, and
which were remarkable ne the literary productions OF
mere youth q copyright of sixty years bat when
he came the later sud able productions OF the
stue writer, TO IACIERead for example. in is nnish
cd state hs noble Friend would give only protection
Of thirty years. Now, according . the plan wlich ne
proposed, these inequalities, 50 incOngruous IN item
ielves ara utterly inconsistent with the reistve
value Of the works . be protected would be entirely
overcome because 20 every Of tie works Of Milton
DRYDEN, and Pope would be given uniform prosec-
ton OF forty two yeaTs.
Coming 20 writer's II later period, take the
works OF Johnson. Johnson's hrst work was trans
lation OF a volume of Trartls in AbysSiaid, pub
lished in l735 and a book 30 poor mat Johnson
himself did net ike to hear Il mentioned in his la.r
pears. When Boswell told him that he hal obtained
copy Of L. "tske notice Of Il, said be, It's thing %
forgotten" To this work his noble Friend would give
a protection Cor the enormous period OF seventy nye
yeIre while 90 the L'rcs II ue P0sts lie would give only
protection Of thrtyfre years, and 20 TIE Tour 70 tis
HebTides a much stOiter profession 80 ulsi IN the
instance Of johnson, IN the instances OF the other
greet writers he hsd mentioned The best works would
receive only comparatively slight protection while
the earlier snd very inferior prOdu Jns would receive
On amount Of protection infinitely beyond their relative
merit CT value, There another instance that he
could rot pass blythe instance Of Henry Fielding
whose fret works no human being would think u
reading, nor deem L worth while 10 revert TO- OF per
hHps ever REMEMBER know any thing OF. except tor
the excellence Of Lis subsequent great works, To-.
J0aCs and AfaciG. VINO would ever think Of ella siny
The T,faD.e DeaU and host Of earlier dramstc pieces
possessing worth, and oyinc.ng no genius, WIN the
Incompatible Tom JOHof Yet ~ the arst Of thn-e be
noble friend would give copyright Of ttty two or
fyiLrec yosrf while the l.st he would siord only
protection Of thirty years. Take any al OF the most
eminent writer's IA language, aud there was not ons
of Cm 20 whose works his noble Friends proposition
would lot SVFly In the same objectionable manner.
The worst works would be projected for avery long
tcTU-the best works only for comparatively short
term But upon the principle which he proposed, II
would be found tlat 81 the works Of the same writer
would lie protected, GlmCst without exception, for
regular, fixed, and definite term Of forty two years.
Take the instance OF gurSe His first little tract the
gHdicatioH Of hGrGl Society. IN all probability would
not he remembered ~ this day but tor the subsequent
emircncc Of the works q bis nlaiurer age. let hB
noble Friend Vi-counf MsNos) would 1--WE - this ca.
Ter work copyright Of fXgy carr, while % IN later
md greater productions of tic great mind such
the work The FfCre RerolliOn eni Its Rfgic.Ge
Pe0cf be would ave ouly protection Of thirty years
There YVES no copyright with the GREEKS and ksnans
lui 60 bach % the uost brilliant days OF Greece AMI
Rome, and j; would be found, that what II true re-
eaICSi the earlier and the later works OF the great
writers a cur age, was equally true a. regarded
The youthful ard the mature productions o. The great
men 81 antiquity. Whist comparison could be drawn
lotwctn the earlier and The LATER works Of S0phoces
Who would meui.ln ia Tire same breath, or hardly IN
the fGme day. the peccb gGiEsfki Guardians ami the
speech roa Ac CrJH Of Dcmosseuest Yet uuter such
plan list nOg proposed TIE inferior Of ilcse works
would receive SprUtection twice lons the works
which gave 20 Tie authors their Immortality. Go 10
EoaI tie same remarks applied ~ the works 81 Ci--
the same remark applied 20 Cszvantea and Racine Go
10 Germany his noble friend would give to 5ch.ilcr'-
Rollers longer protection than TO Hals7rsa, and %
GOchCs SoFTQfrs o. HC-ier thsn % HtleiH N-ls.eT.
He bcEgec pardon. tbs reference u tn authors OF
other countries, Srd o. other age sgG.d the House
bot hon. Genilsnc4 must .eel Nit ugoa tins slb.ect
literary history tie thin. ~ national and con
sttusiouai history upon questions OF general policy.
Under biz noble friends plan the longest period ofpro
tccfiCn culd 5e gwen o. the works written IN the ear.
Ter stage Cf tie CuAuIs lfe. 30 thar II wElter pu
hshcd wolk hastily, 90 sixteen a -hteen years OF
age Pope putlsEed b. Pgs0rcls VI rA.her wross
rs PSsigT8s Tor &c DID not publish tLem IN he was
twCuty-Cre that es-ly, crude and imperfect work
wueld receive probably double The protection uoliel
to tie bier md ttlcr work upon wlch perhaps the
wlolc a. be ltlticu ut q rest IL was perfectly
tTso tlbf young men oi,en displayed extraordinary
powers u germs bur t not the ia, a. Ia a. *
pefiCnoc yet weuL thli their ars; works were ther
beet works. THIS true regarded works OF
insg .ns'ica- No great woiS o. Imagination bai been
produced under TIE age Of thirty thirty I've y1ars