New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-02
SETTLING AN ACCOUNT.


part To do this thoroughly will require some
space, which | trust the reader will not
grudge me if I can make faish of the bust
ness. / hope not to be driven to recur TO
the subject again.
The Editor Of The Times was formerly EN-
pIoyed on The Tribune. He was then as hearth
ly favorable to International Copyright as 1
was, joined the Copyright Club, signed its
petition 20 Congress, and II understand visit
ed Washington in It's beh slf, to urge the pas
sage Of an International Copyright law. my
recollection may not be accurate on every
point Of the above, bat this is my understand
ing, and the vital fact that he then stood on
our side of the question is not disputed.) He
left The Tribune, was employed by the Har-
pers, Whom believe 10 be the only reputa-
bic publishers in the country who oppose In
ternaticna Copyright, and their hostility l
consider the chief obstacle to its sUccess,)
and since then be has been an active and bitter
enemy of the cause which | regard as that OF
international Justice. and Of American liberia
ton from q degrading intellectual va'sal-
age to Foreign ideas and incuications,-
This apostacy of my former Associate from
q cause which seems not only eminently
Just and vitality important, but especially en-
titled to the sympathy and support of all who
write for living, was to me very painful sur
prise. 1t does seem TO me a mOnstrOus thing
that an Author by vocation can be induced to
deny the Rights Of Authors to the control and
legitimate proceeds Of their own products, just
as fully and as far as though they were makers
of shoes 'or growers of hops. think the
Editor Of TIE Times now feels that he is on
the wrong side of this question; since he
has taken no notice of my explicit answers to
bis three questions, (Which / quoted, replying
to each, J has not even allowed his readers to
know that / hare answered them, and has
made no reply whatever to the one question l
asked him in return. ! have never said, and
will not say, that he has argued against his own
convictions on this subject; but i haze said,
hecause l deeply feel. that If he had never en-
tered the service Of the Harpers, he would
never have felt ali impulse to write on the
wrong side of this Copyright question. And
this statement of my conviction, intended TO
break the force Of the spectacle OF Literary
man DENYING what seem TO me the clear Rights
of Literary Men, has been made by him the
excuse for many AID gross imputations on my
personal neutrality-suspicious. which he must
know to bs untrue, and which he will live to be
ashamed Of Let us hook at them as paraded
and attempted TO be sustained in his last pepper:
|. He hao charged me at various times with
putting up the stocks Of various Copper, Zinc
and Gold Mining Companies in which was in
terested, for ny own profit. Denying this most
emphatically, have repeatedly demanded of
him some sort of proof of his charges. Not
one syllable Of it has been offered. All that
he has done is TO quote parts of my replies TO
him wherein / have very freely stated that !
have at one time or another held an IN
terest in various Mining enterprises, as was a.
ready well known. But the charge was not
that had cirnsi Mining Stocks, but that had
pscd my Editorial position 10 gire them a Jdet'-
tious ralne In support of this charge he has
not even pretended TO offer one particle Ofevi-
dence, though repeatedly challenged TO 90 so.
All his garbling and manipulation of my state
ments have failed TO manufacture one particle
of evidence that even seams to support pls
calumny.
.. So of DR.. Talbot Watts. He has as
serted that offered TO give that pers0n an
editorial opinion OF his specific, for ten dollars.
The fact was, thai be w impOrtuned NE into
scrutiny of ais alleged wonderful cures and
their rationale, which made, but never wrote
one line for publication concerning them, and
would not for any mOrey write line that he
would wish published. No ten dollars mol
any other sum, was ever mentioned between
US: but be was profus. in his offers Of liberia
payment for any service ! might render him
could not co1scienJiOusly render him any
and therefore did not, and neither asked no
received ali! -hhS loE the IFOtp.e 9ad IaAei
at bis request.
And now can maligni5y 20 further than i
The Tunes reiteratiOr .ts dispersed ealur
uy, and its gsTbling my response TO give
some sort of conference
| 3. A word Of Editorial Notices Of net
wares, devices, inventions, sc. / do not re
member when was last paid Tor writing orS
but il must have been many monsls ago.
rule of this establishment has long exclude
such from these columns, save as sR impartia
regard for the public interest shall promP
But say now, as / have often said and pal
lished, if any man should come to me soliciting
notice Of his invention, discovery, msnufacroE
or fabric, and l should consent to give II,