Daily national era., 1854-01-12

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adopted The Baltimore platform-so that If the
one that has just adjourned has adopted it, il
is not readoption, but an original measure
GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING
The necessary advertising Of Government
could easily be 80 regulated by law ~ to pre-
vent corruption and protect the public inter
ests. The object Of advertising being to give
the public notice Of some fact those papers
having the most widely-extended circulation
should be designated by law as the proper me-
Union, desirous Of public advertising, would
seek to extend its circulation; its appeal would
be to the People, not to the officials at Wash
ington, or anywhere else
Richmond Va) Examiner.
The Examiner does not seem to be aware
that such Law as hesuggests has been in OK
istence for more than dozen years but for the
last tseven years it has been coolly disregarded by
every successive administration. Mr. Polk's
Secretaries refused conformity to il, without
setting up even pretext. General Taylor's
Attorney General, by special pleading, set it
aside Under Fillmore's administration, Mr..
Crittenden, Attorney General, rendered On
opinion, enforcing the Law and sustaining the
claim Of the Era but Mr.. Secretary Graham
interpolated an amendment to the Law, and
then denied our claim. We shall probably
test the present Administration, and when we
do, the Public will know the result The Law
expressly directs that the notices Of the several
oho Ln
two newspapers, at the seat Of Government,
having the largest permanent subscription, and
to such third paper as the President may se-
lect.u
There are Tor were during the Administra-
tion OF Mr.. Fillmore) documents showing that
the National Era had "a permanent subscrip-
tion" three times larger than the entire per-
manent subscription to all the issues OF the
most extensively circulated newspaper, pub
lished in theD District--the National Intelkge,,-
cen.
What is wanting is, not law, US suggested
by the Examiner, but obedience to the law on
the part of the Chief Executive and his agents
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT
That an authors book is not his book, though
he has written and published it, is PROPOSE
ton we do not understand There il no species
Of property Of the proprietorship Of which men
are more tenacious A book Of the thoughts
of an author goes from him with concern
not unlike that which follows q child from
the parental roof; and wherever and however
it may appear, its author feels for it concern
in which none but parent can sympathze
And yet this is the only description of proper
ty, the exclusive right to which is not guaran-
tied by the laws Of our country.
Here, the book of a foreign author may be
reprinted, abbreviated, interpolated, and maim-
ed at pleasure, and the author disgraced, with
impunity; and here, too, he who writes in one
language may see his name displayed in the
title-pages Of horrible snormities purporting
to be translations into Spanish, French, and
German, and yet have no possible redress
Frederick Bremen, who published work on
the United States, in which she embodied the
results Of her observations here, complains Of
professed translation which has been present
ted to the American public. She says that in
many instances her meaning has been miscon-
ceivcd and mis-stated, and she cites several
glaring examples. She says that many pas
sages are found in this American book, which
were, by her express desire, omitted in the
Swedish original, and that these are the very
passages which have been so severely cepsured
as criticisms on private individuals. But all
the poor woman can do is to complain; Amer
ican publishers are independent Of her; and
they have perhaps, learned that tho best way
to make book saleable in this country is TO
mis.state the popular feelings in relation to it.
We are opposed to oil systems Of protection,
or restrictions on the natural currents Of trade
and commerce but the protection that secures
to us the possession Of that which has been
produced by the labor Of either our hands or
our brains, is assuredly q legitimate species Of
protection, and should be secured from depre-
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