New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-10
INrERYATEONAL COPYRIGKr


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vary 20 greatly ttat the only open ID SENS 70 b
% take sngy such Of them appear worthy Of notice aal
commence therefore. with your
You have spoken your mind plainly charging M With
uzarness in using The fat n opposite saucS N
With adopting al the close node Of argunen. .hst hal
been repuated At the outset AID these and ehsr ngs
to your own expression. paraded before tie
world as evidences Of The necessity which had been
driven The effort furnish plea adverse to the
Of policy you advocate In reply to tbs have soy that
was totally uncommihed in regard this question that
until few weeks since lad pever written Inc on the
sutect-tbatI was under necessity 6ra2Pearing De
fore IT, world IN relation TO THAT being my Ii anu h,r
ny tendencies we're toward the maintenance Of the rights
Of Guhors-that my sole object in examining tn question
had been the discovery of truth-and that ii could
have saished myself perfectly should hsve seer that i
quite impossible TO expect 70 satisfy others AMI w)rd
therefore hcve sustained from Interference You on the
coEtrarT. had or years been advocate Of the mea
sure ard had little chcce but to 20 0rward aad
make the best argument tie ~neccssiiy q your
HOHd @dTtan6 lis 70 the existence OF this necessity
aubue The fact Est your arcle deficient appears
TO both the fairness and The force tina. usually charac
terzc your Journal You are generally the side Of the
people snd therefore you strong In his you
the side of monopoly and opposed to he people and
hence ii is that you here weak In proof Of the
is,eEce Of this weakness beg to es your 20 the
following P8rsgrsph:
the say that trsat, not the proper mde Of establish
the that only resosd or-r ieat
recognition whatever Of snsa eogyht woud mach
enlor:emen Of safhsrs sht 70 consi
the Senate should iy treaty boxing taa end Bi
all snd ii ths best lsdgsd
up 81 All nor object to takins the seccnG-0est
The man who feels that his cause strong never absn
dons argument to charge motives To do so.s always
proof of weakness Ii permit myself to allow improper
motives to influence my argument much the easier must
be for yeu 10 reute it by argument and mach
the less must be your necessity for referring to the pr
vate reasons that have influenced But it, the
ary allowing myself to be operated upon by such nhu
ences furnish strong argument-One that cannot be
answered-so much the must be your necessity for
desiring to divert the attention Of your readers from nv
reasoning to my motives you have done You tell
your readers that have resored "cav is the
dictionary informs have raised captions objections TO
the treaycr the purpose Of defeating the establishment
Of international copyright any form The fact is not
Ny for opposing the ratification OF this treaty would
induce oppose any other similar in character
What they Is stated in my letters ard you had as con
ceve right to attribute to any other motives
than those chose than wOuld have 20 assert
that you hau private interests 10 be promoted by the adop
ton Of this measure and had therefore written the article
which am replying Were now to do So you could
not fail to regard az evidence Of conscious weakness
on my part and yen therefore be surprised that
such should have been the impression produced upon my
mind in regard to yourself when read this paragraph.
That your reader may judge between us propose now
place before them my captOus objections TO the rai
eaton OF this treaty They are
l. Holding that the people the fountain of all power
hold thar they alone either by themselves their direct
the right make laws for their gov
eminent In regard this you go think, beyond
fer if rccoIect rightly you have asserted that IN some
casea duty would require take the Of slave
population they being in those the parties most ia
tre,tcd may be wrong in my recollection in regard to
this but if 70 you readily connect me.
? hold that the people themselves be present
they have right require that all the propositions for the
estab laws be openly and publicly made IN order
that they may have opportunity 5read snd to discuss
them before they become laws Here again you will agree
with being Ike myself an opponent OF every thing
Ike secrecy in matters Of government
D. | hold that when the people have read and have dis
cusscd prcpC ston for the making of law, and have
evnc-d dstnct determination that they viii not have
for law every attempt impose it upon them without
their consent violation of the spirit OF the Constitution
even though mey be in accordance with the letter OF it
and hers reach the question in regard which you and
are now at variance.
The people have and hayeconsdered various propo
sions for the establishment Of international Copy right
ard they have rejected them and that lection has been
repeated year after year until has Al length been
cusively determined that such thing can be done unless
the popular branch Of Congress be excluded from the
share Of legislation allotted to by the Constitution To
accomplish the work Of exclusion a treaty has been
goated by the Executive and has been sent the Senate
to be discussed in Secret Session and there to be confirmed
and made the law Of the land in open defiance Of the will
Of the people as fully expressed by the House Of Repre-
sontatves To this object as being in opposition the
spirit of the Constitution but my objection regarded BY
you as captious, and am charged Iyh "eavirng but
whether justly or not your readers may decide.
You would as you say prefer that Congress shOudpass
law granting all foreign authOrsa monopoly OF the right
TO publish and sell their books in this country but ,be
direct natives Of the Of books will not do
this you are ready take the law in whatever way you
get 1.-THE end 10 be accomplished sanciOnng the means
used for its accomplishment The Legitimate road s you
say hedged up and therefore you ready to take the
Il climate that is you think, open. Why Il so
What Is the cause Of the difference Because IN the House
OF Representatives the people whose you usually ed
yocae represented whereas in the Senate they are not
In the former the States OF New York and nnsyyania with
their population OF book consumer have hy eight
members, whereas Texas and Arkansas with small pOpu
laton large porionof whom cannot read have but four
but when you come to the Senate the two Southern States
exactly balance the two Northern with their almost six
millions Of readers The democracy Of the North need cheap
books and are not favor Of international copyright The
arstocrccy 'of tie South can afford TO buy hghpriced
hook. and care little about the question You cannot O0