The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-18

trade SgAD, the lDfqultouS system or taxing Into
tie ports Ot Cuba all slave ships e4DUlre1 in the
Caribp. an Sea, aud 'apprenIlcmg" rhe Africans
| found en- toad OF them Is laborers in the very
| il and for Which they were originally destined
slaves, bss given M advantage 10 rivals and has
most unfairly deprived West Indian colonies OF
lstOr 10 .hi trey we're entitled. IL has assl rob
beo the poor features sh0 have been seize Of shat
liberty which treaties had provced for them, for the
fervitude OF the Cuban apprentices is, TO oil ntsbts
ard purposes, slavery. Tois mOnstrons system goes
on uncbec ked although our own beautiful Jamaica,
| wibiD sight Of Cuba, ID p'niDg for want OF LABOR
Setting aside any other Conscientious 1t ID only Truth
t. say that IT were more humane 70 sppreutloe the
liberated Africans in Jamaica, where the British 60
ven ment has stsff Of special magistrates 70 pre-
gllud has thrown every possible obs,a-
Gle in the way Of oar own planters obtain
~ labor from Africa, although Africans are
be only people really fitted to cultivate she sugar
cane and I'LL the soil under bUfDing sun. We
Do. rorectionists;" but disposed to thiak
bat there would not at his day have been single
slave, si,her in Cuba or Porto Rioo had England en-
couIaled emigration - eur West Indian colonies,
sod icr very feS years protected Tree labor from
competition with slave labor sugar.
1t r not yet too late t. do what is right. LIST
ie~ OF the splendid gun boats wh,cc are now lying
idle in hssb0rs be commS sioned 70 cruise round
uba, (Dot u.s. e-sy along the coast Of Afra,) and
let all The Africans in the captured slave slips for
few Years to come be taken INTO Jamaica, and ons
other colonies requiring aborers, there to serve or
three years Is apprentices, after which PERIOD, if
they desired il, 20 have free passages 0ack "a their
own country. Few, comparatively, would, we think,
elect to return to Africa; but, even should s be
,tbersise, the plan will be productive OF great
benefits. Our labor wanting colonies sl have had
a valuable, though hmpoTaiy, assistance, and the
emaDcpated slaves will ,ake back TO their bengh,ed
nation many of the blessings OF civilization aud
Christianity. Some, We are aware, believe that
there already enough Ct blacks in our Vest In
dian possessions; but this NJ a m,stake-tbe ex
posuIe 80 burning sun required in the culture OF
The sugareane only be endured by the negro
race.
Europesn labor is emily av .laele in the interior
Of Jamaica, in places where the thermometer is
ssldom above 20 degrees. In such situations Eu
soIesn settlers are much wanted, and could not fail
% prosper. They could there I've very com
iortsbly and prosperously by clearing the
raising provisions, and cultivating for expor
tatiOn ginger, srrowroot and very many
other mountain productions which are at present
utterly neglected. The c Innate Of the whole OF
Jamaica has undessrveoiy got bad name. II the
salubri,y and fertility Of its magnificent mountain
districts were adequately mace known, considera
lie tide OF emigration from this and other couu
tries of Europe could not fail TO set in. There is
not in the whole range of the British dominiOns
field OF faiIer promise for industrious emlgrants
possessed OF only moderate means, t1an the salu-
briaus highlands of Jamaica. II government were
70 favor European emigration to Jamaica, great ad-
vaDtages would certainly accrue TO the mother coun
try, the colony and the Individual C0lonsts What
is required is an organized system OF transit for In
lending settlers, plan for the disposal Of the Crown
lands on attractive terms and an encountered estates
act to remove obstacles in dealing with abandoned
plantations and mountain districts, regarding which
both the owners and the mortgages are at present
pOwtress.
The present position of Jamaica is emiuenty crit
C ], but it is far from hopeless. Il, is hopeful,
because she is trying help herself and is therefore
obtaining African aborers for the lowlands and Eu-
ropean settlers for the highlands. Justice TO Jamaica
requires help of this description without delay The
interests of the English Crown are, moreover greatly
involved in this question; tor, from geographical
position, the loyalty Of Jamaica Is essential to the
power and influence Of EngIand, especially ,rhen
cents may ere long occur iw Cuba and the United
States calculated 10 produce cOienf and s,cecping
political changes in the Western hemisphere.
International Copyright Layy-The Pub
fishers Of Gnc United states.
IRON the Londen News, Dec AZ
1t has been common saying for fve-and-twenty
years past, that when the Americans began to fell
IA pride or pocket the absence Of an international
copyright law, we should obtain the reciprocity
ueaty we have sought so long. This is not, and
lever was, exactly just The fact is, the greater
number of American authors. almost the whole lite
IaIy class of the United States, and not few lead
lng statesmen, recognized the injustice, and de-
plored the evils of the when Mr.. Clay brought
the subject before the Senate at Washington, nearly
. eniy years ago. a few newspapers, several pub
c speakers, almost all the authors in the country
declared at that time that American literature
could materially improve in character and quality
I'll literary property was made secure like other
property. Every eminent author there could tell,
and was quite ready to tell, how njuriously his
own interests were affected by the prevalence of
literary piracy, occasioned by the absence of in
ternatioDal copyright agreement While every Eng
ish book that came ont might be, and was, s.olen,
booksellers we're not disposed TO pay Tor domestic
productions Only the most popular writers OF their
country, whose works were sure to sell by tens Of
thousands, could obtain any remuneration at oil lex
cept for the magazine writing OF the days and even
the most popular could obtain nothing like their de-
sorts. Such was their when Mr.. Clay brought
forward his motion. more serious view OF the
matter was discussed elsewhere than In Congress-
The serious and rapid deterioration in the quality OF
american literature afflicted the best citizens more
than the injury to the fortunes OF authors. While
local magazines paid high and independent works
could hardly be got out except at the cost Of the au
thor the vast reading population OIL the United states
supplied from England with all the higher kinds
u works while American literature was fiimsy, ex
trayagant, silly and sentimental in proportion TO the
Encouragement Afforded to that kind OF production
over better. The mos eminent American authors
could obtain no redress by applying TO English pub
fishers. English publishers, pilssed as they were
every day by the American trade, could not be
xpected TO pay for works which they might have
for nothing by merely waiting. Moreover, British
publishers were as ready as the American 70 steal
when their attempts " obtain treaty repeatedly
failed. Somebody in England, Scotland or ireland
vas sure to lay hands on everything issued by an
eminent American author, or that could be plsusiby
attributed TO such an one. The Southern method OF
dealing with European books IL well known. Every
reference TO social liberties and W the rights aud
ugbities OF laDor ~ @ruok out WIN tne Keen scent
and unseepDg ngor Of the officials OF the lnqui
sition in regard 10 bereey. As for the makers of
school books, they helped themselves tn material
wherever they could find il; and that humble. labor
Gus and useful order Of authors the original writer's
~ school hooks, were pisred Of large portion Of
heir carningy-but too moderate, at best. APP
pears that this grievance s not yet even moderated
\ few weeks ago letter appeared in the london
journals from the author OF Spiers General French
ard English Dictionary which exhibits case
hard "a may well fix the attention Of statesmen on
10th sides the Atlantic. or course, Mr.. Spiers has
had 70 submit, like all other authors OF repute, TO
his works being republshed and sold, without bcne-
~ 10 himself, In the United states. He would not
have complained Of 80 common grievance az that.
But Of two rival Publishers one bethought himself
Of getting an advantage over his opponent by join
loo, fhor veil m mo- with that of tho