New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-29

solHn," Or VIE % 10. favor the particular political
we've Of the south The refusal - do hs ts o. c.s
dirty voTh OF the present Administration Q; WsshIns
ton IVES the rea.on that Judge Mason res soed, ne
beng too ind<p< ndent in spirit and TOO much imoued
vnh sense justice and eht I, succupb 20 those de-
naads, and preferred resgning his position rather than
f TS:s .s ' %.s. aa:f: Saa Il: sH'
A suecessor that roa!d obey the behests OF the
Slave Power could best be founo IN the South AID
from that section the selection was therefore made
whether the peculiar views Of Southern gentlemen
regard TO the dignity Of labor and the proper social
poeitjsn of the aborer t them for the post of lu
missioner and Examiners, can well BE- doubted. Tn,
gree. mass of our inventors are men who labor at
some mechanical calling, and this class in the Slave
States are ranked being fitted only for communion
with chsttes and are not looked upon a. worthy at
associatng with those who orH Just such machines
Of smother color and il Is not unjust therefore, To de-
clare that the representatives Ut such IDEAS are not
fitted BY education, habits experience 10 sympa-
thize with the wants the privstons, the s!eepess
night. and toiug days Of the great mass OF ne nven
tive genius of country or 10 be able to appreciate
and understand the project' OF their teemng oran'
The Patent Office il supported mainly by the pay
ments made 10 IL from the Free States, and 70 that
section as matter OF right should its direction DE IN
trusted. proper understanding oil - business Gun
only be- ACQUIRED by long experience, aud the ENam
ners should not be, and hitherto have not been sub,
ject TO removal for the sin OF possessing po!uSal
opinion running counter, in whole or IN par, 10 .uc
| 'fpowers thai be-" Even the present Commissioner
10 be believer in the correctness OF TINS p'ih-
| ciple when he says:
fThe Patent Oacs silent and unob,ruve 10 lie course
Meeting sef with of the agitation, Of the day and De
mandns nothing from the public treasury asks only the sent
Inc hail cure The highest possible ency 70
seton Beyond tie mission OF benecence to all 1t has no Am
| billion to gritty, no triumph TO achieve , 81.
| And Vet, despite this assertion, he lends himself
20 the removal of Examiners for political cause,
against whose ability, uprightness and competency
gained by wears of experience in the Office even Sian
Der has not dared to breathe suspicion The eg'ct OF
these removals il shown in the change OF the practice
of the office by the new Examiners, IRON the street
examining system required by law, ~ loose ana
careless examination nearly akin to the system pdf-
sued in the English and other foreign offices, the re-
suit of which is that the country Is being hooded WIN
invalid and worthless patents, which should mol have
| been granted and which cannot be sustained 10 a
court Of law, doing injustice alike To the community
| and to the inventor
| The Commissioner suggests two amendIleh's to
the patent laws which ale worthy OF notice-the nrs
as showing his Ignorance OF that law, ana Tue o.ner
his subseryency TO the interest OF the power Iroi
| whom he derived his appointment. The first amend
mept il 10 give TO discoveries OF MANUFACTURING
processes which have been long used IN other couhreS
but which have been kept secret. and have not psen
patented abroad or described in any printed puOca-
fop patent for their discovery, Ignoring the proNiso
In the 18th section of the act Of 1870, when declares
That Whenever il shall spps MAJ nsa me
himself to be the first inventor o! ~ y on ccpe Of he
or discovery any part thereof having been before
Known used in any foreign country not appearing 'ha %
| described in any printed puoicauon -, - 4,
which will be seen to cover exactly the ground Sought
| to be covered by the proposed Amendment
The second amendment II to remove the re-ticlou-
| of the bred Scott decision from attaching 10
| slaves who may make application Tor patents, anu
who are now debarred from the benefits of the patent
| laws through their not being citizens OF The inued
States" Did il ever occur 10 the toinmissoner tnht
our free people of color shut out from the office by
this decision and that the hardship IN their case n ~
great as in The other Or does the Tact, that the one
Is owned by master and that the product OF his ~
genuity would If right revert 70 that master, VINO
owns his brains aud intellect well Ms his body WINE
the other il his master, and would enJoy ,he
| fruts of his ow "A Invention, make n distinction IN hs
eyes L. il perfectly pertinent to inquire whether
it is not likely that the Commissioner, or somo OF ms
| Southern friends, have among their chattels save
whom this decision effects and whether, by the re-
moya of this restric ion their profits upon such slave
| would not be enhanced Ii the restrictions, when
now shut out this class Of persons under the decisions
of courtl cont rolled by the Slave Power, were eh,
tended to all classes Of persons OF color, We shoud
ion heartily in the recommendation ot the tomnis.
| sioner and be pleased So IL adopted, but would
strenuousy object TO the restoration oil the one class
| alone. . . .
several othrrpoints touching the direction, internal
mana cement and action OF the office, are worthy OF
notice did your space permit hut trust the points
| presented above may awaken Legislators, inventors
and mechanics of the North To the danger Of having
this Northern in ia consttu-
ton purposes aud support-pass entirely into the
hands and under the control of those who have but
little interest in il except in its "spols aud pat
| ronoQe SIDNEY.
| NeTbargh, ~ y, Jan. 81, isss.