New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-02
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.,d,r.ry man, the Hon. Henry heig', OF Aasres
Institute: About .iIiy.four year. sso 'nr nsssssv
,bovs eirtty), he and he is'he' ps'' sNh. @M
wb;,rey then supposed 10 Be very am~hs Fsa
r,,,i,ly dersnsed. They found him 10 ranoes u
cake Of corn bread on the gr'dde gave pref
-. family were not utterly without food Nn~x
se..,d st crazy table, with char 10 ms,eh and ka
,od,Lpieces spread out before him. hs vntos
Ia have little faith in his unrealiIed conception, as&
H., h.sped of him 10 give il up, and Try to makss
-, Cor himself and bis suffering family. tie RID
~, ,he,. WAS before him on that old tses VAT
.-r,d r,ovide for them by-and-by, q, the sane tue
:, xoua immortslize himself and bless the coua,s
ages. -,,.,h 49,,
;,be had possessed q less iron force Of vi
years. nav. ages might have psssed before 'hs gree
plant had become available To the ,amASr rss.
T. :. indeed fact as you strikipgy show yours arscA
Of "wednesday that for every true genius we nays
,bou.snd shallow quacks, and perhaps ten thoussa
.nap, sharpers. Well, this in the economies Of ns'ss
mus, ever be so. You very properly commend 'hsn
70 the peoples shrewdness for their re"a'' IN ~
hope that they will not gain much no"sdays sVea y
the Endorsement Of the Patent Office.
But the man Of genius-he through whom nat1s
.peaks her instruction 10 Dankind-wha, Is ensoeas
duty with regard to him He may be poor, cos'
ptn.d to give his days to pursuits lar away IRON hs
trus mission; he may be difident, rrescirae MAJ,
and thus sink before the sneenDg encouragement lung
nron him by dull or envicus medoerty; be may be in
a.be health and so faint bis path he may b. aman
who strikes an idea ss the miner strikes nugget IRON
The rock but has not the perseverance, nor indeed ae
Art TO fashion il into anything useful. And hnAIy -
NAV be a man wandering on the dim confines OF n
sanity. and snatchng from its meteor gloon 'eonsa
which caught and us,d by men OF science, might
worth countless millions To the human race
And vet to those men the Government oil the 10
public ofiers no hand of help. On the contrary &
holds out lis hand and ciies, Give, - Givei and
IL the man Of genius b. too poor to give, ne 'aed
away from the portals of the nsoa. Sir there deep
and dreadful meaning in this fact when we couple
with that other fact-namcly that men OF genus AZ
rarely men of the world; and, for that reasOe' VI
men the least likely to be possessed ei wordiy mesns
A good MANY of your readers will eIcaim, - What
raise an cutlery about ESQ for patent, and ~ nuea
more for drawings model snd professional helP-vhy,
Il /. mere bsgatelle, not worth taking aNout-
Easy. gentlemen! Not so fast. To you-ospec.AiS
II Won be Examiners at g. 800 year, or Congress.
men a, higher figure stillto you the thing may we'd
.ppear email. But would il appear small TO poor
" hitney dining on corn-cske, or to Scotands mu's
tal hard when he had 10 send out tO borrow the pes
Of his breakfast :.
To me il seems, Sir that, while imposture and med'
ocrty are abundany able to take care OF Themselves
unsided genius will rarely come forth IN ITS hspt 70
bless u.s. II was the sunshine of EEabeths reign thss
matured the priceless creations OF Shakespeare.
70 the ladies Of Queen Annes Court that we owe ihs
finishing touch given to English literature oy the geeae
Of Alexander Pope.
Much attention il paid % the extension and improves
ment Of the products Of our fields and gardens The
country is spued to its utmost IN the articles d r-
proyed domestic animals AL this attention N wisely
directed 40 far a. il goes and its results are largely
beneficial to the nation. But Sir, the embryo genus
of the country is not less worthy Of fostering care hAs
the embryo grasses the sucking orimals ,sSort-
horned long horned or with no horns at all thss As
destined one day to browse upon them And yet ~hse
tactical aid or encouragement exists in the nation %
which the genuine inventor, If poor can lay h's Asn@
| for sustapmentl What is done 10 watch the young
| indications Of genius, and give II such diree'
| ton AZ would copduce to the welfare aad the
glory of the Republic The only answer hitherto
given was the erection of q tol-gste On The way,
through which no might psse without laying dows
fee ofst least ten golden dollars. Thstsn dollars Mr..
Tsylors bill modesty proposes TO increase 10 kity
He must have twenty-five Examiners at ssd ov9
g. 500 year each. Those will average two or three
hours work in the day for three four days 10 The
week; reserve of clerks, ditto The labor done 10
the Office will coet tlOO, 900 year Ip privs,s bss
ness would il cost one-sourth part Of the sunni Thsa
he provides for "fees"-how many thousaDds Cd.
ditionall
For the last year, we have four or Eve ,housana
patents Issued; receipts, fI20 900 to &l50 900. Ths
with the caveats brings the Fred receipts up 70 soma
500 600 year-not to talk Of the u'.fred fees.
Was not this provision enough for the army" o.
Mr.. Taylor With increasing population and IN.
creasipg enterprise and the caveats counted in we WI
average from s1 to eight thousand applications whs
does Mr.. Taylor intend to do with this $500 900 u
| s4OO GOO q year,
believe, Sir il II the immortal author Of Ali Bsbs
who informs us that it is no crime 10 stes 6oo
thieves" In this view we must modify our jadensat
of Mr. Tsylors bll. read il as simply an Action
the legal steslings Of the Ps,snt Office. AnA 70
far it only levies of the four or FIVE thousand sd-
venurers who annually take out patents to prey uPOs
the public would heartily let it pass.
But as hanging al additional lead weight on the
wings of genius the bill is worthy OF Mr.. Taylor, OF,
at leas of the constituency be represents. For b j.
known 10 all men a distance, that the politicians o
Brooklyn understand the science OF stealing be.tes
and practice it with more expansive consceDcs than
any other politicians on the faoe Of the earth.