February 19th, after a debate of several days, Mr. Thomas was declared “not entitled to take the oath of office, or to hold a seat, as a Senator of the United States,”—Yeas 27, Nays 20.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
Letter to a Committee in New York, on this Subject, February 17, 1868.
From time to time International Copyright has occupied attention, and Mr. Sumner has often in correspondence expressed himself with regard to it. The following letter, in answer to an inquiry, was published by a New York committee of the following gentlemen: George P. Putnam, S. Irenæus Prime, Henry Ivison, James Parton, Egbert Hasard.
Senate Chamber, February 17, 1868.
MY DEAR SIR,—Pardon my delay. There are two ways of dealing with the question of International Copyright,—one by the treaty power, and the other by reciprocal legislation.
I have always thought that the former was the easier, but at the present moment the House of Representatives is not disposed to concede much to the treaty power.