Mr. PATTERSON. I move, proforma, to strike out the last word. I should be very sorry indeed to deprive the distinguished friend of the chairman of the ComWays&Means, the ComrAg, of any of his special privileges; and it is for that very reason, nmo others, that I have offered this amendment, that that distinguished and learned man may avail himself of European productions in agriculture in developing those of his own country. And I will say, further more, that sueh scholars as Professor Crosby, to whom the gentleman has referred, are the very men who desire an amendment of this kind. For those scholars who publish classical works in this country need and must have these works that come from Europe for investigation and for reference, and then they can reproduce these works in a different form in this country. But I would say to the Gentfrom Vermont that many works will never be republished in this country under any circumstances, not even under this bill. They are not published here and will not be, because the number sold in this country would be so small that it would not pay any publishing house here to irint them. So that if obtained here at all they must be obtained from abroad. lfthis be so, why should we require the scholar, who is almost always a poor man, to pay these enormous prices for these books? Sir, it seems to me that our 1st and true pol icy is to protect the intelligence of the people rather than a few fat book publishers in istnn and NewYork. They are already enriched, and are daily becoming more so, by their pub‘ licutious, under the tariff as it already exists. Why should we give them superior advantages? We had better irotect the boys of the country, who are to be the practical men hereafter, the boys who are tobe the future lawyers and legislntors of the country, now when they are seeking to fit themselves for those duties. This seems to me to be our true policy rather than to protect a few nblishing houses in ljoston an NewYork which are sufficiently protected already.