116 Literary Property and International Copyright 



of publishers may, it is believed, be safely trusted to adjust the supply 

 to the demand. 



But, whatever the truth may be in these particulars, no claim of 

 American publishers for protection, or demand of the public for cheap 

 literature, however plausible or urgent, and no question of expediency 

 which conflicts with right and justice, is entitled to a moment's favor- 

 able consideration. "Justice," it has been well said, "is the highest 

 expediency." 



