Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-06-23

editor is not party man; but being q wit
ness of the hardships borne by our gallant
army in Mexico, he:could not suffer such
gross perversions us were uttered by Corr
win, to pass without notice. Read the ar
tticle, friends of Corwin, and blush for the |
man you have delighted to honor.s % inow !
From the Monterey N1ssice) Pioneer
Spese6 u G0F Wif, u 00hl0.
hThe aspiringyouth who fred the Ephesian dome,
outlives in fame the pious fool that reared it.R
f. Were the genius the mass Of mankind
equal to their ambitfon-were they endow-
| ed with the power of execution in as great
degree as they deem themselves to be
gifted with brilliancy of conceptions, the |
page of history would be SO replete with IL
lustrious names, that our admiration of a
Caesar or an Alexander, Napoleon or a
Washington, would be proportionately de-
creased. Were the stately edifce of our
country's institutions susceptible Of destruc-
ton by the torch Of fincendiarisn, we might |
be fearful that the towering ambition OF
Mr.. Corwin would induce him to apply the
match, so that, as in the temple of Diana,
the memory of the destroyer would be the
fame of the founder. We are rather in
clined to believe, however, that had not Mr..
| Corwin, as he says himself, been perfectly
assured that there were only three Senators
agreeing with his positions; had he mag
ined for a moment that he could have car
ried amaiority with him, he would have
been deferred from proceeding by the mag.
nitude of the effects which would be pro-
duced by the course of action recommend
ed by him.
In the place where have been heard the
brilliant periods Of Clay, the concise ar
gument of Calhoun, or the splendid efforts
Of Mr.. Webster, lesser intellect could not
bv its own power command attention; and
it was only by going far beyond his mas
tiers und assuming ground upon which they
dared not tread that MIR. Corwin was en-
abed to gain that notorety which he so
, eagerly sought, but which has hitherto
been denied him. 1t is not our present pur-
pose to analize the long and somewhat RAM
bling discourse of the Ohio Senator,r we
, shall merely present one or two extracts
:. that our readers may be able to judge of the
4hultfa grounds talsed the small faction OF
which Mr.. Corwin is a member. After a
lengthy diatribe against the administration,
against the president, and against those OF
his own party, who did not agree with him,
! he goes on to say:
= sYou must call your army back, you
= must unless you are willing to be thought
robber, an invader Of your neighbor, you
= = must recall that army. If your President
8 asks of me men and money to prosecute the
war, with Gods assistance and my own
. . poor abilities, he shall have neither men
nor money to prosecute any such purpose
= We ask our readers, to ponder attentive.
" upon these words, uttered in the United
. States Senate by the representative OF the
third state ofour Union. The effects which
. would be produced by the course recon-
: mended by Mr.. Corwin, are so evident, tina
- we will not insult the capacity of.ourread
: ers by directing their attention to them
We will make but one more extract iron
Mr.. Corwin's speech, and to this we woulf
10 call the attention of those brave men wi1'
- have perilled their lives upon Il the field
r battle, who at the first blast of war, SO no
bly rallied around their country's standard
= Saws the honorable Senator, "and what l
4 the wonderful expedient which this metho
of making history would adopt in order t
i, make US known. Shooting mexican Wo
9 men.-You have stormed the Bishop
Il Palace, and shot an innocent glrl engage
" in giving water to the dying soldiers on III
re feld.'' r. N1'' $50 s@% 80"
= Long may the day be nourned when al
81 American could be found to accuse nj
Ill countrymen of such deed. Soldiers! fhl
w. Ohio Senator deliberately asserts that ;yo
-. intentionally murdered an innocent gir
= engaged in giving water to the dying mer
~ He merges all the glory which you game
us at Monterey in the single act OF shootin
= n Mexican woman. Among those VIII
~, ~. fought SO vahantly at Monterey, was,a reg
~ 10 inaent from that State which Mr.. Corwi
e. e. represents. What will they think OF ID
~ assertion made by their Senator!dG WI
aeI they not resent the indignity thus put upo
Il, them? Will they not pass the sentence .
- nolitical damnation upon the man WI
T. could so villify their character as soldier
tho and as Americans! FL sa<< ~ -, :. ;. .
er in our remarks concerning Mr.. Corwl
ent we would not be understood as re1erfH'
tte.I even indirectly to the political party
gsfl which he belongs. In the ranks OF o.
on army combating side by side, are TO 2
hat found the whig and the democrat; ana
hit are proud to see that in the United; State
ing both among the people and in the halls
ret. CONGRESS. the mass Of both. parties ma
nobly sustained their country in !. tn the no no
er!' of its need. - s...,-7[i-lf gr, legs,t7
self - = : :! = ----------,--- -
'rse Speaking Of Taylor; victories c'' G
Ca win exclaimed: 49, ,.4.,.,o,-.
ore, "Why, sir, must not this melancholy l'l
eel fair excite the ridicule, nay, must 1t not
ays cite the contempt of every man ma acqualn ,
3ue with the history of the wars OF the worle l
says They have now tackled Corwin,s ma
fife, ~ ,Taylor as Vice President. Must
ties, .h;s xcite the contempt of, every man
hat ouninted with the history of human dish
d in esty and efirontery2"s avsl4 taE F.