The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-04-10
Senator Corwin--Judge Wright

The Cincinnati Gazette, edited by John c.
Wright. is one Of the most violent federal papers
in the Union. Yet the editor has discrimination
and patriotism enough to favor vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war.
Senator Corwin, whose toryism we have been
exhibiting to the people of this county, says: "Let
us cease at once to prosecute this war;" "Let US
call home Our armies, and bring them at once
within our acknowledged limits" He Lthe Presi
dent shall haze no t,inds from me In the prosecu.
tion Of a war cannot approve" Such is the Ian.
guage of Senator Corwin, after having voted to
authorize the President to accept the services of
$4,000 volunteers, and to appropriate ten millions
for their support. In reply, Judge Wright, (and
who will dare to say that his judgment is not as
good as Senator Corwin's,) in speaking Of those
called into the service, says: isaf. ...
"These men are still in the field.-
Many Of them have fallen in battle, and
many more by the diseases of the eli.
mate; but the thousands that remain
are still in the field, ready to sustain the
flag of their country. Shall these men
be abandoneds They have bled for
their country, and are ready to die in
the service. They have faced danger
in all its forms, and, as their perils in.
creased, their love of country seemed
also 10 increase. Shall these brave men
be abandoned by their country? To
refuse them food and clothing and pay,
by withholding appropriations for their
support, is to abandon them. ltis not
only 10 abandon those now in the field,
but to refuse the pittance due to the
widows and the fatherless children of
those who have fallen-- widows and
orphans-made so by the war, into
which their protectors were induced
to enter by the government. In this
the wings acted in common with their
opponents; we again ask, shall these
men, and their widows and orphans, be
abandoned?
"It is said that we should withdraw
cur troops from the field. One party
may bring on war, but to end it both
parties must concur. Being now at
war, shall we strike our flag and retire
from the position we occupy: Sup.
pose such an order was given to Gen.
Taylor. He would be compelled to.
abandon the places rendered memora-
bic by his victories, with an incensed
enemy at his heels. Our troops would
be followed into our own territory, and
where shall they make stand? Shall
the ravages Of war be brought into our
land, instead of meeting the enemy be-
yond our borders? If we must fight,
surely it is best we should fight on the
soil Of an enemy. Fight we must
while war exists, and we may choose
our own fighting ground. That mind
must haze LILLE force of judgment, and
have profted little by the teachings of
experience, which caa imagine, that
the simple withdrawal Of our troops
from the enemy's country, will termi.
nale the war. Such step would
greatly encourage the enemy and in
duce him to make more vigorous efforts.
No party that sanctioned this war by
its vote-that appropriated ten millions
of dollars and called out fifty thousand
volunteers for its prosecution-can
maintain itself before an. intelligent
people, which takes this position. 1t
has pledged itself, in the most solemn
form, to support the men in the field by
their votes. To abandon them would
be cruel and unjust" .'.'
INTEREsTING.-We We are led to believe, from
p, 81 H., Trop