Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-06-29
Mr.. CorWin and his Revilers.

| .erey Pioneer" differs from those of the
same politics at homo in no material fea- I
iure. iii. has any one merit not common
| to them all, it is perhaps owing 10 tho cir
cums,ance that tho Monterey editor has
| had opportunities which they have not en-.
! loved, 10 enrich his vcrnacular of abuse
with tho choiccr scurriliiy of Mexican
/ epthets.
/ We are not surprised that such man
"A yaga bond who feeds and b1ttcns
! The American camp in Mexico-should
! lend himself to the nbnse of Senator Cor
win and his speech on the three million bill
] The inf hence of that speech. how ever. viii
! not be lost, or the fame Of its author SAT
fer permanent injury by the corruption i,
! has quckencd. The sun is none tho less
bright. its influence none tho less healthy
and benign because. forsooth. it NAV
chance TO ..brced mHgcots IN n dead dog
To show. rs is pretended. lin WIN,
estimation" Mr.. Corwin is held by tho
volunteers in Mexico. long editorial nrti-
Gle from this Monterey journal. abusive
and false In every limo. has lately boen
porndod before tho American public bv
the locofoco prcss-inst rs if locofoco
oiitor. boiny in Mexico. was better nu-
those Mt home.
Like them. he il careful not 70 publish
MIR. Corwin's speech entire. or even to
make fair quotation from it: bn, rue to
the example furnished. he gorbos a
tence hero and there. and having worked
himself INTO 4 mock passion over IT. nil tho
rest like ''the lions part in Pvramns md
Thisbo. is dono cxtempore. "for it is
thing bn. roar'np.'
We viii give bu, single example,;
''Sndier>i this Ohio Senator delihe ra;ely
MSS srls that Won Intentionally murde red an
innocch! girl engrgad in giving water to
the diving mon. A nono those who Tough.
valiantlv AZ Mnntcrev, was a regiment
from tho State which Mr.. Corwin ropre-
SCENTS. Whit will they think of the as-er.
ton of their Sanator' VIII they no,
resent the inligni,y thus PIT upon them!
VIII thov not pass the sentence of political
d1r;notlon upon tho nun who could 50
Willy tn If character as soldiers and as
timrric1ns!'
We do rot assert tia. the writer of the
above. i. tho MN sp,trn of in letter
from ',exicn. vino rife Tho pocket, OF
Col. Yell. "a h breath Il out his heroic
hfa n. Blena Vi,,a; hut we do say. thu,
any man. h, wing read Mr. Corwins speech.
who would TINS falsfv it and then invoke
"ppliticaI d,mna,ion'' upon its author, Is
moan enough Tor az such Job.
Where IN Mr.. Corwin's >paoch nro we
10 look for tho odious statement attributed
10 hn1 He saws:
81 have read in some account OF the battle OF
Monterey, of lovely Mexican girl who with the
| brnevolence Of an angel in her DO on and the
robust courage of hero in her heart. was hus'ly
h.
crash of FILLING houses. the groans Of the dying
aud the will Shrek of battle. in carving water
to slake the burning thirst Of the wounded of Ell
Their host
We'll. who has not read the Same thing!
And now. what nore?-
"While bending over a wounded American SOL
der. cannon ball struck her aud blew her TO
atoms."
This is fact also not denied. But are
We to INFER from this. that tho America n
soldiers Internationally murdered an limo
cen, griffin the very act of ministerinc
TO one Of their own wounded companions
giving drop Of cold wntcr in the m mr.
If humanity? Surely not. But does MI
Corwin say thcy did, lie docs saw
"Sir, do not charge my brare generous heart
ed connfrynen who fon CHIT that fight with this
No, no--,re who send them; who know that
SCENES IKE ms, winch might SEMI Years OF S0r
row down Pluto's iron cheek are the inpdrinbtr
inectabte attendants of ,c1r, we accountable
for this"
He was arguing that war. seven in it:
hest cstntc," is hnrrid, inhun11n. barba
rous thing-nnd TINT when 10, strictly nc
re~snry and IIst. It can bring no lasting
renown 10 lis authors. To them he i'm
putes al the intamv Of the Mexican war
for 10 them it belongs; but to his brave
generous hearted country men" who were
called to endure its f1,igucs and horrors
e he every where yiolis-to quote his owl
"ords-"ihe highest NEED of nraisa."
dayton Journal
4 LARGE FEE.-A Judgment of S 5,000 wa
awarded at Philadelphia, the other day. agains
q the Bank of Kentucky and in favor of Lesii,
;. Combs, ESQ, eminent lawyer and politician
e of Kentucky. The facts Of the case have te
dency 10 excite suspicion in regard TO the cours
= of Justice. II may be remembered that Sd are
= of Kentucky Bank Stock to an immense amour
= were frauiulen,ly sold by one Hosea J. Levi
h then cashier of TIE Scauylkl Bank at PhadeI
|. phia, and agent there for the Kentucky Bank
When the fraud was discovered Lewis fed {
Texas. The Kentuky Bank brought action a
+. ganst the Schuy!ki Bank for restitution of III
shares. alleging that the Schuylki Bank wa
responsible for the acts Of its Cashier. TIL
testimony of Lewis became indi.pe 1. bile TO III