Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-03-18
Senator Corwin's Speech.

eloquent gems" of the speech, that we cannot for.
bear copying it for the amusement and OBLIGATION OF
our readers The satire Of the article is the more
Pungent as 1t is derived entirely from the speech ITSELF
Inc 0eaaf'es OF which are strung together
I" Like orient pearls at random stIung''
This speech has been quite generally condemned in
the Federal papers as unpatrioic and anti-American
we ind IT. however, given at length in the Intelli-
gencer OF this morning. and introduced by the follow
ing apologize editorial notice:
Yielding 10 pretty general expression 9 Of
Jends We have given up large share of space to-day
to the revised speech of Mr. Corwin which will probably be
as generally acceptable to our readers as any equal Quantity
Our attention having been drawn to this effort BY
the somewhat singular reception it has the
hands of the leading Federal Journals We have been
induced 10 read ii through! as il is now published
and general description can convey an ADEQUATE
idea of its complete aroidance of topics naturally be-
longing to the discussion of the three million bill.
against which measure it processes to have been de-
liyered, we shall not attempt any complete analysis of
its course Of thought 1t seems to have been intended
as general review of the policy of government
towards Mexico and Texas for the last ten or twelve
years. II is the most violent anathema which we
have yet seen hurled against the honesty and good
faith, and the rectiude Of the American government
in its management during that period of our Texan
and Mexican relations. 1t advocates the whole Mex
lean cause in reference to the annexation Of Texas
with considerably more vehemence than the famous
letter of the Mexican minister Rejon Mr.. Shannon
1t labors more zealously TO put country in the
wrong as against Mexico, both in respect to the an
nexatlon OF Texas and the existing war, than any
other similar document which it has been our fortune
to peruse.
We shall make few extracts merely to show the
general style in which Mr. Corwin has thought proper
I'd treat these matters But the general scope of this
extraordinary address embraces very much more than
the entire relations each other both past and
of the United States, of Mexico, and of Texas The
hopeful views of General Cass as to the results of
the war, and the gloomy forebodings of Mr. Calhoun
on the SUBJECTIVE novel topics Of the possess
sion Of the war power by Congress- and the alleged
Executive usurpatioh Of that power-he loss of the
army bill, and the comment lin the Union, we pre-
sume) upon the fate Of that measure by some min
ion feeding upon the Ayhown remnants that fall from
the Executive shambles, and lie purifying there -
the probable satisfaction of the President (whom by
the way, in addressing the Senate of the United
States, Mr.. Corwin designates sour mastery at
the subsequent passage of that measurable fact
that IN the year of grace, 1886, the battle Of San
Jacnto was fought" with the bold question, does
any body deny that!" and the significant response,
Is no one here will doubt that fact '-the renown
gained by General Houston in that battle and the
interesting relation subSisting between Americans
and Noah the great propositus' of our family -
the obstinate love of the soil implanted in the Span
ish-Mexican-lndian race-thc probable feelings of
the American people, if the government of Canada
should invade the State Of New York. and England
connve at that nvasion-the supposed course of ar
gument which Mr.. Senator Allen would be likely to
adopt in case such an invasion of New York should
raise disputed question of boundary on the Pennsy
vania or New Jersey line-the court of the United
States with something Of king, a quadriennial
sort of monarch" at the head of 1.-THE " spurnng
OF Mexico and her minister" by our government-the
"haughty, imperious tone of Mr.. Slide" in Mexico,
and the .'lofty conceptions of the President" in
claiming for him the character Of minister plenipo-
tertiary In his profered negoation-the panic of the
Mexican population when brave old Rough and
Ready marched up the bank of the Rio Grande s.
the struggle of Charles to hold command of the
army against the English Parament--the interesting
spectacle of Gen. Cass and Mr.. Sewer "moving in
grand procession through the halls of the Montezu-
mas" Gen. Cass being red with the blood of recent
slaughter the CORY spear of Achilles in his hand and
the hoarse clarion of in his mouth blowing a
blast so loud and deep that tie sleeping echoes of
the lofty Cordilleras start from their and
turn the sound, till every from Panama to Santa
re Is deafened with the roar and Mr.. Sewer,
I" covered from head to foot with gorgeous robe,
putting to shame the wealth of Ormus of Ind -
while the olive of Minerva graces his brow, and in
his right hand is the delicate rebeck from which
breathed In Eydan measure that tell of naught
but love and peace P"-the highly probable astonish-
ment of :" the simple savage mind of Mexico" at the
spectacle of such procession of these two distin-
abandoning the sermon on the mount, being elected
justice of the peace, and presenting Colts pistol to
the ear of ignorant Cel, and telling him take
trial by jury and habeas corpus nine bullets in his
head "--the various gentlemen In history who, from
time to time, have wanted more room, "-Nimrod
Gen. Cass Tanerlane, Napoleon, Bajazet, the Auto
crat of Russia; and the Roman god Terminus; being
of that number-the awful fate which overlook Ma
poleon and Terminus because Of their desire for so
much room, and, finally the picturesque situation of
our country, standing this day on the crumbling
brink Of the bottomless gulf of civil Strife with its
bloody eddies whrling and boiling before us; all
this and great deal more Of which this is not even
an adequate specimen is urged with great emphasis
by Mr. Corwn upon the Senate of the United States,
as being most cogent reasons why that body should
not pass the three million bill!
We really confess ourselves puzzled to find an an
swer at once concise and conclusive, to this
of augmentation against that measure, and we must
content ourselves therefore with few elegant ex-
tracts, showing Mr.. Corwn's opinion somewhat more
at length on particular topics involved in the discus
sion. Here, for instance, is the view which, in Mr..
Corwin's opinion, historian would take of the
"events of the last twelve MONTHS" after he had
betaken himself those sequestered sotudes where
thoughtful men extract the philosophy of history from
| its facts" Such man, in Mr.. Corwln's Judgment,
lifting up his voice s from his retired cell ~
"Woud speak Of republic boastng that its rights
secured and restricted powers of Its nctonaies bound
up in the chains Of written constitutions he would record
his page ao that such people, in the wantonness Of
strength the ancied security Of the moment had
written constitution to pieces scattered its fragments
winds and surrendered themselves the usurped authority
Of Turning from this to the history Of the
months he would find that tbs President alone without
the advice consent Of Congress- had BY bold
made war en- neghborng republic; aud, what is quite
much TO be depoed that Congress- whose high powers
thus naught and dehed had with ready and sub
nation to his will, niquitous r-
umph over the very constitution which be and they alike bad