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Gov. COrwin's Speech.

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The National Iniolligencer contains the
speech Of Gov. Corwin in revised form, from
which we extract the closing part, which will be
read with thrilling INTEREST,"
4 Mr. President, this uneasy desire 10 augment
our territory has depravcd the moral sense and
blighted the Otherwise keen sugacily of our peo-
: pie. Whai has been the fate of all nations who
have acted upon the idea thatihev mus advanced
i Our Young orators cherish this notion with fer.
vid, but fatally mistaken zeal. They call it by
The mysterious name Of "desiiny." "Our des.
tiny" they say, is onward, and hence they ar
que, with ready sophslry, the proPrieiy of seiz-
ing upon any territory and any people that may
lay in the way Of our "ratcd" advance. Recenl-
ly these Progressves have grown classical; some
assidous student Of Antiquities has helped them
10 patron saint. They have wandered back in
to the desolate Pantheon, and there. amongst the
Polylhetstic relics of that "palc mother of dead
empires" they have found god whom these
Romans, centuries gone by, baptzod "Termi-
nus"
Sir, have heard much and read somewhat of
this gentleman Terminus. Alexander, of whom
: have spoken, was u devotce Of This divinity
!, We have seen the end of him aud his empire
must altrags advance and never reccde. So
both republican and imperial Rome believed. 1t
was, as they said, their destiny. And for awhile
it did seem TO be even so. Roman Terminus
did advance. Under the eagles Of Rome he was
carried from his home on The Tiber 10 the larhest
East, on the one hand, and 10 the far West,
amongst the then barbarous tribes Of western Eu-
rope, on the other. But at length The time came
4
! The despisld Gaul calls out TO The condemned
Goth, and Aua, with his Huns, answers back
the bae-shcut to bo'h The "blue.cycd ma.
tons of the NORTH" in succession, or united,
pour forth their countless hosts of warriors upon
Rome and Romo's always advancing god Termi-
nus. And now the battle axe Of the barbarian
strikes down The conquoriug eagle of Rome
Terminus at last reced S, slowly al FIRST, but f.
nalIv he is driven 10 Rome, and from Rome TO
Byzanlium. Whoever would know the further
+ fate of this Roman deity, so recently taken un-
der The patronage of American Democracy, may
find ample gratfcaIion of his curiosity in The Iu-
minous RACES Of Gibbons Decline and Fall. !"
Such will find that Rome thought, as you now
think, that il was her destiny TO conquer provin.
ces aud nations, and no doubt she sometimes said
as you say, IL vii conquer peace" And
where now is she, the Mistress of the World!-
The spider weaves his web in her palaces, The
owl sings his watch-song in her towers, Teu-
tonic power now lords il over the Seryile remnant
the miserable memcnlo Of old and once omnipo.
; tent Rome. Sad, very sad, Ore the lessons
which time has written torus. Through and in
: them all sec nothing but The nfexible execution
Of that old law which ordains as eternal that
cardinal rule, Thou shalt not covet thy neigh
> boris goods, nor any thing which is his" Since
; have lately heard SO much about the dismem-
berment of Mexico, | have looked back to see
{ how, in the course Of events, which some call
5 Province" ii has Jared with Other nations who
: engaged in this work of dismemberment. see
I thai in the latter half oflhc eighteenth century
! three powerful nations, Russia, Austria, and Prus-
sin, united in the dsmembermeni Of Poland
= They said, too, rs you say, "t is our destiny"
! They "wauied room" Doubtless each Of these
I thought with his share of Poland, his power was
100 strong ever TO fear invasion, or even insult.
, One had his California, another his New Mexico,
aud u third his Vera Cruz Did they remain
untouched aud incapable of harm! AIasl no
f far very far from il. Relributve Justice m ISL
! fulfil It's destiny too. Avery few years pass of,
and we hear ola new man, Corsican lieutenant,
the sel.named EARNED soldier Of Democracy
f Napoleon. lie ravages Austria, covers her land
' with blood, drives The Northern Cesar from his
: capitol, and sleeps in his palace. Austria may
now remember how her power ramped upon
Poland. Did she moi pay dear, very dear, for
D her California. But has Prussia no atonement 10
makei You see this same Napoleon, the blind
2 instrument of Providence, at work there. The
thunders of his cannon NJ Jena proclaim the
r work olretribu,ion for Puand's wrongs; and the
D successors of The Great Frederick, the drill-ser.
, geant of Europe, are seen flying across The sandy
: plain that surrounds their capitol, right glad II
1 they may escape captivity or death. But how
=, fares i, wIh the Autocrai Of RuSsiul Is he Sc
/. cure in his share of The spoils Of Polandl Mo-
J.. Suddenly we see, sir, six hundred thousand arm
ed men marching to Moscow. Does his Vera
}. Cruz project him nowl Far from H. Blood
g slaughter, desolaton spread abroad over The land
Y and finally The conhugralion of The old CONNER.
cial metropolis OF Russia closes the reiribuiioT
she must pay Tor her share in lhe dsmember
/. meat Of her weak and lmpoent neighbor.
Mr.. President, mind more prone TO look fo
|. the judgments Of Heaven in the doings of mel
d than mine, cannot fail in this 10 see The provi
r. dence Of God. When Moscow burned il seem
), ed as il the earth was lighted up that The nations
e might behold the scene. AS that mighty sea O
II fire gathered and heaved and rolled upwards
n ill It's fumes licked the Stars and fired the who'll
81 heavens, it did seem as though the God of Ma
e lions was wiring in characters of flame on III
Y strong nation who ramples in scorn upon ,h
1r weak. Aud what fortune awaits him, the ap
a. pointed executor of this work, whent was al
d. donei He, 100, conceived the Eouon that hi
ur destiny pointed onward 10 universal DOMINION
ms France was too small. Europe, he though
r. should bow down before him. But, as soon a
VS. this idea took possession Of his soul, ho too be
Ill comes POwSrsss, His Terminus mus. rsced