The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-07-24
From the Monterey (Mexico) Pioneer.
Speech of MIR. COrwln, OF Ohio.
The aspiring youth who fired the Ephesan dome
OuveS in fame the pious fool that reared it."

Speech of MIR. COrwln, OF Ohio.
1.-THE aspiring youth who fired the Ephesian dome
ouives in fame the pious ioolthat reared it
Were the genius of the OF mankind equal TO their
ambition--were they endowed with the power OF execu
lion in as great degree they deem themselves to be
gifted with brancy of conceptions the pages of history
would be reIete with lusrious names, that our
admiration of Cesar or Alexander Napoleon or a
Washington, would be proporionatey decreased Were
the stately edce OF our countrys institutions susceptible
of destruction by the torch of ncendarlsm, we might be
fearful that the lowering ambition of Mr. Corwn would
induce him to apply the match, so that as IN the temple
Of Diana the memory OF the destroyer YOU'D S. Ge the tame
ever, that had not Mr. Corwin he says HIMSELF been
perfectly assured that there only three senators
agreeing with his positions; had he imagined Tor mo-
ment that he could have carried majority with him, he
would have been deferred from proceeding by the magn
tude of the effects which would productivity the course
Of action recommended by him.
II is not our present purpose to anayse the long and
somewhat rambling discourse of the Ohio Senator; we
shall merely present or two extracts that our readers
may be able to Judge of the ultra grounds taken by the
small faction of which Mr.. Corwin is member. After
lengthy datrbe against the administration, against the
President, and against those OF his own party who did
not agree with him. he goes on TO say
You must call your army back-you must unless you
are willing to be thought robber, invader OF your
neghbor you must recall that army II your President
asks OF me men and money TO prosecute the war; with
Gods assistance and my poor abilities, he shall have
neither men nor money to prosecute any such purpose
We ask our readers to ponder aenvely upon these
words uttered the United States Senate BY the repre-
sentative of the third State of Union Ghe effects
which would be produced by the recommended by
Mr. Corwn are so evident, that we will not insult the
capacity of our readers by directing their attention to
them.
We will make but more extract from Mr. Cor
wins speech and TO this would call the attention of
those brave who have perlled their lives upon the
field of battle, who at the first blast of so nobly rail-
lied around their counys standard Says the honorable
Senator sand what is the wonderful expeden which this
method of making history would adopt in order to
make us known Shooting Mexican women. You have
storned the Bishops palace and shot an innocent girl en-
gagged in giving water the dying soldiers the field"
Long may the day be mourned when an American
could be found to accuse his countrymen of such deed
Soldiers this Ohio senator deliberately asserts that you
Intentionally murdered innocent girl, engaged in giving
water to the dying men. He merges all the glory
which you gained at Monterey in the single act Of
shooting Mexican woman. Among those who fought
valantly at Monterey, regiment from that
State which Mr. Corwin represents. what VIII they
think OF the assertion made by their senator' VIII
they not resent the indignity thus put upon them
viii they not pass the sentence OF political damnation
upon the who could Willy their character as sol
der, and as Americans