Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-09-15

membereoi proposition here and there, laid
down plainly and poinledly, may be recolecled;
an illustration, appropriate and striking, may
fix itself indebly on the mind--bul the cur.
rent Of his dscourse in the main, is too rapid,
deep and overwhelming to leave any distinct
impressions. Tie bears us to the clouds amidst
the lightning's flash and lhunder's roar; he de.
scends with US to The drplhs Of the ocean. and
the sound Of waves are chungeI To bubbng mur.
murs; he carries US along peaceful wales. aud
.lils US over high mounlaius-and when he has
ended. we awaken as from varied, an exciting,
dream. We may be able TO recall many i'm
pouanI propositions or facts, either because they
are we'll known to all, or because they ure new
and impressive; but the filling up-Ihe illusIra-
traIions-the machinery, excite and bcwilder;
and cannot be described; like music, his elo.
quence must be heard to be appreciated-we
can learn little Of It's effects from description
but from all that he said we have gathered the
following brief summary; arranged not in the
order il was delivered but as il occurs to US
now. He opposes the election Of Gen. Cass,
because he is pledged TO the doctrines Of "cir.
cumslances" Of f"inevitable desny"--of "uni-
versal conquesI"-of tone man power and if
elected will involve the country in further wars
for the extension Of slavery; and will adminis.
ter the government for the encouragement Of
foreign labor, for the benefit Of a PARrY-and
not for the public good.
He opposes the election Of Martin Van Buren,
because on all questions of public policy on
which he, (Mr. Corwin) has been called to act,
in the course Of his public duties, he has always
found himself opposed by, or necessarily oppos-
ed 10, the opinions and sentiments of this man.
Because Mr. Van Buren's whole public life has
been hostile, in the extreme, TO principles of
"Freedom and Free Soil" Because even in
the month of June last, he declared his opn-
ions and sentiments as exemplI6ed in his life,
still unchanged. Because his sudden conver
sion, in piew Of the office of President Of the
United States, appears like a conversion for a
consideration, and therefore not since re--and
because the Almighty, in his gracious dealing
with mankind, never yet carried out good
work or benevolent purpose through the instru
mentality of hypocriIe, and will not, it may
be inferred, through Mr.. Van Ruren.
He will give his cordial support TO Zachary
Taylor--Because he is Wing and attached
TO Wing principes--and here, said MIR. Corwin,
am not mistaken. Some of my most relia-
Bile Wing friends arc the intimate friends of
Gen. Taylor; have conversed with many of
the most respectable officers of the Army, and
from these men have the assurance that at
home, or in camp, Gen. Tayor's Wing senti.
menls, anI attachment to Whig principles has
ever been as well known as those of any other
man in the country. From this and the evil
dence we have in his own avowals, am salts
fl ed Gen. Taylor is a Wing.
He will support Gen. Taylor because he is
IN honest man and a patriot. Because, if elect.
ed, he would not be the mere President Of
party--having "no private purposes 10 accom-
pIish-no party projects TO build uP--no ene-
mics to punish--noIhng 10 serve but his coun-
try" Because, though u soldier by profession
and practice, he looks upon war at all times as
a national calamity-and on peace as the true
policy Of our country.
Because, although STAKEHOLDER, he is oppos-
ed TO The extension fsluvery--becauSe, ifeect-
ed President, he will not use his Veto nor his
personal nor official influence to oesablsh slave.
ry IN any part of our Territories, North rSouth,
acquired or to be acquired. And here again,
said Mr.. Corwin, speak what knOw--l speak
not without authority, and | tell you, l kaow
Zachary Taylor will not use his Veto nor his
personal nor official influence for The purpose
Of extending slavery into any Of our Territories,
Il knOW it, Think not my friends (he con
tinued,( that ] am here to SNAKE case" for
Cen. Taylor. Have | not sacrificed as much
as any Of you in defending the principles Of
Free Soil? In their defence | have battled,
when few batlled with me. On this platform.
took my stand, when 10 do so, had to sepa.
rate forever with dearest friends--Giends, who,
for twenty long years had stood BY me through
good aud evil report. Upon this ark, cast my
self, with all my hopes frcighled, and bufeucd,
almost with single arms, the waves of popular
indignation. Think not, therefore, that will
abandon it now, when in the full tide of popu- :
lar favor. No, no; | support Gen. Taylor, be. G
cause Of the three candidates'for President now
before US, with him, and him alone, am will
ling trust the cherished principles which you
and have SO long approved. :
The foregoing is but a meagre and imperfect S
outline of his speech. Many important facts !