Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-03-01
= From the Eastern Argus.
Emmett vs.. C0rWiil.

~ ct no man dare, whenI am deas to charge
me with dishonor-let no man attalnk my memory
by believing that Iscould have e1fgag cd in any
cause but that Of COUNTRY Letnomam write
my epitaph." ss I !. S
Such was the noble and patriotic IAN.
qua ge oftliat martyr to Irish libarty Reb.
ert Emmett. In his last momeflis hs made
a burning and eloquent address he(ore his
God and the tyranical Lord who serllen-
ced him, which, TO this day, Causes le heart
of every Irishmaa 10 beats ith q sion
|against that country which consigned him
ITO an early grave. Willing and proud to
die for his country and his country only,
he wished to leave behind him the only leg.
acy he could leave, a reputation for patri.
otism unstained with suspicion-an untar.
nished name for love of country and that
liberty he sought so ardently to obtain fol
his brethren. But knowing that no one
who knew his motives could dare yindicate
them then, he asked the silence ofthe world
until after ages could do him and his char.
acter Justice. He desired his tomb to be
unettered with anything bat his own hum
bic name, until posterity could epgrave
thereon tablet worthy Of his memory.
Fix your eye and mind moment or
Thomas Corwin. Can he say, in the Ian
guage Of the immortal Emmett, slet nc
man dare, when am dead, to charge me
with dishonor''? Canh when his heae
is white with the age of years, and hi!
limbs tremble with the weight Of many
winters, claim to have led the life of q true
patriot? No! In after years, when tn.
finger of scorn points to him as a traitor t.
his country, and singles him out as on,
who declared to our soldiers in O foreign
land that he would neither clothe nor fee,
them, he will find that he is detested by al
honorable and patriotic men. When h
hears the solemn truth cast into the teeth O
his children's children, that he denounce,
our brave soldiers as ''Robbers and Muir
derers," THEN he will feel that no credit o
the true patriot belongs to him.
Can Corwin exclalm, slet no man attain
my memory by believing that could hav
engaged in any cause but that Of my coun
try"? No! If he die, one thousand voice
would arise from the patriot graves; upo1
the bloody field of Bena Vista, 10 reprov
him for his treachery. The sand hills G
Vera Cruz, the heights of Cerro Gorde, tn
battlements of Contreras, would answer
"Your memory shall be attainted. Yo
told the Mexicans to welcome US wit
bloody hands to hospitable graves;' half tn
blame of our death rests upon your head.
Oh, we would not descend to the gray
with the sin and treason of Tom Corwin uE
on our head for one-half Of the possession
ofthe entire world. We would moi for u tn
world that our ancestors had so degrade
themselves and the land that gave then
birth.
Should the tomb Of Corwin be unlettered
Should his epitaph remain unwritten? No
Let his infamy be known to the countr,
and the people, 1t is written already
written on the pages OF his country's histc
ry-written in the records of the Unite
States Senate-written on the minds of III
American army, and in the hearts Of th
American people. Upon the white martl
of his tomb should be engraven:
i HERE LIE THE REMAINS