The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-04-15
Thomas Corwin in Connecticut.
His Speech at Hartford

of iInn, Thonlns Curwn, nj Hartford, fron
the Cournnt:
Tie said ifany man could now call up rlear.
~ before his mind, all the incts and prospects
10y which we were surrounded four years
ago, and compare Them with The f,cis and
prospects now around and before us if he
could NJ all call up those two pictures and
llnce them side hy side before The mind. he
avoud hive accomplished all he desired 10
accomplish. lie would he content that the
eye aud the conscience should but see the
picture Clearly, uhd he left to mike their own
comment. lie went into vivid description
orour condition and apparent prospects four
Neurs ago ia peace aud prosperity, with the
production Of our skill, our labor and Our
tnil protected aud compared this with our
present condition aud future prospects, We
hardly know now what really is orr own
glorious Republic. No man could define its
Southern boundaries, aud the young geog-
raphers Of our schools were thrown into
darkness and utter confusion of mind, hy the
question of our boundary.
lie snid lac would he glad, witi!e lie spoke
of The causes which had led TO these results,
10 have the enr Of every maH of the North,
whether Wing or Democrat. He would be
a,ad TO have the ear Of that federal audience
spoken Of 10y one of our city papers, for he
supposed Tint 10 mean loco focO audience,
and he would he glad 10 put some question 10
ii's brethren of TINT creed, and he hoped there
were some present. lie loved 10 talk with
his democratic brethren, of the principle of
,qnai rights which they proiessed to love and
cherish so dearly. But he did not come to
- coYHctie' with Them as Gen. Houston said he
irtd done upon the Texas question, and he
would tell his democratic friends, ifany were
preseHt that he should like them all the bet
III l Of
rights, little more 10y their works.
Equnl rights hnd been ingloriously, igno-
by sacrificed, sacrificed ut the beheSt Ofparty
sacrificed by the concurrence of the Loco
TOGO influence and the vote of the North
There ~ one day in the year when we can
all exercise aud enjoy equal rights. The bal
joI box is coHnGn right and privilege.
The highest, the greatest, the richest and the
wisest are then brought TO footing ofequal-
sly with every other tslan however humble.
but my brother democrat, when you entered
iuto compact wit the South, TO admit Texas
-inio this 4 mon, you agreed that Texan,
v'vho could raise his hand to Heaven and
shake the Chains of cue hundred of his en-
shaved fellow bengs-wlo held the right 10
sink the whip in the flesh of hundred bare
aud black skinned backs, should give sixty
S'ne votes TO your one. Wasn't you n great
Bemocrat then? Wasn't You n smart Yam
Eee IN tut compact, brother Locofoco?
aiark day was il for you then, brother demo
Urat. when for party you sold your bithrigM
When you barIered your equal right of SUI.
jragc--one Of the dearest Of equal rights
anr the sixty FIRST part Of The right Of Texan
with lis hundred slaves. do not like 10 hurt
yonr teCllngs-Dut you have never stood well
with the lovers Of liberty since-and you new
ser will. You hurt your reput alton sadly then
in the eyes ofnlI men who esteem the right
Of n freeman worth preserving.
But Won talked all the while OF enlargng the
Agea Of Freedom. A good kind ola word
a!at---n well sounding word-a capital ord
7put mingled n litic 100 much with the sound
of the masters whip on the black bnck of
brother, to make pleasant music in his ear
But perhaps his ear WINS singular, and i'm the
EAR of bis brother democrats, these mingled
sounds might CLINE sweetly. Oh what req
.s2as for Joy and gratitude to God have YOU
my brother democrats,t that now, through Your
vneaa%, HRan who whips enc hundred slaves,
and drives them, soul and body to market as
aiis property, can cast 81 votes 10 yo..r one!
DON'T you thank God for This privilege. this
equality. every morning aud every evening?
Don't this show progress? And do yau ever
enquire. for you nre noted for Your calculation
here at the Nor,lI--do you ever enquire how
Suuci longer the letters of slavery shall cank-
~ and tester and rust into human flesh. in
consequences Of the compact of yours with
Texas? WHY doni you cheer me now, my
brother democrat? Why dor't you shout?
Why don't you give me some token of Joy
now, while am reminding you of your own
glorious achievement?
God forbid that ! should excite the preiu-
dice of the North against the SoutlI-but
Isl ate the facts in your ears, and ifyou are not
TsiIamed of them, then indeed am ashamed
OfSou
He then spoke of the influences that were
brought TO bear upon the issue of admitting
Texns-ofhe hughear preIence that England
would take her if we did not, and Of the
.trrouudlessness ofthis pretence as now nd
united even by Gen. Houston, himself who
SAWS tisat ii was part of the system of SEQ
Unelry" used OH that occasion-and enquired
what we had gained by this admission
whether we were purer, WISER happier. or
more prosperous than before. And whether
This miserable Mexican war had tended TO
our harmony, prosperity and real greatness
and virine as nation.
JIe alluded briefly TO the recent treaty of
peace and enquired whether parchment
pence would tame at once the 10000 Ca
Snanche Indians who were thus brought
.vithin our Southern borders. He described
iheir savage and predatory habits and gave
il ms the opinion of some of the most intelIi-
gent officers of the army, that that inpncable
race ofsavages would give more trouble
in Their suhjugation than all Mexico besides.
lie spoke also Of the itnpacabIe resentments
.aud animosities engendered by this war
which must hereafter exist between the Mex
lean and the Anglo Saxon races-separated,
as they were to he by this treaty, only by an
Imaginary line, and commended that this hos
tility would ever he the occasion for continu-
ed aggression on our part until one of the