Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-10-23
EXTRACTS FROM
MR.. CORWIN'S SPEECH.


Tom Corvin made one Of his characteristic
.peeches. at Carhagc, Oaio. on the 81 inst,
4 which we extract the iollswing report Of
he Cincinnati Gszette:
1T was common expression 10 ssy, the
resident holds high office; but you who
,u,-sss the right Of voting Tor that man. hold
higher office than YOU can confer on him.
tuu vufe his name on piece OF paper nc
longer than the palm OF your hand, and up
starts a President Tor four years-you create
ilm al your pleasure al each recurring cleo
.i5u Have you considered the power this
ight OF voting gives youl Have you consid-
frd that when you vote on the eth Of Nov
.mber. twenty millions OF Cots creatures
ook up to you as the guardians Oi tueir ia
rresls Tor iour Years aud II may BE- Tor a long
period; aud the man who votes cdrelessiy,
Nhu says he cares not who Is elected, he be-
iug the appointed guardian OF the interests OF
.hr country shall be held responsible here
sud hereafter Tor the msnner ia ~ iCh he has
performed that duty. (Applause) d. not
van; 20 revive auy OF the old controversies.
would BE- happy to know they were bottcd
out OF the page Ut our couatty's history; but
would ASK any man to consider how much
mower fifteen thousand men IA particular To-
= cality in the United States held, not only over
The deslInies and happiness OF The people OF
lhl9 49, hat over these oi htlgbh-s'''5
Republic. NO men we presented 10 yul
IN lcll-one. IL reference % the great ques
tons agitated, said, elect me, aud Texas,
country as large IN seograp hical surface as the
empire ct France, shall be annexed to the
United States and shall come within the range
.ol our government, with or without The con
sent OF Mexico, the parent Repuhi c.
al am, upf utipu Ia discuss ughathar that
were a wrong or night proposition. Another
OF thesr gentlemen, Shareholder also. Henry
Clay, OF Kentucky, said, II YOU elect me
thot annexation shall not take place without
the free consent OF Mexieo-and not then till
every STATE OF the old Republic shall express
its Conseut to that annexation. Cheers |
presume evety body knows from the history
OF the past four years, that il Henry Clay had
been President OF the United States, Texas
would not have been annexed. Fifteen thou
sand votes given on that occasion in n. York,
tor gentleman named Brncy, whom nobody
expected TO elect, were thrown away. II was
all a iarce--lt was not voting at all. II this
country however. was benefited By that an
nexatlon-if it BE- a matter OF gieat interest
To the people OF Ohio that five ~ six States
yet to be made in The present limits OF Texas,
shall be settled by her people. WHINE II shall
be law that any one man having hundred
negroes shall have as much poliica power
rs sixty-oue inhablling these plantdt:ons-ii
lit be matter OF felicity to you that that state
Of lhiGgs is Brought about then these fifteen
Thousand men did well in keeping Clay out Of
office and bringing Texas in. II it be mat
ter OF importance that we should have expen-
ded one hundred and seventy millions OF dol
lars in a war with Mexico about the bounda-
~ OF Texas--ll that be a gratifying circnn-
stance 10 the people of Hamilton county,
then these fifteen thousand men did well in
keeping Clay ont OF the Presidential chair.
Ill ii were better that one hundred AMI sew
lenly millions OF do lars should he expended
90 blow out the brains OF number OF yout z
men (Nho might now have been engaged in
tnrir ordinary ayocations,) instead OF building
school-house and appointing teachers 10
leducate those brains, a laugh then you ought
10 hank these fifteen thousand gentlemen oil
New York--tor these abolition votes brought
about all the blessings have enumerated. II
il BE- matter OF congratudion TO this Chris.
tian Republic, that nov, alter paving one
hundred and seventy millions of dollars in
conquest. we should pay twenty millions more
for the purchase OF two provinces. then should
we be thankful TO the Almighty Ruler OF ma
tlous that have got these five hundred
thousand square miles-and God bless these
gentlemen, tor we have got some thing % qaar
rel about. A laugh. Really, think these
fifteen thonsdDd men ought 10 make figure
in The history OF ID country. We shall have
occasion to thank God that they Were BON
and lived in 1874, laqghtetl a,,a 1liae III III
rrsru7 -, rs,ciI soles, ,ley psuduee All
the slorions results to which hdse referred.