The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-05

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Our readers will require but little urging
from us. to induce them TO read the great speech
Of Mr.. Corwin, before the Senate of the United
States, on the Compromise Bill. We think
there are few who may commence II that will
willingly fail to give it a thorough perusal. II
has been aptly called the speech of the season,
and we are sure that nothing equal 10 il has
fallen from the lips Of any Senator this Ses-
sion.
A leading feature Of Mr.. Corwin's character
is devotion to truth, and he follows her paths
with the enthusiasm, the spirit, and the forti-
tude Of martyr. In the worship of that Hea-
venly essence he ,liscards all personal consider
atoms; he never seems to peuse, to ask what
may be the personal consequences of anything
ne may feSs r-r..irsd To dot is enough for
him TO learn where truth makes the line ofduty
to secure his obedience.
This traitwas eminsnty displayed by Mr..
Corwin upon the Mexican war question. His
lucid mind as clearly saw the consequences OF
his course on that question, as his experisncs
now feels them. He deliberately surveyed his
ground, and duty made him brave the fires Of
persecution, and the snathemas Of party. /,
would be as easy TO makea slave of Mr. Cerwin,
as Il would to make him demagogue. lie
stood mp before his country as man who dared
TO do what he considered right He made no
appeal to the aura popularis; he felt the spiri,
OF the ancient sage expressed In the sentiment
"Iiove Socrates, Hove Plato, but Hove truth
more than either"
Whatever differences of opinion NAV exist
as to the policy or propriety of Mr.. Corwin'.
course on the war question, all men must ioir
in adn'iring the LOFTY moral courage that sus.
tanned him In what he looked upon as his duty
His attitude, in rebuking the war spirit Of his
country, was nobler one than was that Of the
elder Chatham, when he denounced the conduc,
Of Great Britain in driving these colonies ints
revolution, and postsrity will honor Mr. Corwir
Tor his course. In the progressive strides o.
civilization, love Of war will cease, and as pure
and uncefled religion increases in the world
the distinction between true and false patriot
ism, will be felt and acknowledged among men
The doctrine--''our country right or wrong
never fell from the lips Of the Savior of The
world, nor from the heart Of any one that eyel
felt the benign influences Of Christianity. II h.
only is free, whom the truth makes free, Jus,
in proportion as men are made free by truth
In that proportion will patriotism, in Its ordina.
ry costume Of cant, be discarded.
But are wandering from our subject, and
we return TO Mr.. Corwin's speech ON the CON-
promise bill. We should like to see an answer Il
the logic Of Mr.. Corwin. IL has been met in
the Senate with invective and empty declama-
ton. Rsverdy johnson attempted to paralys.
its power by insult, and Mr.. Butler. of South
Carolina, seemed 10 think that he had demol-
ished Mr.. Corwin's speech, by declaring thai
when slaves were made traffic, Yankees woult
be the traders, thus entleasorIng TO succeed In
thai everlasting failure-shs effort at making
"a right out oftwo wrangs," and forgstful Of
the faet that the morn speh material nsy b
used, HE worse u .1up,ruus u