Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-07-05
From the Kaieksfbocksr.
The Editor,s TahIe.

The Editors Table. I
II has occurred to US, that among AnerieaniI
orators. Mr. Corwin. the present Secretary ofl
the Treasury, has hardly been duly appfecia-
Ted. the more, we suppose, that his merits as
an executive officer, and his adroleness and
skill in technical debate, have attracted atten-
ton aahes distinctive qualities Of his naind.
But next to Dir. Webster, il appears TO as
Mr.. CoFwin. is one of cur very frst orators. A |
friend Of ours who heard his splendid speech
against d war Tor CONC quest with Mexico des-
erihcs ahe manner Of ihe speaker9as. in the
highesG aegree mpasing He rose tosa height,
Of grandeur said gonr. r.informaEt. and his dark
eyes dashed like liz 5htning, when he spoke Of
she god Terminus. once the boast and pride
of RDnla. tie tl0me mother of dead empires.'
The folloWing is in the lof6est style Of natural
eloqucnce.
Sir hare heard much and read somewhat
of this Rehtleman Terminusa Alexander was
q dafotee Of this divinitv, s. We haye1seen the
ende him and bis empire. lswas said tnbel
an alllibute lof this god. that be must always
adFdh6a and never recede, So both republi-f
can and iaiperiai Rome beIieEea1t II WAS, as
they said. sfheip destiny And indeed iop q
while iaseemed to be even So. Roman FeF-l
minus did advance. Under the eagles Of Rome
he was carried from his home on the TiheI to.
the'farEhest east On the one hand. and to the
farwest, among the thea barharous Tribes Of
western Europe. on theeother. Bntatleugths
the tinae came whom retfibuiive justice bad
become edesainy.' The despised Gaul
out g the contemhed Eoth, and Atsila. with
bis Huns answers back the battle shout 20
both The blue eyed nations Of the north,'
in succession or united. pour forth their count.
less hosts ofgparri0rs upon Rome, and Rome's.
adsancinr nod Terminus And where now, IS
she, Che Mistress of the World? The spider.
weaves his web in her palaces, the owl sings
his watch song in her towers Teutonie DOW
er now lords It over the seryile remnant, the
miserable memento Of old and once omnip6-
cent R0rnea Sad very sad are the lessons
which time has written Tor Us Through and
in them all I see nothing but the indexible ex
ecution Of that Old law which ordains as eter-
nal that cardinal rule, Thou sEalt nos eoyetl
thy neie elibur's goods nor any that Is his
Since have lately heard 50 much about the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Mexico, have looked back
70 see how, IN the course Of events. which
some call pkoYidefce, Is has Jared with other
nations who engaged in this work Of dismeml
befmehk see hat in the latter half Of the
eighteenth century three powerful nations,
Rdssia, Austria and Prussia, united IN the dis
membefment Of Poland 1keg said, too, as
you say, It IS our destiny. They wanted
sroonafa Doubtless each of these fhoughe with
his shnre Of Poland, bis power was too strong
ever % isar Invasion Or even insult Did they
remain untouched nnds incapable Of harm?
Alas. 70 Far, very faF from il Retribuiive1
A
fewpears pass of and We hear Of a new enan,
q Cafsiehh lieutenant the self named armed
soldier 81 democracy IN apoleen. He rava-
ges AUSTRIA covers her land with blood. drives
th6naottheFn Cesar from bis capital. and
Sleeps Ii his palace Austria may now re-
m6AbeR how her power trampled upon Po-
la1d. Bda has Frussia no atoneInent to make
You see this same n apoleon. the blind instru
menl of Providence, at work there. The
thunders Of his cannon as Jena proclaimed the
work OF retfibarion foF Poland's wrongs and
the successors Of the Great Frederick, the drill
sefeeAnt of Europe. are seen flying across the
sandy plain that surrounds their cappital fright
glad & they may escape captivity OF death.1
But how fares ID with the aatocrat of Russia
Is he secure ii his shaFesOf the speils Of Po-
land? /? No. Suddenly we seessix hundred
thopsand aIned men marching to Moscow.4--
Hood slaughter, and desolation spread abroad
over che hnd. and finally the confagration8o of
theold commercial metropolis Of Russia closes
che ribution she must pay for her share in i
the smepberment Of her weak and impotent
Mr. President mind more prone 70 look
FOR the Judgment Of Heaven in the doings Of
men than mine cannot fail in this tp see the
providence Of God. When. Moscow burned.
il seemed us if the earth was lighted up, that
the nations might behold the scene As that
mighty sea If tire gathered and ,heaEed and
rolled upwa ard, higher and yet higher till its
flames licked the stars, and fred the whole
heavens. it did seam rs though the God Of
the nations was writing. ipcharaeters Of fame,
On the front Of His throne. that doom which
shall taA upon the strong who tramPles IN
scotn upon the weak And what fortune
awaits him. the appointed executor Of this
work, when it was an done He too cenceiy-
ed the notion that his destiny pointed onward
% universal dominion, France was too small,
Europe be shought should bow down before
bin. But as soon as this idea took possession
Of bis soul, he too becomes powerless.. His
Terminus must recede TOO. Right there, while
be Witnessed the humiliation, and doubtless |
Fneditated the suhlugation of Russia, He who |
holds she winds il bis fists gathered the SHOWS
Of The north and blew them upon his six hun
drsd thousand men. They fed--they froze
they persisted And nov the mighty Ma |
poleon, who had resolved on universal domin- |
ion, be 700 IS summoned to answer for the VI
olation Of that ancient law, Thou shalt not Gov
et ahYtbing which Is thy neighBor's' How
IS Ghs mighty faIleul He, beneath whose
proud footsskp Europe trernbled. rs now an ex-
ile d Elba, and finally prisoner on The rock
Of Saint Helena: and there, on a barren island
ii an unfreqnented sea, in the crater Of an ex-
finnniahed volcano, there is che death bed of
TIE miehfg conqnerer All Bis 'annexations'
have come to this. His,last honris now come
and he, the imam of destiny he who bad
rocked The world as with the throes.of an
eaFthqHake is now Powerless-still Even as
the beggar, so be died On the wings Of al
ka1ng,asf that roo,ad Nth v,Tvanfad fury mn IN