The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-07
Hon Tom Corwin.s Speech

Mr. Corwin made speech at the Mechan-
ical Exhibition now in progress at Cincinnati.
on Friday OF last week We make the fol-
lowing extract from the introduction Of that
speech. just for the fun there is in ii:
He related an anecdose of Psychologist,
who, having studied the anatomy and econo-
my of man. came TO the conclusion that as
liver secreted bile, SO the brain secre,ed thot,
and in his ardent pursuit of this idea, this
philosopher proposed TO poor parish. not
able 10 pay a live preacher, to furnish them
machine with working brain, and agreed
that this leather parson should reason upon
Scripture as well as most country parse-as
did.
In surveying the machinery in the Institute,
it had occurred TO him that if it were propo-
sed to these ingenious workers in wood and
iron, TO build an orator tina. one might be fur
nished by the next Annual Fair. Laughter |
This excited their laughter. but he had heard
speeches that passed very well from very
leather-headed sort Of men. Applause.
When he contemplated these machines. per
forming for man IN one hour, what once took
days and weeks-how, BY this vast saving,
time was left him for the Improvement of his
faculties, and the perfection of his soul, when
he regarded the wonders of science, and re-
member-d that they ceased not with time. a
wonder arose that checked all speech. and q
silence followed in the human soul that did
not like TO be disturbed with the jargon of
words.
Blu, the W ord had advanced in other things
besides machinery. II any one doubted that
there had been progress in the condition of
the human race. he had only to look at the
past to be convinced that the poor stupid ami
NAL having been at school for 5000 years,
had at last learned thing or two.
One Of the things that he had learned, was
that it was better to educate his own and his
brothers brains, than TO dash them out with
acub, or bore holes through Them with bullets
[APplause
The moral progress of the world could be
shown by past history. King David was the
best and greatest man of his time. He re-
marked that in abiding to characters in scrip
ture, he spoke Of them as historical merely, and
did not wish to be regarded as treating them
in trlhing or irreverent manner. Buff Da
vld were. III the year of Grace 1855, a citizen
of Hamilton county, although he was the
Lords anointed. he doubted whether either
the Wing Democratic parties. (if such
things were in existence nova days, or the
Know Nothings-or that other set called the
Sag NIGHTS even, would bring out the name
of David as candidate for the Presidency
they would say. 1T won't do TO bring David
up. Won't the opposition presses get hold of
that case of Uriah? and if they do, what
shall we say? No, we must have Marcy or
Douglas And David would be withdrawn
for want of good moral character.
He also alluded to Jacob and Laban, and
to the will of Isaac and said he never looked
at a black eyed woman. that he was not re-
minded of that designing woman Rebecca
and Of Jacob who bored the head of Holoph-
ernes (9) with ten penny nail.
Noah, spared for his goodness. would. if
he were now in Ohio, be arrested under the
liquor law. The old Commodore had got
drunk on the first wine he made from the first
vineyard he planted, and from the conduct of
his children it was eyiden, they had never
been sent TO Sunday School.