New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-26
The GREAT QUESTIONS OF THE DAY
RRICH Of The Bon. TH0AiS C0RWlN OF Ohlo.
lis Views spon the Fugitive Slave Law, Slavery IN
the Territories and States-Remarks upon
Respectable and Decent Men, and
Hints about Short-honed cattle.
p.u IA, c,,e;.noa Gazette, Aug. "a.

n rS;d.vevenirc last the voters Of Lawrence Conn
. ,ogeher at Irobton TO listen TO the speeches Of
Wears. Dennson and Corwn. There could not have
Ken less than twenty five hundred persons presen at
a. Mace where the speaking wa had, which was at
,hr,s establishment ordinarily used az fonndery.
R.,cb,s were arranged in the most convenient form
Ger tbe accommodation Of q large crowd, and nearly
sv.ry seat was occupied. still larger number Of
>srops would in all probability have been present
had there not been some difficulty as to the knowledge
sfthe precise day which the speaking was TO come
s6. contradictory publications having been made
Aeyeabout.
After the organization had been perfected by the
sppointme nt Of President and supporting ohieers,
NJ Dsnnson spoke, delivering lengthy and forcible
speech.
Mr.. Corwin then took the stand. He was presented
"a the audience by the Preside Mt who remarked that
vas il not "Tom Corwin" that he introduced he
,Aoad indeed have fears of bis ability to interest after
Tie able speech just concluded.
Mr.. Corwip ssid:
Nv FELLOW CITIZEHs: If i. were q part OF my de-
sign in visiting this portion Of the State to exhibit my
self 90 an orator, should feel as my venerable mend
veud feel for g, after what you have heard. have
70 ambition in addressing my fellow citizens, at all
eyent in popular assemblies, to discharge any
ether duty To my self them, than that, y may be
possible, Of communicating some information Which
NV fellow citizens, You who are ntrusted with the
exercse Of that great Office which you have shame
faDy and so strangely neglected IN al your Ietme
You no come here to understand, 1t may be, your
duties from men that come from distance OF two or
three hundred miles, 10 well but you VINO come, some
Of you, to ten to smart speeches. or me oratlons,
Won cone for any purpose OF that kind, allow me to
sxv 10 Won 10 csDdOr as Interested IN the man.
nsr in which this duty is to be discharged, that
you had better have staid at home; if you have an
- ox1l hon ttap, u.
he you should have endeavored to attend TO to-day,
instead Of coming coming TO hear me.
You have heard, in the glowing language OF my
friend in the ardor and sincerity of his own spirit that
big roll of offenses-God knows it was melancholy
catalogue Of crimes which he has exhibited against the
people of the State of Ohio Laughterl and the United
States for whenever any pabc man IN speakpg OF the
affairs Of your republic, shall be able with truth and
in cabdor 10 pronounce the officers of the Government
unworthy the trust reposed in them; to have violated
their pledges if it be so, the duties OF the various
M sts 10 which they have been assigned II ever any
man. at home abroad in the old world can say that
Of your public men, with truth then he has pronounced
condo mnation upon the whole system OF the Amer-
can Republic, for he has said that men intrusted with
the dnty of appointing officers do not know how to go
about the discharge of their duty, do not care in
what manner they do discharge 1t. II there be any
man wbose heart is panied when he hears these things
said with shame and anguish, as my friend says-r
there be any mai who feels this, hold it is impossi
BILE in the nature of things that he will not doubt the
proprety Of giving universal suffrage to any people.
Now. ZONE OF my DeDOCTdIlc UItlIIeu VIII 10 AWAY
and say that am Federalis;, on account of what
have said here to-day, but have felt it my duty to
say this much everywhere. i have no doubt OF the
intelligence Of the people; have no doubt OF the
Hearts the of all the parties that existed
in this Republic, but assert that have doubts
whether the people of this country are worthy OF being
iprusted with the power OF eectDg their officers, a.
they do nov, in this country. Why do l say this
Because if you will believe what is said by either OF
the sDg parties for the last thirty years. at any
hat hey had uotiipp have
been UNIV orby of the places which they filled. Whose
fault is it that your State of Ohio is inflicted with
heavy debt of 50,OOo-money wrung from the peck
cts OF the people, by direct taxation tits gone and you
know not where it is 1t your fault. You elected
the men to ofhoe
government under which We live, at Washington City,
Was invested with the power of appointing and eleya
ting the agents Of States to Office to do as he pleased
With the government of the States and that monarch
appointed servants untabin to their duties as yours
have been. What would you do with him My life
upon it, if there was one drop of the blood that
course in the veins of your torefathers left alive in
your heNts, there would be found some patriotic man
70 drive the dagger to the heart OF that despot What
then to be done with you, who vote for and elect all
there men
believe it is now generally conceded everywhere,
That the present Chief Magistrate has amentaby disap
pointed even the men that elected HIM. He mas not
disappointed those opposed to him. for they predicted
that everything would go wrong under his adnnistra
tion. There is scarcely man to be found over the
land who is aspirant Tor office that dare him.
self frie nd of the President He cant get any votes
from his own party. How came you to elect such a
man that Had you not sense and sagacity enough
TO know man whose life had been before you your
public records for thirty forty years Were you
ineiiably stupid that You did not investigate tina mans
he 20 know him before you appointed hun to that high
office You could have done IT, but you did not do IT,
The great Office of eectng President and Governor and
Legislatures, State and Federal, the great office which
you hold, you sadly neglect. have said already aud
will venture to affirm, and will appeal to your own
experience whether the Office of President has been
discharged with less fidelity than any public officer has
ever exhibited after you elected him. The of it
was not that you not Intelligent the reason
not that you were bad men, but becsuse every
man had the same interest and power that You had and
that you have said, Let somebody else do it," You
say, will not interest myself 10 this, will be
"caled politician, the brethren of my church won't
"hke it; why should i disturb myself about this
thng. have my own affairs TO attend to, and Will
ssend TO them and as for this bushes of reg ulang
'the affairs of the Repub c will leave that to those
"fellows that want oftice." That is how you think
about IT. that Is how you have acted with il. Ii you
lad not acted in that way tell you that of these
caamites which you have now 10 deplore would have
occurred Of these great instances Of laundering
would have happened What is the reason you have
not done this cay You will not aeId TO that bust
sess; hyou did, If you had dope go, then think it
rust follow, as legitimate c)pcusi IN, that you don't
know how. That much for the consider alton of
my brethren IN this private little class meeting of ours
laughter where We considering the state OF religion
In the American Church, and Lighting up candle and
puttipgit into every mans hand that he may search
his own bosom.
WORD TO THE DECENT MEN
Let those gentlemen who feel themselves quite too
respectable and decent to ningle in elections re-
member that God Almighty will hold them responsible
for the manner in which they discharge their duty as
voters. That right and privilege is not given 70 them
for their benefit TO be used al their pleasure but
for my benefit for your benefit and for the benefit Of
the thirty millions Of people in the United States If
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