Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-19
The Entering Wedge The "1rrepressi.
BILE Cor fllot.J


From notice we see in the opposition pa
pers throughout the west, Of q Life and
Speeches Of Hon Thomas Corwin" being 10
course Of publication at the journal Office in
this citv, we infer that the work of forming
the "new party is to be commenced ct this
place This is, we presume q part Of the
performance which was to follow the prom
ise made to thousands this fall, who declar-
ed their dislike to longer support the Niger
agitation. aThe Life and Speeches Of
Thomas Corwin," issued from the journal
office This is equivalent to saying that
somebody is to be sold Good may possibly
come out Of evil Il is not probable that it
will IL will not come out Of the Journal
office. This may be set down as an unalter
able fact
Corwin did much during the recent can
vass to make republicanism tolerable to that
portion of the opposition who are squeam-
ish. The journal clique brought him to
Dayton for the purpose of persuading these
to "go the ticket We are free to admit
what every mNn of intelligence knows, that
Corwin induced thousands in Ohio to yield
grudging support to the Republican ticket
"a support which gave it the majority it got
who would have bolted it. had It been Of
fered them in the name of Giddings, Chase
g. Co. The Journal hates the negro phase
as much as any body it especially hates
those in the opposition who entertain pre-
ference for it, it abhors any ono whom it
thinks stands in the way of its influence
or the string Of dirty coppers which fall into
it's till 1t lea political and peouniary viper
singing every one who crosses its path. 1t
is a moral leper, contamipating every thing
good or noLle with whom it comes in close
contact.
But to the Corwin book. In this project
the Journal scented money 1t is probable
the book will sell; every body will want a
Life of Oorwin. Itis true that almost every
body has heard every thing about Corwin'
from the time he became a wagon boy
without rightly knowing why--only that he
was told to do soup to the present mo-
ment; nearly every one is familiar with the
f. cts as we'll as the fctions of his life, yet
people like to read these things over again.
People don't tire about reading Of their great
men particularly about those who hare
been great. 1t is, we repeat probable that
the bJok will SELL and it is, as sequence,
probable that the Comlys will make money
hy the sale. Thot is their first purpose in
undertaking the work Their ne essities
probably justified the motive. Their secon-
Diary purpose is to break down, by its circus
ton the freesoil element IN the opposition;
and here we predict they will not have the
success they anticipate. While we make
this prediction, we are free to admit that it
is none Of our business.
Some idea of the difficulties attending the
attempt to ignore the freesoil element may
be formed about the time division Of the
spoils is called for in this county;-a trial of
strength and numbers win have the effect OF
irving the bottom of the Corwin clique, and
the influence of the Corwin-Comly book A
better idea of the difficulties of the project
will probably be afforded when the election
for United States Senator comes up this win
ter. The influence of the "book" will prob
ably be tested in the Legislature, every
member of whom will certainly read it prior
to the sitting of that luminous and many
colored body We will all wait and see.
The "irrepressible conflict will soon begin
in Ohio; it has begun. 1t will become gem
eral by the ides of January. The Corwin
book will be borne aloft in the strife; it may
win the day, and it may, in the conflict, be
trampled under foot In the mean time the
Comlys will pocket the money from its sale
which will be consolation to them in any