New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-03
rHE HON TOM coRwIN IN BROOKLYN

The Hon. rHoyAs CoRwIs Of ONO mes over IN"
Republicans Of Brooklyn last evening, IN the Blu 'e'
Hall. TIE ex,eu; Of the gathering wss bounded only
bv the limits Of the hall The Hon. JANIS HUMPHREY
was unanimously called 70 The chair. In lew "o'us
be introduced the orator of the evening VINO wss re-
ceiyed with unbound..i applsue. and "Cheers Tor
Tom Corwin."
Mr. C0RwIs after few pessantries, which elected
,ooi deal Of rlirth said be did not know what the
doctrine Of TIE Republican party might BE- IN New
York brit So far he had been able TO inform himself,
m. grand fundamental doctrines upon which the party
row rested before the people for its hope OF success
were y-ry much the IN every part Of the United
States where thew Were tolerated 81 all. The geo
vrph;ca divisions between the North and South were
no; in accordance with the ordinary rules oil geogra-
rhv They COMPROMISED in the word North every
State that does tolerate Negro slavery ana 10 the
,or5 S,pb tho. States here Negro Slavery prevails
The great constitutional truth which was the great
fundamental idea Of the Republican party, was al one
me the admitted doctrine and the cherished policy OF
he men OF the South rs well AS of the North Mr.
Corwin wen, on to show how, by the Introduction OF
The Cotton Gin the value of the negro was increased
hree and four fold ard from that time sprung up tue
s.irreressjbe conflict" between the North and SOUTH
He sbowed how the tariff by favorng free skilled
labor deprecated the value OF slave labor ana now
The South realizing this succeeded in committing the
Northern Democracy in favor OF the negro-ownng in-
erect. Northern men supported the loea that !. was
better 10 advance the interests OF the negro slave .oor
of he South than the white labor OF the North. That
WAS the trap into which the Northern Democracy had
fallen Wien the division manifested Itself IN 1873 II
WAS conflict between slave labor IN the South, ana
free labor in the North at that time; they knew WHAT
!, b.d arrived NJ now Now il said
tina, the Congress OF the United states hd
no power to prohibit the establishments oil thus
institution of Slavery anywhere, but that Tue
States in their sovereign capacity alone have the
rover o prevent tina, institution from taking root any.
where He was one of those >" old fogies VINO did
believe that the founders Of the kepuohc ana the
makers of the Constitution instituted an organization
which they presented 10 us, and winch tdey under
stood omit. ~ we'll IA we do ourselves. Ii would be
fouud that the very first law after the organization OF
the new Government in 1883, was law entitled For
the Protection OF American Manufactures. 49,,
Mr. Corwin affirmed that, until the year 49,, II
was never pretended that the Constitution gave Con-
r.s the mower To extend Slavery into Free lereory,
but on the contrary, II was weli-settied principe
that Congress bad the power TO exclude slavery from
Free Territory. Yet they We're now to.d tna' MAJ
Constitution carried its panoply OF protection over
every foot of territory belonging to TINS country,
where State Constitution didnot oppose It's sovereign
power. -, Oh, l.,
Mr.. Corwin traced the progress which slavery had
raIa in mi. country within the past few years, and
affirm ed that had John Randolph lived I'll lhs tune,
instead Of denOuucng Slavery AS the greatest Oh "i
all evils he would have proclaimed thM she ,onSthu-
ton plants Slavery in the Territories uhtn Is eH'
ID
Of the march of the human intellect ana ne Mr. VI
supposed that mo-t of hs hearers believed IN the SCRIP
lures; at least he hoped they did llaughterl' ana
we were told therein that Inanacle' should
cease But if this Popular sovereignty
doctrine were truth-if il true that under tue
Constitution tie emblem Of our glory, we We're 10
take niger under our arm ana carry ulh aIouni
IlauQhterl. then God help us The Testament had
failed Miracles had not ceased because tna. uisco'
ry could rot be reached by any process OF ratoena-
ton WAS not to be attained by reason, ont oy IN
spirston Congress went right along creating new
territory a. the tide of population rolled westward,
ard reservng to itself, IN every case .he Ig'' II
di,auproyed of the Territorial laws, to declare them
null and void. -. II.
Mr.. Corwin argued, at great length, the right OF
Congressional interference in territorial ieglsl"uon'
and proceeded to inquire what were we TO 40 win
this new tangled doctrine that had been got up Dy the
south MAS there "A Court in the United States
that had not declared Slavery TO be local
Never. But il was said that we had .
bred Scott docision--they were mistaken aoou,
that He WA something OF n lawyer ana
and would tell them that that there was no such
opinion and that the Supreme Court OF the ontea
States had decided such thing IA was represented
TIE Court had talked about IT, but the issue involved
no such thing. The question was whether Dred
scott was citizen il was whether Congress made
laws for the Territories. What was to be done win
this Popular Sovereignty Did they desire thsl the
Legislatures Of the Territory should DO suo)ec'ed 10
the veto power Of the Governor because OF some mist
cradle service be had rendered, or Of the Preslden
who appointed him God help if 1t wasso Popular
Sovereignty in exercising III power in Kansas, had
resulted in fac years of civil war, ont OF which came
that specter of insanity and treason John Brown tie
would AK his Democratic brethren whether, IRON
the beginning of human history, they could point
to FIVE States colonzed happily exhibiting
such evidence of advancing civilization ~
were ,ho.e, which under the ordinance of ~ were
constituted out of the Northwestern Territory, and
in which Freedom was from the hrst inangurated
Cbeersl The people of Ohio had bad the sagaeity TO
serd him to Congress, and with Gods help he would
establish that doctrine Of 80 there. Laughter and az
plausel He would to the South all their rights
under the Constitution, to the returning OF "a fn-
eitive slave because he would have to swear to sup
port the Constitution of the United States. The Fug
live Slave law was bad It was represented to
be. II WAS not good law.
The SPEAKER went on amid repeated Interruptions
which he answered with good-humored prompttude
10 discuss tie question TO the obgatien OF obeyng
the law even though il were a Fugitive Slave law
lie indicated Willard Fillmore, ~ President from the
charge of being favorable to Slavery, because, in ooe
dence TO what he considered be the requirement OF
the law he had signed the Fugitive Slave bill praised
Clay and Webster, for whose memory he invoked the
admiration of their countrymen for all time 10 come.
Mr.. Corwin did not conclude till l0I p. M.