Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-01
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The Republican Convention In Fayette
County recommended by acclamation the re-
nomination of the Hon. Thomas Corwin. The
Gazette of this city hopes that the other
counties ia the district will do likewise. Let
il be done by all means. Let every party
hold on to It's representative menl 1t would
be a pity to lose such a faithful and consistent
representative of Republicanism The party
sconstantly misrepresented--paint blacker
than it is, and il needs such a witness as
Corwin 70 state its true position, as he did
last winter in the House, when he told the
Southern members that the only objection
the Republican party have to the Fugitive
slave Law is, that it is not efficient enough;
negroes escape under 1t; and the only reason
why the Republicans would repeal it, is to
give the South a more efficient law. Neither
can the party afford to lose that profound
philosophy which the brilliant Tom scin-
tillates some times amoug his constituents,
when he holds forth in the form of literary
lecture, with one of his peculiar chowders Of
religion, politics, history and literature, when
he talks to his innocent constituents as II
each one of them was a blood-thirsty con-
spirator against Southern institutions, and
illustrates to their minds the enormity of
such thing, by suggesting how they would
feel if the Southerners should invade Ohio,
armed with revolvers aud Bowie-knives, and
carry off our School marms"
That Toms idea of "school-marms" and
negro slaves should be somewhat mixed, is
due, perhaps, to his want Of an early ac-
quaintance with those institutions for in
structing youth; but it is also noticeable that
his ideas and political principles, and we
might say his religious notions, all appear as
ifmingled in the wheel of Fortune and drawn
under her supervision. The Republican
party can not afford to lose one who brings
to political questions such an analytic,
philosophical mind, and such clear percep-
tons of principles not to say statesman of
such experience and success; but especially
the country can not yet spare that venerable
witticism of Toms, which consists of an al
lusion to his complexion and grimace, and
which has done good service for twenty-five
years, except during short retirement from
the political saw-dust, owing to his great ex-
ecutive abilities; in fact, with the proviso of
rope enough, we might call them execution
ary abilities, as far as himself was concerned.
Most of the politicians now on the stage in
this State, came in with that joke. To have
come in with that joke is the same among
Ohio politicians, as it is in English families
10 have come in with William the Conqueror.
But most of all does Republicanism need
such representative man in the House, now
that the Hon. Joshua r. Giddings is likely
to resume his accustomed place there. Let
us have both these Representative men, by all
means, expounding republican principles on
the st. Paul prescription-Joshua with his
strong meat for manhood, and Tom with his
milk for Republican babes, slightly dubious,
AS most milk is now. Tom says that Joshua
has fits but if Joshua gets back to the House,
aud Tom makes another of his Republican
speeches, he will find that Joshua's fits are
In Short what Tom Benton stood sentry
over, which he called "the truth of his
tory" also, true revelation and interpretil-
tion of Republican principles, all demand
that both of these representative men shall
be returned to the House; therefore we join
in the Gazette's hope that the other counties
will also acclaim, albeit they disclaimed
sorely at Toms last nomination. Tom is
pretty bitter pill to Ohio Republicanism, but
bitter pills are supposed to be necessary
sometimes to produce healthy evacuation.