The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-03-31
Corwin on Caleb Cushing and Mayor
Wood.

Wood.
In speech at Waterbury, Connecticut, last
week, Tom Corwin, who 10 stumping Con.
uecticut in the track OF Fernando Wood and
Caleb Gushing, got off the following:
He dare say that Mayor Wood would try
and prove that Thomas Jefferson didn't be-
lieve what he wrote on the subject of slavery
daughter. Possibly there might be May
or Of New York who didn't know any better
Ii was decided in 1910 that whatever State
Government could do for State, Congress
could do for Territory. Such was the de-
eson of the men who made the Constitution.
Did they know what they meant by the in !.
strumentp Was John Marshall and the Su.
preme Court in 1910 ignorant OF the scope
of the Constitution He should like the
Lord Mayor of New York to go into the Cabi.
net of Monroe, and find the answer to the
question, 'Has Congress power to prohibit
slavery in the Territories James Monroe,
a STAKEHOLDER, Virginian, said Congress did
possess the power. DIR. Fernando Wood,
who came up here to teach Connecticut, thank
God, knew more than the founders of the
Constitution, and could reveal the truth
Laughter None Of these men were Lord
Mayor Of the City Of New York. [Renewed
cheering and laughter.l Ii John Quincy Ad-
ans were to give bis answer now as to wheth-
err Congress has power in the Territories, DIR.
Wood would say, "Who is this Yankee?-
Was he ever Mayor of Boston2 OIL be
couldn't have known much" Laughter
No, we were asked now to throw aside the
teachings of the Constitution, to trample on
its precepts, and bow down to the dictates of
the demagogues. [Applause.l What did
they hear from Caleb Cushingp Why, that
Moses favored slavery. Moses was an Abo
litionist, because Moses killed an Egyptian
white man because be found him killing a
Hebrew niger. lLaughter.l Well, what
about Noah? There was no Maine Liquor
Law in force, so he laid down after drinking
too much, and had very remarkable nauti
| cal adventure--and so Ham became a slave.
lRoars OF Lapghter.l What did the Bible
say? lie would rely on 1t until be got some
better revelation from Caleb Gushing or the
Lord Mayor Of New York. [Laughter.l He
would suggest to Caleb that, although it was
better for the negro to be slave, it was not
better for the white man. He would ask Ca
leb and the Lord Mayor Of New York, "Are
you the sons of Japbet? p" s.Yes.o "Was
Japhet brother of Ham," "Yes.o sis
the negro SOP of Hams'' "Yes." "Then
the negro ia your cousin" Laughter, long
prolonged.l And he would ask Caleb and
the Lord Mayor, "do you think it is treating
your cousin like gentleman by sending bis
wife to Alabama and bis children to New
Orleans 7" lLaughter.1 He would remind
them that the army Of United States Mar.
shals that pursued the fugitive lsraeIites to
the promised land were swallowed up in the
Red Sea, and tnat the Fugitive Slave Oil wa.
repealed. [Applause.l There were argu.
ments to be found in the Bible for both sides
As the bubbling groan of the doomed pursu
ers rose up, the song Of Miriam-the "Hai
Columbia" of that day--was borne away up
on the wind. lie should have been glad /
the Lord Mayor and Caleb Cushing coul,
have been at the scene. daughter and ap
splause.
DISTRESSING CASUALTY. - President Blu
chanan, last week, spoke we'll OF gentleman
who bad done him kindness during til
Presidential campaign.
i To GET UP s'THE CONFLICT or AoEs." -Asl
two rival beauties how old they are.
Cox. BY A REBELLIous jour. OF LYNN
Why is our employer like the Red Sea2
Because he ID not the Bos-pbor-us.
AusraiA's LAEKNr.--s1A-l loan, a-loap, a.
woe, a-loanl-lVanity Fair