The Placer herald., 1860-03-10
Corwin on John Brown.

From Corwin's late speech in the House
when he was making bis best bid for the
Speakership, we extract the following choice
morceau, in regard to "Od Brown"
II admit that there have been some dem
onstrations-at least | take the newspaper
accounts as true-in various places North
with respect to the death of John Brown. l
cannot account for them. | have tried to
find some philosophical reasoning for any
man Except his family relations) going into
mourning for the unhappy death Of John
Brown. 1t must be attributed to an intelec
tua cholera-for there are intellectual as
well as physical epidemics | have seen it in
politics and religion. One of these epidemics
has gone over the country. In Cleveland it
is said some have draped their houses in
mourning for the death Of John Brown y
Gov. Wise said that he was the gamest
man he ever saw. Now, men will admire
that characteristic in anybody. We admire
it in the game cock and in the bull Cog
and why not in our own humanity!
Whether or not he could be considered in
sane according to your medical jurispru-
dence is another question: believe, how
ever, the best course was to hang him.
think he said so himself. Laughter.
think he said he was worth more for hang
ing purposes than any other. Renewed
laughter.
"Tbese men of the Garrison school take up
the statements of Gov. Wise, that John Brown
was the bravest man in the world-that he
was truthful and honest-and then allege
that for so great man Virginia only had q
gallows. That is the way in which those
self deceived, and dare say very sincere men
will pervert the truth. They never tell their
audiences that this brave man, this sincere
man, who always told the truth, found no
better employment for such great attributes
than that of cutting throats. A very brave
man may commit murder, and man who
never lied might get up rebellion; and a
man may be very sincere who is half crazy,
but men who understand the organization of
society we'll know that man, in his very best
estate, cannot be turned loose without law"
SAM SLICK ON THE GREAT EAsrERN.-Judge
Halliburton endorses the opinion expressed Of
the meretricious character of the Great East
ern's saloon. In his "misdirected letters" in
the Constitutional Press, he introduces the
following conversation:
Dove" sais I, "ths is great ship, aint
it?" "She is big enough" sais he, quite cool.
"Fast as the wind" sais I. "Well, not unlike
the wind" sails he, "onsar,ain and not to be
depended upon. "Take a large cargo!" "Yes
prodgious heap of Goals to feed her"
"Grand spec, aint shea" "Well, yes, large
speck on the oc can; see her considerable
distance" "She will pay well, her capacity
is SO create" "P'rhaps so; she has more ca
pacity than her owners, and ought to pay
well, for she has done nothing but pay out,
yet" "Where will you see such a splendid
gilt saloon as that Of hern?" "Well, the
House of Lords and the whiskey palace are
in as good taste as that is" "But isn't there
a splendferous mirror in it," "As an orna
ment to an Atlantic hotel, appreciate it frs!
rate; for it will make every mothers son of
the passengers sea-sick; everything will ap.
pear to be in motion, and when she rolls
they will seem to be turned topsy-turvy.
There is no part of the arrangement as
cheap and perfect as that; their fare will cost
nothing
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that among
the decorations of the dining room of the
Burnet House, Cincinnati, at the Legislative
banquet held there on the 9th ut. was a tat
to,oI ,,;ouo of k,rt;uf, ,vLi.h arros. al ..oucd