Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-12
WHOLE NO. 939.


Gov. tor~sa's speech
Gov. Corsla addressed lsfgs audience
!. q Mr.. Fsr,ngten's grove - the southern
eavirens Of this city. on Wednesday The
ocessios "a. net iase..dsd a. political
demonstration. bat the peo.ls Of the eoun'
ty came in by thousands u -ee aud hear
this great man. Ev,s, person hsd for
years read ssI heard Il Tom corstn.
bot be had nessf waited Teffs Hseie be
fore "a /. gahlsc espse,fy The hoY- ana
tks mss. ihs nathsF- 4 ihs daughters
vefe snsieus - bvsf him snd ihef as.en
blsd 10 the .h.ds gov .nJhs e"tsftss'sed
them foe over tss hour. slsA = TON cef
win" speech
We will ssi sstsmpi tsgi,s sysn az oat
line ofthi. gr-at Effort lies ess aaf Zee
bic pen desef,bs The lhf.liug eleqasuee.
the bitiax sarcasm. The ts-a at. -nd sbe
evefvhslainE. ansppfssehshls f'd'sals :
What pen can 10 la.oe~ u that ~osdssfsl
face. which speak. ~hsa he tongas = -
snt.--shieh .. -p-~es ~ sss~lf. sad f'fs
sh.dow. ahs s..ssssg thsaxhs. ere = h"ds
att~rsaes fsea, -. tsps
We haze afssf tsf : large ndtsufe 20
~eli snfsrtai.sd --s-sh Individual 49,
spell bound during me shsifs speech. sad
sess.ssnsli,. when sh~ ~laqaeat aid saau
warmed up t. fall sshss ~ The niagnltuds
sf ,ia. ef.., ,.-ss. hs ~. tase dt-eu..,aK.
he gave sspFsss'oa - ths 'ssss gle'ieg
aud f.sv,d eloqssuss D. %. act TIE sle-
qpsnss ef mere words. aos the sloqaenee
sf defamation. bst The .ieqaens sstga.h-
,ag. II pslFis,se ,heagh,--ths ssslimiiy II
IDEAS sad setisn How refreshing u
VS. 70 hear eas. vho hal eosns do~n 20
"a from the limes when great msn lived
tell What ~sfs the opln,eas II Jackson. u
ualhean. Of Adams. 81 Webster aud II
Clay apou the great issue. sos before The
Amsrieaa mind. "a h bel received them
from their lips Il "a. shs past speaking
with the tongue ~ lie y the present. u i
we'll that such msn =. NJ Osss,a ee..snt.
In 70 among the ps.pls aad explain to them
chat iaaovstloas are eos being made by
ds-,g sing dsmage gaee upon the established
as.gss of the genersi governmvf aud the
practices Of the fathers OF our country -
Hoe they we're seeking 10 lnaagurase a
new policy. giving uss interpretations 10
the Federal Constitution aud pefssfsieg
The plain teachings OF that Instrument u /
ss'f. How 10 b. sovereign people they
must nov be "ssssffss soFefeikns. aud 10
Crafty the aebltlsn Of yoaax sspifan's 10 |
the Presidency human slavery must be
regarded a. es~xt~asivs Nth th~ 0enefsi /
Government. safess prsAsbifsd ~ pssi,ss iss
How. after more than ha1 century of
continued legislation by the National Cos
gress for the eommoa ferrit,riss. II vas al |
last discovered that Coogrss- had no pow
ss 10 thus ieg,.lsts. Hsv. In accordance
~ith the opinioa of all ages aud all times
the universal epinion of the men who
wrots our Constitutios aud built the frame
york Of thia Federal Government. II vas
established thst human being. although
he vas black ws- no less human. no lee.
man. but nov we are 10 be told thas a negro
ssss IL prsp<rfy ia the same sense tsst a
borse. . Gov. an ass or a mule is property
wssrs nov % be told that slavery - nation
sl and freedom confined only 10 those local.
ties. where there are positive laws which
say that Que man shall ass be rnastsr over
snother-that throughouto our vast national
domain. wherever the stsrs aud the stripes
shadow one foot of American soil, there the
clsnk ~ the fettsrs which bind the slave
can be heard. and the crack of the whip 81
iordly master driving him 10 his task
Thessiare new doctrines gotten up for spe-
eisl occasion. intsnded alone To advance the
interest Of sone ambitious aspirant for the
Presidency. aud it must. have been sacour.
aging Ia every one present. u hear Gov.
Cotw,n expose all this. aud sxpound with
masterly eiearnsss the true meaning Of the
Constitution and the policy of the doc
tr,nes taught sy sither wing 81 the Demo
cratic party.
We wish ne we're sble 10 give OUT esd.
srs every word Of Mr.. Cor~ia'. great
speech. but we eau not. aud can oaly say
that his effort here sdvasced greatly the
.nterests Of The party ia wh,eh he - such
. shining light. and make our people love
him mere. from having seen and heard
hlm.