The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-22
COrWin-isns.

A full report of Corwin's late speech
in Congress has not appeared. That it
was characterized by his usual overflow
ing humor is evident from the sketches
oft in the Washington papers. We an
mex an extract:
Mr.. Seward, who was looked upon ~
the great devil of the Republican party,
had never uttered sentiments more off
ensiye to the Ssuth than the language
which had been employed by some of the
Fathers of the Republic, who, like Wash
iugton, wished if it were possible, to see
slavery abolished in the United States
There had been controversy as to the
Bible, but he warned gentlemen both OF
the North and the South that arguments
were to be found in the Bible in support
of both sides of the question. But that
good old book he feared had little to do
with the organization of this House,
This nation covers only about one-tenth
ofthis poor little dog kennel of world,
As astronomers would regard it, and yet
they seemed to think that all creation de-
pended on the election of John Sherman
to stand up in that chair, like "the wood
pecker tapping the hollow beech tree"
He hoped for Gods sake, gentlemen
were not going to dissolve the Union a.
bout the Bible. There was no doubt
that some of the patiiarchs held slaves
asproperty. Hager and her boy were
unquestionably sent into the desert by
tteir master, in order to avoid trouble in
the family, with loaf of bread and bot
tie of water, which were rather poor pro-
vision for journey to Canada. The an
gel of the Lord, who came to Hagar in
her distress, told her she was in very bad
circumstances, but babe her not to be dis
couragsd. but pick up her boy and hold
him in her arms, for lie was destined to
be a great fillibuster. The angel told her
further that she had better go back to her
mfstcr, and he supposed if VIM. Lloyd
Garrison or Wendell Phillips had boon
that angel she would have been advised
to take her boy and make tracks for Can
ada. That very Abraham, who was the
father of that boy had another family,
which was afterwards sold into slavery
and staid there 40 years, at the end of
which the Almighty repealed the fugitive
slave bill, aud they left the land of
Egypt.
His Colleague, Mr.. Cox, had spoken
of meeting of Republicans in Ohio, and
with tho comic power so characteristic of
that rising young man he initiated the
nasal twang of those Yankees on the, Re
serve, who Joined in singing the Marsell-
aise. No doubt it sounded ridiculous to
him. SO the same nasal twang sound
ed ridiculous to the army of Prince Ru
port whom the ancestors of those very men
at Marston Moor marched into the battle
with the mailed chivalry of England
When Cromwell wheeled the iron regi-
ment of Pulitans into battle, the same
nasa! twang ran out at that time, "The
s-w-a-r-d of the Lard and of Gideon"
and Prince Rupert and his chivalry were
overthrown. These were the mon who
established civil liberty in England, bro't
it to this land, and defended it ut Bunker
Hill, as they would do again if necessa-
ry. 1t was hard matter to deal with
men who believed that God Almighty
sncamps round about them with angels.
The man who believes that be meets face
to face with Jehovah had better not be
troubled much in peace or war.