Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-16

Tshomee Corwin, OF Ohio.
S;,o. he advent u this gentleman 10 the House
asRspf,.ssssaisss, We have observed DISPOSE.
zion apsu the part Of Democratic politicians and
eaissrs, to revive old prejudice excited against
Mr.. Corwiu. in consequences of his course in the
Ssaats daring the existence of our war with Mex
icoS
1t is we'll known that Corwin believed vita Mr..
Calhoun, thai the war was unnecessary, and ike
wise csmmsnced in derogation 1t an express PRO
vision os lku Consultation. lie sustained his po-
sition in one u the most eloquent and uasterly
speeches ever delivered 10 the Senate Of the Uni.
ted States; which, whilst II exposed the hollow
nrcsexts relied upon 70 sustain that uacenstitu-
ti,nai and uane sessary war. did not fail to invoke
uuen ita author the Herce aud withcriak anathe.
mas of the Democracy from tho Artsteok 10 inc
Sabine In reply 20 General cass, who was 'hen
The great war.hawk az the Senate. aud Eaa. an
lte Mr.. Calhoun and Mr. Clay, saw nothing in
tho aspect of public nGairs to disturb the serene
.or,<1nrIati.ns - entertained respecting the iu-
ture 81 his o,,g.ry ;who did not scruple to init
mate tia, I'VE wanted room, and bad therefore
.doptcd under the spccious rretsxt Of obtaining
Indemnity for the past nnd security for tho fn-
tars2---the most ready means TO obtain 't,--Mr.
corwin uttered hat sentiment which has been 30
generally perverted, misarplied. and m'snnder'
stood lie was combating the argument oi Ten
eral Cass anu introduced tho memorable raw
head and bloody.boncs. in the following manner:
..S;r had one eo,nc and demanded Bunker Hill OF
ihc people Of Massachusetts,. bad highlands lion
80, kiK.,v, tIIiT u Hial over
.i,g,,enAndnnGer ninety who would not have been
ready 10 meet him---is there river IN this fonti'
,,o.t 1l,at would not have run red with blood--is
5. ere a 6eli bni would have been filled high with
the o,burisd bat IS Of slaughtered americans be
lore H., caaseerlted baie telJs oi liberty should
hrye been wrrsted from us? But this same Anne
rrnn goe, IN, a sister Republic and says TO poor,
weak Mckee, Give up your territory--you ara
unworthy Ia possess i'll have got one-"aIi alrea'
dy-all i ak d YOU IS 90 give up The other!'
Engian.l might ar vel n the circumstances l
have described, have COME and demand
ed Of us" Give up .he Atlantic slope
give up this tIifling territory from the Allegheny
,noun,ai.s to the sea it ~ only from Maine to st
Marss--only about one-thrd ii your Republic,
and the less, Interesting portion u IT. Whnt
would be the response They would say, we
must give up To John Bull. Why? lie wants
room.". Tn. Senator from Michigan says he
mus, ave this. Why, my worthy christi an bro
ther, on wAat principle q. iastice' :" want
room !" Sir, took at this pretencc OF want
of loom With twen,y millions OF people
son hayG about one ,hous md millions Of Acres of
land, inviting settlement by every con ae'saele
afrumeu,--tringing them down to quarter OF
dollar an acre, and allowing every mn to squat
whcpe he pleases But the Senator from Mich
;snn savs We will be two hundred III llhons in q
few wears. and we waat room. II were 7her'-
caa would tell yon. g Have you not room in your
avn country to bury your dead mcn' II you
come into mine we will grect You with bloody
hands, and welcome you to bespitabie graves"
'If were Mexican said Mr.. Corwin,
would defend my homo against all invaders. This
is the substance Of all he said aud who amongst
as wall $40, endorse the seni,nient ss leg.t'mately
construed
We are surprised, therefore. tiAt our usually
fair and candid cotem porary oil the X, Edmond Tx
amiuer should have been botayed into the follow
ing ailuson, which VIC cannot hut att ribute to
nisapprchension OF the iacts in the case Speak
ing OF Mr. Corwin's appointment AZ Chairman Of
the Committee GA Foraign Affairs. the Examiner
says;
In memory " the patriotic prayer, put up in
the late war with Mexico, that our enem'es should
welcome our citizen eoidiery with bloo dy hands
10 huspi,sble graves" the noted Thomas torwn,
the Black Republican author Of this traitolous
piece ID tlasphemy, is put ut The head OF this
committee.
ThS foregoing statement ii isels in the case,
ofsia'cs the necessity of any Argument based on
the language ofthe Examiner.
Our chief object however. in Introduce az this
matter was first, vindicate the truth of history
and secondly, to deprecate the abuse by SO uthern
men, ii gentlemen holding the position OF Mr..
corwn. Ia thu present aspect of affairs, it is, tu
eay the least, impolitic. for whatever may be MIR.
lrwin's views upon the abstract ques ton OF
Slavery (and they are what they haze always
beenl he is natonni man, and has declared over
and again, that he is in favor of coneedlng IL
the South all her constitutional rights. lie Was II
member o tho Administration that gaze the
Fugitive Slave Law, aud when before the people
If Ohio in his last canvass, ass.ied the extre, q,
views Of the Republicans, and eseryx here adsoca
ted obedience to that law.
The policy pursued with reepec, to Cer~in ant
other Northern men, is calculated to cot them Of
from all Sonthera sympathy aud drive them int
compiete and perfect ai5lislinn with the Norther,
ena.ny. Ii is wrong in principle and ia TACT
Many portions Of that MeJican War syeech hav,
peculiar significance and might be read with ad
vantage now its eio00ent 1ennnciatiou of TIM
thirst Cor acquisitions which has characterized ou
people. may well apply to the efforts f the pre-
sent Democratic Administration to seize unhappy
Mexico. and wrest her gem of the Antilles from
the feeble grasp of poor old aecaying SPAIN