New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-27
FROM WASHINGTON
CoRwIN IN THE HOUSE AND rooABS IN
r. THE SENATE.

tEs
AL principles Of the Republican party. The tel
ssrspb can No more picture to you the scene tban
il ear a thuader storm at sea, or a charge OF Ma
rats cavalry at BorodlnO Dir. Corwie's speech OF
vest. r1ay, of which this is continuance, was an
Accident. He rose simply to correct Mr. Barks-
dale upon historical pont when toe sudden gath
elitg Of msmbsrs around him stimulated him to
Keep On until he bad spoken two hours, the latter
half Of which was an introduction 10 the great et-
font of to-day. Ills audience this afternoon Coz
sisi,d Of the entire House, Republicans, Deao-
ersts, ard Americans. All clustered around bun,
and so oiled up the area that the Clerk was repeat
eSly requied to clear it. in order that the oic'a re-
porers might be able to catch the g'ttering periods
and luminous passages of the orator. No portion
Of the members paid closer attention than the
K.its, the LsmArs the Cuuys, the NcRass, AID
oakeu leaders of the ultra Soath. TIVE or three
lines ib'y strove 10 emaDcPate themselves from
tie spell; but they bad recloed upOn she remoter
scfas only few mOmeDts when the magiciaas
wand drew them again within the charmed circle
q his eloeueDce.
Though this speech exhibited all the salient
Seaturts Of Mr. Corwin's eloqaence, wit, hunOr,
aTSsry, psihOs happy classical illusions apt hstori-
cal iDuslrstions, quaint Biblical exposihOns, gar
nhled and set of with those unique gestures and
arsmstic expressions Of cOunenSDce for which he
eslebrased, yet its leading characteristic was the
majestic march of the argument Auid all the
glitter Of the lighter and gayer weapons o. attaeA
and retort, there was heard the ineessant booming
Of the heavy artillery Of logic in defense of the
a. doo oFtb a Pc
kcab party, and especially their opinions upon the
power and duty Of COugess to iObiot Slavery ia the
Territories were dent cal with the teachings Of the
trainers Of the Conttitution and the great men who
lad expended its provisions in the Legislative,
JsdieisI, and Exc eutiVe Departments of tse Gov
sFpmept. He caused the words and the acts Of
JsfsrsOB, Washington, Madison Marshall, Monroe,
Csawi,rd, Calhoun, Adams, Writ, Clay, and Web.
ster, to pass in long and solemn review before has
aadiery, he, oil the white, pouring along their path
Ne glowing light Of feryd and apPreciating eGoey.
In those portions Of bis speech where he dws't upon
the pohey Of the fathers Of the Republic in exelud
ma Slavery from the North-w West Territory and Of
ther elder sons in uhibtUg it north Of the parallel
$50 &c., be rose to the level of bis theme, utter
h nag sentences of transeendeht elOqueOce.
ia His answer to the charge that the Republican
party il responsible for Browns Invasion OF Harpers
Ferry; kis inteIJected sketch Of Brown G Puri-
Ian Of the CIemwelisn typs, arOuUd whom the
angels of the Most High escamped night and day;
his charge that the FIee-SO rescldti IDS of Demo-
cratic State Conventions, passed in 1913 (which he
resd) were far more likely 10 have melted Brown
to hs attack on Virginia than the speeches. of Saw
ard; his challenge to the South to quote aaythiog
from the most ultra Abohti ,nsts more ince ldi4ry
tban the WRITINGS and speeches of Jefferson and
other Shareholders, which he cited, were given in
HE happiest veiD both in Jespect to matter and
psr. Now, he was intimately witty about Helpers
book, ssying bow be bad feared 10 frank it on re-
4aert 10 curious constituent lest the envelope be
uteA to procure against him al indictment for con
stuc'ive treason; then, raining pitiess show er
Sidicule upon the attempt of Democratic menbers
70 prove everybody on HI side Of the CHAMBER
guilty, "by inten6ment of law" Of murder and
tIesscp, and each armed with horid knife, aud
snly waiting an opportunity to thrust il into the
bowels Of the gentlemen on the other side; and,
gracefully changing the tone and manner appealing
to Georgia, and Kentucky, and Virginia, to sban-
don their insane doctrines and mad practices, or
dig up the bones Of their JeAersons, Aarshalls
CrswforSs, Wuis, and Cls,s, and dash them INTO the
Potomac, or gbbet them between the heavens aud
the sarth-every hue of politics in the House keep
ing up running accompaniment of laughter At his
hamor or, as his bursts of majestic eloquence broke
sud ieDly upon them, sinking into Q silence that
reached the remotest spectator in the gslleressll
THE could be seen and iel. but cannot be described.
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the good taste to let Mr. Corwn deliver his speech
without interruption. BE was listened to, also,
toward the close, by MaiOn, Clay ard other Slave
heldiDg Senator's while the galleries were filed
with ladies aud gentlemen from that section of the
Union. OF course, McClernand aud yallapdigdam
illustrated their readiness TO do Journey work" for
their Southern masters by persist8Rt efforts to inter
Tupt him, after be had explicitly requested them to
BIT him alone. A protracted demand for "order"
finally brought them to their senses and their seats
There were exceptionsble passages in this ex-
.raOrdinary speech. 1t propOuDded some doctrines
which the Republican party viii rcpudiate, and
which Gov. COrwin himself on calm reflection, will
no doubt qualify, if not reject altogether But, as
q whole, it was splennid performance and has OBJ |
liberated here OF the capital the trace of
Picion that the Tom COrwi0 Of 1860 has abated one
sota in intellectual vigOr from the Tom COrwin who
Won enduring laurels 10 the memorable campaigns
et ls4o aed lY44, twas refreshing contrast to
the napiiies the plaltddes, the rhodomontade, tie
second hand fustain which make mn tho coyamon