Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-22

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man. His eIoou .n-e wax Of peculiar end
fS4GnAl ~AsActsE sd IN ho pa1ny days he
IN d6(A Irresistible upon ~ Svdmp Re
lses . popular ssdience H had . great
gge&A - huusf sssd Sit any. h4 6sstures
"a dTdnnsf on saking were W6ls6y Of ths
bsst actors upon the stage. We have never
known . man Who could throw more *
prs?p. nnshs cheoyssI q the coun.s.
tosAhpoet p1Bh1e Nprd, end " no lssks, he
would ss@fs ths rsAibiIisiss Of those whom
he wa<AddksAng 2 A seaf- educated man,
VITO, N Ne AIRY youth, az Mt have the
IQsass(ta s3sae ,ages, he bad p ~ esourse
~ fhh NSns cid active No, lcquifed p@u.
digious amount 81 information upon almost
syl9p c>ltftabIs y(oticO u conversation
b was bright particular star and osna-
Yapk md hiy SPARKLING aad. exhavsdess
=. Aue y dhccfese made him ttDs Avorise OF
both qfsl,,alstslin tts drving room and
in tbssssdon.u y HIS genial cohviviality was
tsiNss Ind = No small Il Sreo esres;Iuted 1.
bis popularity. Ga rick and Sheridan would
have welcomed him Is kind ed genius.
In ~ Political career, NJ. Corwin was
HoI identified withe the old whis party 30 thor
eukhly and completely that the thin var
-"r -Ai6t 81 Republication Which. aflcr the de-
xwjet nf that Organization. be put over II,
'AetSf obscured. While il sometimes tarnish
"-'td'k. rhc last measure with which his
a'n name MAS ,dentifiei was an amendment to
the cons,itvtion Of Tbs Un,tcd States, could
not be changed 80 - 10 abolish slavery in
any ststa Thisswas in 1864, and IL adopt
Cd would have completely cut off the pres
ent abolition amendment.
OF the school Of Webster and CLAY m
,WAs eevcr plrt On tis tubject e @atwy,
and be often made the abolition leaders AMI
the abolition movement the subject Of his
8JtDWt biting sarcaeiis and ludicrons ncsr
i,imsnt. The writer has often enjoyed his
keen iainpoons upon some Of the men who
=. wsss then and are now she lssding ~ ub
licsn Of Ohio enjoying high positions a,
a " wri.e The n.ns Of Gov. Corwin,
- ve are carried back in rsmemberan,s 70 his
A panidpation ID tfc Presidential election Of
1S40, when his eloqlence, ryigor and zeal in
behalf Of sfon4 cause male his national
Asputatios. Il sesms to- rs but rccently
since those days, and yet quarter ola cen
- tusy has faded into the irrevokabie past -
The leading men ofthat period are rapidly
becoming scAuce.-so scasos - 10 create IN
the minds Of the survivors melancholy re-.
;AsotioNs upon tFir own lonlincss. The
chaoEes that hAvc occurred since then are
almost marvellous. sMf
Mr. Corwih was native Of Bourbon Co.,
ri ~, bot his father eini grated 10 this State
when be vas very young. Tie vas in Co
gress from 1881 to 1910. In that year he
- Was elected Governor over Wilson Shannon.
In 1912 he was defeated by Mr.. Shannon.
In 1915 he vas elected 10 ths United States
Senate. In 1850 he vas appointed Secreta
- ~ Of the Treasury by President Fillmore
In 1853 be was elected TO Cong css. In
a 1901 he was appointed Minister to Mexico