, 1865-12-21
OBITUARY.


friends In Cook county viii feel gratitlcd a,
his reccn: promotion.
| OBITUARY.
Hon. Thomaa Oorwln. -,
Hon. Thomas corwtn, late Minister Of the
united States to the Republic Of Mexico, and
formerly Secretary Of the United States
IEeasury, Governor Of Oh}o, Senator and
Representative In Congress from that State,
expired at Washington City on Monday the
18th Instant
i MIR. Cotwin was bonn in Bourbon county.
hy., on the Goth Of July, 1904, and conse.
quently st the time OF his death was In his
"a yeat. The following facts in regard to
ms career are derived mainly from the new
American Cycloprdia- Ills immediate aaces-
Tors went from New Jersey to Pennsylvania,
rom thence to Kentucky, and from thence to
Ohio. His father, Mntthlas Corwln, for mauy
years member Of the Ohio Legislature, ~
moved with his family to what was then the
Northwestern territory In the year l7o5. and
settled near wha1V the Town of Lebanon.
Warren county, 0hls, now IT,. The Coswtn
family originally came fom Hungary, and ia
America have generally been farmers. Thorn
as Co1Win was reared on farm, where he
was kept at hard lator, except in the coldest
winter months, until he was about twentv
years old The winter be employed In great
measure In studying at school or at.houe. al
opportunity offered. Though there were no
good schools In the country; then almost
wilderness, he nevertheless, when he arrived
at The ago OF twenty, had acquired. entfre1v.
1t may be said, by his own cxcrtlons, much
solid information, and what mich. viii he
called a rnod thnnuh not !. a.ystsa -.
ticn : az f,.t t...S.. eooea'
nnr,e,v of,sr..ssa - a a"a "An sne 1a1e francis
hrst Constitution Of Ohio, md then for four
teen years In Succession presidinp :Judon NJ
fhe cinc1nna4, c,rc,1t Th...1
1.,,,, ~. .,..s..>, A"oa,n '""se Uun-
.e's "as y elass1ca1 senolar, Thomas was then
; LOO Young to derive any advantages from him
except In the first beginnings Of letters, His
next school was tnneht bv the Re- Rs~,.aa,, s
Graec. an Enpl,sh c1errrn,n ~ .sas ssa.'sn sasoD
49, IT,. 50 sss' =, uan oi sooo eoaca-
aloa a!oa' n, ne, mhen aoout fourteen years OF
.uonas ny oegan 70 exhibit that talent
i;r> vr ot1sosy & "a'ea nas elnce 50 distinguished
1aa1s, s aaeept snort time afteFward, with M
!5lsh schoolmastes who nads great preten-
slons W G 70 ma5nemat1cai science this school Of
1.Eg Mn. o1Eg CLOSED Mr. Corw1n's educational
} , advantages; yet he was always engaged in
stLoytns some nook or subject, whether at
senooi &c % or not, when not actually employed
habit throughout his early lie, and be never w
iost more ti1nc In nmusemcuts OF company
Than necessary courtesy required. In 1SI4he
entered theC!e1k's office Of Warren county,
tnen or soon afler under the charge of an
eldsI broiheF, Matthias Corwin, jr. Hsrc he
Continued until 1915, when be commenced
the study Of the Law, and In May, 1878, he
was admitted to the bar From lis frst en-
trance on the practice OF bis profession he
was the leading spirit Of the courts which he
attended, comprising in a short time SONS
four or five counties. As lawyer, beside hi,
power as an advocate, be was distinguished
for keenncn Of discrimination in the use Of.
authorities and the management Of eyIlencc.
But, when excited by any peculiar eycnt in
the progress OF trial, his cloqucucc was mn
equal;ed In his day at the bar in Ohio, In
1ss2 be was elected 10 the House Of Repre-
sentatlves Of the Stste Legislature, and
soon distinguished himself in q speesh
in opposition 10 bill propas.nT 10
restore public whipping as 4 nunIsfnent
for small, crimes. such 9 law had bzen
previously In force for 4 few years In
Ohio, and = member from Hamilton county,
where such crimes seemed to increase with
the growth of Cincinnati, thought The old
practice Of whipping Eag the oniv rrmedv.
Corwin successfully oppose The bill In a
speech which Ia remembered to this day. Ar
ter serving in tho State. Legislature for some
seren yeaTs, he IVES elected TO Congress in
1850. He had supported Nj. CLAY for PrnsI-
dent in 1924, when be received The electoral
vote Of Ohio. In the PresidentfaI elaciinn II
1928 he had been tbs supporter Of ,Jnhn
Quincy Adams During The administrations
Of Jackson and Van Burun be uniformly acted |
in concert with the Whics Ia recarti tn Iii
cont1oyericd political questions BET wecn those |
administ. ations and the opposition. IN IS3G
and again in 1870. he supnorted Ger Harri
son. Having been selected In iS4o ns thc ran.
didate Of the WIirs for Coyernor of nh;o he
delivered brilliant spcech in defencs nf Cen.
Harrison. in reply to IN attack OF 1;en. crarr
Of Michigan, which probably sue~estcd ia
policy Of bringing him into mors actiyc ssr.
vice during the Presidential caurass OF 1910.
Accordingly, he made epeeches In aImost
liticI TOPICS Of The dnT' immense croxds
throneed TO hear him. and be TIM. contTihns
led more f1an sny oiher nersnn fosWe11 Ina
by which Gen. uarrison cayr;.i the
staie, Nj. CorwI1 Vas electa;1 IL ~ a.,ats
,t the United States In 1S45. and WI cnnse.
lucntly q member OF that body in is4s when
var with Nrxico Was declared. or -otheT
affirmed 10 exi.t by act Of Mexicn. HehoIdfy
the attempt to conccal tba intcn-
lions Of the Executive and party In power Of
possessing Themselves Of Mexicau territory
xhich they Ind failed to purchase BY treaty.
That speech on the Mexican war Is perhaps
he ab1est as It will be the most permanent Of
Mr. CoFwin's efforts. In 1873 be supported
Gen. Taylor Is candidate for the Presidency;
md on the death of Gen. Taylor In July,
u Secretary Of the Treasury. which he flied |
,t1tt 4 1r1,u ho $y~T 4