The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-19
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rborase Cor~in, OF Ohio. for thirty ave years past
prominently engaged In political life and the ns'scnss
service vss stricken down With paralysis the 18th
instant. and after painful .ross died yesterday 1t
Washington having as. fulfilled hs threescoTe and Ten
ysaSF. His public career is familiar 10 almost every
reader and sketch Of hts character and yeculsstee
win to found interesting in TIE connection than
would he any repetition Of bis public services For
shoss aot acquainted win the dssslis OF ha career 10
win be enough say that be va 5Orn In Bourbon ssun
~, KY July a. 1874, end w.s elr-sducstsd that he
entered public lie member Of the Ohio Legislature In
1911; vas member Of the lower house Of Congress
from 1881 10 1870 Governor Of Ohio from the later
named ear until lsGa elected Senator from Ohio 10
1s45, and hold the position until Appointed 10 1885, ty
Pyeaiccnt Fillmore, Secretary CT tho Treasury that he
elected TO the Thi,ysxth congress, and was chair
uaa- Of the Committee Foreign Affairs reelected
70 The Thirty Congress, but resigned 70 acceps
,hs mission 70 Mexico, rendered him by Mr. Lincoln;
that he voluntarily abandoned Mexico on the establish
men. Of Mazriian's empire III the capital leaving Lis
Charge dAares and that he has suce been prsc
i,sns bis profession Ia Washington city.
Mr. Corwn's very siniable and national reputation
less upon tho importance VI his services than his
patunl gifts az an orator; and all those who have per-
rccoec,ions OF him invariably, and % IL were In
voluntarily tofor when speaking Of him, to The charms
Of his peculiar oratory lie among the first OF our
public men who made great reputation as 'istump
orator in that style OF stump oraory peculiar 70 Ameri
cans and 70 succeed Ia which requires perhaps more
varied talents than any other style or the art HIS eioeu
tonary powers we're natural His voice either required
ming at all had received great DEAL as much, in
deed that OF Dcosthenes Never had speaker more
complete control Of his II soft, round, strong
and flexible. within the scope Of few brief sentences
II would often pass from the mountain top to the valley,
expand from the lowest vcrsaona and confidential
tone audible only in the speakers immediate vicinity
TO a climax which would startle the thousands OF
his frequent Auditors who could obtain only
'curbstone siokesn II used TO be complaint
Of the galleries Of the House al Washington that
Corwn made all his fen strikes aud ''spses" FOR the
benefit Of his fellow members aud Was dumb in his great
points 10 the lobbyists; and the reporters always gru
bed when he spoke because thcy could catch every part
Of bis speeches except tho points where the laugh came
In" His jokes they said, always told IN cona
dent al msnner What they lacked Ia humor was sup
Piled by his irresistible manner Of telling them. :.
A. an orator Corwn's pecullares left him without .
parallel though he has been quoted rs In contrast TO al
most every great speaker OF his time II was very COM
mon in 1859 and 1880 20 put him In contrast with
Stephen Douglas and Robert Toombs; and the follow
Ing description from Of Washington letters Of "a
great day. the House and Senate during the roublous
times when debates high on the slavery question
viii b read With renewed interest, in view Of the death
Of one and mysterious dsappcaance Of The other Of the
great actors and ss extinction Of the subject Of the
debate rbs letter 10 dated washingtsu, January -