The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-01-18

The death of Thomas COrwin will snap
another link uniting the present with the
preceding age of our republic. Though a
few of our other notables-Gen. Cass, Mr..
buchanan, Gen. Scott, ,Sc.-stin remain
with ms, yet the past fifteen wears have wit
messed an extraordinary mortality of our
eminent public men. John Quincy Adams.
Henry Clay, John G. Calhoun, Daniel Web
stcr, John Forsyth, Roger B. Tancy, John
Catron, Martin Van Buren,, JOHN J. Critten-
don, Joshua II. Giddngs, John Tyler, JAS.
ii. Hammond, Owen Lovcioy, and ever so
many othCrs-to say nothing of Wars
bloody harvcst-it seems clear that our old
| race of statesmen are called away. to give
place to the new, if such there shall prove
to be.
Thomas COrwin sprnng from family of
Hungarian farmers, who seem TO have first
settled in New Jersey, migrating thence to
Pennsylvania and to Kentucky, ultimately
settling in Warren County, Ohio. Thomas
was born in 1894 in Kentucky, his fnthcr
migrating thence TO what is now Lebanon,
Ohio, In 1885, The son worked on his fnth-
er's farm till about 20 years old, and lit is
said) was wagoncr in the National service
in some part of the War of 1912. He en-
joyed very slender educational advantages:
but commenced the study of law i'm 1915.
and was admitted in 1918. His ability and
eloquence as an advocate soon gained him
an extensive practice. He was first chosen
TO the Legislature of Ohio in 1922, serving
therein seven years, and was then chosen
to Congress in 1880. His District tthe Mi
ami) was strongly Wing, and he i'm hearty
sympathy with its politics, having support-
ed Clay for President in 1924, Adams in
lS2S, and ZealOusly supporting Clay again
in 1882; as he did Gen. Harrison in SO and
40. In the latter year--Cien. Ii hnvinr re-
ceived the Wing nomination at Harris
burg-a certain militia Gen. Crarv. who
represented Michigan in the House, having
made speech criticising and assaiing Gen.
Harrison's military career, Mr. Corwin am
swered 1T in a vein of mingled humor and
sarcasm which has rarely been cuualcd.
The extinction of the unfortunate Michi-
gander was so complete that when old John
Quincy Adams casually alluded in debate
next day to "the late Mr.. Crary" the House
fairly shook with the general mcrriment.
Thencetorward, Corwin was the inevitable
candidate of the Wings of Ohio for Cover
nor that Fall, canvassing the State with
Gen. Harrison and addressing enormous
gatherings i'm most of the counties. in the
event, he was chosen by some 10000 majori-
tyj Gen, Harrison receiving over 23,OUO in
the Presidential Election that soon follow
cd; vet, two years later, Gov. Corwin, on n
Wilson Shannon whom he had so heavily
beaten in 1910: the vote now standing
shannon, l20,O6i; Corwin, l25,62l King,
(Abolition,) 5,0I5.
In 1874, the Whigs, on full poll. again
carried the State, giving its Electoral vote
to Mr.. Clay and sending Mr.. COrwin to the
U. ). Senate, wherein he made i'm lS47 a
speech against our war i'm Mexico, thorough
" exposing and reprobating the iniquitN'
Of that foray. lie served in the Senate un-
til Mr.. FillmOre's accession to the Presiden-
ey, (Ju y, lS5O,) when he was called to the
heado the Treasury, where he remained
till the expiration of Mr.. Fillmore's term,
when he returned to private life and the
practice of law at Lebanon, and was in '5S
returned once more Representative in
Congress by an Overwhelming majority
being reelected, with but shadow of op-
position, in 1860. On Mr.. Lincoln's Access
sion to the Presidency, he was appointed
Minister to Mexico, where he remained un-
til the arrival of Maximaian, when hc
came home on leave of absence, and did
not return remaining in Washington and
engaging in the practice of law, but taking
a warm interest i'm public affairs, and earn
estly cooperating in every effort to restore
| peace to olu country. But the iniirmitits
of advancing years grew steadily upon
him :, he has been in poor health for months;
and his deceise, though sudden, will not
surprise those whom 1t will most deeply
pain. Having passed mans allotted three
score ylears and TON, he was fully ripe fol
the sickle of Death. fli-.Tegu Ij h-lg.
| q, Mr.. Corwin was a conservative Republic
can in our modern politics, and most gen.
ial, kindly, generous soul, with rare nihd
of wit ana hanior, and an intimate knowl.
edge of the public men and public events
of the last forty years, He leaves, we be-
lieNe,a widow and children,--tNew York
Tribune.
FrSERAL oFEx- -GovERNoR C'oRwiN.-
Lebanon Star gives a detailed account O
the last sad rites oonnectetlwi the remain,
of the late ExGOyernor. Corwin. ManN
distinguished citizens of Ohio were in atten
dance-Goverhor Charles Anderson aotinl
as one OF the Pail Bearers. The long ant
eventfll life of the deceased had, connected
with his genialihamor, and great socia
1 qualities, drawn around him a vast con
course of friends, but 70 the people of Ieb
anon, where Mr., Corwin had, SO long mad,
/ his homo, we don't wonder that the occa