The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-11-12
REMINIsCENCEs OF TOM C0RWIH.
How lie Once C,mplimen .el tie State of Oaic

~ KNEW Thomas Corwin WE'LL" said
Colonel sweeney. the host Of the Barret
House. an old Mexican veteran and ali,or-
hliln pioneer to group of intereste listen
ers seated about the stove. I've were
boys together in Ohio. BLACK Tom we
called INN when he was at school, and
Black Tom he remained till the doy Of
his death. Corwin amounted to nothing
utter his celebrated speech in the United
States Senate in opposition to the Mexican
war, when. in one OF his remarkable flights
OF impas Toned eloquence, he exclaimed :
1t | were a Mexican Ms am an American
would welcome the invaders with bloody
hands to infospitable graves That speech
was job put up on Corwin by Webster
and others, said the old Colonel. II have
heard S', with tears in his eyes. say SO
himself. Webster and his friends were ut
heart opposed to the Mexican war, and
they hal dete. ,".le to oppose the voting
OF funds to carry it OH. The agreement
WINS that Webster and others should follow
CorwM in speeches against it. He was
selected to make the first speech, and IN
eloquent one it was but it raised such a
howl of Indignation throughout the country
that the others thought it the better part
OF discretion not to continue the opposition.
So they ba-Ael Gu. ard left poor ON in
the lnrch. rs it were. BY the bye" said
the Colonel, 81 have a god story to tell
OF Tom. which is particularly apnr"s 1T
this dry, when Ohio Is sending out so many
big men. 1t was just the same in Ion4 $
dry as it is now and wish you all to bear
in mind. gentlemen. that ! came from
Ohio D The Colonel. it may he remarked,
to each the pitch of his intended lest,
stands fully siN feet seven. brond ~hnu ders
NllI f,,iJ. I,,l
sixty years OF age. his form is strnght as a
pine, and h. step has tue e;s icIly .. u
youth.
= TcM.' he continued ':like great
,n"nv other good and great men. was fond
OF the flowing bowl. and once in n while lie
would take II drop too much. 1t was on a
convvial occasion, when Tom WIS present
Mt n banquet At the Na,ioral 10 Il III WASH
ington, that lie WAS called ,,,,,rn 20 s,tul:a
to the toast of his native state, and | must
say that he acquitted himself with honor 10
the State AID to the infinite satisfaction
and amuse,n, nj Of all present. in one 1T
the most mirth-rrovoking. st-p-andial
speeches ] ever listened to. Arising with
all the dignity and gravity that Co,w,n
only could assume. he acknowledged the
honor conferred iii calling nj on him to ie
spond to a compliments To t.e State Of
Ohio Then proceeding in ',uasi ",nn.ii.
Oquent strain. he exc,aGe ed Ohio. Way,
Mr.. President. while the Unite states.
this grand republic, has produced more
great men than any otu,r country il The
world, Cl..o rs rrvdUc.l Iii, re get men
tAan any other State il, tho rc"nhic II is
II matter of history-mark t. 1T Why, sir
said he. 'Na,lcn county, in the State OF
Ohio. lbs produced no great n,ln II, Ii
any o, her coanty in any State in the L,,,l.
l. is a matter OF history --niark tn t. Sir.
Turtle Creek township. in the cnu'iy Of
Warren, has produced NOR" g'eat ncl. I'll
any other township in Any county in n4y
State in the Union. It ) II matter of h:S-
tory lark that. Tn II. with a merry
,wnl.l2 il his lack eye. that tor the first
time betrayed the huu.oro.s intcl, Of he
speaker. lie addel: 'Gtn,lencn that 5 h.
township that | came trom--nu,I: lh t y
and he SIT down. amid the upgn;lrouS ni1th
AMI si,le-.hakns laughter of the ar,i;;crs
about the table. "---Cnr. C"icnac Times.