Arizona republican., 1899-04-24

were lampooned ara abused by Cor win and his followers.
 When Corwin made his famous speech against the Mexican war in the senate in 1S47 hundreds of his follow CTS were war men, and in our neigh borhood many of the Corwin legion were the first to volunteer. When the war came, when Americans were being shct by Mexicans, Corwin's fla nous sentence, Were I a Mexican, as am an American, 1 would welcome you with bloody hands to hospftable graves didn't provoke any enthusf- asn, and when. in 194S. the whigs nominated a war hero for president. Corwin was not the power in politics he had been. The logic of events was against him.
 "COrwin was not called to the cabi- net by Taylor, but at the close of his senatorial term in 1850 was given a place by Fillmore. Those who knew CGTwin best at that time knew that he was disappointed man. We dii nor see him in our section of the state in 1S48 Or 1852, and he declined to enter the republican campaign in 1856. No one grieyed more than myself oyer COrwin's lukewarmness CT over his disaPpOintments. Wade had succeed ed him ill the senate, and enc repub- licans held the whip-hand in Ohio. and yet Corwin could no more see which way the tide was running than he could in 1947
 He held aloof from the republican party until 1858, when he relented, and asked his districc to send him to con- gress. He canvassed the district be-. fore the nominating convention was held, to see how his old friends would receive him. He was regarded with suspicion by the old whigs, who had joined the republican party, and with hostility by the younger men. I was at one of COrWin's first meetings in the district, and my heart acheG. When he came on the grounds there was not cheer, and there was no rushing forward to shake hands, as there had been in the old time. The committee was in dismay. There were hundreds of old wlhigs present, but they were sitting in disconsolate groups talking about Tom Corwin. the Wagoner Boy of 1840.' They looked at Corwin curiously and expectantly but there was no welcome for him.
 But COrwin was equal to the oc- casicn. He glanced over the crowd with pathetic look on his strong, dark face, and I could have sworn his lips trambied as he looked at the un. responsive, indifferent groups scat tered through the grove. But in two minutes 1 would have sworn his lips did net tremble, and that he felt sure or his ground. The speakers stand at that minute was in the sun. Turn Ing from it to group of elderly men, he said, in his deep, unctuous tones: This will never do. Here, you boys. run one of those wagons up here in the shade, and boost me irp over tha end gate, and 1 will speak from q Wag-n, as l did in the good old times.' Instantly there were forty men around that wagon, and it was backed with a great cheer to where Corwin stood
 Old men came running from every part Cf the grove, and in five minutes the scene was like that of the shout ing interval at a camp meeting. The Ice had been broken, and there were teaIs in good many eyes as Corwin proceeded to say how lonesome he had been, cut off from his old party friends, how miserable he had been cutside the fold, and with what glad ness he came asking to be taken again into full fellowship. Men shook hands and danced for joy. Tom Cor win was with them. All was forget ten and forgiven, and Corwin sweEt the district. But he had been in re- tlrement for nearly ten years, and re- turned to his party, as he himself said. humble and penitent. .'-Chic1go Inter Ocean.