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CORWItf, THOMAS. 



COSTELLO, DUDLEY. 



not to make pretences of friendship toward nations 

 that have manifested hatred of this country in its late 

 distress. But peace, with friendship toward our 

 friends, and peace without friendship toward those 

 who are not our friends, ought to be maintained at all 

 times, if possible, as the true and permanent policy 

 of the United States. 



Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, 

 by his great abilities, his undoubted patiotism, and 

 his eminent public services, has entitled himself to 

 the confidence of the nation ; and since he is mani- 

 festly surrounded by many and great difficulties, and 

 is compelled to adopt experimental policies without 

 assurance of their success, he ought to be sustained 

 in the exercise of great freedom of action, and in all 

 his efforts to tranquillize the country, to maintain its 

 peace and dignity, and to promote its welfare, he 

 ought to receive a frank and generous support from 

 the people. 



His Excellency, the Governor, is hereby requested 

 to cause a copy of these declarations to be transmit- 

 ted to the President of the United States, and a like 

 copy to each of the Senators and Representatives of 

 this State in Congress. 



At the same session an act was passed, in 

 the Senate unanimously, and in the House by 

 a two-thirds vote, submitting to popular ratifi- 

 cation the following amendment to the State 

 Constitution : " Every male citizen of the United 

 States who shall have attained the age of twen- 

 ty-one years, who shall have resided in this 

 State for a term of one year next preceding, 

 and in the town in which he may offer himself 

 to be admitted to the privileges of an elector, 

 at least six months next preceding the time at 

 which he may so offer himself, and shall be 

 able to read any article of the Constitution, or 

 any section of the statutes of this State, and 

 shall sustain a good moral character, shall, on 

 taking such oath as may be prescribed by law, 

 become an elector." This was intended to 

 nullify that clause of the Constitution which 

 denied the right of suffrage to colored persons, 

 except those who were citizens of the State at 

 the time of the adoption of the Constitution, in 

 1811. The election took place on October 2d, 

 with the following result : 



For the Amendment 27,217 



Against the Amendment 



Majority against Amendment 6,272 



CORWIN", Hon. THOMAS, an eminent Ameri- 

 can statesman, born in Bourbon County, Ky., 

 July 29, 1794, died in Washington, D. C., De- 

 cember 18, 1865. In 1798 his father removed 

 to what is now Lebanon, Ohio ; the son working 

 upon the home farm till he was about twenty 

 years old. He enjoyed very slender educational 

 advantages ; but commenced the study of law 

 in 1815, and was admitted to the bar in 1818. 

 .His ability and eloquence as an advocate soon 

 gained him an extensive practice. He was first 

 chosen to the Legislature of Ohio in 1822, serv- 

 ing therein seven years, and was first chosen to 

 Congress in 1830. His district (the Miami) 

 was strongly Whig, and he in hearty sympathy 

 with its politics, having supported Clay for 

 President in 1824, Adams in 1828, and zeal- 

 ously supporting Clay again in 1832 ; as he did 

 Gen. Harrison in 1836 and 1840. In the latter 



year Gen. H. having received the Whig nomi- 

 nation at Harrisburg a certain militia Gen. 

 Crary, who represented Michigan in the House, 

 having made a speech criticizing and assailing 

 Gen. Harrison's military career, Mr. Corwin 

 answered it in a vein of mingled humor and 

 sarcasm which has rarely been equalled. The 

 extinction of the unfortunate member from 

 Michigan was so complete, that when John 

 Quincy Adams casually alluded in debate next 

 day to " the late Mr. Crary," the House fairly 

 shook with the general merriment. 



In 1840 Mr. Corwin was the Whig candidate 

 for Governor of Ohio, and canvassed the State 

 with Gen. Harrison, addressing enormous 

 gatherings in most of the counties. At the 

 election, he was chosen by some 16,000 ma- 

 jority, Gen. Harrison receiving over 23,000 in 

 the Presidential election that soon followed; 

 yet, two years later, Gov. Corwin, on a reduced 

 poll, was run out by Wilson Shannon, whom 

 he had so heavily beaten in 1840 : the vote 

 standing Shannon, 129J064; Corwin, 125,621 ; 

 King (Abolition), 5,404. 



In 1844 the Whigs, on a full poll, again car- 

 ried the State, giving its electoral vote to Mr. 

 Clay, and sending Mr. Corwin to the United 

 States Senate, where he made in 1847 a speech 

 against our war in Mexico, thoroughly expos- 

 ing and reprobating the iniquity of that foray. 

 He served in the Senate until Mr. Fillinore's 

 accession to the Presidency (July, 1850), when 

 he was called to the head of 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 1858 returned once more a Represent- 

 ative in Congress by an overwhelming ma- 

 jority ; being reflected, with but a shadow of 

 opposition, in 1860. On Mr. Lincoln's acces- 

 sion to the Presidency, he was appointed Min- 

 ister to Mexico, where he remained until the 

 arrival of Maximilian, when he came home on 

 leave of absence, and did not return ; remain- 

 ing in Washington and engaging in the practice 

 of law, but taking a warm interest in public 

 affairs, and earnestly cooperating in every ef- 

 fort to restore peace to our country. 



His style of oratory was captivating, and 

 his genial and kindly nature made him an al- 

 most universal favorite. His death, though 

 occurring at a ripe age, and after, some months 

 of infirm health, was sudden and somewhat 

 unexpected, resulting from a paralytic attack. 



COSTELLO, DUDLEY, an Irish author and 

 journalist, born in 1803, died at St. John's 

 Wood, London, September, 1865. He was the 

 son of a military officer, and brother of Louisa 

 Stuart Costello, the well-known authoress. He 

 was educated for the army at Sandhurst, and, 

 obtaining a commission, served with his regi- 

 ment on the staff in various foreign stations, 

 and finally at Bermuda, W. I. Here strong- 

 literary tastes developed themselves, and most, 

 of his leisure time was devoted to drawing and 

 literature. He also issued a newspaper once & 



