Thomas Corwin's Irony

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Thomas Corwin, former U.S. Senator and governor of Ohio, opposed the Mexican- American war. As a legislator, he spoke a speech as it is written in this document. In the beginning, he is questioning the president about whether the land they are fighting for has a right to be theirs. He claims that if they continue with the war, it is treason, and that the north and the south would collide. The irony of this is that he believes it was treason for going through with the war; however, most people believed he was committing treason for not going through with the war.

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