Show CORWIN FOUND THE REASON simple explanation for emigration from connecticut this story Is told of the famous tom corwin during his first tern in the ohio house of representatives about the ear 1823 a bill to stop tb whipping ot criminals was under discussion corwin a native ot ken tucky ardently advocated the of the old law A member ot th house who had come from Connect i cut was active on the opposite side he urged the retention of whipping ax a punishment and asserted as a strong point in favor of his contention that he had noticed while living in connecticut that whenever a man was whipped in execution ot the sen tence of a court of justice he immediately left the state and did not return corwin promptly retorted that he knew many people had come to ohio from connecticut but he had neve before known the reason for thel coming |