Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-07-25
THE MASK DROPPING OFF.

For the following we have the name OF
a citizen universally respected; name
which we are authorised TO give when cal
led upon. In ordinary cases we should
not present such matters TO the public eye.
but the necessity Of the case demands il.
The time has come when Williams must be
forced by exposure, either to reform, and
become honest men, or throw OIL the gos-
samcr garb of pretended virtue, and show
themselves open faced Williams.
We deem il here, our bounden duty TO
the innocent to state most explicitly that
Mrs. Stevens is of one of the most res
pe,table families of New England. With
some of her relations we arc acquainted,
and are proud to number them among our
friends, and it is, therefore, with the deep.
est regret that our duty to the public com.
pcls US TO make this painful exposure
bet. Post.
For the Detroit Morning Post.
WIN. S. STEVENS!!!
Mr.. Editor I'm your truly valuable pa.
per of neutrality-suspicious. for its indepen.
dence in showing up the rascality Of the
man whose name heads this communion.
toni perceive you call for FACTS.
imagine you will have many to record
ere YOU are done with that motor ious fellow,
that will cause certain high and distinguish
ed bank wing gentlemen who have been We.
ry intimate with him, of late, to blush with
shame, if they have shame loft in thcm.- =
II "a man is known by the company he
keeps" | do not envy them the credit of
their association, and tho objects they had
in view by tho alliance. Enough or that
head, and | proceed to the facts in point, in
regard to which will merely say, that
should my statements be questioned in the
least particular, can call to my support
some of our most prominent and respecta-
bic citizens. On the I'd Of July, 1887, the
steamboat Governor Marcy being on her
regular trip to Saginaw, several persons OF
this city took passage, partly on business,
and partly on pleasure excursion to spend
tho 4th of July. In company with this
fellow, Stevens, was found young wo.
man, whom the passengers generally sup
posed to be his wife, but who, it seems, was
afterwards ascertained to be his wfe's sis.
ter. His intercourse with the sister was
OF a suspicious character-so much so, as
to excite the attention Of all on board, and
especially of the married ladies', who evIn.
ccd their feelings toward the sister, in par.
ticular, in a manner highly creditablo to
their good sense Of decency and propriety.
But the feelings of indignation felt by all
the passengers towards Stevens and the
sister, can be better conceived than des.
cribed, when ii was known that Mrs. Ste.
vens and daugh,er-six or seven years old
were also on board. 1t is, perhaps, need
less to say, the sympathes Of the passen
gers were thoroughly excited from the treat
ment shown Mrs. S. and child by her brute
of a husband. Ho scarcely showed hi.
wife the civility Of waiting upon her to, and
after she was seated at the table, and IL
other respects, and at other times, treated
her in very disrespcctful manner, while
his conduct toward the sister was, during
the whole trip up and down from Saginaw
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The little daughter, too, in its innocent
playful moments, when it approached the
guilty pair, (Stevens and sister,) in thei
secret communngs together, (and they
uuu ildly WuS ICpulScu duu uTlNcU lTOn
them in manner truly calculated 10 excite
the contempt of any person who had 9
spark Of good feeling.
Suffice it to say, the passengers gener
ally made up their minds, and mutually ex
pressed them too, before their return tc
Detroit, that the conduct Of Stevens anc
sister was of a character that denoted in
timacy as unlawful as it was unnatural.
Whether that intimacy has continued
let those who best know, speak out, If hey
dare. One word more, and am done fo
the present. | must do Justice TO the wife
by saying, she is an amiable woman, ant
upon the occasion allude to, drew largely
upon the kind feelings Of the passengers or
account Of her husbands base conduc
towards her. There were many little ex
pressions of the wife that would have con
yinced any person that call was not right.
leave u virtuous people to draw thei
own conclusions from subsequent deuelope
ments, which rumor, am told, does not be
lie but the facts, trus, those who have
the knowledge Of them, will communicate
so that the character Of this fellow may ap
pear in its true light. He has been endu
red long enough. JUSTICE.
achievements, doings, and so on" -Th,
Philadelphia morning line yesterday brough
on between six and seven hundred full
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