Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-08-23
STEPHEN AND HIS ANXIOUS MOTHER.


en- by the Hartford Press of the 7th enti-
tied.
STEPHEN AND HIS ANXIOUS MOTHER.
Stephen was anxious to see his mother.
His mother was anxious to see Stephen.
The dutiful boy advertised it in the public
prints, that he was on his way to see his
mother. He started from the city Of New
York to visit his mother, who resides in
the western section of New York State.
He naturally came from New Haven,
Guilford, and Hartford, on his way, and at
the latter place he was "betrayed' into
speech. Still bent on the maternal pill
grimage, he goes toward Boston, attracted
by relative of his wife. 1t was a case of
relative attraction. On his way, at Wor
cester, some Judas, "betrayed" him into a
speech. At Boston betrayed again. Now,
however, he started towards his mother.
At Albany seeking to pass through there
as private man, astonshed at the mag
nificent demonstration, the unexpected re-
ception (like the one at Hartford), he was
"betrayed" into speech on which he de-
clared he was on his way to see his moth
er. From here the pilgrim son reaches
Saratoaa. Here he lays aside politics,
thinks of his long unseen mother whom he
is about 10 visit, and sinks into genial
pleasures of the place. Previous to this,
we ought to mention, he was "betrayed'
into a speech. Full of thoughts of his
mother, he starts in a northeast direction
and lands at Rutland, the home of his
youth. Owing to the wholly unexpected
arrival in that place, &c.-he-well-is
''betrayed" into speech.
Full of pent-up affection be can nc on
ger restrain himself. but goes to Bellows
Falls. Amid the believing Of the popu
lace and the sobs of Stephen, he is deceiv-
ed, deluded, imposed on-in fact "bstray-
ed" into a speech He fees to the north;
be lands at White River Junction. What
junction-what conjunction, in point of
fact, was there! Stephen was "betrayed"
into a speech. Cutting his flial stick in
a southeast directiotion, he informs US at
Concord that he is visiting New England
to look upon the grave ola relative. Sad
Stephen, how skilliully his anxiety to see
his mother is disguised. This statement
was made in the course of some extended
remarks which, in point of fact, betrayed"
pious Eneas into speech at this very
place. At Manchester, at Nashua, at
Providence, still seeking the maternal en-
brace that still reeeded, he is still surpri-
sed and still "bertayed:" but why repeat
the sad details?
Stephen-Stepben, who GEMS to be un-
able to cut his bread and cheese even, is
next seen at clam brake at Rocky point;
far, far, from mother, relatives or graves,
on this strictly private tour to see his moth
er-Stephen, we say, sinks the maternal
for a season, and allowed $50 bushels of
baked clans and thirty thousand people to
betray" MIN into a speech-a brief one an
hour and half.
Look at the map of New England
Where do you think Douglas is nowl
Why, way down on the rocky end of
Rhode Island, at Newport, kicking up his
truant heels by the great ocean, as much
as to say that, having travelled all over
New England on the strength of her, he
now don't care 'brass farthin'" for his
maternall
And yet, by and by, when be gets re-
and wants to start on another
tour, we shall hear his low, sweet voice
with the roar of the surf down
there on the sounding sea, softly singing
"Wake, and call me early.
Call me early. mother dear
And the Press might have added that
all this time there is no evidence that Ste
phen's mother knows anything about the
yearings of her devoted son. Can't some
of the Squatter papers say something
about Stephens wanderings, so that his
mother may "know he is out" Western
New York papers are particularly reques-
ted to notice the fact. What Stephen
says when he is "betrayed," we get from
the Cincinnati Commercial thus:
STEPHENS GREAT SPEECH.
Tie following is a condensed version of
Douglas great speech. Everybody will at
once recognise it as Mr.. Douglas, for every
in the country has printed it at
least sixteen times, and besides, every man,
woman and child in The nation knows it by |
heart
''This government, fellow citizens, is a
government of selfgovernment, founded |
on the great principle of popular Sover-
eighty. Every State in this government,
fellow citizens, has its own laws, and tie
laws of each State are the best for that
State, and for no other State 1t is the
right of each government to regulate its
own affairs, in its own way, subject to no
from any other government
except the Federal government. This
great principle of non-intervention, gentle
men, is the only means of extinguishing
the fires of sectional agitation, and preserv-
ing the Union. Popular Sovereignty, gen.
tlemen, means the right of every people
except niggers-to manage their own
domestic affairs in their own way. 1t was
this glorious principle which fought, bled
and conquered in our Revolutionary strug-
gle. The people of the Territories, gentle
men, are sovereign over all subjects which
-elate to their own internal government,
except niggers. Subreme Court, fellow
citizens, has exclusive jurisdiction over that
species of property, and it is the duty of
III good citizens 20 submit to the decision
If the Supreme Court. This. gentlemen.