The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-10
He Wanted to Martyr.
[Cincinnati Breakfast Table. /

Governor Iom Young tells a good
story of how ~. NJ" the long-haired
nomad of theorizing propensities, re-
Gently assumed the pressure" and
then crawled out from under it.
The day before the hanging of Bergin
the Governor was sitting in his office,
very busy with some papers pertaining
to the case, when loud vigorous knock
shook the door, and before an invitation
to enter could be given, in came the
philosopher, and marching boldly up to
the Executive, whom he addressed by
his Christian name in familiar man.
ner, he threw himself into a chair, and
said:
Tom, Pye come up here to martyr"
Chow so" queried the Governor.
Il assume the entire PRESSURE" re-
turned "J. n" "Throw it all on to
me. Let Bergin go, and have me shut
in his place., Thatll fetch 'em-they
can't hold out-must come right square
down and accept the truth. It's just
the opportunity I've been searching for
all these years, and can't let her slip.
Bergin's a common mani ain't-let
him 60 and take my blood for atone
ment. I want to martyr-you catch
the idea-that's enough. Here l am."
"Nothing would give me more pleas
ure," said the Governor, but are you
in earnest? Do you really mean itT'
"Do mean it? You know me well
enough, Tom Young, to know that Pm
always in earnest. Call in your menials
and have me bound at once. Bring on
your chains, and send word to the re-
porters. Pile the pressure all on to me
every bit of it-I assume it ALL"
"All right" said the Governor, with
an impressive voice, "you shall be ac-
commodated. Get ready to die to-mor-
row at twelve o'clock."
A messenger was then sent out to
bring in the Judge to prepare the neces-
sary papers for making the desired
change in the proceedings. In few
minutes Justice of the Peace, who had
been posted, was brought in and intro
duced as the s = Judge" u He expostu;,
with well simulated emotion to persuade
him from his rash purpose, but the
Immortal wouldn't bulge a peg
from his firm resolve. He had come to
martyr, and he'd do it, if it killed him,
that's the kind of a Philosopher he was.
So with groans and sighs and watery
eyes, the "judge" went ahead and filled
out the documents. Everything was
now ready, and the formalities ali COM
pleted except the signature of "J. N"
to the paper. By this time the old fel-
low was pretty thoroughly convinced
that the proceedings meant business in
earnest, and he became visibly nervous
and i'll at ease.
"Sign your name," said the officer,
sternly, "and then you can go at once
to your quarters in the dungeon, and a
clergyman will be sent to you"
81 want it distinctly understood" re-
marked the martyr, rising, 81 don't want
to be hungLI want to be shot"
"You shall be-" said the Governor,
tomorrow, at noon"
"Hold on, now, Governor" said the
now thoroughly frightened philosopher,
with blanched cheek; that's hurrying
the cattle little too much-I didn't
think you'd be that brash. Before l
sign that paper l want respite for
thirty days, to wash up and get ready"
"You can't have it. The time set for
the obsequies can not be postponed" said
the Governor.
"Then I'll be darned if I'll martyr at
all, and Bergin can fill his own appoint
ment. l won't be snapped off this way
without any time to get my last words
ready, and write out few interviews
for the press. That wouldn't do the
cause particle O good, and Pm work
ing for the cause. l didn't expect to
make a cent out O this thing myself,
and so throw up and back down. You
can tear them papers up-I won't sign
'em at ALL" and the philosopher bolted
from the room, and left the city with
more precipitation than he had ever
done before.
THERE is considerable trade with
Venezuela springing up in New York,
and it is probable that line of steam
ships will soon be running between that
city and Venezuelan ports. st. Louis
merchants are also making an effort to
get up trade in -four with Venezuela,
and their success seems certain. This is
one of the proper directions for Ameri-
can enterprise to take. We should by
rights, have the whole trade of South
America and certainly that of the coun-
tries lying along the Gulf of Mexico,
which are more accessible to us than to
any of the other great commercial ma
| tions