that she might behold him enter upon the Chief Magistracy of fifty
millions of freemen, gained by the first choice of a majority of those
freemen, yea, by the unanimous first and second choice, for none so
ready to fight for his right to rule as he who yesterday voted for an
honored opponent--the very summit of true political ambition--the apex
of the mother's boldest hope! "The mother's love is indeed the golden
link that binds youth to old age," says Bovee; "and he is still but a
child, however time may have furrowed his cheek, or silvered his brow,
who can yet recall, with a softened heart, the fond devotion, or the
gentle chidings, of