...and apprenticed in boyhood to the cabinet-maker's trade. It is said that he originated the saying: "Vermont is a good State to be born in, provided you emigrate early." In accordance with this theory he went West and began, when about twenty years old, the study of law....

...refuge for the oppressed of every land and clime. Stephen A. Douglas once said of his native state, "It is a good state to be born in, provided you emigrate early." While this may or may not have been an exact statement of fact, we do not hesitate to say and feel...

...refuge for the oppressed of every land and clime. Stephen A. Douglas once said of his native state, "It is a good state to be born in, provided you emigrate early." While this may or may not have been an exact statement, of fact, we do not hesitate to say and feel...

...Congressional protection should they demand it, and the closing lampoon of his birthplace to the effect that "Vermont is a good State to be born in, provided you emigrate when very young" — the same silly anecdote and shameful libel that he has used in every speech he...