The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-29

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lion. rhe feelings are TO BE Disciplined
the passions are to BE observation-disclosures
and worthy motives are TO be insFife'l-
a profound religious feeling is IL be ln-
stilled, and pure morality inculcated under
all circumstances. Mothers who are
faithful to this great tltity,,Wiil tell their
children that neither in political nor in
any other concerns OF life, can man ever
withdraw himself from the perpetual oh
legations of conscience and Of duty; that
in every act, whether public or private.
lie incurs a just responsibility; and that
ii, no condition is he warrantedin trifling
with important rights and obligations. -
They will impress upon their children the
truth. that the exercise of the elective
franchise is Il social duty, of as solemn a
nature as man can be called on to perform;
that man may not innocen,ly triffe with
his vote; that every free electors trus
lee as well for others as himself; and that
every man and every measure he sup
ports, has an important bearing on the in
terests of others as well as his own. 1t
is IN the inculcation Of high and pure
morills such as these, that in free Re-
public. woman performs her sacred duty.
and tulfils her destiny. The French, as
you know, are remarkable for their fond
ness for sentenlious phrases, in which
much meaning is condensed in small
space. | noticed lately, on the title page
ofone Of the books Of popular instruction
in France this motto: '.Pour instruction
on the heads Of the people; you owe them
that baptism And certainly. if there
be any duty which may be described by
a reference to that great institute Of reli-
gion, a duty approaching i,in importance,
perhaps next to it in obligation, it is this.
l know you hardly expect me to adj
dress you on the popular political topics
Of the day. You read enough--you hear
quite enough on those subjects. You
expect me only TO meet you, and tender
my profound thanks for this marked proof
of your regard, and will kindly receive
the assurances with which | tender to
you. on parting, my afectionate respects
anu pest WISHES.
Mr.. Webster having resu ned his seat.
JAMES BARBoyR, Esq, the President of
the Convention. rose to give notice that
the meeting would then be adjourned to
the Capitol Square, when the call for
some remarks from him became so loud
and imperative, that he relinquished his
original design, and consented to address,
for few moments, the ladies assembled.
He said:
LAD1ss,-I tender to you my profound,
est thanks for the very high compliment
which i'll your goodness you have be-
slowed upon me, in the very unexpected
call | have now received Nothing, GER
tainly could have beenmore unexpected on
my part. There are thousand reasons
why |, above all, should not have been
called out on the present occasion. One
will be sufficient: after what you have
heard from the lips of The highly distin-
guished gentleman who has just resumed
his seat, every one must be satisfied that
anything from me will be calculated, in
stead of rendering any service to the
cause, only to weaken the impression
which cannot but have been made by one
of those bursts of eloquence which are
the peculiar prerogative of superior genius
What can adj to what has been already
SO well spoken? In my plain, old-fash-
ioned way, should rejoice to proclaim
to you the deep qualification have expe-
rienced wherever have recently gone in
seeing the ladies every where coming out,
to countenance, by their presence and
smiles, those assemblages of the rougher
sex, which, in throngs, are gathering
throughout the length and breadth oftthis
land--all animated with one holy purpose
of redeeming from destruction those liber.
ties earned for us by our fathers, which
are equally dear to woman and to man,
and which she, with US, is equally bound
to transmit untarnished to our children
for ages to come. I hail this with 10y.
as happy omen and guarantee of our
success. have heard that Mr.. Van Blu
rem lately said to gentleman, with whose
vocation he happened mott to be acquainted
al understand that all the lawyers and
all the clergy are against me-" Now, if
both saint and sinner, and all the ladies'.
too, are against Mr.. Van Buren,, what
prospect can he possibly have of success?
daughter. sas z .atd f
| entirely accord with the views which
have been so eloquen,ly expressed by the
gentleman who has addressed you. "Al-
belt unused to the melting mood" found.
whilst he was expressing them, the tears
involuntarily stealing down my cheeks,
and am persuaded that the heart Of every
lady here present more than responded to
my own. You will not suspect me, es-
pecially at my time Of life, Of any such
design as flattery. never was remarka-
bic for that propensity in other days: and
now you will readily admit that it is totally
out of the question. Iaughter.) But I
have proclaimed it when you were not
present, and if say it now, you will not
infer that suppose The female heart is to
be affected by that party flaltery which
you sometimes have to deal with. No:
while the ,pitiful fatterer pufs himself in
to the persuasion that he is prevailing
with you by such arts, although from