The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-05

y y probably not true that Gen,
Houston ~canyassed the State most
actively. We have seen but one
speech that he delivered, and ii that
he stated explicitly that he should not
travel 70 make speeches, and should
not make any more, unless his business
brought him to places where the people
were assembled. 's.#.
But this single speech did the work
all that needed TO be done. after
planting himself fairly and squarely
against the slaye-trade. The para
graph which he addressed to the ladies'.
after concluding his remarks 10 the
sterner sex, is a whole speech Of itself,
and ought to elect any man who conld
utter il. We give it as we find il in
one OF our exchanges, and pronounce
il the most beautiful tribute to woman.
that ever fell from the lips Of 4 poll
tician: ..'.
Ladies, / know that politics are al.
ways nninteresting to you, yet / believe
you have in their general result IN
abiding interest. Ii Is always q graft
/ fication to me to behold my fair
countrywomen in assemblages like
these. II is a guarantee that their
husbands, and fathers, and brothers
! are men Of intelligence and refinement,
who appreciate their mental capacities,
and desire their countenance in their
undertakings. Your presence exer-
1cises a calming influence upon those
! antagonisns which are too often en-.
/ gendered in the heat Of political con-
tests. All parties desire your approx
ing smile, aud therefore all. are en-
couraged by your presence. / know
that in the direct administration of po-
litical affairs you have no share; but
yet, reigning, as you do, supreme in
the realm OF love, your influence often
controls the destiny Of nations. Wo-.
mans love is the great lever which
ronses men to action. The general, as
he plans the strategic combinations
which are to insure victory, looks for
ward to . recempense dearer than the
laurels upon his brow; the soldier, as
he trudges along on the weary march,
or mingies in the scenes of the battle
field, even with death around him, for
gets awhile the carnage, and turns his
thoughts to the fond girl he ftbehind
him; the mariner, tempest tossed, driv-
en- BY rude waves, sings meriIy aloft
as he thinks OF the little cottage by the
shore, where his wife and dear ones
await him; the statesman, as he devises,
amid deep and painful thought, plans
tof government which are to tell upon
his own and his country's fame, never
loses sight Of the joys which await him
when cabinet councils are over, and he
enters the portals Of home; the senti-
mel, as he PAGES his weary watch, loves
the moonlight tramp, that he may look
beneath its rays at the dear memento
OF mothers or o sisters love. Over
man, in all his relationships, the inau-
ence of woman hangs like a charm.
Deprive us of your Influence, which
dignifes us and stimulates US to noble
deeds, and we become worse than bar
barians. Let it be ours, and We can
brave the lannon's mouth or face
danger in ten thousand forms. You
stimulate all that is good. You check
| in us ignoble purposes. You have also
an important influence upon posterity.
The early impressions which the child
receives from. you outlive all the wis
dom of later days. Sages may rea-
son and philosophers may teach, but
the voice which We heard in infancy
will ever come to our ears, bearing a
mothers words and a mothers counseIs.
Continue to instit into your children
virtue and patriotism. Undue them
with a proper yeneration for the fa-
theirs of liberty. Learn them to love
their country, and to labor FORTS good,
as the great end of their ambition.
Bid them proudly maintain our insti-
buttons. Point them to the deeds Of
their ancestors. Make these their
escutcheon, and bid them hand it down
to their children as free from stain as
| it came to them. Do this, ladies, and
your influence will not be lost in the
future. In the language of the poet
it will still be said: =. : - 7
''Wonan is lovely to the sight
f. As gentle as the dsws of even. ~
AZ bright as mornings earliest light,