Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-09-16

General Houston and the Ladies.

The Charleston Courier" trying to ac-
count for the triumph of Geu. Houston at
the recent election in Texas. says:
''He canvassed the State most actively
everywhere revived, among bis old COM
rades-in-arms, recollections of San Jacinto
and of the early glories and sufferings of the
founders of the republic, melting his audi
encc to tears, and wept with great effect
himself, as the result shows"
1t is probably not true that Gen. Hous-
ton ''canvassed the State most Actively
We have seen but one speech that he deliv-
cred. and in that he stated explicitly that he
should not travel to make speeches, and
should not make any more unless his bust
ness brought him to places where the pee
pie were assembled.
But this single speech did the work-all
that needed to be done, after planting him
self fairly and squarely against the slave
trade. The paragraph which he addressed
to the ladies', after concluding his remarks
to the sterner sex, is whole speech of it
self, and ought to elect any man who could
| utter it. We give it as we find it in one of
our exchanges. and pronounce it the most
beautiful tribute to woman that ever fell
from the lips Of politician
Ladies. know that politics are always
undressing to you, yet believe you have
in their general result an abiding interest.
tits always qualification to me to behold
my fair countrywcmen in assemblages like
these. LISA guarantee that their husbands
and fathers, and brothers are like men of
intelligence and refinement, who appreciate
their rental capacities, and desire their
countenance in their undertakings. Your
presence exercises calming influence upon
those antagonisms which are too often en-
gendered in the heat Of political contests
All parties desire your approving smile, and
therefore all are encouraged by your pre-
sencc. know that in the direct admins
tration of political 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. Woman's love is
the great lever which rouses men to action.
The general, as he plans the strategic COM
binations which are to insure victory, looks
forward to recompense dearer than the
laurels upon his brow; the soldier. as he
trudges along on the weary march, or min
giles In the scenes of the battlefield, even
with death around him, forgets awhile the
carnage, and turns his thoughts to the fond
girl he left behind him; the mariner, tenn
pest-tossed, driven by rude waves, sings
merrily aloft as be thinks of the little cot
tagc by the shore, where his wife and dear
ones await him; the statesman. as he devi-
ses. amid deep and painful thought, plans
OF government which are to tell upon his
own and his comntry's fame, never loses
sight ofthe joys which await him when cabi-
net councils are over, and he enters the por-
tails home; the sentinel, as he PAGES his wea-
ry watch, loves the moonlight tramp. that
he may look beneath its rays at the dear
memento of mothers or a sisters love. -
Over man. in all his relationships, the inau-
ence of woman hangs like charm. De-
prive US Of your influence, which digniies
US and stimulates us to noble deeds, and we
become worse than barbarians. 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 lgnoble purposes. You have also an i'm
portant influence upon posterity. The ear
~ impressions which the child receives from
you outliye all the wisdom Of later days.
Sages may reason and philosophers may
teach, but the voice which we heard in in
fancy will ever come to our ears, bearing a
mothers words and mothers counsels.-
Continue to instil into your children virtue
and patriotism. Undue them with proper
veneration for the fathers of liberty. Teach
them to love their country, and to labor for
its good, as the great end of their ambition.
Bid them proudly maintain our institutions.
Point them to the deeds of their ancestors.
Mark 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 flu
ture. In the language of the poet, it will
still be said: = = ,..T
woman is lovely to the sight,
AS gentle as the dews of even,
AS bright as the mornings earlicstlight,
And spotless as the SHOWS of heaven"
A LITTLE MIsrAKE.-The MILWAUKEE,
News tells of an Irishman who, while at
work in stone quarry near that city, saw
an animal which he recoonixod 40 ono of