The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-09-28
NUMBER 80.
Tribute 30 Woman.


The closing part Of General Houston's
| Nacogdoches speech Is one of the most elo-
quent tributes TO woman we hove ever read.
The following is an extract:
Ladies, know that politics are always ur-
interesting to you, yet believe you have in
the general result an abiding interest. 1t IS
always qualification TO me 10 behold my
iaircounirywomen in assemblages like these.
1t is guarantee that their husbands and fa.
! thers and brothers are men of intelligence
and reiinements, who appreciate their men.
tai capacities, and desire their countenance
in their undertakings. Your presence exer.
cises calming influence upon those antago.
nisms, which are too often ensendered i'm
the heat of political contests. All parties
desire your approving smile, and therefore
all are encouraged by your presence. I
know that in the direct administration of po-
litical affairs you have no share but yet,
reisning as you do, supreme in The realm OF
love, your influence often controls the desti.
ny Of nations. Woman's love is the great
lever which rouses man 10 action. The gen.
era, as he plans the stra,egeiic combina-
tions which are 10 insure victory, looks for
ward to recompense dearer than The lau /.
rels upon his brow; the soldier as he frud-
ges along on the weary march, or mingles in
the scenes of the battlefield, even with death
around him, forgets awhile the carnage, and
turns his thoughts 10 the fond girl he left
behind him the mariner, tempest tossed,
driven by the rude waves, sings merrIly aloit
as he thinks of the little cottage by tho
shore, where his wife and dear ones await
him; the statesman, as he deviscs amid
deep and painful thought, plans Of govern
ment, which are 10 tell upon his own and
his country's fame, never loses sight of the
! boys which await him when cabinet councils
are over, and he nters the portals of home;
the sentinel, as he PAGES his weary watch,
loves the moonlight tramp, that he may look
beneath its rays at the dear momento Of o
mothers or a sisters love. Over man, in all
his relationships, the influence of woman
hangs like charm. Deprive US of your IN
fluence, which dignifes and stimulates US to
noble deeds, and we become worse than
barbarians Let it be ours, and we can
brave tho cannon's mouth, or face danger
in ten thousand forms. You stimulate Us
TO all that is good. You check us in ig-
noble purposes. You have also an im-
| portant influence upon posterity. The
early impressions which the child receives
from you outlive all the wisdom of latter
days Sages may reason, and philosoph.
ers may teach, but the voice, which we
heard, in infancy will ever come to our
ears, b caring mothers words and mo-
theirs counsel. Continue 10 instil iEto your
children virtue and patriotism. lmbue them
with proper veneraion for the fathers of
liberty. Teach them to love their
country, and labor for its good, as the great
/ aim of their ambition. Bid them proudly
maintain our institutions. Point them 10
! 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 futuro In
the language Of the poet, it will still be
said:
"Woman is lovely 10 the sight,
As gentle as the dews of even,
| AS bright as mornings earliest light,
Aud spotless as the SHOWS OF Heaven"