The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-09-07
yy0snen and Politics.

Sturdy old SAM HousroN, evidently
well knows the all-peryading power of
woman, and he is no doubt partially in
debted to that knowledge for the brilliant
political victory he has just achieved III
in his native State. AT large political
gathering. prior to the election, he adj.
dressed the ladies' as follows:-
Ladies, [ know that politics are always
uninteresting to you, yet / believe you
have in the general result an abiding in
tcrset. IL is always a qualification to me
to behold my fair country women IN as
senblaees like these. 1t is a guarantee
that Their husbands and fathers and
brothers are men of intelligence and re-.
fiuernent, who appreciate their mental
capacities and desire their countenance IN
their undertakings Your presence ex-
crcises q calming influence upon those an
tagonislns, WHICH arc leo often engender-
cd in the heat of political contests. All
parties desire your approving smile, and
cnce. / know Thrift the direct admins
tration Of pol teal affairs you have no
share; bnt yet, reigning as you do, SUI
preme in the realm of love, your mflu-
ence often controls the destiny of nations.
Woman's love is the great lever which
rouses man to action.
The general, as he plans the strategetie
combinations which are to ensure victory
looks forward to recompense dearer
than the laures upon his brow ;the soldier
as he trudges along on the weary march,
or mingles in the scenes Of the battle
field, even when death is around him,
torsets awhile the carnage; and turns his
theVginss to the fond girl he left behind
him; the mariner, tempest-tosscd, driven
by the rude waves, sings merrily 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
aid painful thought, plans of govern
ment, 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 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
memcntoes Of mothers or n sisters love.
Over man, in all his relationships, the in
iuence Of woman hangs like a charm
Deprive us of your influence, which Dig
nifes and stimulates us to noble deeds, land
we become worse than barbarians. Let
it be ours, and we can brave the lannon's
mouth, or face danger iii ten thousand
forms. You stimulate all that is good.
You check in us all ignoble purposes
You have also an important influence
unon posterity, The early impressions
which the child receives from you out
live all the wisdom of later days. Sages.
may reason, and philo.ol hers may teach,
but the voice which we heard in infancy
VIII ever como to our ears, bearing
mothers words and mothers counsois.
Continue to instill into your Children vir-
tue and patriotism. Undue Them with q
proper venoration for the fathers of hber-
ty. Teach them to love their country,
and to labor for its good, rs the great end
Of their ambition. Bid them proudly
maintain our Institutions. 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 rs it came to them. Do this, ladies,
and your influence will not be lost in the
future. In the language of the poet ii
will still be said
Woman is lovely to the sight,
As gentle as the dews of even,
And bright as mornings earliest light,