Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-09-16
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RcnutIruI Tribute to woman.


Gen. Houston, who recently went through
triumphant canvass for Governor Of Texas,
beating his Democratic opponent some l2,-
900 majority, paid tho following beautiful
tribute to woman in one Of his speeches.
AS is we'll remarked by contemporary,
this paragraph "is whole speech of itself,
and ought to elect any man who could ut
ter it."
"Ladies l know that politics are always
uninteresting to you, yet believe you have
in their general result an abiding interst.--
1t is always a qualification to me to behold
my fair country women in assomblages like
these. It's guarantee that their husbands,
and fathers, and brothers are men of intelli-
gence and refinement. who appreciate their
mental capacities and desire their counten-
ance in their undertakings. Your presence
exercises calming influence upon those
antagonisms which are too often engendcr-
cd in the heat of political contests. All
parties desire your approving smile, and
therefore all are encouraged by your pres
ence. | 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 greater lever that rouses man to action.
The general, as be plans the strategic com
binations which are to insure victory, looks
forward to a recompense dearer than the
aurels upon his brow; the soldier, as he
trudges along on the weary march, or mingles
in the scenes of the battlefield, even with
death around him, forgets awhile the earn
age and turns his thoughts to the fond girl
he left behind him; the mariner tempest
tossed, driven by rude waves, sings merri.
y sloft as he thinks of the little cottage by
the shore, whero his wife and dear ones
await him; the statesman, as he devises,
amid deep and painful thought plans oi
government which arc to tell upon his own
and bis country's fame never loses sight Of
tho joys which await him when cabinet
councils are over, and he enters 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 me
mento of mothers or sisters's love-
Over man in all his relationships, the inhu
ence of woman hangs like charm. De
prive us of your influence, which dgni6es
us and stimulates us to noble deeds, and We
become worse than barbarians. Let be ours
and we can brave the canuon's mouth or face
DANGER in ten thousand forms. You stim.
ulate all that is good. You check us in ig
noble purposes. You have also an impor
tant influence upon posterity. The early
impressions which tho child receives from
you outlive all the wisdom Of later days
Sages may reason and philosophers teach
but the voice which VIC heard in infancy vii
ever. come to our ears, bearing mother
words and a mothers counsels. Continu'
to instil into your children virtue and pat
riotism. Undue them with proper ven
Grafton for the fathers of liberty. Lear
them to love their country, and to labor 70
its good, as 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 then
hand it down to their children as free from
stain as it came to them. Do this ladies
and your influence viii not be lost in tht
future. In the language of the poet, it vii
DO said:
"Woman is lovely to the sight,
As gentle as the dews Of even,
As bright a. mornings earliest ligm,
And has NJ haax