The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-21


This old veteran was a rough customer
in his early life and but for the "gentlc
voice of woman" might yet have been on
ly one degree above the Indian chiefs with
whom he associated, or what is more pro-
bable, buried long since in the prairies Of
Texas or in the canons of Mexico the VIC
tim Of border strife b. the aid rendered
him by noble wife he has been President
of Texas as Republic, U. S. Senator
and now Governor of Texas as State.
In recent speech on National matters
he thus eloquently repays the sex:
Ladies', know that politics are always
uninteresting to you, yet believe Won have
in the general result an abiding interest,"
1t is alwaysa qualification to ne to behold
my fair countrywomen in assemblages like
these. 1t is guarantee that their hus-
bands and father and brothers are m n OF
intelligence and refinement, who appreciate
their mental capacities, and desire their
countenance in their undertakings. Your
presence exercises calming influence upon
those antagonisms, which are too often en-
gendcred 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. sup
RENE in the realm of love, your influence
often controls the destiny Of nato,s.-
Woman's love is the great lever which
rouses man to action. The general as he
plans the strategetic combinations which
are to ensure victory, looks forward to =
recompense dearer than the laurcls upon
his brow; the soldier, as he trudges in the
scenes of the battle field, even with death
around him, forgets while the carnage,
and turns his thoughts to the fond girl he
left behind him; the mariner, tempest tOst,
driven by the rude waves, sings m rrily
aloft as he thinks of the little cottage by the
shore, where his wife and dear ones await
him; the statesman, as he dsviscs, amid
deep and 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 coun.
ellis 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 a sisters love.
Over man, in all his relationships, the in.
fluenCe of woman hangs like CHARM
Deprive us Of your influence, which digni-
fics 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 ignoble purposes. You have
also an important influence upon prosteri
ty. The early impressions which the
child receives from you outlives all the wis
dom Of later days. Sages may reason, and
philosophers may teach, but the voice
which We heard in infancy will ever come
to our ears, bearing mothers words and a
mothers counsels. Continue to instil into
your children virtue and patriotism. I'm
bue them with proper veneration for the
Father of Liberty. Learn them to love their
| country, and to labor for its good, as the
greal 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 it will
still be said
Women is lovely to the sight
A. gentle IS the dews OF even
A bright a. moruings earlie.t light,
And spotless as the SHOWS Of heaven.