Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-07
Tribute to Woman.

Ladies know that politics are some.
what tuninteresting TO you, yet believe you
have in the general result an abiding in,
terest, 1t is always a qualification to me
to behold my fair countrywonen in assem-.
blages like this. 1t is guarantee that
their husbands and fathers and brothers
are men Of intelligence and refinement,
who appreciate their mental capacities,
AMI desire their countenauce in their un-
dertakings. Your presence exercises a
calming influence upon those antagon-
isms that ere too often engendered in the
heat Of political contests. All parties de-
sire your approving smile, and therefore
all our encouragement by your presence
and by your smiles. | know, that, in
the direct administration of political af-
fairs, you have no shore but yet reign
ing. as you do, supreme in the empire of
love your influence often controls the
destiny of nations. Womans 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 a recompense dearer
than the laurels upon his brow the soldier
as he trudges along on the weary march,
or minoles in the scenes Of the battle
field even with death around him, forgets
awhile the carnage, and turns his thoughts
to the fond girl he left behind him :"
the mariner, tempest tossed, driven 10y
the rude waves, sings merrily aloft as he
thinks of the cottage by the shore where
his wife and dear ones await him the
state3mon, as he devises, amid deep and
painful thoughts, plans of government,
which are to tell upon his own and his
courtry's fame, never loses sight ofthe
lows which await him when cabinet coun.
ellis are over ana he enters the portals of
home the sentinel, as he PAGES his watch,
loves the moonlight tramp that he may
look beneath its rays at the dear memen-
TO of a mothers ora sisters love. Over
man in all his relationships the influence
Of woman hangs like charm Deprive
us Of your influence which dignifes and
stimulates us to noble deeds, ard we be,
come worse than barbarians. Let it be
ours. and we can brave the cannon's
mouth, or face danger in ten thousand
forms You stimulate US to all that is
GOOD. You check us in ignoble purpo-
ses. You have also an important influence
upon OOStelltY. Inc carly impressions
which the child receives from you, out
lives all the wisdom of later days. Sages
may reason. and philosophers may teach
Ut,G IL. roicp --L;oh vvo LoN~i -, -, foro,
will ever come to our ears, bearing moth
er's council. Continue to instil into your
children, virtue and patriotism Imbue
them with propervoneration for the faith
ers Of liberty Learn them to love their
country. and to labor for its good as the
great aim of their ambition. Bid them
proudly maintain our institutions. Point
them to the deeds Of their ancestors
Make these their escutcheon, and bid
them to hand it down to thei: children
as free from STAN as 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 be said;
"Woman Is lovely to the sight,
As gentle as the dews of even,
As bright as morning earliest light,
And spouess as the SHOWS of heaven"
Sam Houston.