Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-06
NEW SERIES-VOL. H.-NO 8.
Tribute to Woman,

Ladies know that politics are some.
What unlnterestlng toyou,yet believe YOU
nave IN the general result an abiding in.
terest, 1t Is always qualification to me
10 oehold my fair countrywomen in assem-
Dlages like this. 1t is a guarantee that
their husbands and fathers and brothers
are men of intelligence and refinement,
who appreciate their mental capacities,
AMI desire their countenance in their un.
! dertakings. Your presence exercises a
calming influence upon those antagon-
lsms that are too often engeadered in the
heat OF political contests. All parties de-
( sire your approving smile, and therefore
all our encouragement by your presence
and 10y your smiles. know, that, in
the direct administration of political af
fairs, you have no sh re but vet 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 be plans the strategotio
combinations which are to ensure victory.
looks forward to recompense dearer
than the Iaures upon his brow the soldier
as he trudges along on the weary march,
or mingles in the scenes Of the battle
fieldeven 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 by
the rude waves sings merrily alort as he
thinks of the cottage by the shore. where
his wife and dear ones await him the
statesmen, rs he devses, amid deem and
painful thoughts, plans of government
which are to tell upon his own and his
couEtry's fame, never loses sight ortba
Joys which await him when cabinet coun.
ellis are over, ana he enters the portals or
home the sentinel, as be PAGES his watch
loves the moonlight tramp that he NAV
look beneath its rays at the dear memen-
to Of n mothers or sisters love- Over
man in all his relationships, the influence
Of woman hangs like a charm. Depriye
us Of your influence which dignifes and
stimulates us to noble deeds, ard we be,
como worse than barbarians. Let il he
ours, and we can brave the cannDn's |
mouth, or face danger in ten thousand
forms. You stimulate us to all that is |
good. You check us in iguoble purpo. |
ses. You have also an important influence
upon posterity. The early impressions
which the child receives from YOU. out
lives all the wisdom of later days Sares
may reason, and philosophers may teach. !
but the voice which we heard in infancy
will over come to our ears, bearing a mo,h.
cr's council. Continue to instil into vour
virtue and patriotism. Imbue
them with properveneration for the faith
ars 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
hem to hand it down to thei: children
Is free from STAN as it came to them
DO this, ladies', and your influence will
not be lost IN the future. lnthe language
2f the poet it VIII be said;
"Womau Is lovely to the sight,
As gentle as the dcws Of even.
Asbrigut as mornings earliest light.
And spotcss as the SHOWS of heaven"
Sam Houston.