Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-10


A TRIP TO THE NORTH" HUDSON RIVER
WEST POINT REMINISC SNCES-A cOMPA-
RiSON WITH BOLD AND STRIKING P4RAL-
LBLS-SARATOGA SPRINGS sc.
Mr. Edor-LeaVing New York for Boston, we took the
back route; tina, is. up the Hudson This did, although
at little additional expense Tor the purpose Of casn
sight with the scenery this noble Passing up
sight literally ssaed with continued succession
fractions on either side; here fields clothed richest
attire, villas Of unsurpassed beauty aud loveness there ~
mantle villages and towns, leapng up vew along
duatng shores Fifty miles mp this river j. West Point
In passing tins place. "reminiscences OF by,gone times in
sunchNey spring up in the mindremnisecnces vi the
darkest period OF the Revolution in 1885, when the traitor
Arnold sought 10 deliver this "Gibtaar Of America into
British hands. How ought hearts to rise in gratitude
at this late period time, the "God OF Battcs and
the "'rhce Pa,riots"-wiams, Paulding and Van Vert
instrument. in his hands, for averng the danger that
cned the struggling colonies, We detest invidous
parsons but comparisons, where the parallels bold aud
striking, are not only allowable, but proper and uselu
such one we could not help making, in passing West
Point, between the traitor aud certain other parsonage
Arnold had been entrusted with various and manifold ap
pointmens in all Of which he had given satisfaction to the
appointing powcr-so had he Arnold, account Of his
previous uusworhncss raised 10 paramount respon
bo sta,ionso was he. Arnold bc,rayed that did
he Arnold deserted his former friends and the
enemy-so did he! Arnold became the hatred OF those
friends and the contempt of that cncmy-so has he Ar
mold IN consideration OF his cachey received his thou
sand pieces OF silver and gcneraShp in the British army
but will he Are the Democracy soft enough for that
We hazard the assertion, they not. They "may like
the treason but they will have sympathy for the traitor
and, like " old Balcauas they twill leave him the
hongman. Passing Newburg aud Poughkeepsc, pleasant
thriving towns, perceive Hudson looming before
and the lofty and cloud capt Catsks in full view
stretching from the Hudson 10 the sky. Leaving
Hudson, almost simultaneously make Albany and Troy
two popuous towns. Here change mind and our
route; divenng lc from intended course for the
purpose OF visiting the Bethesda o landhe Saratoga
Springs" Leaving the rvvr, aud passing through highly
cultivated county hour safely lands
healing wells, where to be suitum parroa lit.
tie world in nutshell. This forms here
nued round Of fashion and olly where dull and hard
times
"Are felt and fear'd more"'
Here may in birds eye vew the bonny belle and
buSom beau; the rich gentleman and the clown; the
consumulte statesman and the housing politicians; the pous
divine and the unconscionabe rake; the immaculate
and the hardened sinner spghty youth and dccript old
age; and last though not the least the pad invalid;
~ personage long, lank and lean.
With nOught his nose and chm between"
The here innumcrablc II one be msan.
thrOpic he anbc, solitary aud alone through the es
and "haun, the woodlands racklcss gloom" that
hermit might cnyyoh, solitude divine Tetreat' or he
may climb the hills Gifted SIDE and imagine himself mon.
arch all he he be pensvc he stroll through
the beautiful oi the spacious gardens permed by
innImerabe odorierou plants and shrubs and snlvcned
10y the uuru carols OF the warbng hrong OF fcathered
songsers; he be medtayc he may assemble the sound
OF the church going bell" with the congregation of saints
where PRAYER wont 10 be made; aud hc wish 10 while
pleasurabe evening, he may Join the bellies of the
Union-"a galaxy of beauty, IN the OF the giddy
dance Then, lie feast In, mind in the large and we'll
selected libraries, where hc commune with the phOso
pher, and hero OF former times their language;
and nthe association OF contemporaries where he hold
with the WISE the good and the great whence rich
OF ancnt and modern lore be treasured up and
deeply rooted;
"a iittie learning is dangerous thing;
Drink deep, taste not the Pierian spring;
There SHALLOW draughts intoNicate the brain;
And drinking largely sobers again.
Here, too, be the Southern holder and
the Northern Abolitonst the Van Buren, Democrat from
the North the Calhoun from the South the Buchanan from
the East and the Dick Johnson from the West the Clay
Wings North, South East and West and the Tyler
non.deseripits-al mnging in the crowd-he latter
being
Like angels visits, few and far bstween"'
MEAL BAGS
SARATOGA SrRIyGs, July 2Stl, 1913.