The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-28
The summer Retreats.

approach Of the Fashsonablss-7 The BEGINNING Of
NE Ssason-SmaN Dish Of Politics and Gree"
Peas
NEWPORT, R. l., June 6, l849
The fu,ter among the migrating birds who leave
their hot nests in to come to such cool and
delightful sea-washe6 sherss as Newport, con-
inues and progresses. Some of gay plumage keep
coming, and by and by, the great cloud of them
will arrive; then us am told, there is hardly room
70 be found for them all, In these great palaces,
spacious as they are, but beds sometimes obliged
10 be made up in the wide passages and long CORR
doris. These SO many, so torturous and extern
sive, that one might easily lose his way along
them, like as in the castle of Otranto.
What little thing makes us happy; and again,
what very little thing punges us insdespair! The
other day, at breakfast, the pretty Miss -, rich
heIress Of your city, permitted the young and gal
liant Lieutenant -, to help her to some emelette;
in return, she sweey smiled her thanks Poor fell
ow ne was elaled and lifted up to the clouds
that smile-he even began to think it was all set
Ned. She turned her head, saw the flash In his
, eye, and gentle frown started to her brow. Now
tle heat which beat before with ecstacy and joy-al
what? at nOthng-was plunged suddenly into the
chilling cold bath of despair and msery-at WHAT
ut nothing! Such nothings we are, and such no
things we pursue.
The two houses of Senators and Representatives
constituting the popular Assembly and Legislature
OF the State of Rhode Island, commence their ses-
tion this day, at the State House here in Newport.
The people Of Rhode Island may be said to have
the most liberal and democratic form Of govern
Ment of any people in the world. While in other
States and governments the representatives OF the
people only We The power of acting and expressing
three years, some in tive years, and others
year-here the people, by their legislature, meet
regularly four times year. 1t also itineraries: like
the courts OF session in olden times, and holds
oonhA tho ntr rAnro
The members may be said to work for nothing, as
they only have dollar day. This measure of
pay, which the democrats originated and carried,
as great democratic principle, proves to be the
most aristocratc feature OF all for if the pay was
pay, and worth the having poor men would labor
hard to be elected, and to get it, But as it now,
poor man, who can earn by his labor $l2 or SIS
Thus, how often individuals and parties struggle
desperately to gain some point, which, when they
have attained it, turns out to be an injury to them
business is quickly despatched, there is not much
to do, and they seldom Sit longer than three or four
weeks in the longest session.
Party in this State appears to me more deemed
in principle, and men seem to understand better
what they are contending for, than other States,
in general. 1t is not so much the question in party
struggles here whether Mr.. A. is nicer man than
Mr. b or whether c. shall have certain lucrative
more expressly on the question of something or
nothing, keep or lose. In fact, the well understood
issue is, whether, out of ten men, six who have
nothing shall have the power to manage the estates
and dispose of the goods of four, who have some
thing. In other words, it is contest between the
comfortable bourge0tsie and the uncomfortable dis
tribuiion. loving multitude. To this complexion
must it come at last, in the whole world, if man.
kind continue to progress in the discomfort and
restlessness which seems to be fermentlng every
where. 1t will be fearful uprooting of society
when the issue is understood and boldly declared,
when the great mass shall say to the lesser mass,
you have something, we have nothing ysu
shall have nothing, and we will have something"
Sometime this issue is made on q small scale by
individuals, but then 1t is called petty larceny.
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