The southern press., 1850-09-04

derstood human nature very thoroughly, re-
marks in his rambling way,
"Surely the pleasure is as great,
Of being cheated-as to cheat"
and very apt commentary on this axiom is af
forded by the course of many of our compa
triots.
Several of the Northern prints are enjoying
hugely what they deem the excellent joke Of
the passag. of the non-intercourse resolu ions
throughout the South, with running acconpa
nimem of pilgrims for pleasure or business, from
the same quarter.
They are quite willing to swallow hard words
if they can grab the hard dollars from the same
sources-the one being most sovereign salve
for the wounds inflicted by the other.
"Talk away, gentlemen, as much as you
please" say they-"pass MS many resolutions as
are agreeable to you, if you will not only follow
them up in person-and initiating the migration
of the geese, and other such sagacious birds
with the breaking up Of winter resort to oul
watering places, to return we'll plucked at the
end of the season."
Such, substantially, is the language used, and
the impression produced on the Northern mind
by these periodical invasions of Southern peo-
pie too fashionable to stay at home, and too
much the slaves of names to find the same en-
oyment and satisfaction in the superior accom-
modations and society which the mountain re-
treats ofVirginia, Georgia, Kentucky, and North
and South Caroline, afford. No, Newport and Sara
toga alone are sounds Of magic power-there on
ly can the volatile essence of enjoyment be ex-
tracted-and light feet and lighter heads be si-
Ihultaneously turned in the revolutions of that
most affectionate of dances, the Polka!
The pactolean stream that annually pours in
to Northern pockets from this source alone, is
of itself sufficient to add largely to the growth
and prosperity of that section, and if spent at
home, would be at once more proftably and
more patriotically expended.
Ireland never suffered more grievously from
the curse of absenteeism, than does the South
while there is no reciprocity in the transaction.
The apparition of Northern families at the South,
except in very small numbers, or for purposes
of business, or in pursuit of health which the
ripor of Northern winters has undermined, is
rare indeed.
From the North we have had some accessions
to our populatio!,. "!,ici are valuable-of men
who have been Incorporated into our society,
and are friends to our systcm-but the major
portion of our transient visitors come not to
spend but to speculate, not for pleasure, but for
business Never have we reason to anticipate
such migrations from the North to the South in
the winter season. as the opening of spring car
ries in the other direction-for unlike the grA-
ton to which we have already assimlated it,
the geese all come from one direction, and wing
their noisy flight due North.
Now one would suppose that feeling of
gratitude would induce those who profited so
largely by this generous preference to deal
courteousy and kindly with these benefactors-
but like the famous Ass mentioned in the scrip
lures, these ungrateful Northern bipeds wax
fat and kick" and stun the fastidious ears of
their fashionable friends by
&c The long dry seesa,o of their horrible bray"
The presses published on the very route of
this annual stream of travel, TEEN with ridicule,
abuse and slander of Southern morals and lnan
ners, and even the honesty of Southern merchants
whose business calls them Northward Even
Cuffee is instigated, and encouraged to be inso-
lent and efractory--yet in spite of all, like
/" Issarhar crouching between his burdens" the
patient pilgrims Of pleasure plod on, content if
not actually kicked, as at Cape May.
We subjoin two specimens selected at random
from yesterdays malone from leading print
in the Modern Athens"-the other from the
Lo,oeu American. The tone assumed by these
prints is not universal, for there are liberal papers
and people to be found everywhere, but the
latter unfortunately constitute the exceptions in
this case.