Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-20
THE ERIE RAILROAD FESTIVAL.

4 We have not room for 1.-THE of the stirring incident
which ill the papers, Connected with the celebration OF III
completion OF this magnificent work. AS Senator Doug
lass who was honored guest told the exutng people
Honesvilc il is indeed glorious work-not only connect
ing the Great Lakes with New York. but also the Valley
the Mississippi and the whole county, The railroad wa
local TO New York. but national to the whole Union
He this trip because he wished TO show his countc
nance important work, and hoped the day was no
far distant when network Of railroads would cover tn
whole universe and thus wipe every sectional feeling
and make OF band Of brothers, as we ough, TO be-
The correspondent of the New York Journal OF Commerce
preserves an amusing "reminiscences of the gallant little Sen
ator:
Gov Dickinson is reminding Judge Douglas, OF anothe
gentleman bearing his cognomen, somewhat prominent II
public life hereabout. "His name" says the Governor %"
Frederick believe he's not cousin of yoursT No, re
picd the Judges ticrc two families Of Dongases-th
Black and the Red Douglas-I represent the Red" "Be
cause you are welread," said Harry Franco '-"Oh,
exclaimed Fuller, 'thals what Haleck must have beer
thinking ut, when he wrote
"The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in red herrings.n
II once" said Judge Douglas ''on the stump in Hi
nois surrounded by party of Canaers of whom
ded somewhat ns gncantly measuring with his eye my
dmnu!ive and then atcnuated person. Presently he ad
dressed mcM Douglas you descendant Of the great
Black Douglas Yes am.-hly health had been bad for
some time, and was reduced to about ITO pounds The
Irishman scanned again my puny limbs. Faith and bearsu
said he all OF a descent II is. )"
We have laid asidc for future insertion extended and
faithful SKETCH in the New York Tribune of the beautiful
country and magnificent scenery through which this road
passes In overcoming the giant difficulties nterposed by
nature the Erie Railroad surpasses that great triumph of
Napoeons genius the Simplon road the Alps As
Observer in the Philadelphia Ledger truly remarks Of the
scenery the road which passed last summer very
nearly far Elma its beauty and grandeur beggars all
description. The widest and romantic mountain land
scapes change with the loveest and peaceful villages
and hanets, couched in sequesered valleys hung
upon the rocks in continued moving panorama Ii is
perfect Kaleidoscope OF rocks forests gens hills and dales
streams vuets, cascades and gurgng BROOKS changing
every indivsbIe moment you rattle along with your
painting iron steeds vaduc bridges excavated rocks
and steep embellishments.
The Italians have provcrb-"Sce Naples and die" Alex
ander Dumas in his rhapsotaI freaks, cxcams "Give me
the sky OIL Andalnsia, and the love of French woman"-
l say give the scenery the Hudson, Delaware and
Susquehanna and the free air of these mountains and val
leys and lei mic die rhcn an tired Of them. There would
be cheap Immortality for OF moderate am5iton The
Rhine, Mrsee Rhone, Loire and Danube, beautiful Sin
spots hc beauties Of the Rhine all concentrated be-
M"ntz and Bingen, those of the Danube between
British ilo6 nnz but the beauty of the Delaware
from the zap to its source, and q Ike o1oA
ouehann throughout their whole extent is matcess 10 rs
Infinite variety.
excam Let us thank God that have such remnants
and "reminiscences of the barbarous ages with their spers
tions their vices their expressions and their crimes The
hand OF here boldly and pcaccaby applied 10 the sub
lection OF romantic nature, without having stranscd
whole generations in the attempt to form national society
he b1otiess conquest Of The Wilderness sublime pris
time grandeur has yet found its bards and noyeists but
America IS not the less poelica for the absence OF those
eudasm which record but the alterations oil The
human mind The true destiny Of man is labor.
"I.et u; work garden " said Dr. Panglos IN this best
of worlds c, build Railroads and Canals and improve
the ambition Of the a5orer is the highest pccept d moral
and intellectual American Let thank God for having re-
served 10 man the discovery Of this continent Till leudusm
had already its in the old world The ideas TO which
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave birth in u
rope would have found congcnia soil in which to taEe
root and terminate ii Columbus had been borna century
earie-ii England and Holland had not been competitors
and rivals of Spain in the settlement this great DIVISION
the human reseryc-of our globe!