The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-19

ave been mainly brought about by the inieper-
emit press, and the independent patriotism o.
len Of both the leading parties. :" ssed
! Baltimore. as we have aAe platforms
giving the anal r. Low = said, had the effect
pliar symptom of ~. % secession; and one pc
,e SO,ahrn p. w. catastrophe is the denise of
e that its SIS, WI .ch had not the sagafty to
cls, lying hor A was at hand, but co4inued
i've ;, ~. sp0l' to the last, crying~sgivt give'
don party and its organs have been
,on,e. ons ey the returning good sense u the
rect ma. che same cause win produce the sau.e
ore af Athe Northern abolition party, but being
ore . radical faction, and its principles being
deeply seated, it will take little more time
Aring about its dissolution. But it's day is at
Aand; and the Washington Era, and other journals
Of that ilk viii 60 the way of the Southern Press.
They have already culmipated, and are nov going
down. This symptom was first indicated 1t Pitts
until nothing win be left but the ghost Of the par
ty-a bugbear to startle grown children and old
women in pantaloons.
THE PUBLIC VERSUS THE FASHIONABLE WATER
ING PLACEs.-For some time past, We have been in
dieting, before the tribunal Of public opinion, the
hotels Of Saratoga and Newport, for various cor
rupt practices and misdemeanors, the chief Of which
was the conspiracy, by the walters, to defraud
and levy black rsail the visiters under the Pc
nalty Of loss of rations. Vixen our correspondents
always reliable ind unprrchasable- Informed us
ofthe state Of affairs at these hotels, and the infc
ton to which it was absolutely necessary to submit,
before guest could have the privilege Of occupying
seat at the dining table, or procuring anything
to eat, We Immediately exp11 and denounced the
whole affair, and held up IL Management of these
house, to public dissWroval and contempt. Our
action in.the mattz$s&s initiated and iteratcd by
other presses in fHRSsE andsSountry, and the pro-
prietors who were Affected by the charge, began to
feel the disagreeable and unpopular position they
had taken up, and even to abate the nuisaa,e
somewhat, and make it less Objectionable | n
Newport, besides the Macgregor operation, VI I'D
to deprecate the effects of the Maine Liquor law In
converting that once pleasant and agreeable
watering place into congeries Of cold-wa-
ter establishments, avoided by the gay, pleasant
and fashionable, and resorted to only by melan-
chOly, moping, anguar-shaped old maidens, who
think ofnothing but propagating scandal and the
Bible and by the teetota fanatics of this State and
New England, who smell birthstone and sulphur in a
diution of brandy and water and look upon the
fzzle from champagne bottle as something dia-
bolical a
structures we felt called upon to make in these re-
spects have been endeavorng to manufacture sort of
denial or qualification of our statements. and have,
for this purpose enlisted the services of certain
respondents of journals in this city, whose epis-
orin olyo 4ba;r
columns Of papers of little circulation and less
infuence-such as, the Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Advertiser. 1t is not very difficult
to procure the publication of any kind of puff
through such MEDIUMS friendly welcome from the
proprietor, or a condescending nod of recogni
ton, are very potent; but a weeks boarding
gratis work wonders in guiding the letter wei
ter's pen to depict the excellence of the accommo-
dations to be had in this that hotel the polite at
tentions Of its host and the general attractions of
the place We are not, therefore, much surprised to
read in the Journal that the Maine Liquor law is
materially conducive to the popularity of Newport
and that it has not effected any diminution in the
| number of visters, but has only improved their
character. Every person will at once perceive what
degree of credit ought to be attached to this piece
of information, and will treat it for what it is worth
No sensible people, fond Of enjoying life according to
their own impulses and DESIRES free from the intsrfe
renee of n1cddng rcformers and contemplate inior-
mers would think oftaking up quarters in such place
Newport, or any other, where the obnoxious Maae
Liquor law has effect. But no one is hardy enough
to venture-even in the Joiundt-on a contradiction
of the charge of Matchmaking; and in the CONNER.
ciat advertiser the correspondent puts in, behalf
of the United States Hotel at Saratoga, plea Of
Il
that the custom Of feeling walters has become preva
lent there, but qualities the admission by saying thai
it is voluntary act and that the fee is only Civ
en- when deserved. These are very weak attempts
to explain or refute our assertions, and we have
confederation of the matchmaking charge in the
scene which took place in Newport last week, where
| Southern gentleman had to appeal to a brace Of
reviewers to defend his rights at table.
Instead Of influencing these letter writers of the
press, to indite tusome epistles in praise Of their
hotels, and in defence Of "their peculiar institu
tons,'' the proprietors of fashionable hotels must
introduce reforms and improvements, and abolish
the obnoxious custom, which originated at Newport,
and has reached its highest point at Saratoga The
correspondents Of the HERALD are proof against
the seductions which are so potent with those of
other journals, and cannot be bribed into silence
, with respect to such delinquencies Nor will we
cease to expose and denounce them until complete
change is brought about in the management Of these
hotels.
Newport and Saratoga are, in the meantime,
places which are not to be sought but summed. Ia
the neighborhood Of New York there are numerous
summer resorts, far more eligible in every re-
spect. In Bath, Fort Hamilton, New Brighton, the
Powelton House at Newburg, West Point, Rockaway,
and other contiguous places, visiters will find good
bathing, salubrious air, comfortable quarters, and
the best of hotel accommodation Here, too, they
may remain, with facilities Of visiting the city once
day, during the delicious months of September
and October, which is even pleasanter season in
the country than July or August. But let such as
do not wish to subject themselves to the tyranny