The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-08-12
From the New York Herald.
The Lundy's Lane Celebration.

The Falls Of Niagara are Justly regarded
az The greatest natural wonder of the world.
From the farthest shores Of Europe, from the
confines Of Asia, from every quarter Of the
globe. travellers, from time 10 time, have
come to pay their tribute Of admiration to
Niagara Falls. Since the day when Father
Hennepin. in the depth Of the dim woods,
announced them to the world as "wonderful
downfall Of six hundred feet" they have
been the pre-eminent wonder Of the earth
To an American the whole Of that narrow
isthmus between the lakes Erie and Ontario
is halloWed ground, consecrated to the cause
of our country in some twelve or fifteen Of the
bloodicst battles of the last war. In July il
is one Of the most attractive fashionable re-
sorts on the continent. Indeed, for the
distance, there is scarcely a trip in the world
more grand, glorious, and sublime, in its ma
tural features, than the run from the Niaga-
ra river; through Lake Ontario, and down
via the Thousand Islands aud the rapids of
the great st Lawrence TO Montreal, thence,
via Lake Champlain, Lake George, SaratO-
ga, and the Hudson river, to New York
There is not trip of the same distance in
the world that can be travelled more cheap
", speedily, and comfortably.
Niagara Falls, with these attractions, was
the site selected for an overwhelming dem
onstration in favor of General Scott as the
whig candidate for the Presidency. Then
too, it was to celebrate the battles of Chip
pewa and Lundy's Lane, Of which the Gen.
eral was one of the foremost heroes. It was
the right season, and by all odds the most In
viting spot in the Union, for grand gathering
and an enthusiastic jubilee; and, to leave
not loOp-hole of excuse, the railroad fares
in every direction were reduced so low as to
make projected visit to Niagara something
Of an object, even to democrat, on the oc-
casion Of the whig festival Surely there
ought to have been gathering there of two
or three hundred thousand people, according
to the wing enthusiasm of 1910, or of a hun.
dred thousand at least, occording to the ft
ror for old lack in 1848.
But the experiment was a failure. The
affair has passed off without creating ripple
upon the surface of the political waters. w,
understand that cool judging wings gave VI
the jubilee as an abortion; that the GOODNESS
of the South to the WING nomination, the
disafectiOn of Mr.. Webster and his friends
and the Indifference of the people to mer,
gunpOWdcr availability, threw a chill ovel
the whole concern. We are also informed
that of the numerous democrats attracted t.
the Falls on this occasion, by the lowness o.
the fares, not man among them could fine
wing as eager to bet as any prospect of sue
cess'wOuld justify. In fact, we have infor
nation that the wings made no bets at all
upon the general result. In "A and '48 they
wagered their hundreds of thousands of dol.
lars upon the issue. Do they give it up, or
do they, here in New York, consider the
practice of betting to be sort of lottery bu-
siness, like the Art Union, and therefore
contrary to the spirit of the Revised Stat
utes? However that may be, gunpowder,
bombs, drums, guns, and bayonets, ''fuss aud
feathers and military glory, mixed up with
the doctrines of the hi CHER law party, have
been weighed in the balance and found wan
ting. They are useful. in connection with
great principles; but backed up by Seward
and his faction, who "execrate and spit up
on" the whig platform, the taIIest plume il
the army must fall to the ground. The pee
pie want something more.