Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-06-21
Going North.

their own light in many essential points, but
in none more than the habit or fashion of leav.
ing their comfortable homes every summer and
spending their time and money IN the midst of
strangers. fnot enemies. For where does the
southerner find any sympathy with his ideas
and habits while on visit to the north, unless
it be where his money is concerned?
AS the spring advances to its close and the
summer is fast approaching, we begin to hear
that this one and the other are making arrnng-
ments for "a trip TO the norh." To the no'th
indeed For what? For health and pleasure
Yes, for health, says the imaginary Invalid ;
it may BE- the real invalid. Yes, for pleasure,
answers the idle-minded or unemployed man.
Let us 90 to the north, say they, and spend
the warm summer months, and in the fall we
shall be back again, refreshed and invigorated
to go through the business rotne Of the next
commercial season. This is all folly-abso.
lutely wrong.
We say, don't go to the north at all, for
either of these blessings, because, in the first
place. you can find both health and pleasure
here in the south and, secondly, you ought to
spend your money and your time at home.
where yon trc known and appreciated. Stay
amongst the people where you make your mo.
ney, who"respect your rights, and with whom
and whose institutions you and your interests
are identified.
If we had no healthy and pleasant places of
resort here in the south, at which to pass away
the warm season, we might not OBJ ect to the
foolish fashion cur people have of annually
sadding off 10 Newport, Niagara, Nahant,
Saratoga, Cape May, Long Branch, and other
fashionable northern watering places. But we
have plenty of these healthy and pleasant, and,
" you please, fashionable places of resort We
have them here almost at our doors, and, as
.southerners, we ought to patronize them. Our
motto ought to be, in this particular, if any,
"take care of number one"
We have said that we have these places of
summer resort for health and pleasure. Let
us briefly ennumerate few of them. We shall
then. begin little way from home; but still
we are in The south. There are, Rf$t the fa-
nous Virginia Springs, comprising variety
Of phur and other minerals then the Dren.
non, Blue Lick, and others, in Kentucky the
Hot Springs Of Arkansas Coopers Well, and
others, in Mississippi; the famous Bladon and
Cullom's Springs, in Alabama the Abta, and
the piny woods of our own St. Tammanv and
many more of less fa!tie but not of less virtue
in their healing properties, which we do not
mention.
But besides the springs we have Just emu.
meuted let Us now talk of the places in the
immediate vicinity of New Orleans, where,
without these mineral waters, our people can
pass the warm season healthfully and pleas
antly In the way of bathing, fishing, hunting,
sailing n fine pleasure boats, and mngling in
the ttost refined society. OF these are Mande-
vile, Madisonvllle, Covington, Bay St. Louis,
Pass Christian, Mississippi city, Biloxi, Ocean
Springs, Pascagoula, Mobile Bay, Daphne,
Hollywood, Point Clear, Barataria, the Chan.
deleurs, Last Island, &c. We have neither
the time nor snace to ennumerate further,
although we could
The object is to induce our people to stay at
home-to keep southerners in the south-to
spend our money here instead of throwing it
away among those who have no sympathes
IN common with us, and who despise, abuse.
and war against our institutions
We fancy that if these suggestions were
understood and followed up for season or
two, the tone and manner of our northern
friends towards us would change very materi
ally. When they miss our patronage it may
be they will begin TO open their eyes to our
rights And it certain that if we can make
them feel our importance we must touch them
through their pockets What would northern
merchants be without southern buyers! What
would northern hotels do without southern
guests!
Let our people think on these things.-New
Orleens Picagtie.