New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-09
LETTERING PLACE EXPLORATIONS.
SARATOGA.

Flom Or sp'cia Correspondents
|. :. HOTEL. SARATOGA sept. 3, lc56.
AnAmerican watering place Is an American IN
stituton. Ii is American inasmuch As il is largely
different from European watering places. This diff
ierence is derived purely from the Democratic quail
ties Of our political institution, and the difference
would be It'll greater il the oigarchlc qualities OF
our National Government were not so glarindy dis
simiir to our State Governments What is the
Predominant absolute characteristic of society at
our Watering Places Is ease. American women,
especially of the North. often want the paradise
acaj sotucss the Venus-cestus grntlencss, which il
maze unicut than chains of iron or swords at steel;
they irrespective of longitude aud latitude, accept
tLc most prcfise courtesy dictated by the manifest
sens, of devotion to the sex, thing either not
yaluible or noticeable: they have much to learn IN
cltrating the tones of their speaking voices 80 As
~ sneak low from the chest aud avoid the nasal ln-
tonation which would have thrown the graces into
commissions: in the ballroom the men often waltz
LadIy and squeeze up their partners 80 that there
are very few privileges left for the lover; the bar
barrie cure of slavery has produced sectional es-
trancements and made Americans of the Northern
States as careful in society derived from all points
Of the national compass, Of touching upon their Vita
ouestion as they would be- Of summ0nlng up English
POLITICS before an English guest yet with all these
drawback. American society, a. a whole, at Wa
teripg places is easy 1t is in fact H., easiest
ciety in the world. French society, with all It's ele-
oancc is not, and never was, easy All the young
ladies therein are pre-suppOscd to have no competent
Guardianship over their virtue, and are watched by
their mammas with vigilance like mat which
coed mouser bestOws on mouse. III any one
Wished confirmation for the doctrine OF original an
he would find il in the elaborate surveillance which
Then again the espionage Of the French political
system is fatal TO the abandon of society. The price
of social ease is liberty. The abrogaion OF hered-
,ary ranks in France, or their maintenance IN a
state of galvanized imbecility (Which, by the way
c.uses the looher-On Ia feel aghast Ill the cOnteu-
nlaon Of humanity has essened the stiffness
ubch caste spreads over English society, whenever
tho ATTEMPT is made to mix the respectable win
The noble. American society, though 1t has much
~ learn is l repeat the easiest III the world: Inc
berloomsof the Middle Ages, the lnsolence OF rank,
rotten in every humanitarian sense though veneered
over with gentle manners, is here wanting AS
look into the large drawing-rOOm OF the United
STATES Hotel at Saratoga. there Is scene OF ncon
narable social ease. No Majesty is there requiring
The PEOPLE stand or SIT, or play the ilunkey az s
,iIl. no necessities of not turning backs on max
;nc exits no ducal or barona pretensIons, however
d;squised which keep conmoners Ill at ease; no
deryatiops of ancient slave plantations cutting their
b,utal antics in the face OF God and me nineteenth
century. But here is Equality IN q dra"ing-roon'
far The first time in the history OF the world ANY
os.uuption Of the superior ease OF European So
ty-yiewed aside from other CHARACTERISTICS
writ in the books and repeated 10y trayeleFs Is al
f,l.ebood. Here. for example i'll this dra"Ing-rooln
are peope coming from thrty-oIe States, thousands
of miles. some of them, apart. They come rom
rsces seyeraly where ice is the chiet staple OF eX-
rort and where oranges bloom in Winter. Iheir
FRO, mites are AZ cxtempOrlzed. They are thrown
I, petLer without a word Of introduction or ho'e Oh
,',enaratiou. Neither does book OF the peerage
md gentry certify to their rank nor detective po-
lice squirm and sneak in the midst OF them' ANY
ard everybody may come to the Hotel ana yet oy
The higher law, the unwrtten legislation, the So
cie,v In that drawing-room repels coarseness, III
,narrer. roguery. and brutality. The phenomena
a. watering places are highly satisfactory to the La,
tional character Allowing for all the stereotyped
objections Of them, they have Il civiLzlng aha hu'
MANNING influence
The mower of combination in this country ls 50
through individual agency
neither asking nor seeking governmental sancuohs
and .uppOrts-that very marvellous Things III .i'''
WAY mass unnOticed in literature whlie prethuo"H
or insignificant things OF p0lItlcdi character arc
exalted into historical grandeur. Now, TINS bniVcu
states Hotel il better worth sigma lzauoh IMAM
~, a s,rono point in history. IL is absolutely
blo.sominc Of liberty alone found III our democratic
so;.I :, stem IL il the largest hotel IN the world
Containing within its capaclous walls ABOUT LOU
necpe in tie hight ofthe season, all OF whom are com
rsra,iyey well-housed, and certainly most literally
ted-for The larder is eXuberant-thls institution OF
such an American hotel Is certainly worthy OF his
,orcoI note. Here. with certainty mathematical
ike all tie vast supplies aud attendance necessary
IN keen this extemporized community alive, come
, ID 90 IN Jay E,ery bed eyeFy NAPKIN every dish