Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-05-18
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various watering places 0f those Wflo seek fleafth fleaf or pleasure, or pursue the habit of t6eiT lives, has even, foW come, and as it progresses Owarda the central goal of. the sunin1ehsolstiee our population will dimis nish, and seacoasti and ihterior retreats win become gay with multitudes who have exk- changed the stern pursuits of basipesszife torthe eennpatiolTIG jaymeAt. .1 T1kSeAaya few words to say whichs may not be- trrf: worthy the consideration of these summer birds" whose 4otz ifibefits tltis eatBled EJl to fit away to r their hatinttsH of song and glee'' is most enviable s,.> --''-- We fo not intend to con lure them to Yrey sort to southern watering places that they may thus patfpaize nome ainRtitGtions, and add to the wealth of the coalntry}hg keep ing their money in it; nor to adiure them toosftin nofthern.rwateringz ptaGes3 beoahse of the corrupting infuences.of the asaoci- atiens 1nawhieh they iwdEmiagie. , Ant we do not, because we belieue these .goott aha Sufficient reasons begin to be thorougl- ly appreciated, d,g as! is, indicated by the great falling off iof southern yiSitants to northern watering places during two or three seasnnsl past We do net1n4enst to srgHe the case of southern Us. northern resorts. hut. 10 present certain of the positive claims of the southern, without contrast with or iefeL renee to others, and to glance at their me ne rits of social and political mportalaee. T ',
 The south is wide and thinly populated country, most of its communities being dis tant from each other, and the means of communication expensive and not always pleasant. But the mere fact of space is sufficient cause of the comparatively little intercourse which different and distant sec tlons, States and parts of States, have had with each other. Throughout this whole region, from the Hot Springs of Arkansas to the Sulphur Springs of Virginia, are scattered those delightful spots which pos sess unrivalled natural advantages as sum- mer resorts for health and pleasure. Every year sees them more generally frequented by cltlzens of every section. There meet and mlngle the men and women of the great cities, and of the distant interior of each and all the States, and they become &C., quaihted and intimate, not alone with each other, but with the character. resources and business features of their respective sections and communltles-and to be acquainted is to be interested. Social ties are cemented by thls communion and they are the strong est bonds of all which unite nations: stron- ger than those of laws, statutes and consti- unions, for these are only the results of those-the instruments born of them.
 We consider. then, that the places of ge- neral resort are the very nurseries of union and of social progress, and great adiusters of elevated but equitable standards of de- mocratic society. Within their precinct States, counties and cities, meet and shake hands by their representatives. The ga therlng to them are so many social, com mercial and political conventions. Their intercourse is q constant comparison of notes, an interchange of information, and their visitors leave them with a circle of acquaintance extending over the whole country, and enlarged views of their du- ties and privileges as its citizens-they re alize citizenship as that of the entire coun- try and not of one State or community merely
 Aside from such reasons as we have exhi- bited to the end that the Southener himself | should not go abroad to seek summer plea sure, there are absolute reasons why not only he, but the resident of any country-
 |" Earth's universal tenant-he
 Who lives wherever life may be-
 Social, fxd or free to roam,
 Always and everywhere at home,
 should resort to the southern springs and sea coast haunts The mineral springs are unequalled for the health comforting pro perties of their waters and the beauty of surrounding scenery, and the coast settle mentS of the Gulf are unsurpassed for fine ness of situation and climatic salubrity- At none can so refined and elegant society be found; for the marked characteristic which favorably distinguishes southern watering places is, that they are not the mere scenes to which are transferred the show and dissipation, the routing and riot ing of the city life, the resorts of the roue and ennuyee and the devotees of high fla shions, but are rather family residences, with inst so much of genial feStirity as to render them attractive to those willing to be gay without being wealicd with gaiety or corrupted by it's excess. People go there for months or the reason and become social and familiar, with their families around them-which circumstances would, were it necessary, exercise all the restraints which have force in their proper homes. They do not run to them for brief participation in scenes of revelry. which constitutes the idea and thc fact of watering place life in all other countries. They make them their homes, and as the season closes, these so- cial circles scatter and disseminate over all the country the kindly influences general ed during their existence.-N. O. Gre scent.