, 1859-06-03
WATERING PLACES, EAST AND
WET.


rest Of the summer houses, begint Prspaza-
tons are on foot al over the country for the
great rush Of 1859, whiea, will differ from the
great rushes Of 1855, ':'57, SO, etc, only in
change Of date and faces, neither Of which will
be noticed by any one but jenkins. That care
ful historian will regret from the bottom Of LIS
soul, for his solesl, the absence Of the lovely
Miss Polkamazourka, the fascinating Hiss
Chickadce and the gushing Mrs Tigerlily, ''but
we can hardly feel the disappointment Of their
loss in the presence Of tie rare Miss Zephyr
worsted, the calm, poetical Miss Ultranarine,
and tho full-orbed Madame Dogstar." Then,
after the usual routine Of dancing and flirting
the usual amount Of scanda, much drinking
aud some gambling the crowds will disperse
to winter quarters and make room for the great
rush Of 1860.
The watering plaee mania is not peculiar to
any race or latitude. except as it is pecuaa: to
civilized races and ATTITUDES. It has become q
confirmed national habit among the wealthier
classes Of England and nearly all the European
states as we'll as our own country. 1t has
grown with the progress Of wealth and enlight-
cntnent, and there is every evidence that it
will continue to keep pace with both. Those phi
losophcrs whose vocation it is to dec1y it slmp~
" have their labor for 1heir pains It has be-
come an established fact and must be accepted
az such It has nothing inherently vicious OF
idiotic in its nature but on tho contrary has
many elements Of refined enjoyment and cul-
elements which arc not in the majority
Of cases discovered and made use Of Onglna-
ting in the natural and commendable desire for
recreation and care for health, it has come to
bc not only laboriou1 and uncomfortable, but
q propacator Of disease to mind and body, in
all but the exceptional cases, 1t is doubtless
true that those who behave foolishly at water
ing-places would behave almost as foolishly
anywhere else, and that those who bring their
riccs to the great banquets Of Baden and sar-
atoga should find ample exercise somewhere,
If watering-placcs had never been invented
But it is indisputablo that snobs and knayes
Of smaller OF greater pattern hnve pretty
much monopolizcd the large watering-places
Of the country, and driven natural enjoyment
quite away from them during the months
when their natural surroundings invite to re-
taxation and repose The city has been in
ported to tho country-not the best part Of the
city by any means-and the mixture has
spoiled both. Where We look for nature we
tnd an aggravation Of art; where ne expect
simplicity We behold tho latest and intensest
fashions.
Among the hundreds who arc preparing to
spend the heated term ut watering places Of
one sort and another, there are many, wo be-
licve majority, who will prefer cool, quiet
rctrcat, where nature and common sense may
combine to bring cheerfulness to the mind and
health to the body, instead Of a caravansary
patronizod by a mob whose tastes find their
qualification only in the ball or billiard room.
To citizens Of the West let us commend again
lie pictured rocks and cool inlets of Lake ST.
perior, the bold promontory Of Mackinac, the
leaping waters Of AinnelluLa and St Anthony,
and 1lle sylvan lakes Of Minnesota.
Popular Sovereignty In Kentucky.
Our readers have heard much Unpopular soser-
cignty in Kentucky, Of Magoffn, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, opposing the slave
code. and Of the national ground taken of the
Democracy Of Kentucky. The Louisville Cou-
ri<r, which has advocated slave code, has all
along contented that Magotin agreed with it.
Mr. n. has at last written out his idea of popu-
lar sovereignty, which nc n. produce in his own
language:
"That Congress has tie raosotr to protect .oAle
1t cannot prohibit sdrery in The 7trTitories; that
the Territorial Legislature, as its agent, cannot
t1<lnde Or alolisA sIarery directly Indirectly,
BY unfrieudly legislation that such Legislation
Is roid, and would be declared unconstitutional
hy the Federal courts; that it is tie duty Of The
Territorial Lsgislatnr< to protect tlare PROPERTY.
and property Of all kinds; that the rights Of
property of I'LL kinds arc under the projection
If the Government, the Constitution und the
laws TINT our rights and remedies seem to be
now complete in the Territories, and nothing
las occurred to show their inadequacy; =
1orct Tie decre<x Of tie ndiciarg. Or eren to can
ont troops, that it toould be the d"ty Of the Cor
ernnlent to do so."
The Douglas Democracy Of Illinois insist
that Msgodin stands squarely upon their plat
form. Do they accept the aboye exposition Of
it? VIII the 7imfs answers aud will the Herald
inform us wherein the Buchanan Democracy Of
Illinois differ from Magolin.