The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-26
7TJF LATEST NEWS.
z=arresrondcncc of the Dispatch.
w,sp,yeros Cry, April "a, 1852.

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,,,.. .,;,e efforts of tho clergy of the city
t.E,if If Wells finally prevailed with the
!. t,.,;{snt. and The wreiched man goes TO the
tio.e,tiary for life. The question has been
lei.''ls 5sre whether the President has the pow
'''I rider A Communication Of the sentence 10
q :" ,nn,en; for life The Constitution says
''i, e no shall have power to grant reprieves
go go .,sydons fer offences against the United
So except in cases of impeachment" NO
l,hsre 10 the Constitution rs the President m
- with the power OF co1naaattsg sentence
~ me thing we know, Mr. Fillmore has been
arronsrly advised in tie premises by DANIEL
Whistler. and with such counsel, IT ls hardly
,,'5e,le tha, he sould err in constitutional mat
=, cnr time. indeed, the day previous, the
p,[s;.len, had positively refused 10 commute
'be sentence. aud every preparation was made
"r ,bs execution. bat il is now evident, as
.,r,,,.,ne ago stated, that no man, however
l,,,,.-s NAV be his crime, can be hung in this
O.s.r;,f Whether the mawkish sympathy
rhi,b is ALWAYS enlisted IN this community in
bcbal5 of a condemned criminal, is prometive
= ZOO order. and better state OF morals in
so-;e;y, Is very questionable. The most dia-
bnl;rsl murders are being committed in our
r,i}s and the fact IS remarkable, though not
.l,rlJ,cble, think, te the christian community.
rbsT ihe more aggravated and horrible the
.,7-,o ne deeper AID warmer is the sympathy
'qni.ss,ed for the criminal. Indeed, SO glar-
MS me fact. that positive incentive is held
mi .a he reckless and abandoned wretch, who
has no visible means OF support, TO murder, in
eclf biood. the helpless and unprotected, with
kroSledge, that the State will comfortably
provide for HIM thereafter.
The rial Of JOHN Day will again come off in
June. II will be remembered that last fall he
-, i ,T T.. g.,
IN ms city. TIE whole community was
shocked at the koE,iG details of the murder
elected by The evidence on his former trial.
Jpoa he most fimsey, tTihing pretexts, the
court granted hin. q new trial; the evidence
was positive, aud the crime openly confessed
byths prisoner; We: the demands ofjusticeInIust
be saved. and her ends, if possible, thwarted,
because, forsoolh. chicken hearted Judge, of
three score years ard ten, happens TO be OPP
posed 10 capital punishment
We are not OF these who thirst for the blood
Of any man; Goo feEsit. but as a member IF
cyU.. entity we have, in common with all good
CiIizaas, vital interest at stake in the faithful
aud F.-id executicr of the law for the proven
uoa O. crime, AM fot the preservation of hu-
Ran !. e against the yilainous assaults of
reckless assassils.
Mi. aiangum has acquired few laurels in his
moons iderate .assaAMe2t of Mr.. Brooks. "Peo-
pie VINO live in glass houses should never
throw stones" is an Old truism that must have
commended itself 10 Mr.. Nangum, ere this
Dir. Brooks called the attention of the House
10 the declaration made by him when he first
to0h is seat Us a member concerning his tenn
p0rary di:conuecton with all that might up
pear n the columns of tie Express. And, after
again expressly declaring that he was not the
author o. The letter. CT editorial, animadverted
up0U by Dir MaEgEE, and explaining the
many embaTrassuleEts Under which he had la
bored n the hail, ewing to his connection with
The press, hen not here, he continues ia the
follow ng bitterly satiiical course Of remark
In commenting on the epithets which Dir.
Mdngun hadseeE 81 70 apply to him, (Mr. b.
lie renewed the dithc~.ty Of understanding Just
what constituted gentleman, and maintained
hat i5w persons agreed in opinion on this
point, while ii was certain that society at large
differed very slightly as to what did not con-
stltute gentleman. Thus he believed that
by very general consent, it was written down
That the man who comes fresh from the bill
lmgsgete u the bachanaiian orgies of some
midnight resel tC yolUit his bile in the Senate
against G member Of Congress in another
house, coaId, least Of all, claim to be recog-
nlzeG as gentleman.
Nj. b. next reviewed the many charges
@ade against him heretofore, and argued that
The most important vas the allegation that he
had actually married Southern lady, unless
'tmght be Dir. Mangula's allegation that he
was guilty OF actually keeping a carriage
which vas driven or Pennsylvania Avenue by
a negro servant in livery. Though he had been
20 confined by his labors as to prevent him
from putting HE foot in his carriage more than
three Zines since he had hadit, he would not
leave this branch of the onslaught on him
without declaring that he would much rather
stand guilty of having negro in livery to
DIVE him, than hr1selfto accept the place of
A Southern driver a., abolition livery to a
team leading for the presidency. [Applause.l
The Speaker here raped to order.
~ B., continuing, next apologized for and
withdrew his tornei ceEsure upon the South
ern members OF the House for faltering in in
slstlng on having compromise whig candi-
date Ter the presidency. Those who had re-
manned in the caucus, held on Tuesday night
last, as well as those v 40 left, have evidently
determined not to a.ai.tain utilization with the
Wing party, unless upon broad national
grounds, on the platform Of due respect for the
nights Of the South and the Constitution.
e "lj WAS due 10 the northern members who
had virtually inundated themselves in defence
OF the constitutional rights of the South, that
The southern members should maintain them in
this fearless and patriotic discharge oftheir du-
~
1t is pretty generally conceded that MIR.
tlangam has been placed hors du combat by
The geaaemaalg yet scathing reply OF Mr..
Brooks.
II IS quite apparent that the course pursued
by NJ. Mangum, and others who act with him,
mas very materially contributed to the eArange-
4eAl, aow unhappiIy existing among the diff
ieienI sections of the party, with which he has,
Torso long period, Uniformly acted.
HENRICO.
SLAUGHTER ar BgEEos AYREs.-A letter
dated Buenos AyFes, Feb. Is, describing the
defeat Of Rosas by Urquiza. says:
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