The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-30
Wednesday sIornins, March 80, 1S5:
SPIRIT OF THEPRESS.

The Examiner of yesterday quotes the pa
rable Of the rich man, who having filed his
gamers consoled himself with his competency
and determined to take his cease, eat, drink
and be merry" but that night his soul was
required of him. Ii applies this text 10 the
Democratic party in their present political
strength and predominance. II warns them
against the folly CT the rich man and tells
them they can only preserve their power by
vigilance and perfect organization. 1t tells
them that the results in the last Presidential
election and in the two last Congressional
elections are no proper criteiia of the contest
about TO take piace-that those former suug-
gles involved issues and personalities that will
rot bear upon the spring elections-"we have
got beaten minority, it is true, (says the Ex-
aminer,j but il is minority united by defeat
undervaiued by our own people, and desperate
With their repeated N isfortunes. We have
10 meet them at The moment when our own
ranks are broken by the quadrennial struggle
ior place, and when our men are infatuated
with sapercilious confidence, flushed with
the wine of victory, stuffed with the flesh
pots" For these reasons il urges the Demo-
Gratis 10 go TO work and hold conventions and
caucuses-to "quench the sparks of pers onal
anagon soI" in their party, to snip the rival
roses in the bud' by putting them beneath the
shears Of the caucus and the convention. -
''No man." it says, "has right to ask the sup
port of his party, who is not willing to submit
his preteusions to the decision of its ma joriy."
A nan who is unwilling to meet this ordeal,
ii says, "is worse than Whig," and should
be placed under the ban. With conventions,
It'll sure the Wings can be beaten; without
them, the contest will be between Democrats.
Yesterdays Times is upon the State FL
nances and Dir. Goodies report. 1t hopes il 10
not yet t3o late to correct the untavorable i'm
preston produced by that report. The Times
comments upon the Enquirers appeal to the
Democratic party to elect Democrats alone to
tie Board ofPubIic Works. 1t deprecates
the conversion of that board into political
nGchine.''
The Eaqnirer says the administration is
winning golden opinions for its appointments
to office, and quotes the New York Herald's
Commentator Oh lis prudence IN tnlS respect
The Enquirer has an article on the adjourn
msnl of the Legislature. Itthinks the session
will be very probably terminated by the want
OF constitutional majority to act on appro-
pgIation bills, before the day fixed by the
House OF Delegates-Monday next.
The EtRig appeals to the Wings to prepare
f5, the approaching elections and address,
es to them and the public some of the argu-
ments which it deems sufficient for changing
the administration of the State and the control
of the Federal Government from Democratic
TO Whg hands.
The Wing quotes the Enq1irers declara-
ton that the Board of Public Works would
be made q '.pOlitieaL machine" no matter
which party got the ascendant, and comments
upon ii. II protests against the conclusion so
far as The Wings are concerned. For itself it
declares that it seeks a board composed Of
men OF integrity, fnnness and patriotism"
aad would prefer such men, though Demo
Gratis, to Wings OF an opposite character.