The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-09
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Yesterdays Examiner has leader devoted
to the Wing party, and its course towards
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS upon that party
great degree of malignity towards General
Pierce, and with seeking to gain strength
from discord in the Democratic ranks, and by
reinforcements of their own from the refuse
material every year swept from the Depart
inents at Washington:
The Examiner takes credit to the Demo
cracy on the ground that only four Wings in
the New York Legislature voted for the Fug.
tive Slave Law and AntiAbolition resolu-
lions recently passed by that body, while
forty. taco Democrats voted for them.
The Examiner refers to the tables Of blind,
ness, insanity and idocy among the free blacks
nj the North and the slaves of the South. In
Maine there are 1856 free blacks, Of whom "a
are insane-0ne to fourteen In Louisiana
there were As insane out OF 193,l94 slaves
one in every four thousand three hundred
and ten. In Massachusetts the ratio of insanity
smong the free negroes was ore TO every 49,.
In Virginia, ! to 1886. In Ohio, to los, and
In Kentucky, climate similar to that of Ohio,
! to los. In Missouri, TO 979. In Illinois,
] to AZ. The census Of 1850 showed that
there was blind person TO every 2445 whites.
! blind to every 2645 slaves, whilst among
the free colored persons of the Paradise of
the Aboliiionists at the North there is one
blind to erery eight hundred and seventy!
There is one idiot to every 1040 slaves, and
one idiot to every 436 free blacks at the North!
The total of afflicted, of blind, deaf dumb,
idiotic and insane among slaves at the South
10 one to every 1057-while these horrid mala
dies are endured among the free blacks of the
North, under the care of Gerrit Smith, CARR
son, Aunt Harriet, and Douglass, in the ratio
of one to every three hundred and eleren!
The Mail defends Sir Walter Scott from
criticism of London journal, which sets him
down as esteeming more highly "the fictitious
privileges of EARTH than the "prodigal gifts of
Heaven" The Mail contends that the criti-
cism is moi true-lhat Sir Walter gave the
most exhausting labors of his lite to pay his
debts; and the sacrifices and honest efforts
he made for this, the Mail thinks, "might ha %
occurred to generous critic, and feeling
man, as evidences Of nobler principle of &C.
ton than the sordid love of wealth or rank !"
The Enquirer, referring to Wing common.
faries upon the appointment of Mr.. Dix, the
lfeesoiler, TO the Office of Collector of New
York, alleges that the Wings elected to much
higher office, Mr.. Fillmore, whom it charges
with being Jreesoiler. 1t considers the Of
nee Mr.. Dix holds mere locaP' "business
office.n
Inc Wing notices tine accommodation of
the New York Evening Post ana Buffalo Re.
pubic, and suggests that this is done merely
cy way Of compensation to Southern Demo
crais' for the appointment of the freesoiIers, w.
= Brown J. A. Dix and others. The Wing
sakes another lick at the appointment Of Brown,
auo'ing Democratic opinions Of his conduct
..ou. the spsakership, among them that of
sawyer, the present collector of Norfolk,
"o oeciared that he, Brown, " stood before
'oe world convicted and doomed man-de.
irving tne contempt and scorn Of every hon.
est mind.'
-. tines comments upon the course Of
oo'e' Of Mississippi, refusing to submit
- s'a,ns 70 caucus Of the party. 1t sug.
49, MAJ the teuds Of the Democrats a, The
1eum are The natural result Of The conan., !,
- Aemsn'ssrasion in taking the sece.,;on 4
eompfonise party into favor. 'Au
a The Guyandosse Herald .,.,e. a.. !.
Town Of Catlestsburg. At the mouth Of ,hs a. D.