The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-02
RICHM0HD. vE
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1854.
SPIRIT ESS.

The Enquirer, alluding TO the idea 80 commonly
expressed, that the effect Of the Nebraska Kansas
bill Is to establish the prince of squaer sovereign
ty, says this is not the Southern Interpretation Of
the bill, nor is this the Southern construction OF
non-intervention. Saysthe Enquirer:
If we understand the thing in supporting the
Nebraska bill It 10 the design OF Southern men to
negative the idea that Congress may impose re-
striction on slavery In the territories at the same
time that they affirm the principle that Congress
may and must interpose to guarantee fair chance
and equal rights to the STAKEHOLDER in the territories
This Is the construction which reconcies the people
OF the South to the support of the Nebraska bill
We find In the Penny Post an announcement
that Marcellus Smith has purchased an interest In
that paper, and has become associated with 1t as
one of the proprietors.
In It's leading editorial the Post describes thepro
gress of the Jspan expedition, and concludes thai
all the circumstances indicate a race between
America and Russia for the much coveted prize Of
the Japanese trade, In which Commodore Perry
and Co. are likely to come off second best, and
that the Russian Admiral Pontiatine will prove
himself more successful suitor In obtaining for
his own country exclusive privileges from this mar
row-rninded and conceited people. There is a
modification attached to failure Of this Japanese
SAP0aiiiOn, says tuC IOSt WBtCu iuHlCtS eCfCic
blow upon our national pride, as the loss of pecu
liar favors in commercial transactions infcts upon
our national wealth The glory of opening the
eyes of the benighted inhabitants of Japan to the
wonders of the nineteenth century, it is feared, is
not to be our own
The Whig has a reoinder to the Enquirer, upCn
charge that the Vhig had expressed sentiments
OF hostility towards our foreign population as
class. This charge it emphatically Denies and
says:
II we employed any denunciation or severity. 1t
was only In referenceto to particular class of our
foreign population-to that portion" of it who are
known to be organizing distinct and seperate party
for the most mischievous end; and we pointed out
who that portion was, specifically and by name.
The German Reform Party, of Louisville is the
class alluded to. The Uhig declares that 1t will
never defend men who would ravage the South
with fire and sword, and subvert the foundations
OF our entire social and political system.
The Mail has leader upon the expected veto
of the President to the bill for the benefit of insane
persons and says that If he sticks up to the strict
construction doctrines of the Virginia school, he Is
hound to veto it, but this would excite the ire of the
West and Northwest. What then is he to do, If
ne avoids Scylla he falls into Charybdis- if he
steers clear of Charybdis he falls into Scylla The
Mail concludes that if the President had promptly
vetoed the bill "he might have regained some of
his reputation (now fast waning) for frmness and
consistency. By this delay, or by an approval of
the bill, he causes the impression to become more
firmly fixed in the public mind that there is to be no
such thing in his admin stration as bold and
manly adherence to an established chart of poll.
teal principles"