The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-07-04
SPIRIT OF THE pRRss

Tne VhiS, In its leading editorial replies "a -
article In the Examiner of last Friday upon the p.
Efion OF parties. The Whis says fbat son.hev,z
Wings have sought no union with Southern Dema- .
Gratis yet; but should nnion of parties at the sotb
to overcome the abolitioDists ever be effected. i,
must be done on fair and equal terms - Southern
wings will never consent to be mere he,vers Of
wood and drawers of water for Democracy They
w'n neither turn democrats nor win they vote for
democratic men and Democratic measures In a
party sense. They will maintain an independent
organization first and we trust fcorcudes the Whis
that Southern Democrats will soon find that fact ont
Without giving themselves further trouble as to the
duty or fate OF Southern whigsn In an article nm.
on the next Gubernatorial canvass, the Whir spec.
ulates on the fact that many of the Democrs,, =.
pers are troubling themselves much as to who il "a
be the next governor, although It is almost twelve
months before the election takes place. The crop
OF candidates is becoming SO very abundant that
the Wing is inclined to think that the sooner they
hold convention. the better .-sttssf =,
The Enquirer alludes to Mr. Mtchels address
before the Literary Societies Of the University; and
compliments the bold and original speculations and
literary excellencies thereof moaotonous and
hesitating enunciation could not (says the Enqurer
destroy the effect of the grander passages of Mr.
Mtchers address, nor impair the brilliancy of his
wit as with lightning flash it shattered the hollow
pretenson and presumption of the age. The st,.
piause with which he was frequently interrupted
was as sincere as twas emphatic, and gave assur
ance that his eloquence and his genius were Justly
appreciated by as cultivated and critical an audi.
ence as ever assembled even in the walls of the
University. The Enquirer cannot however, com.
mend the philosophy of Mr. Mitchers address. 1t
sympathizes entirely with his abhorrence OF the
pretension and cant and hypocrisy of the age but
olssents from his "disnial dogma Of the corruption
and sterlity OF christian civilization and his hope
less theory OF the stagnaton of human society 10
another article, upon the University Commence.
ment, the Enquirer says the last session was one of
great labor and of corresponding achievement.
The Penny Post devotes leader to the Gadsden
Treaty, and apprehends that Mr. Gadsden, and the
friends OF his treaty, have been sgnally outwitted
Mexican diplomacy is famous the world over; and
those who are acquainted with the astuteness oe
the Spaniards and their descendants, know full
well th at no man, who has Anglo Saxon blood in
his veins, is likely to drive good bargain ON the
soil of Mexico. The Post continues: Ten millions
hardly and honestly made, but cheerfully paid into
the national treasury by a patriotic people, are
about to be spent, and the people would like to
know for what We remember but two points in
the treaty that worthy of consideration gain
of territory, and an exemption from article, in
the old and silly treaty. known the treaty of Qua
daloape Hidalgo.
The Post considers that two millions would be
about fair equivalent for what we gain by the
Gadsden treaty.