The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-13
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Saturdays Enquirer has q leader strongly Fro
testing against any farther compromise with the
enemies OF the South. 1t repudiates the amendment
to the Nebraska bl-wants it In It's original shape
-and goes for the repeal the Missouri restriction
without sqaatter sorereignty or Badger proriso.-
The Enq;urer has also an article on the Medical
College of Virginia. Should the act of incorpora.
ton be accepted the College would be at once
placed upon high vantage ground, which, If well
occupied, would go far to wrest from the cities OF
Philadelphia and New York that monopoly OF medi.
cal instruction which they now enjoy. Butto
achieve this result the Board of Visitors must or.
ganze the College upon such principles and place
it under such management as viii likely to secure
public confidence and support. Let the grade OF
scholarship be elevated to the highest point, and
time win do the rest. The chairs OF the Faculty
should be filled by judicious appointments, to
bring to their support all medical men in all parts
of the Commonwealth. Speaking of the present
corps OF lecturers the Enquirer says:
They are all, SO far as we know, gentlemen oil
high character and emnently qualified tor the po'
sitions they respectively occupy. II may De wise
policy to retain their services and, should the
Board SO determine, there are still TWO or .hree
chairs vacant which could be filled in accordance
with our suggestions.
The Whig regrets the omission of the Legisa-
ture at Its late session. to pass the bill for geologi.
cal survey of the State, and trusts that attention
may be zealously directed to the subject when the
body re-assembles. The Hhig then alludes to the
advantages of geological survey; whatever inpor-
tance may be attached to the developement of the
mineral resources of such State Virginia,
much greater Importance attaches itself to the de-
velopment of its agricultural resources. And upon
this view ofthe subject the Whig descants at some
length We observe another editorial expressing
qualification that the efforts of Northern fanatics to
get up excitement on the Nebraska Bill proves
failure. Among the great mass of the Northern
people it notices no signs OF great indignation The
South are united for the removal of the Missouri
restriction, and nothing but bad faith the part
of the Administration can defeat it. There Gn the
opinion of the Whig0 is where the danger lies.
The Penny Post makes European Affairs the sub
ject of leading editorial. 1t has every reason to
believe that France and England are already in a
state of war, though no declaration has been pub
lished. The speech of Lord John Russell, in the
House of Commons on the 18th ut. has dispelled
every doubt which may have been entertained as to
the intentions of the Western Powers in the face of
their mighty ornaments We observe also an edito-
rial upon the detention of the Black Warrior by the
authorities at Havana. The Post presumes that
Immediate steps to punishment or to obtain salts
faction for the outrage will be taken by our govesn
ment
The Mail rallies the people of Richmond in be-
half of the Commercial Convention If action has
been ever needed it is needed now. The time for
mere talk has gone by. ACTION is the word. In
another article the Mail alludes to the act or
the authorities of Havana, in seizing the Black
Warrior, and hopes our government will take the
matter in hand and teach these oficious employees
of the Havana Custom House that we will not sub.
init quietly to this restriction upon our internal
commerce