Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-22

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Nss TssA eea.iss Asss SS tls
coavsation inaniA la the ioiia~.ns raey s,yis
'lt would seen that the world hss mania for pAnaesaa
some new remedy, proposed Il may be, by qnack, II
may DO by the faculty. comes into notice. aud for while
the fashion to be cured by that remedy For year
or ten perhaps, its the sovercgust thing earth :
all the remedies which preceded thrown to the dogs
further experiment for others IA considered useless and Is
only wondered that such omnipotent agent not dis
covered long before But experience finally that
its action not potent and certain as IL at first appeared
to be- that frequently other actually produced the
elects which attributed the geat remedy IL fades
gradually from the memory Of the world and IA supplsn.
ted by something else which the Peo-
pie nova days wonder that their graudshers did thus
aud the grandfahes wondered that their grsndthers
did So As in the body proper, 30 in the body po,ic
For that there psnaees aud the pauaeea Of day
Conventions We are dossd to death with them. They
administered ALPHABETICALLY to their size
homceopAthicay to their frequency We have Con-
ventiou for every thing and every Convention-ke the
medical Charaan who disappeared at the end Of the last
builds lie own platform. Does South Carolina want tc
invent Partiugtonisn broom which shall sweep the
ters Of the Atlantic and the Hudson and Long Island
Sound out Of the Bay Of New York; South Carolns
calls Coventon and resolves that the Hudson River
shall empty into Charleston hsrbor aud that that harbor
shall DO practicable for ships drawing twenty eight feet
water Does Massachusetts, want be rid OF her Const
tutional obligations to the South She calls Conven
ton and resolves that she has such obligations. Doe,
the Democratic party want to nominate a for the
Presidency, whom individual in his would selec
ton for the purpose. Does the Wing party wish to
init suicide and be guilty Of Of ugratude black
and folly preposterou that could be found
to look each other in the face while they talked it calmly
over alone Pit done amid the excitement and uproar
Convention. We conventional into trouble, aud
Conventional out Of trouble. That is, tho Convention
to Us both Trying pan and fire"
Adespatch from Washington states tina; the Brigadie
attends to turn out all office holders who Know Moth
inSs, or who give any counteuance to this order Thu
Post Master at Washington has begun the work
beheading the Know Nothing officials, by the dismissal
one OF his clerks the ground that be Know Moth
ing We presume he acted upon instructions from the
White House. In these days Of prescription for opinion
sake, carried out TO the utmost extreme have nothing
better expect We shall be surprised hear be
fore long Of the spo turning their suborduaes
because they worship their God according the dictates
of their conscience f there any of them who
worship according to any form alb II the Know Moth
ngs after Federal pap they have been truly uuorru-
nate in nrcurrug the displcasure of Bs.der General
Pierce least for something than years come
They sppear however, to get along finely notwithstanding
The rowns of the President and his officials Perhaps they
may have the opportunity OF returning compliments soon.
Who knows?