The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-06

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THr PRESIDENTS MEssAaE.--Custom nss
rendered an annual Presidents Message u
GREAT length one Of the established instisu'
t;ou. of the United States. For our own paat'
we rssard IL as one of the evils insepafa-
bic from our republican form OF govern
ment. We look upon 1t as one Oh those
;nevitable Affections of life which 1t becomes
ma tn submit to with becoming resignation
and philosophy. We are astonished to see
the excitement with which the ponderous pro-
duction is usually anticipated. Just because
it is Presidents Message, the worlds agog
to get hold of it before the ink of the sigma
ture is dry. and feels itself aggrieved if the
newspapers do not publish it all over the U.
States by the time it is delivered There is
nothing in the whole realm of nature equal to
the capacity Of the American people for d.
gesting such ponderous productions, except
the ostrich, which it is well known can break
fast with great satisfaction on tenpenny nails,
dine on brickbats. and sup on grindstones. /,
We design no disrespect to the Message Of
President Pierce, which is as well written and
respectable as the general run OF its prede-
cessors. But we loathe and abominate long
discourses Of every kind, political, theology
cal, moral and literary. There is one thing
in British royalty which we like. which is the
Queens speech. 1t is always short, compre-
hensive and to the point. The rulers Of Eng
land are sensible and merciful persons. They
take it for granted that the Commons have
wisdom enough to manage their own affairs
without elaborate instruction from the throne,
and their subjects being sufficiently burthen-
ed by onerous taxes, they do not care still
farther to Cypress them with heavy words
Would that the U. States Executive would
initiate their example.
At another time we may refer to some
POINTS of interest in the Presidents Message.
We know it is the custom for the press, upon
the appearance of that document, to accom-
pany it with a long and elaborate leader,
which is often spread out in successive mum.
bers, to dimensions longer than the Message
itself These editorial accompaniment are
often like the commentaries upon the Jewish
and Christian scriptures, more volumnious
more abstruse, and far more unreadable
than the original text. We shall therefore
eschew for the nonce the opportunity to be
prolix. Having been already pierced through
with the Presidents Message, we will have
compassion upon our readers, and refrain
from inserting our own little auger in the big
hole made by the Executive perforation.
THE ENQUIRER AND ExAMINER.-Before
reading the Presidents Message at length
yesterday morning, we read the Enquirer
and Examiner, which we looked to with
much more interest than the long winded
Presidential Message The Examiner has
been the able, spicy and valiant advocate of
Leake for the Governorship; the Enquirer
though not taking sides with any particular
individual it is generally understood prefer
red the illustrious citizen of Accomac. We
were therefore anxious to see what each would
have to say of the result of the election In
another column under the Esprit of the
Press in which our readers are regularly
presented, in a very clear and compendiCus
form, with the cream and essence of what is
daily said by the newspapers of the town.
in no way garbling or doing injustice to the
same, but preserving faithfully the Original
ideas and frequently the very language of the
various writers,-in this Spirit of the Press
which moves on like a Juggernaut, rolling
over friend or foe who may happen to come
in its way,-in this Spirit of the Press, which,
having nothing to do with its preparation, the
writer feels at liberty to pronounce very
excellent and satisfactory Spirit" may be
found a synopsis of the first article of the
Richmond Examiner, after having heard of
the defeat of its favorite candidate, Shelton
F. Leake, and the success of the leader of the
rival horse, Henry A. Wise
Having arrived in safety at the close of this
long wiuded paragraph, we will proceed to
say that the Examiner has second article
of greater length than the first, in which il
reviews with considerable pepper, salt and
mustard the proceedings of the Convention.
Referring to most violent, vociferous and
acrimonious discussion, the Examiner thus
speaks:
This unhappy and angry debate rendered apparent
what We nave long apprehended, that there now
exists IN our party the germs of feud which, upIess
carefully watched, may entail defeat and ruin upon
it. To say that there il now harmony and brother1,
love In our party ID to talk nonsense. No man who
listened e the nominating speeches and the speeches
OF the frsnds of the candidates, can venture upon
such decaration A large majority of the deesates
who were a attendance desired the nomination of
shelton r. Leaks. and regarded the nomination Of
H Wise = most unfortunate precedent. The
loud and iadecorous applause which greeted eyerv
dtred the act apparent The present, these demon.
STATIONS rendered it perfectly obvious 10 presnsnt
with Danger. classification and disappointment
kervade tie masses in al large portion of the state
xhe vast delegations from q considerable portion If
the state, who supported Mr.. Leake with the devo
uon OF Naeoeons Old Guard can only be conciiiatea
~ every Inherent course from that which was mn
sueo oy q, friends of Mr.. Wise Immediately After
tnet eentemen's nomination III for fhe fntrra