The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-21
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The Wig has header upon the Sectional Con-
troversy. hsays that such unaninlity OF sentiment
ae now prevails 1t the North In opposition 10 'ne
repeal OF the Missouri Compromise, Is withou' pre-
ccdcnt Such violence of temper and iangusse-
such fanaiicism, such madness, such MANIFEST ae'
sire to kindle the fires Of purely sectiona CONNER
and drive the South to the alternative OF solect
suhmission ar stern resistance, has never been wit
ncssed. While the Wing sincerely loves the
Union. /. would preserve it only upon the basis
n,on which IL was established by It's noble and pa.
trio,ic fouuders-upon the broad and comprehen-
sive basis of right, justice and equality. When the
Union ceases to be shield and protection and be.
comes an instrument of arrogance and oppression,
1t signay fails of its ends and is entitled to neither
allegiance nor respect The Wing does not cay
that such Is yet the case; but Judging from the'a
na,ical and menacing demonstrations on the part
of the Northern masses, and the imperious anu az
rogant tone of the Northern Journals that sucn 10
likely to be the case at no distant day H. con
cludes the Whig the sectional controversy now
prevailing should unfortunately be productive OF
disastrous results-perilling the Union and casting
doub, upon the ultimate triumph OF free institutions
the enlightened judgment OF the world will &C.
qui, the South of any agency in bringing them
about The fell work must be laid at the door of
Northern tsnatcism.
The Mail expresses the opinion that Virginia
should be interested in the objects sought to
be accomplished by the proposed Convention at
Charleston than any other Southern State. The
two reasons given for this belief are first, that vir-
ginia has greater maratime advantages than any
other State. and consequently has greater facilities
both for importing and exporting-and the second
Is her advantageous position on the continent
The shortest communication between the Ohio and
the Atlantic is through the heart of Virginia, and
by the completion of her contemplated improve.
ments, the immense productions of the Ohio and
Mississippi Valley would come through Virginia;
while the peculiar location OF the Central improve
ment would give 1t great advantages over all COM
peting lines. Suppose Gays the MaiD that our
communications with the Ohio were completed
Suppose that we had the transportation across our
own State of all the products of the West which
seek the Atlantic. Suppose we had further line
of merchant slips, bringing from all parts of the
world those articles which Western merchants now
buy in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and
that the trade which now enriches them were ours
Who can calculate the extent of greatness, COM
mercial and political, to which the old Common
wealth would attain Shall we delay longer when
rich aprize is within graspa Let Virginians.
from the Ohio to the Chesapeake, decide this ques.
ton at once-and let it be done earnestly and en-.
Enthusiastically, and in determined spirit
The Penny Post has leading article on the re-
sent anti-Nebraska demonstrations in New York
which, it says, have turned out to be pretty much
wind alter all. An editorial from the N. Y Herald
is introduced to show how wirepulers in the mo-
dern Gotham 60 to work to manufacture public
sentiment. ~
The Enquirer publishes account of the recent
rescue and escape of fugitive slave In Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and the doings of the abolition mob on
that occasion, to show the respect for compacs en-
tertained by those who so vehemently inculcate
submission on the part of others. The people of
Racine, where the slave was first captured by the
Marshal, passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That inasmuch as the Senate of the
United States has repealed all compromise hereto.
fore adopted by the Congress of the United States
we, as citizens of Wisconsin, are justified in de-
claring, and do hereby declare the save-catching
law ofl650, disgraceful, and also repealed
In conclusion, the Enquirer remarks, that al
though the South have thus far conducted this Ne
traska controversy with GOODNESS and decorum
rescue, will revive the excitement and resentment
of 1880
We also find in the Enquirer the subjoined state.
ment, which we deem it proper to copy, since the
paragraph alluded to found its way into our news
columns:
In some of the papers we observe a statement in
regard to a dlfhculty between Mr.. Bocock, of Vr-
ginia, and MIR. SHELTON, of New jersey which as il
does I'M Justice to our distinguished representative
we are happy to correct In positive and authentic
manner. Conceiving the conduct of Mr. Shelton in
particular instance TO have been altogether un.
warrantable, Mr.. Bocock took OCCASION after 3tbe
adjournment OF the House. to demonstrate with him
in very positive and persmptory language, but not
in the profane words ofthe newspaper rumor We
might have discreditei the statement in the news
papers, from our own knowledge of Mr.. Bocock's
scrupuious abstinence from the use of profane Ian
guage but make this correction on the authority of
a; FRIEND IN Warrington who was cognizant Of the
circumstances of the difficulty -----
we are pleased to learn, says the Charleston
tbatn ,1o e