The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-15
sPIHIT OF THE PRESS.

Inc WAig quotes q paragraph from the Nes
| lofk correspondence Of the London Times, upor
VOC nnow Nothing movement-she principal poin
which u that h has had the effect of proarstiu.
'ne anti-slavery party In the North The WIKI sus
s 'a.' 'ne correspondent may not be literally
exact 10 saying the Know Nothing uovemen. h,
e. ,'0a Aoot,onism but Il has gone further 70
.n0'' 'na. enc than any other effort that has ye,
"ue. "nen II becomes triumphant. the
"i"ei oouo's not but that II will speedily and suc-
se"uny .nrouie that monster Tho rea,ons wbv
Anow nottingham was In Its inception bo.,,la to,
ana in 10 results win prove Destructive Of Aho,,,;o
are stated by the Whig thus:
The Northern masses found tbs. IN. ;r,.,
sen lmmisrstion weekly cast upon our shores w.,
~ that 1t underworkins them s.;,n save
tner various occupations. depriving them of IN.
ana h;sn. =, NE, sowing broadcast paupersm crime,
ano pieotry, END ct the same time insolentlv reurp
ms tne reins Of government In coming to a inst
of this vast and portentious evil thew
Justly threw ont Of view the snsry evil OF slsve
ry-and men of every shade of political oninion
alef comparing views. readily asfeed to combine to
sscnleve common deliverancs. This we take to
the North. vi ANU" Nosnins''" In
Inc writer contends that the Know Nothines ar Q
the only national party-and assumes that they
alone can prevent the election of Seward. or some
minion of his, to the Presidency In sc. by sec.
sionai vote. In regard to the respectable and In.
feigent foreigners who have cast their lot among
us, the Wing contends that 1t IL as much their nte
rest as ours to act with the Know Nothinps in this
crisis, and thus proceeds:
nr they came here to get rid of such p.oplejust
time of the witehes-fying from the ntolerabIe ty-
.anny OF the church OF Rome. Demagogues may
say whaT they please about religious tosration but
az every period of its exstence and in every quarter
OF the globe. where it had power, been a stupen..
the soul and the limbs, and psrsscutes ali disssnt
eSsn anto death 1t always has done so, and always
that NO shaso ., tne n ggsry essence Of its
snaH De tolerated throughout the wide confines of
~ 'Sa 1t impousy assumes to be the Vicar
nish to loose and to bind, to ave and to damn
though many of iY priesthood are .notoriously the
"os. dissoiute and abandoned Of the human race.
Inc wing winds up with an assertion that the
Catnohc church seeks to gain foothold on this
continent as political faction" and that unless ar
rested In its progress to absolute dominion, but
lew decades can elapse before we shall be COM
peiied to seek another Columb Is to discover new
worsd-whither we may take refuge with the mu-
| nimsnts of our freedom and o,r household Gods.
Inc Enquirer says that it has for some time had
private information of an approaching Know Moth
ing Convention in Winchester, and now 1t has a
confirmation of the report by an announcement
| IN the Washington Organ. The ENQUIRER inclines
| to the opinion that VIM c. Rives will be the nomi.
nee ter Governor-and hazards the prediction
without any reference to the secret sentiment Of
the order. For it believes the nomination Of
Mr. Rives will be the result, not of choice but O,
absolute necessity-"a necessity which constrains
the order to attempt to redeem itself from ignomny
by seeking the association of some decent and dis
| tinguished name" The writer continues
We believe there is no man of reputation in tbs
State who would consent to be the candidate of Know
No.ningism. Nc except Mr. VIM c. Rives Possessed
eagerly embrace any opportunity of escape from The
| compulsory obscurity in which he pines
Apart rom this confederation, Mr. Rives would
IA 9notner respect be very suitable Representative
When he 10 nominated it will be time to ssshow him
and no doubtful effect.
The Penny Post says that Mr.. Wise denies hay-
ing said anything d!sparaging of the Methodists In
his speech in this city 1t then reiterates what it
has hitherto reported as portion of his remarks,
| and continues thus:
| He said this, and know it. for we heard him
with our own ears and any man who says be said
anything else utters falsehood and we can nrove
| it on him by thousand witnesses. The sneer and
| emphasis which accompanied this remark, show
to the audience, too that Mr. Wise intended to *.
his contempt for Methodist love feasts or rat
er .ne mstnedlst preachers ho oficiated at them.
| Catholic Pope. It's false he said what we have
| written, and, as we have said, he uttered it.